Researcher position in AI x Music and Creativity

Job description

We are looking for an Aalto master's / doctoral student or a postdoctoral researcher to work with us on the Co-Creative Artificial Intelligence of Music project. You will be developing AI models for digitally facilitating co-creation processes between human musician and creative AI tool/agent. You will also investigate means for enabling musicians to better understand and interpret the underlying predictions or decisions that the AI model makes in the moment of mutual human-machine cooperation.

You should have a firm interest and understanding of deep learning models applied to audio processing and synthesis, as well as advanced skills and knowledge in building deep neural networks (mainly in TensorFlow). 

The Co-Creative Artificial Intelligence of Music is a joint research project in collaboration with Koray Tahiroglu (DAM, School of ARTS), Nitin Sawhney (CS, School of Science) and Douglas Eck (Magenta, Google Brain Team). The project is supported by Aalto University's internal funding based on Ministry of Education and Culture's (MEC) Global Program Pilots for India & USA.  

How to apply

The applications for the postdoctoral researcher position are to be submitted through our recruitment system no later than 1 March 2022.

Aalto University’s employees and visitors please note: you should apply for the position via our internal system Workday -> Career -> find jobs, by using your existing Workday user account. 

The position will be filled as soon as possible, therefore we encourage Aalto researchers to apply whenever they are able. The employment contract for the researcher is for full-time and 12 months. We prefer full-time researcher due to fairly full schedule of tasks, but part-time basis opportunity might also be considered. 

The application for the research position should contain the following documents in pdf format:

• CV

• Motivation letter (max 1 page)

• Study transcripts (for Master's and Doctoral students)

• The most relevant (max 3) projects in which deep learning models developed / applied (as attached files with project descriptions and links to online material)

• Name and contact information of one referee in Aalto University 

All material should be submitted in English.

More information

For additional information regarding this position, please contact the head of Sound and Physical Interaction - SOPI research group, Koray Tahiroglu ([email protected] ). Questions regarding the recruitment process however should be directed to HR Coordinator Katja Korpinurmi ([email protected] ).

Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.

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