Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the network brings together researchers from Queen Mary, University of London; City University, London; the University of Cambridge; the University of Glasgow; the University of Sheffield; the University of Surrey; and the University of York. It builds on an already impressive body of research in this field, including Queen Mary's recently launched OMRAS project, and the University of York's RIMM project. OMRAS (online music recognition and searching) has the potential to develop a music web search-engine with educational, copyright and commercial applications. RIMM (Real-time Interactive Multiple Media Content Generation) has the potential to unite computer music technologies, surround sound and computer graphic generation.
The Digital Music Research Network launches on 17 December 2002 with a one-day conference held at Queen Mary, University of London. Guest speakers will include Francois Pachet, Head of the Music Team at Sony's Computer Science Lab in Paris and Daniel Arfib, Research Director for Music Informatics at the National Centre for Scientific Research, France. The Network will also act as a training resource for new researchers in this area.
(Ruth Rossington)
