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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Music Generation Using Statistical NLP
Techniques</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The department of computing at
the Open University has a funded studentship available for</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>full time PhD study. One of the
topics covers stochastic generation of music. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suitable students will
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>have either previous experience of computer music
generation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>in general, or alternatively
some </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>knowledge of statistical NLP techniques with
some </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>general music experience, such
as playing an instrument.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 18px Helvetica"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>The position is competitive, so please contact me at the
earliest opportunity </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 22px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 18px Helvetica"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>if you wish to apply.</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Closing date is 30th
April.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Further details are at:</DIV><FONT face=Arial>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica; COLOR: #0000ee"
color=#0000ee><A href=""><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><U>http://www.computing.open.ac.uk/research-degrees/studentships</U><U></U></FONT></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT size=2>Please feel free to contact me informally
for more information, by email or phone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT size=2>Dr Robin Laney,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT size=2>Open University,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT size=2>UK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 18px Helvetica; COLOR: #0000ee"
color=#0000ee><A href=""><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><U>r.c.laney@open.ac.uk</U><U></U></FONT></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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