Description

The COBS student committee is pleased to invite you to the 7th inter-university student symposium, merging the members of the three research centres; CIRMMT, OICRM, & BRAMS. The symposium will be held in person on May 29th, 2025, in the Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, McGill University.

Student members of these three research centres are encouraged to submit a proposal of their current research, regardless of the stage of the project, once the call becomes available. In addition, the presenters must ensure that they are available on the day of the symposium to attend their colleagues’ presentations.

Please note that the event will be bilingual, and presenters may present in the language of their choice.

Awards for Presentations

Awards will be offered to students for the best presentations. These awards will be granted to the students whose presentations showcase excellent research and communication abilities.

Registration

To register as an attendee or as a presenter, please fill out this MS form.

Important Dates

• Author notification from committee: April 4, 2025
• Registration deadline including lunch: May 23, 2025, 4:00pm
• Symposium date: May 29, 2025

Preliminary schedule

9:00–9:15am: Introduction

9:15–10:45am: Oral Presentations 1

10:45–11:00am: Coffee Break

11:00am–12:00pm: 3-minute Lighting Presentations

12:00–2:00pm: Poster session and lunch

2:00–3:30pm: Oral Presentations 2

3:30–4:30pm: Prof. Sidney Fels keynote

4:30–4:45pm: Coffee Break

4:45–5:45pm: CIRMMT General Assembly

5:45–7:00pm: Reception

7:00–8:00pm: Concert [MMR]

Keynote: Sidney Fels

Progress on Navigating the Mind-Body Continuum for Musical Expression

Working with the idea that the mind and body form a continuum from thought to control that learns to incorporate biomechanics and environmental constraints with perceptual ones to achieve player goals, we are looking for ways to create new adaptive mechanisms for New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) that help to reduce information demands on players while at the same time increasing information throughput for more expressive interfaces. I’ll present our recent efforts towards brain to speech interfaces as well as some theoretical work that explores how we can build adaptive NIMEs.

Sid Fels (Prof, ECE, British Columbia, 1998-); PhD (CS, Toronto, 1994); MSc (CS, Toronto, 1990); BASc (EE, Waterloo, 1988)

Sid is a Distinguished University Scholar at UBC (2004-). He was a visiting researcher at ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan (1996-1997). He worked at Virtual Technologies Inc. in CA (1995). He is internationally known for his work in human-computer interaction, biomechanical modeling, neural networks, new interfaces for musical expression and interactive arts with over 400 scholarly publications. He is a member of CIRMMT’s International Advisory Board. Since 2017, he holds the Dolby Professorship in Digital Multimedia at UBC.

How to get here

Please view the information on our Contact us page.

Please contact the organizational committee at ccobs.cobs[AT]gmail[DOT]com if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you at the symposium!