Dear all,
Please take note of our next seminar on 12th June.
Designing an engaging, multi-lingual, personalised and adaptive
reading game for children
Speakers: Laura Benton, UCL Knowledge Lab and Drew Wilkins, Fish in a Bottle
Date: Tue 12 June, 2018 12:30-1:30 PM followed by coffee/tea until 2pm
Location: UCL Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London WC1N 3QS
Follow on Twitter: #UCLKLtalks
Recent years have seen a growth in the learning games market,
projected to reach $4.8M within the next two years. The inclusion of
games within formal education is becoming commonplace, with many games
prioritising the teaching of curriculum subjects such as literacy and
numeracy. However, many existing learning games reflect the challenges
designers face in effectively marrying both good game design and
pedagogy. This talk presents an approach to the design of a reading
game (Navi Go) aimed at primary school pupils.
The Navi Go game forms part of the iRead Project which is focused on
developing personalised learning technologies for young novice readers
across four languages as well as older readers with dyslexia or
learning English as a foreign language. Dr Laura Benton (UCL Knowledge
Lab) and Drew Wilkins (Fish in a Bottle) discuss the different
pedagogical, interaction and technical design challenges faced in
developing such a large-scale complex learning game, sharing the
strategies that were devised to address each of these challenges.
About the speakers
Laura Benton is a Research Associate at the UCL Knowledge Lab. She has
a background in human-computer interaction and is currently a
full-time researcher on the EU-funded iRead project.
Drew Wilkins is a BAFTA award winning game designer and founder of and
Head of Educational Content at Fish in a Bottle, an award winning
independent digital production studio. Fish in a Bottle develop games,
apps and websites for a wide range of clients including the Museum of
London, the Royal Academy of Arts, Disney, Nickelodeon and the BBC.
Please direct any queries about the UCL KL Seminar Series to Laura
Benton (l.benton@ucl.ac.uk) or Michelle Cannon (m.cannon@ucl.ac.uk).
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Fwd: Schedule online: Cognitive Futures in the Arts and Humanities 2018 (July 1-4)
We are looking forward to over 120 presentations at The Cognitive
Futures in the Arts and Humanities conference at the University of
Kent. The conference schedule and schedule of panel presentations are
now online at our website:
https://research.kent.ac.uk/cognitivefutures2018/schedule-programme/
Registration Rates (3-day attendance, refreshments and lunch included):
Full rate
Delegates: £230.00
Students: £170.00
Daily rate: £80.00
For any queries contact cogfutures@kent.ac.uk
Cognitive Futures 2018 Conference Committee
Prof Nicola Shaughnessy
Dr Melissa Trimingham
Dr Jeremy Scott
Dr Freya Vass-Rhee
Dr Freya Vass-Rhee | Lecturer | Year in Arts Programme Coordinator
Jarman Building, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7UG
Web: https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles/drama/vass-rhee.html
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Futures in the Arts and Humanities conference at the University of
Kent. The conference schedule and schedule of panel presentations are
now online at our website:
https://research.kent.ac.uk/cognitivefutures2018/schedule-programme/
Registration Rates (3-day attendance, refreshments and lunch included):
Full rate
Delegates: £230.00
Students: £170.00
Daily rate: £80.00
For any queries contact cogfutures@kent.ac.uk
Cognitive Futures 2018 Conference Committee
Prof Nicola Shaughnessy
Dr Melissa Trimingham
Dr Jeremy Scott
Dr Freya Vass-Rhee
Dr Freya Vass-Rhee | Lecturer | Year in Arts Programme Coordinator
Jarman Building, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7UG
Web: https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles/drama/vass-rhee.html
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Fwd: [Registration Reminder] Study Day and Workshop on Music, Well-Being and Mental Health
Study Day and Workshop on Music, Well-Being and Mental Health
Registration closes 4 May
12 and 13 May 2018 (York St John)
Individuals and communities' well-being and mental health can benefit from musical audition and performance. Conversely, we are increasingly becoming aware of the physical and mental challenges that music professionals from all areas face. These can be further accentuated when considered in a high-pressure environment such as academia. This event proposes to bring together researchers and practitioners to share their research on positive and negative effects of music and music making. It also aims to offer a space to discuss related issues affecting these communities. The workshop will be an opportunity to share and establish strategies to protect and improve their well-being and mental health.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
