Douglas Van Nort, York University

Research

improvisation computational creativity musical AI distributed creativity telepresence Digital Performance Metacreation Biofeedback and the Arts

Latest funding

Developing and Evaluating Computational Creativity for Collective Musical Improvisation
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$90,000
Digital Performance
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$300,000
Digital Performance
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$200,000

All 6 grants and awards

Developing and Evaluating Computational Creativity for Collective Musical Improvisation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Van Nort, Douglas

Keywords: improvisation; musical AI; computational creativity; distributed creativity

$90,000

Digital Performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Van Nort, Douglas

Keywords: digital performance, computational creativity, metacreation, telepresence, biofeedback and the arts, interactive media, musical artificial intelligence, digital music, improvisation

$300,000

Digital Performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Van Nort, Douglas

$200,000

Connecting Communities Through Telematic Music

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Van Nort, Douglas

Keywords: telematics; telepresence; music; distributed performance; network music performance; improvisation; cross-cultural music production

$25,000

GLOBAL LANDSCAPE - A systematic review of computational creativity practices across disciplines

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Van Nort, Douglas

$25,000

Digital Performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Van Nort, Douglas

Keywords: digital performance, improvisation, interactive systems, gestural control of sound, immersive environments, telepresence, artificial agency, new interfaces of expression, embodied interaction, human/machine listening

$540,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: improvisation Dear Professor Van Nort, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on improvisation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Developing and Evaluating Computational Creativity for Collective Musical Improvisation" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]