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Department of
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
PhD Student Position
in
Music Information Retrieval
at the
Department
of Computational Perception
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
We are pleased to announce an open position for a PhD student at the
Department of Computational Perception, Johannes
Kepler University Linz, Austria. We are looking for a highly motivated
student to work on the upcoming EU FP7 3-year research project
GiantSteps
-- Seven League Boots for Music Creation and Performance
We are seeking a creative and motivated PhD student with a strong
background and interest in at least two of the following fields:
- Music Information Retrieval
- Information Extraction
- Machine Learning
- Web Mining
Furthermore, affinity for the following
areas is an advantage:
- Electronic Music (production and
consumption)
- Music Computing
- Data Representation/Ontologies
- Cloud Computing
Research tasks to be carried out in
this position will likely include but are not limited to:
- Developing methods for extracting
knowledge on musical styles from Web sources
- Developing methods for automatically creating intensional definitions of musical styles
- Designing recommendation methods
in the context of music creation and performance
- Developing techniques for
distributed music creation
The requirements are a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related
field, proficiency in English, interest in scientific work, good
presentation skills, flexibility in traveling, and willingness to
present scientific work at international conferences. No knowledge of
particular programming languages is required, but the candidate is
expected to quickly learn and apply new technologies.
The successful applicant will be allowed to work in a creative
environment within an excellent research team.
The salary will be EUR 28,000 per year (pre-tax; according to the Austrian Science Fund salary scheme). The accepted applicant will additionally have
the opportunity to enroll in a PhD program in Computer Science at the
Johannes Kepler University Linz. Note that the JKU and GiantSteps
follow an equal opportunity hiring policy, thus, when equally
qualified, we will give preference to female applicants to balance the
research team.
Please send your application including CV, list of publications, one or
two related publications (if available), as well as any other material
you consider relevant via email to:
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me:
Dr. Peter Knees
Department of Computational Perception
Johannes Kepler University (JKU)
Altenberger Strasse 69
A-4040 Linz
Austria
Phone: +43 732 2468 4711
www.cp.jku.at/people/knees
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edited by pk on Jan 23, 2014