Job: Postdoctoral fellowship in Computational Music and Movement Analysis (Oslo)
RITMO - Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion
Postdoctoral fellowship in Computational Music and Movement Analysis
Deadline: August 15th 2023
Job description
A Postdoc Fellowship position (SKO 1352) in Computational Music and Movement Analysis is available in connection with the research project DJEMBEDANCE: Multimodal Rhythm in Music and Dance from West Africa, funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project is affiliated with RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo.
All RITMO researchers are co-located and work in a unique interdisciplinary constellation, with world-leading competence in musicology, psychology and informatics. It is expected that all members of the centre contribute to the general activities and collaborations within RITMO. The researchers have access to state-of-the-art facilities in sound/video recording, motion capture, eye tracking, physiological measurements, various types of brain imaging (EEG, fMRI), and rapid prototyping and robotics laboratories.
Applicants should upload a research outline (uio.no), with research questions and theoretical and methodological approaches.
More about the position
The candidate is expected to investigate sound and movement patterns and their cross-modal temporal coordination in multimedia recordings of music and dance from West Africa. Tasks will include data set preparation, feature extraction, data visualisation, pattern recognition, and computational cross-modal analysis. The chosen candidate will work in a team with ethnomusicologists, dance scholars, cognitive scientists, and data/computer scientists.
The appointment is for a period of three years. There is a 10 % component of the position which is devoted to teaching and administrative duties. There might be a possibility to extend to four years depending on the qualifications of the recruited candidate, the departments’ needs for teaching, and the centre’s need for assistance.
The successful candidate is expected to be part of the research environment of RITMO and contribute to strengthening the links between different research areas within the centre. The main purpose of postdoctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in higher academic positions within their disciplines.
Contact information
Head of Administration Pia Søndergaard, e-mail: pia.sondergaard[at]imv.uio[dot]no, phone number: +47 22 85 44 89
For technical questions regarding the recruitment system HR Adviser Julie Tøllefsen