Provisional programme
Saturday 12 May: Study Day
Papers
Isobel Clarke – Royal College of Music – The Art of Brexit: the challenges faced by Historically-Informed Performance musicians in post-Brexit Britain
James Williams - University of Derby – Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response – An online phenomenon or a therapeutic reality?: Opening academic discussion(s) on ASMR, and exposing its practical relevance in music composition, performance and listening in the arts, health, wellbeing, and HE sector
Liz Haddon – University of York – Mental health and well-being – university music students and academic supervisors
Anne-Marie Czajkowski – University of Leeds – Mindfulness for conservatoire musician students at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Developing the whole musician
Simone Willis – Cardiff Metropolitan University – The relationship between stress and well-being of performing artists
Andrew Lansley – University of Gloucestershire – Mental Health and the HE Musician
William Longden – London Metropolitan University - Inclusive participatory design of bespoke music instruments and auxiliary equipment as emancipatory arts interventions that advocate for equality, personal and social wellbeing
Alexander Douglas - Healing the Mind: Music as Epistemic Necessity (beyond language)
Posters
Juan Urdaniz – Universidad de Navarra – Who's the more foolish? Edgar Allan Poe's 'The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether' as Spanish lyrical theatre
Simone Willis – Cardiff Metropolitan University – The relationship between stress and well-being of performing artists
Liam Barnard – University of Kent - Mental Health Equality Initiatives since 2001
Sunday 13 May: Workshop day
Julio d'Escriván - Mindfulness and yoga for musicians
Raluca Matei - Health education and the conservative conservatoire
Núria Bonet - Strategies for LGBT academics and allies
Enya Doyle - You are not inadequate!: A workshop on mental health and postgraduate study
William Longden (Joy of Sound) - Demonstration Participatory Inclusive Community Music Workshop
The Retreat (York) - Music therapy workshop with former patient from the the Retreat
Roundtable on strategies for well-being and mental health for music practicioners and researchers
You can register for the whole event of for individual days. The event is free for member of the RMA<https://www.rma.ac.uk/>, BFE<https://bfe.org.uk/>, or NAMHE<http://www.namhe.ac.uk/>
| Welcome to the RMA. The RMA, founded in 1874, is the second oldest society of its kind in the world. Our many conferences and study days engage with music of all kinds on many levels. |
 | Welcome from Simon McKerrell, Chair of the BFE. The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) aims to advance the study of musical life in its full richness and diversity. ... | |
REGISTRATION: https://www.
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Núria Bonet
PhD Candidate (Computer Music)
PhD Candidate (Computer Music)
ICCMR, Plymouth University
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Núria Bonet
PhD Candidate (Computer Music)
PhD Candidate (Computer Music)
ICCMR, Plymouth University
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Sunday, April 29, 2018
Fwd: East Sussex Music Service
The fight to save East Sussex Music Service
News |
East Sussex Music Service is still under Local Council control (many Music Services have now become independent charities). A new round of Council cuts have proposed £80k to be taken from the Music Service resulting in the proposed closure of all non-statutory music provision in the district.
This would naturally have a shocking reduction in the opportunities for music-making and learning across the County, especially for children.
A petition has been set up to fight the proposals and we would encourage people to sign up and circulate the link!
https://democracy.eastsussex.
There is also a group on Facebook called Save East Sussex Music and the hashtag for Twitter is #SaveESMS and #saveourservicenow
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Fwd: Online survey for performing artists
Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to a survey we are conducting on performing artists' wellbeing.
