英国德蒙特福特大学博士后职位招聘–声音和音乐计算方向
De Montfort University (DMU) is looking to appoint a Research Fellow in Sound and Music Computing. DMU is an ambitious, globally minded and culturally rich university with a strong commitment to the public good. We strive to maintain a stimulating and inclusive environment that champions difference and celebrates success.
The Role
A part-time (50% FTE), 23-month Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available to work at the forefront of Sound and Music Computing as part of the AHRC project “Sensing the Forest – Let the Forest Speak using the Internet of Things, Acoustic Ecology and Creative AI”. The proposed project aims to raise awareness among forest visitors/aficionados, artists, scientists, and the general public about the connection between forests and climate change. Community building will centre on looking at a better understanding of forest behaviour using complex scientific data in creative and artistic ways.
As a Research Fellow in Sound and Music Computing, you will conduct research around sound and music computing and climate change by doing fieldwork, developing software/hardware and publishing research papers related to the project objectives within an expert interdisciplinary team. You will deal with routine communication using a range of media, communicate material of a technical nature, and contribute to the relevant project meetings and events. You will have the opportunity to be involved in some supervision of student projects related to the project objectives. You will be expected to use initiative and creativity for problem-solving and decision-making throughout the project lifespan. The successful candidate will receive support to balance the competing pressures of research and administrative demands and deadlines. Sensory and physical demands will be relatively light in this research project.
The Person
The postdoctoral researcher will bring research methods expertise in Human-Computer Interaction, skills in Sound and Music Computing (SMC) and knowledge in web technologies/Internet of Things (IoT). The postdoc will join a multidisciplinary team of leading researchers across environmental science, installation art, HCI and SMC. The role of the postdoc will be to contribute to bridging data science and SMC/artistic practice in the form of new software and tools so that artists, forest aficionados and the general public can creatively engage with scientific data both as consumers and producers.
The postdoctoral researcher is expected to have an interdisciplinary profile with strong technical and artistic backgrounds with experience in web development, data science, programming software/hardware, audio technology, HCI and artistic practice. A PhD in a related area is essential. Desirable skills include familiarity with environmental data management and user evaluation. The successful candidate should be actively engaged in their own research and have experience of leading research academic writing.