Home page for my (James McDermott's) various musical, programming, and research projects.
My research interests include evolutionary computation, audio synthesis and analysis and GUIs for music software. I want to make better GUIs using EC. I'm doing a 2-year post-doc in the NCRA group in UCD.
I've finished my PhD in music technology and evolutionary computation in the University of Limerick, Ireland, supervised by Dr. Michael O'Neill (NCRA, UCD) and Dr. Niall Griffith (CSIS, UL). I used genetic algorithms to evolve synthesizer parameters under user guidance. The idea is that the user doesn't have to switch into analytical, parameter-setting mode, or even learn what parameters mean, in order to get the sound he or she wants. More on my research page.
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