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Job posted by Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics/ University of
Music and Performing Arts Graz (23/11/2011)
PhD student in Sonification Research (Audio Engineering/ Climate Science)
Applications are invited for a postgraduate student to join the
Institute for Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM, http://iem.kug.ac.at)
at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz for the FWF funded
project SysSon – A systematic procedure to develop sonifications.
The goal of SysSon is the systematic development of sonifications - from
finding sound metaphors and creating a ‘sound library’ to aesthetic/
scientific evaluation and finally the sonification tool ‘ClAudio-Climate
Audio’. The procedure is developed with and tested on data from Climate
Science. Main researchers of the project (and supervisors of the PhD)
are R. Höldrich and K. Vogt at IEM, where the PhD student will be based.
Cooperation partners are the Wegener Center for Climate and Global
Change (www.wegcenter.at) and the Center for Systematic Musicology
(www.uni-graz.at/en/muwi99ww).
The PhD will comprise the application of the procedure to data from
climate science: handling data compatibility issues, sound synthesis,
co-development of evaluation test design, finalizing of ClAudio, and
supporting of sound installation.
The position is available from 1st February 2012 and financial support
is guaranteed for 2 1⁄2 years (an additional half year of support for
writing up the thesis is envisaged). Salary will be paid according to
www.fwf.ac.at („Personalkostensätze“ – „DoktorandIn“).
The closing date for applications is 25th December 2011. (Skype)
interviews are planned for January. Female applicants are preferentially
considered in case of equal qualification.
We expect:
+ A Master’s degree in audio engineering and electrical engineering or
computer science or similar, who have a solid scientific background in
acoustics, sound synthesis and auditory perception. An additional
background in sciences (physics/ climate science) is beneficial.
Candidates about to earn their degree are welcome to apply.
+ Familiarity with programming languages (either SuperCollider3 or Pure
Data; plus other programs such as Max MSP, MATLAB, etc.) is a precondition.
+ High motivation for interdisciplinary and application-oriented work
and a special interest for sonification research.
+ An integrative and cooperative personality.
+ Very good communication skills in English.
We offer:
+ A top-level research environment at the edge of technology and the
arts; the IEM is considered to be Austria’s leading research institution
in the field of audio engineering with the three research areas Artistic
Research, Signal Processing and Acoustics, and Computer Music (including
sonification).
+ Efficient supervision by an interdisciplinary team of supervisors,
strong communication and interaction between the involved institutions.
+ The location in Graz – a city of five universities (two are involved
in SysSon) and cultural capital of Europe 2003, hosting internationally
renowned festivals such as steirischer herbst and Elevate.
Please send your applications (in English or German) to vogt(at)iem.at
including:
+ letter of motivation or résumé
+ CV
+ copy of relevant university diplomas
+ a short exposé (1-2 pages) on a previous project related to audio
engineering, sonification or similar
(sound examples –or their links- are welcome)
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