Postdoc in AI Music Musicology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Job description

The 5-year research project, Music at the Frontiers of Artificial Creativity and Criticism (MUSAiC, ERC-2019-COG No. 864189), analyzes, criticizes and seeks to fundamentally broaden the transformation of three interrelated music practices by artificial intelligence (AI): 1) listening, 2) composition and performance, and 3) analysis and criticism. This two year postdoctoral position focuses on the musicological study of music generated by or with AI. How appropriate are current musicological practices for the analysis of such work? What new methodologies are needed? What does it mean to define a ”canon” when it comes to music generated by machines? How can a ”canon” be constructed? What is the use of studying music that by and large only machines will ever listen to? Does the world need a new kind of musicology?

The postdoctoral student will be based at the Speech, Music and Hearing research division of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at KTH. The postdoctoral position is to be filled by fall 2023. The Principal Investigator (PI) is an associate professor of computer science with a multidisciplinary background in physics, music, digital signal processing, and machine learning. He also studies Irish traditional music and the accordion.

The intended outcomes of the position for which the postdoctoral candidate will share responsibility with the PI include:

Papers published at research venues focused on musicology, music informatics, science and technology studies, etc. on the topics of focus; Journal articles in appropriate disciplines, e.g., Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval, Empirical Musicology Review, and Sound Studies on the topics of focus. Workshops, conferences, and concerts organized in Sweden and abroad. 

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• The candidate should have a strong background in musicology, ethnomusicology, or a closely related field. In addition, the candidate should show excellent research expertise, collaborative abilities, independence, and show an awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline.
• Teaching abilities.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

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The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies – and translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max two pages long.
• List of publications.
• Contact information for two reference persons, including their email address and telephone number. (We reserve the right to contact references only for selected candidates.)

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

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