Job Posting: INESC PORTO: Palco 3.0 (Portugal)

JOB POSTING: INESC PORTO

"PALCO 3.0"

 (http://www.inescporto.pt/) is accepting applications to work in the research project "Palco 3.0" in the area of Software development for music audio analysis modules.

Candidates should hold a Masters in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar area. we give preference to candidates with knowledge of C++ (MARSYAS being a clear plus), Matlab, experience withmachine learning frameworks and audio analysis.

Application period: from 2009-02-26 to 2009-03-19

Duration of the grant: from 2009-04-01 to 2010-03-31 ( 12 months /renewable)

More information on the grant and modalities for application can be

found here: http://www2.inescporto.pt/ip-en/work-with-us/edital90006_en.pdf

CFP: Performa: Conference on Performance Studies (Portugal)

PERFORMA: CONFERENCE ON PERFORMANCE STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO (PORTUGAL)

14 -1 6 MAY 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal) will host, from the 14th to the 16th of May 2009, PERFORMA, a conference on performance studies.
The keynote speaker will be Prof. Bruno Nettl, from University of Illinois
Submissions are invited on any aspect of performance studies such as the psychology of performance, philosophy and performance, music pedagogy, musicology, ethnomusicology, analysis, and improvisation.

We welcome abstracts of a maximum of 250 words for:
Paper presentations: Papers should last a maximum of 20 minutes in length, including all audio/visual illustrations, plus 10 minutes for questions.
Pre-formed Panels: Please submit abstracts with each named speaker and their institutional affiliation. Panels should last 1 hour and 30 minutes, including all audio/visual illustrations and time for questions.
Lecture Recitals: should last 45 minutes, including all audio/visual illustrations and time for questions. Proposal submissions should be accompanied by a short curriculum of the presenter.
Workshops: abstracts should include information about duration of the workshop.
Poster presentations

The submission deadline is January 25th, 2009. Abstracts should be sent to performa at ca.ua.pt
Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel, and presenters will be advised as to their acceptance or otherwise by February 20th, 2009.

Conference site: http://performa.web.ua.pt/