The survey is short (20 mins) and will be used to inform the development of health support programmes for performing arts students.
You can complete the survey here: http://lcvform.supsi.ch/form/view.php?id=68179
We would be happy to answer any questions you may have, and please feel free to forward the link to colleagues or students who you think may be interested in taking part. Many thanks!
With best wishes,
Aaron Williamon and Vanessa De Luca
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Fwd: PhD position in music cognition at EPFL
Full-time PhD position in music cognition at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
The Digital and Cognitive Musicology Laboratory (DCML) at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, is recruiting a PhD candidate to start in September 2018 or early 2019. The lab is directed by Martin Rohrmeier. The PhD position is available in the context of the H2020-ERC funded project on the "Principles of Musical Structure Building: Theory, Computation, and Cognition". The project explores theories of musical syntax and structure combining theoretical, computational and psychological approaches. The selected candidate will join the team to work on designing and conducting psychological experiments exploring the perception and acquisition of syntactic structures in.
Required profile:
- Applicants should have a very good MA degree in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, (empirical) musicology, cognitive science or a closely related field.
- Skills in computer programming and statistics as well as music theory and analysis are desirable
- Fluent English, French an asset
What we offer:
- A young and dynamic lab with members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds
- The EPFL provides an excellent and leading research environment as well as a dynamic and lively international campus with a vibrant student life and cultural events
Start date:
The position is planned by start in September 2018 or early 2019.
Term of employment:
Fixed-term (CDD)
Work rate:
100%
Duration:
4 years
Contact:
PhD students upload their materials on http://phd.epfl.ch/application under the EDNE doctoral school (https://phd.epfl.ch/
For more information about the position, please contact Martin Rohrmeier (martin.rohrmeier < at > epfl < dot > ch)
Deadline for application: May 1, 2018
Fwd: FW: April events at St George's Bloomsbury
Sunday 8th April 6:45pm
Singing Cultures Choir
Harmonies from Classical Memories
Following the previous sell-out concert, Harmonies from Classical Melodies returns for a performance at St. George's Church, Bloomsbury.
This is a rare opportunity to experience the legacy of African Classical Music and its message for a 'common humanity'. The programme features the Singing Cultures Choir accompanied by dynamic pianist Kevin Satizabal. The choir's repertoire will include songs by African composers, African folksongs and new songs capturing choristers' aspirations for a "better world". There will also be solo performances by acclaimed soprano Victoria Oruwari, and internationally renowned flautist Rowland Sutherland.
Concertgoers from the previous performance described feeling 'warm', 'proud', and 'wanting more'. See this video for a preview including interviews with audience members from the first concert:
https://youtu.be/hv_rXxdw2QM .
Tickets available at https://www.eventbrite.co.
St George's Festival
Wednesday 18th April - Wednesday 2nd May
11:00am - 6:00pm (except Sundays)
Heavenly Majestic Skylines
A series of seven A1 photographs captured by fine art photographer Simon-James Smith.
St George's Festival
Thursday 26th, Friday 27th & Saturday 28th April 7:30pm
Upper Vestry Hall
St George's Bloomsbury in association with DOT Productions present
I, Dido
by Non Vaughan-Thomas
Monday 5th June 1780. As rioting continues to rage in London, a unique Bloomsbury family faces some home truths. I, Dido recounts the story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the daughter of a Navy Captain and a black slave. Raised in the home of one of Britain's greatest judges, Lord Mansfield, Dido was witness to the beginning of the abolitionist movement.
Following the success of Emma in September last year, DOT Productions returns to St George's Bloomsbury for the premiere of I, Dido. Commissioned by St George's Bloomsbury and written by Non Vaughan-Thomas, the play recounts a dramatic episode in the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, an illegitimate mixed race woman rescued from slavery as a child, adopted by Lord Mansfield and baptised at St George's Bloomsbury.
Tickets: £8 / £5 concession
Tickets available through Ticketsource 0333 666 3366
Reservations available through St George's Bloomsbury 020 7242 1979
Seating is limited. Book early to avoid disappointment!
