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SUMMARY:Computational specification for temporal abstraction in music - Al
 ejandro Vinao\, Computer Laboratory\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20070522T133000Z
DTEND:20070522T143000Z
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CONTACT:Minor Gordon
DESCRIPTION:This is one of a series of discussion sessions\, in which Alej
 andro Vinao (Computer Laboratory composer-in-residence) and Alan Blackwell
  are seeking input from different research groups on ways of specifying te
 mporal abstraction. The research\nmotivation is that certain sound process
 es cannot easily be described by modern digital composers. They certainly 
 cannot be described in conventional music notation\, but more annoyingly\,
  cannot even be easily described in the music programming languages typica
 lly used by digital composers. The goal of this discussion is to present t
 he abstract temporal structure of two\nsuch abstract processes\, in order 
 to find out whether analagous abstractions are also found in the research 
 field of this group. If suitable analogies can be found\, the discussion w
 ill proceed to possible techniques for representing and manipulating those
 \nabstractions.\n
LOCATION:Room FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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