Postdoc in AI and Music Beyond 12-TET - 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. The postdoctoral student will become part of MUSAiC, 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 the 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 successful candidate will perform research in artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to music beyond 12-tone equal temperament. How can the combinatorial space of melodic and chordal possibilities be efficiently searched for a user? How can a physical device or controller be rendered to make accessible these possibilities? The candidate will contribute to the development of music pedagogy for AI moving beyond 12-tone equal temperament, as well as the organization of workshops, conferences, festivals, and concerts. The candidate will also contribute to the maintenance of the computational resources of the project.

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 music technology, with specific focus in artificial intelligence, music instrument design, 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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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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