St George's Festival
Saturday 28th April 11:00am - 3:00pm
Silent Calligraphy
The South London Lettering Association will be demonstrating a variety of calligraphic scripts in the church, in a quiet and contemplative atmosphere alongside have-a-go lettering sessions in our Upper Vestry Hall.
Find out more about this ancient skill at this free event
For full details please go to www.stgeorgesbloomsbury.org.uk
If you wish to be taken off our mailing list please reply to Mark Summerbell at this email address
Mark Summerbell
Arts & Concerts Director
St George's Bloomsbury
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St George's Bloomsbury
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020 7242 1979
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Friday, April 13, 2018
Fwd: Job: Research Fellow in Machine Listening - University of Surrey, UK - Deadline: 1 May 2018
Dear Music and Science peo,
Please forward to anyone who may be interested.
Best wishes, Mark Plumbley
=======================================================================
Research Fellow in Machine Listening
University of Surrey, UK
Salary: GBP 30,688 to GBP 38,833 per annum
Closing Date: 1 May 2018 (23:00 BST)
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/021518
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow in Machine Listening to
work full-time on an EPSRC-funded project "Making Sense of Sounds", to
start as soon as possible, for 9.75 months until 13 March 2019. This
project is investigating how to make sense from sound data, focussing on
how to allow people to search, browse and interact with sounds. The
candidate will be responsible for investigating and developing machine
learning methods for analysis of everyday sounds, leading to new
representations to support search, retrieval and interaction with
sound.
The successful applicant is expected to have a PhD or equivalent in
electronic engineering, computer science or a related subject, and is
expected to have significant research experience in audio signal
processing and machine learning. Research experience in one or more of
the following is desirable: deep learning; blind source separation,
blind de-reverberation, sparse and/or non-negative representations,
audio feature extraction.
The project is being led by Prof Mark Plumbley in the Centre for Vision
Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) at the University of Surrey, in
collaboration with the Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) at Surrey,
and the University of Salford. The postholder will be based in CVSSP and
work under the direction of Prof Plumbley and Co-Investigators Dr Wenwu
Wang and Dr Philip Jackson. For more about the project see:
http://cvssp.org/projects/making_sense_of_sounds/
CVSSP is an International Centre of Excellence for research in
Audio-Visual Machine Perception, with 125 researchers, a grant portfolio
of £20M. The Centre has state-of-the-art acoustic capture and analysis
facilities enabling research into audio source separation, music
transcription and spatial audio. Audio-visual compute includes 700 cores
and a 50GPU machine learning cluster with 500TB of online storage.
Informal enquires are welcome, to: Prof Mark Plumbley
(m.plumbley@surrey.ac.uk), Dr Wenwu Wang (w.wang@surrey.ac.uk), or Dr
Philip Jackson (p.jackson@surrey.ac.uk).
For more information and to apply online, please visit:
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/021518
We acknowledge, understand and embrace diversity.
=======================================================================
--
Prof Mark D Plumbley
Professor of Signal Processing
Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP)
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
Email: m.plumbley@surrey.ac.uk
================================================================================
LVA/ICA 2018
14th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation
July 2-6, 2018, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
http://cvssp.org/events/lva-ica-2018
================================================================================
Please forward to anyone who may be interested.
Best wishes, Mark Plumbley
==============================
Research Fellow in Machine Listening
University of Surrey, UK
Salary: GBP 30,688 to GBP 38,833 per annum
Closing Date: 1 May 2018 (23:00 BST)
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow in Machine Listening to
work full-time on an EPSRC-funded project "Making Sense of Sounds", to
start as soon as possible, for 9.75 months until 13 March 2019. This
project is investigating how to make sense from sound data, focussing on
how to allow people to search, browse and interact with sounds. The
candidate will be responsible for investigating and developing machine
learning methods for analysis of everyday sounds, leading to new
representations to support search, retrieval and interaction with
sound.
