Debra Lacoste, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

LinkedMusic: Interlinking music resources for enhanced access
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$19,951
Cantus Ultimus: building the ideal online plainchant research environment
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$499,694
Single interface for music score searching and analysis
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$2,499,197

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

LinkedMusic: Interlinking music resources for enhanced access

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: metadata schema; metadata mapping; linked data; interlinking databases; musicology; organology

$19,951

Cantus Ultimus: building the ideal online plainchant research environment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fujinaga, Ichiro

Keywords: optical music recognition; information science; digital library; plainchant; musicology; music theory; Medieval studies; Liturgy; religion

$499,694

Single interface for music score searching and analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Grants

Keywords: digital library; optical music recognition; musicology; music database; music theory; music analysis; music notation

$2,499,197

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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