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by Nuno Correia · October 29, 2009 at 10:51 am · Filed under Academic
Introduction – about MTG and my stay
From 20/10/2009 to 29/10/2009, I was a guest researcher at Music Technology Group (MTG), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. The aim of my stay was to obtain feedback from my supervisor, professor Sergi Jordà, relatively to my research, and also to interact with the Tangible UI (Reactable related projects) and Freesound teams.
MTG of Universitat Pompeu Fabra is part of its Department of Information and Communication Technologies, and of its Audiovisual Institute. MTG “is specialized in sound and music computing. With more than 40 researchers coming from different and complementary disciplines, the MTG carries out research on topics such as sound processing and synthesis; music content description; interactive music systems; computational models of perceptual and music cognition; and the technologies related with music social networks”.
Link to Music Technology Group:
http://mtg.upf.edu/
Link to MTG projects:
http://mtg.upf.edu/research/projects
MTG collaborates with TaiK and TKK in several projects, namely in SALERO.
My schedule was as follows:
- 20/10/2009 – 1st meeting with Sergi Jordà
- 21/10/2009 – meeting with Tangible UI team researchers (Daniel Gallardo, Carles F. Julià, Mathieu Bosi)
- 22/10/2009 – meeting with Bram de Jong and Freesound researchers
- 22/10/2009 – 2nd meeting with Sergi Jordà
- 23/10/2009 – meeting with Gerard Roma (Freesound Radio)
- 28/10/2009 – meeting with Daniel Gallardo (TurTan)
The rest of the time was spent mainly compiling, reading/viewing and archiving materials, as well as networking at MTG.
1. Meetings with Sergi Jordà, 20 and 22 October
The first meeting with Sergi Jordà was mainly to work out logistic issues and to make a plan regarding my stay.
In the second meeting, Sergi Jordà gave me valuable feedback regarding the chapters of the dissertation written so far, as well as the research projects that will be included in the scope of the doctoral studies.
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by Nuno Correia · October 1, 2007 at 12:00 am · Filed under Academic
Event: Lev Manovitch Lecture, “Interaction as an Aesthetic Event”
Place: Tallinn University, Estonia
Date: 8/10/2007
1. Abstract of Lecture
How do designers of information technology understand the interaction between the users and devices? How do they design user interfaces? This question is important if we want to talk about integration of architecture and information technology. I my talk I will analyze the recent shift in information technology design. Contrary to ten years ago, today the designers no longer try to make the interfaces invisible. Instead, the interaction is treated as an event – as opposed to “non-event”, as in the previous “invisible interface” paradigm. Put differently, using personal information devices is now conceived as a carefully orchestrated experience, rather than only a means to an end. I will discuss different aspects of this new interface paradigm using the examples of OSX, LG Chocolate, and iPhone.
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by Nuno Correia · March 1, 2007 at 12:00 pm · Filed under Academic
Event: Optronica Festival talk by Cindy Keefer (Centre for Visual Music, CVM, Los Angeles)
Place: London, UK, BFI Southbank
Date: 18/3/2007
(These notes do not completely reflect Cindy Keefer’s talk. After posting earlier notes to this blog, I received an-email from Cindy Keefer, kindly correcting some mistakes in my notes, and adding some links. These newer notes reflect those corrections. Further explorations on the topic can be found at the end of the post, and are not related to Cindy Keefer’s talk. Many thanks to Cindy Keefer for the excellent talk, and for the corrections.)
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by Nuno Correia · March 1, 2007 at 12:00 am · Filed under Academic
Event: Optronica talk by Dr Jamie Ward, Samantha Moore & Simon Ings
Place: London, UK, BFI Southbank
Date: 17/3/2007
Artists have long been fascinated by synaesthesia: where one sense reaches into the realm of another. Kandinsky and Scriabin, thought this suprasensory state spiritual. For others it was an inspiring place to visit with psychedelics. For many it offers important creative challenges. But how does synaesthesia relate to artistic endeavour and aesthetic appreciation? Navigating these realms and separating science from myth in this illustrated talk are writer Simon Ings, synaesthesia researcher Dr Jamie Ward and filmmaker Samantha Moore.
(from http://www.optronica.org/)
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by Nuno Correia · January 1, 2007 at 12:00 am · Filed under Academic
Event: Itsuo Sakane Special Guest Lecture
Place: University of Art and Design Helsinki, Lume’s Sampo Sali
Date: 12/1/2007
1. Introduction
Since 1956-7, worked as a journalist in art and technology
Worked as curator of Art & Technology exhibitions since 1970s
Educator in media arts fields since 1990s (IAMAS)
Retired from IAMAS in 2003
Interest: evolution of creativity of human kind
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