SMC-15 Summerschool: 26th - 29th July
Sound Design for Media and enabling Audio Technologies
The Summer School of the SMC Conference will take place from Sunday 26th July to Wednesday 29th July. The theme of the Summer School is Sound Design for Media and enabling Audio Technologies. The program for the summer school is to have a mix of workshops and lectures from both industry and academia. The aim is to broaden the skills palette and hands-on technical skills of the participants.
If you are:
- enrolled in a MA/MSc/PhD program in computer science, music & media technology, or engineering,
- are fascinated about sound design and technological development and want to learn under the guidance of expert instructors and tutors,
- can perceive the value of interdisciplinary knowledge for developing your skills and finding insights that will inform and drive your research work,
To apply for a place on the summerschool email a Curriculum Vitae and a letter of interest that clearly indicates your motivation and previous experience with music technology research by Wednesday July 1st, 2015.
A maximum of 20 selected participants will be notified by Monday July 6th, 2015.
The cost of attending the summer school, including lectures, training sessions, laboratory material, lunches and coffee breaks is €200. All applications and inquiries can be directed to the SMC Summer School Chair:
Joseph Timoney jtimoney@cs.nuim.ie
We are very happy to introduce all of our workshop presenters for SMC15
| Sunday
26th July |
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| 12:30
- 13:30 |
Welcome to Summer School and lunch
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| Workshop I
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| 14:00
- 17:00 |
Hands-on Foley Sound workshop with Ardmore Sound including talks by EMMY nominees (Game of Thrones), Caoimhe Doyle and Jean McGrath. - Link to .pdf file on Workshop I Talks and Presenters |
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| 17:30
- 18:30 |
Introduction to Maynooth town and Campus
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| 18:30
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Meet for drink in Brady’s bar, Maynooth |
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| Monday
27th July |
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| Workshop II
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| 10:00
- 11:00 |
Workshop on modern digital studio mastering techniques by MSB Mastering, Ireland
- Link to .pdf file on MSB Mastering Workshop |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:30
- 13:00 |
Continuation of MSB workshop
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| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Workshop: Creative Coding for Natural User Interfaces - Stephen Howell (Microsoft Ireland)
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Group introduction followed by Lecture in Sound Texture Synthesis algorithm Dr Sean O’Leary (IRCAM) |
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| 18:00
- 19:00 |
Traditional Irish music session at Maynooth campus |
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| Tuesday
28th July |
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| Workshop III
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| 10:00
- 11:00 |
Workshop on Parallel computing and GPUs for audio processing by Professor John ffitch (University of Bath) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:30
- 12:30 |
Continuation of Parallel computing and GPUs workshop
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 14:00
- 15:30 |
Industry invited-talk on GPUs in audio by Movidius |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Project Work period |
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| 17:30 - 20:00 |
Meal and Tour of Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare |
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| Wednesday
29th July |
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| 10:00
- 11:00 |
Workshop by Xilinx Ireland on FPGA Technology and Audio |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Xilinx workshop continued |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 14:00
- 17:00 |
MAKER.IE DIY Fuzz Guitar Pedal Workshop. - Link to .pdf file on Workshop |
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| 18:30 - 19:30 |
Extramuros live coding concert |
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