Im actually looking to transfer, FYI. I haven't yet found funding, and
don't have an advisor. Not sure if that changes anything.
On Oct 12, 2015 8:43 AM, "Nick Collins" <clicksonnil_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Justin,
>
> I'm afraid this is for someone applying to undertake a new doctorate at
> Durham, and not random funding for an existing one at a different
> institution, however worthy : )
>
> best
> Nick
>
> On 11 Oct 2015, at 22:32, Justin Northrop <justinorthrop_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Would they be interested in funding my project? I'm currently a computer
> > science PhD student at Georgia Tech.
> >
> > I'm building a livecoding enabled visual language currently called
> > TanScript (tangible script).
> >
> > In TanScript, a 'head' walks along a program and executes each
> instruction
> > that it touches. A program is a directed graph of instructions, which the
> > programmer can drag around in order to make them readable and beautiful.
> >
> > Instructions can play music.
> >
> > Musical programs themselves are a form of score. The score is a program
> > that executes as a head walks along it.
> >
> > One can build interactive soundscapes by leaving some choices to the
> > listener. If the listener wants, she can modify the choices that are made
> > at some locations in an interactive soundscape, similarly to how
> junctions
> > on a railroad track can be toggled left and right at any time during the
> > track's operation.
> >
> > I'm currently most focused on applying TanScript to GUI design and
> language
> > editing and navigation. The language editing and navigation is mainly
> > focused on editing generalizations of text (where text is a list of rows
> of
> > symbols), and on editing TanScript programs (including musical ones).
> >
> > I'm also working under the constraint that everything in the TanScript
> IDE
> > should be usable without a monitor (or by a blind person). Even
> non-musical
> > programs can be sonified, so that it is possible to efficiently browse
> them
> > without the aid of vision.
> >
> > More info can be found here:
> >
> >
> https://www.reddit.com/r/Mneumonese/comments/3mbgmi/tanscript_as_a_musical_language/
> >
> > - Justin
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Nick Collins <clicksonnil_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> In case of interest, a possibility for funded visual culture related
> >> doctoral work at Durham; live coding and audiovisuals might provide
> >> interesting angles to secure one of these scholarships (I'd be happy to
> be
> >> involved as a supervisor, though I'd imagine a supervision team would
> take
> >> in the visual cultures people too). From past experience, you'd need a
> >> strong academic background and a stand out research proposal if you
> wanted
> >> to pursue this; happy to discuss off list if anyone was very keen.
> >>
> >> https://www.dur.ac.uk/cvac/postgraduatestudy/visualscholarships/apply/
> >>
> >> (UK and EU but not non-EU international, fees + living allowance)
> >>
> >> best,
> >> N
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