The successful applicant is expected to have a PhD or equivalent in
electronic engineering, computer science or a related subject, and is
expected to have significant research experience in audio signal
processing and machine learning. Research experience in one or more of
the following is desirable: deep learning; blind source separation,
blind de-reverberation, sparse and/or non-negative representations,
audio feature extraction.
The project is being led by Prof Mark Plumbley in the Centre for Vision
Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) at the University of Surrey, in
collaboration with the Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) at Surrey,
and the University of Salford. The postholder will be based in CVSSP and
work under the direction of Prof Plumbley and Co-Investigators Dr Wenwu
Wang and Dr Philip Jackson. For more about the project see:
http://cvssp.org/projects/
CVSSP is an International Centre of Excellence for research in
Audio-Visual Machine Perception, with 125 researchers, a grant portfolio
of £20M. The Centre has state-of-the-art acoustic capture and analysis
facilities enabling research into audio source separation, music
transcription and spatial audio. Audio-visual compute includes 700 cores
and a 50GPU machine learning cluster with 500TB of online storage.
Informal enquires are welcome, to: Prof Mark Plumbley
(m.plumbley@surrey.ac.uk), Dr Wenwu Wang (w.wang@surrey.ac.uk), or Dr
Philip Jackson (p.jackson@surrey.ac.uk).
For more information and to apply online, please visit:
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/
We acknowledge, understand and embrace diversity.
==============================
--
Prof Mark D Plumbley
Professor of Signal Processing
Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP)
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
Email: m.plumbley@surrey.ac.uk
==============================
LVA/ICA 2018
14th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation
July 2-6, 2018, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
http://cvssp.org/events/lva-
==============================
Monday, April 9, 2018
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Fwd: Dronica Festival #7 + Disinformation on Resonance FM
Dronica Festival #7 [12 to 14 April 2018] + Disinformation on Resonance FM
Three day long visual and sound art festival, featuring performances
and installations by Coagulant, Gareth Davis, Diamat, Disinformation,
Denis D'Or, Charles Hayward, Luxul, Jose Macabra, Kieron Mahon, Minus
Pilots, Mothax, Needle Factory, Raxil4, Miguel Domingo Redondo, Blanca
Regina & Pierre Bouvier Patron, Rotten Bliss, Ruido, Pascal Savy, The
Seer, Daniele Sergio, Tasos Stamou, Mira Varg and V-Stok… plus
home-made Sicilian street food by Sicilia Bedda –
Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 April 2018…
Thursday 7pm to 10pm - £5
Friday 6pm to 11pm - £10
Saturday 3pm to 10:30pm - £10
The Old Church
Stoke Newington Church St.
London N16 9ES
https://rorschachaudio.com/2018/04/04/disinformation-dronica-stoke-newington/
Preview video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skoigMpJDI
Disinformation feature on Resonance FM -
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/wavelength-4th-november-2016/
Three day long visual and sound art festival, featuring performances
and installations by Coagulant, Gareth Davis, Diamat, Disinformation,
Denis D'Or, Charles Hayward, Luxul, Jose Macabra, Kieron Mahon, Minus
Pilots, Mothax, Needle Factory, Raxil4, Miguel Domingo Redondo, Blanca
Regina & Pierre Bouvier Patron, Rotten Bliss, Ruido, Pascal Savy, The
Seer, Daniele Sergio, Tasos Stamou, Mira Varg and V-Stok… plus
home-made Sicilian street food by Sicilia Bedda –
Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 April 2018…
Thursday 7pm to 10pm - £5
Friday 6pm to 11pm - £10
Saturday 3pm to 10:30pm - £10
The Old Church
Stoke Newington Church St.
London N16 9ES
https://rorschachaudio.com/2018/04/04/disinformation-dronica-stoke-newington/
Preview video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skoigMpJDI
Disinformation feature on Resonance FM -
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/wavelength-4th-november-2016/
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