MTG (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Seminar by Jordi Navarra on auditory processing
Jordi Navarra, from Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, gives a talk on "Temporal & spatial re-encoding of sound" on Thursday May 16th 2013, at 3:30pm in room 52.321.
More Information: Jordi Navarra webpageMusic and sounds from the brain
On Thursday May 23rd, scientists who study the brain, along with sound researchers and musicians, will join together in the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
Post-doctoral research positions at the UPF
The Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF, Barcelona, Spain) launches the UPFellows program to hire postdoctoral candidates of any nationality.
More Information: UPFellows programSeminar by Justin Salamon on how to give a good presentation
Justin Salamon will give a seminar titled "Even a Geek can Speak: the DO's and DONT's of giving a presentation" on Wednesday, May 8th, at 3:30pm in room 55.410.
More Information: Justin Salamon's websiteMIReS Roadmap
The MIReS project has finished and with it we have completed the MIR Roadmap document. The direct link to the pdf is: More Information: MIReS Roadmap
PhD position on Audio Signal Processing (Source Separation)
The topic for this PhD position is “Source Separation and Signal Modelling of Orchestral Music Mixtures”.
Seminar by Henkjan Honing on music cognition
Henkjan Honing, from the University of Amsterdam, will give a seminar on "Music, Cognition and the Origins of Musicality" on April 26th, Friday, at 15:30h in room 55.309.
More Information: Henkjan Honing's websiteSeminar by Fabien Gouyon on a critical take on MIR
Fabien Gouyon, from INESC-Porto, will give a seminar on thursday April 25th 2013 at 3:30pm in room 55.321 on "Are we there yet?!
More Information: Fabien Gouyon's websiteInes Salselas defends her PhD thesis on April 26th
Ines Salselas defends her PhD thesis entitled "Exploring interactions between music and language during the early development of music cognition.
Registration for the Neuro Music Hack Day is now open!
In addition to the regular Music Hack Day track, this year’s BCN Music Hack Day includes a special More Information: Registration form
Freesound: 8th anniversary
Today is the 8th anniversary of Freesound! Congratulations to the researchers, developers, moderators, donors and users who have been and are part of this project for the success achieved so far.
More Information: Freesound.orgEight years of Freesound!!!
TONAS: a new dataset of flamenco a cappella sung melodies with corresponding manual transcriptions
As a little Friday gift, we're glad to announce the release of a new dataset of flamenco singing: TONAS
More Information: TONAS dataset websiteBarcelona Music Hack Day 2013 - Neuroscience and Music (Special Track)
Barcelona Music Hack Day 2013
13th - 14th June 2013 - Sonar Festival (Sonar+D)
Neuroscience and Music (Special Track)
More Information: Official websiteSeminar by Jordi Janer on music signal source separation
Jordi Janer, from the MTG, gives a talk on "Methods for Music Signal Source Separation of Professionally Produced Recordings" on Thursday February 14th 2013 at 15:30h in room 52.321 of th
More Information: Jordi Janer's websiteNew funded project to change the way we enjoy classical music concerts
PHENICX (Performances as Highly Enriched aNd Interactive Concert eXperiences) is a STREP project coordinated by the MTG in collaboration with TU-Delft and funded by the European Commision.
More Information: PHENICX websiteNew funded project to work on traditional music repertoires
SIGMUS, SIGnal Analysis for the Discovery of Traditional MUSic Repertories, is a new project of the MTG funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
More Information: SIGMUSSeminar by Bill Verplank on sketching metaphors
Bill Verplank, from CCRMA, will give a seminar on "Sketching Metaphors" on Thursday, February 7th, at 3:30pm in room 52.321.
More Information: Bill Verplank's website