Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music (ICSRiM), University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

ICSRM has the following generic aims:

to produce research outcomes of international significance in the broad area of musical sound and its applications
to exploit existing technologies and to drive novel technologies in musical sound and its applications
to disseminate research outcomes through publication in a variety of media
to act as a centre for study and scholarship in the science of musical sound
to interact and form partnerships with public sector and commercial users
to provide a crucible for the development of an interdisciplinary culture between artists and scientists

Summary of the Research Portfolio of the ICSRM

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music provides a venue for research and development in the following three areas:

Creative human-computer interactions

Objectives:

to develop software which allows the performer to make a fuller use of the range of gestural information in the control of a suitably specified synthesis engine
to research and develop a polyphonic pitch-tracking system
to develop novel algorithms for automated composition
to develop software and integrate hardware for the tracking of performers
to develop 3D computer models of artificial environments and virtual performers
to develop a software package to concurrently edit digital video and audio streams in a multimedia environment
to develop appropriate HCIs for the above

Analysis, synthesis and encoding of musical sound

Objectives:

to develop new analytical software
to develop software and hardware for sound synthesis
to develop algorithms for the encoding and compression of data representing music and sound
to develop an Optical Music Recognition system for hand-written manuscript

Applications of Music Psychology

Objectives:

to research the perception and production of expressive features in performance (timing, dynamics, continuous modulations).
to research control and co-ordination of timing in performance.
to identify and categorise acoustic and electroacoustic sound sources
to develop research tools for collection and analysis of empirical data from musical performances
to develop algorithmic tools for error identification and report