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Dear all, We have available a 3-year-long Postdoctoral Research Fellowhip in Music Information Retrieval (Rhythm and Groove) at RITMO. The position is available in connection with the research project GROOVE: Mapping, Modeling, and Perceiving the Combinatorics of Groove-based Rhythms led by Guilherme Schmidt Câmara. This project aims to advance knowledge on groove and why specific combinations of rhythmic patterns reliably elicit pleasure and the urge to move. Building on recent work in music theory, rhythm cognition, and music information retrieval, the project will develop a novel, theoretical-analytical framework for the categorization of multi-part rhythmic patterns and their combinations across ensemble parts (e.g., drums, bass, guitar, voice) and genres. The empirical focus will be placed on groove-based traditions that have strongly influenced global popular music (e.g., funk, reggae, samba). The candidate is not expected to have prior expertise in these specific traditions; repertoire knowledge is covered by other team members. The successful candidate will lead the project’s computational work package and develop the pipeline that operationalizes the theory and supports perceptual studies. This includes: contributing to method development on rhythm modeling; performing source separation on commercial recordings and extracting audio features (onsets, pitch, harmony, dynamics); curating datasets; and integrating machine learning approaches to complement rule-based methods. Application deadline: 20 April 2026 Please forward to relevant candidates.
Best,
Anne Danielsen
Professor, Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, Norway
http://people.uio.no/anneda Deputy director, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion http://www.uio.no/ritmo |