Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] PhD studentship in 'deep learning for audio-visual scene analysis' at University of Surrey, UK (application deadline: 1st December 2024)

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the area of deep learning for audio-visual scene analysis (application deadline: 1st December 2024).

Both UK and international students are eligible. Please feel free to share the advert to those who might be interested.

The PhD applicant can start either in January 2025:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/studentships/deep-learning-audio-visual-scene-analysis
or April 2025:
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/studentships/deep-learning-audio-visual-scene-analysis-0

Apology for cross-posting. 

Best wishes,
 
Wenwu
 
 
--
Wenwu Wang

Professor of Signal Processing and Machine Learning

Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP)

& Surrey Institute for People Centred AI

University of Surrey

Guildford, GU2 7XH
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 1483 686039
Fax: +44 (0) 1483 686031
Email: w.wang@surrey.ac.uk

https://personalpages.surrey.ac.uk/w.wang/

Fwd: Call for Papers (deadline 31 Jan 2025): SEMPRE conference at Royal Northern College of Music, 9-10 April 2025

Call for Papers: SEMPRE conference at Royal Northern College of Music, 9-10 April 2025 

The next SEMPRE spring conference will be held at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK, on 9 and 10 April 2025. 

The theme of the conference is Intersections between music psychology and education. The keynote speakers will be Professor Karen Burland and Professor Daniel Müllensiefen.

Abstracts are invited for individual oral presentations (papers), posters and symposia. Only one first-authored submission should be made in each category.

Individual papers will be 15 minutes long. They can be given in person or remotely via video conference. Posters can only be given in person. Abstracts for papers and posters should be no more than 200 words and structured, setting out the context, aims, methods, results / findings and implications of the research (citations and references should not be included).

Symposia should consist of 3 to 5 linked papers, an introduction and a concluding panel discussion, with a time limit for the whole symposium of 1 hour 40 minutes. The majority of papers within a symposium should be given in person.
Abstracts for symposia should include a rationale for the symposium (no more than 200 words) followed by an abstract for each of the papers included in the symposium.
Abstracts must be submitted via https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76889/submitter.

Deadlines:
·         Abstract submission: 31 January 2025
·         Acceptances to authors: 11 February 2025
·         Applications for conference awards to SEMPRE: 14 February 2025
·         Registration: 28 February 2025
·         Submission of video presentations: 14 March 2025.

The Aubrey Hickman Award is offered biennially to a postgraduate researcher or early career researcher (see http://www.sempre.org.uk/awardshickman for more information). Abstracts for this award (2000-3000 words) must be submitted to SEMPRE@hull.ac.uk by 17 January 2025.

Please send any queries to SEMPRE2025@rncm.ac.uk.

All the best,
Jane Ginsborg, Alex Lamont and Michelle Phillips

Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] PhD Studentships at the Centre for Digital Music - Autumn 2025 start

The Centre for Digital Music of Queen Mary University of London welcomes PhD applications for 2025. Candidates are invited to contact the relevant academic by email to elaborate on what the research will entail. In several cases, there is a significant opportunity to jointly shape the direction of research.

Suggested PhD topics and application guidelines can be found at: https://www.c4dm.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/news/2024-11-12.PhD-call-2025/

Opportunities include internally and externally funded positions for PhD projects to start in Autumn 2025. It is also possible to apply as a self-funded student or with funding from another source. Studentship opportunities include:

* S&E Doctoral Research Studentships for Underrepresented Groups (UK home applicants, Autumn 2025 start, 6 positions funded across the Faculty of Science & Engineering)

* CSC PhD Studentships in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (Autumn 2025 start, Chinese applicants, up to 8 nominations allocated for the Centre for Digital Music)

* International PhD Funding Schemes (Autumn 2025 start, numerous international funding agencies)

professor mark sandler, FREng, CEng, FIEEE, FAES, FIET
Turing Fellow
 
director of the centre for digital music (c4dm)