Workshops
Wednesday, 18th October 2023
Introduction to Multimodal Music Analysis
Anna-Maria Christodoulou, RITMO, UiO
I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the RITMO center. Prior to my Ph.D., I obtained a diploma in Music Theory and Harmony from the Apollonion Conservatory of Athens and an integrated MA in Music Technology from the University of Athens with a focus on intelligent music analysis and pattern detection. At the same time, I was a parallel student at the American College of Greece, pursuing a Minor in Artificial Intelligence. My research revolves around the use and development of intelligent systems that assist music analysis. More specifically, during my Ph.D. I intend to create AI- assisted tools for multimodal music analysis.
Music Information Retrieval (MIR) is a science in which the main purpose is to organize and extract information from music. Music is multimodal, but most of the time, audio is the center of analysis even though incorporating other modalities is highly useful. For example, video combined with motion capture data is important for mood and movement analysis, while physiological measurements combined with audio can highlight the effect of music on perception. Therefore, in this workshop, there will be an overview of some tools that successfully assist the analysis of music at the audio, video, and motion level. We will mostly focus on low-level feature extraction from music excerpts.
Requirements:
Installation of MATLAB and the latest versions of MIRToolbox, and MGT Toolbox.
Ask a Friend - a collaborative approach for peer-interview methods
Dr Esbjörn Wettermark - Department of Music, University of Sheffield
He is a Research Associate on the Access Folk research project at the Music Department of the University of Sheffield where he has developed Ask a Friend together with Professor Fay Hield. Esbjörn has a background in ethnomusicology and also worked many years outside of academia in arts management and music education.
Ask a Friend is a novel model for peer-interview methodologies that decenters conventional power hierarchies while fostering collaboration between communities and academic researchers. The method engages volunteer co-researchers with a common concern to conduct semi-structured interviews with people close to them. Through the decentralised recruitment of interviewees, approach to questioning and levels of co-analysis, the method allows for both data and outputs to be shaped by people affected by the research.
In this practical workshop you will gain an introduction to the method and an opportunity to explore some of its approaches through group work. We will discuss how Ask a Friend sits within current discourses on participatory and co-produced research and how it could be used in different contexts. There will also be opportunity to ask questions and share your reflections and feedback.
Thursday, 19th October 2023
Identifying the impact of your research
Dr Sam Garwood
Sam is the Faculty Impact Manager for Arts and Humanities at the University of Sheffield. She completed her PhD in Archaeology, during which time she worked closely with museums and heritage sites across the western Balkans, as well as with medieval churches within the diocese of Sheffield. She then went on to work in the field of research impact, first in the Department of Biological Sciences and then in Research Services working with researchers across the university. Since 2022, she has worked within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities helping researchers to develop and demonstrate impact from their work on the world around us.
Dr Tijana Close
Tijana is the University Impact Officer supporting academics at different career stages and across different Faculties to plan for and evidence impact of their research. Before her current role, Tijana worked on supporting the Global Challenges projects and as a research network coordinator for one of the representative bodies for UK Universities. Prior to working in research support, she was a researcher in Mexico working on food security related projects.
This session is designed to offer participants an introduction to the 'impact agenda' now embedded in UK (and international) research culture. We will look at what is meant by 'impact' and how this concept is used in research, funding, or evaluation contexts, followed by time to explore how knowledge exchange and impact can benefit and result from your own research.
So what do YOU want to do next? Exploring post-PhD career options
Dr Rebecca Ehata, University of Sheffield
I’m the Careers & Employability Consultant for Researchers at the University of Sheffield Careers Service, a role in which I’m fortunate to be working with PGR students and contract research staff across the faculties. In my professional life I’ve gained experience of several career strands, from work in the refugee sector and periods teaching English abroad to a short stint in publishing, though not necessarily in that order! I also completed a PhD on the politics of migration and belonging at the University of Manchester, where I taught briefly before moving to the University of Oxford for a postdoc on migrant social rights. Immediately prior to my move to Sheffield I worked as a careers adviser for research staff and doctoral students at the University of Oxford Careers Service. Away from the office I relax by dabbling in printmaking and I’m a keen open water swimmer.
The skills developed during a PhD can be put to good use in a vast range of career pathways, but it can be challenging to work out which of the many options is right for you. Whether you currently aim to stay in an academic setting, use your music and/or research skills in another sector or do something altogether different, this session will help you to consider your options, find strategies to refine your career thinking and develop a clearer plan of action for your career going forward.