Meetings of Pythagoras Graduate School

First Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: Tieteiden talo, Hall 505, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003
9.45     Coffee
10.15   Opening, Prof. Jukka Louhivuori
10.30   Introduction of each participant (1 min each)
11.00   Tuukka Ilomäki (SibA) (15 min talk + 15 min feedback)
11.30   Suvi Laiho (JYU)
12.00   Riia Milovanov (Univ. of Turku) CANCELLED
12.30   Lunch (Tiedekahvila)
13.30   Teachers’ meeting
14.00   Prof. Vesa Välimäki (HUT/Acoustics), “Tutorial on musical signal processing”
14.30   Coffee
14.45   Henri Penttinen (HUT/Acoustics)
15.15   Tuomas Paatero (HUT/Acoustics)
15.45   Teemu Mäki-Patola (HUT/TML)
16.15   General discussion
16.45   Move to Hall 309 to hear the next talk
17.00   Prof. Marc Leman (Ghent University, Belgium), “From an overview of systematic musicology to recent studies in music perception”
18.30   Get-Together Party
Where: Seminar Room 421, Univ. of Helsinki, Dept. of Psychology, Siltavuorenpenger 20 D (4th floor), Helsinki

Friday, Jan. 31, 2003
12.00 Hanna Järveläinen’s doctoral defense
Where: Hall S4, Helsinki University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical and Communications Engineering, Otakaari 5A, Espoo
Topic: Perception of Attributes in Real and Synthetic String Instrument Sounds
Custos: Prof. Matti Karjalainen (HUT/Acoustics)
Opponent: Prof. Marc Leman (Ghent University, Belgium)

List of Participants
1.    Jukka Louhivuori (JYU)
2.    Suvi Laiho (JYU)
3.    Petri Toiviainen (JYU)
4.    Mari Tervaniemi (HY)
5.    Minna Huotilainen (HY)
6.    Nikolai Novitski (HY)
7.    Titia van Zuijen (HY)
8.    Elvira Brattico (HY)
9.    Mauri Kaipainen (UIAH)
10.    Samu Mielonen (UIAH)
11.    Tuukka Ilomäki (SibA)
12.    Marcus Castrén (SibA)
13.    Mika Kuuskankare (SibA)
14.    Tuire Kuusi (SibA)
15.    Teemu Mäki-Patola (HUT/TML)
16.    Lauri Savioja (HUT/TML)
17.    Henri Penttinen (HUT/Acoustics)
18.    Tuomas Paatero (HUT/Acoustics)
19.    Matti Karjalainen (HUT/Acoustics)
20.    Vesa Välimäki (HUT/Acoustics)
21.    Marc Leman (Ghent University, Belgium)

Second Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: Siuntio, Suitia mansion

Thursday May 8, 2003 8.30 Departure from Helsinki
10.00 Arrival and check-in
10.30 Sight-seeing tour
11.30 Lunch
12.30 Opening words
Student presentations
12.45 Teemu
13.15 Tuomas
13.45 Henkka
14.15 Coffee break
Student presentations
14.45 Suvi
15.15 Paulo
15.45 Tuukka
16.15 General discussion
17.00 Break
17.30 Teachers: meeting
Students: discussion on 10 concepts 19.00 Mentoring: time for di
scussions between supervisors and students 20.00 Sauna
21.30 Snacks

FridayMay 9, 2003
8.00 Breakfast
Tutorials
9.00 Mari, Minna, Elvira
10.30 Coffee break
Student presentations
11.00 Riia
11.30 Nikolai
12.00 Lunch
13.00 General discussion
15.00 Departure

Third Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: Helsinki, Sibelius academy, Töölönkatu 24, Wegelius Hall

Friday Sptember 26, 2003
9.30 Coffee
10.00 Opening words
10.15 Tutorial (Marcus & Tuire)
11.15 Tuukka Ilomäki
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Mika Kuuskankare
13.45 Short presentations of the students
14.30 Teachers' meeting (Iso kokoushuone, 3rd floor) Students' discussion on the most influential papers (Wegelius Hall)
15.30 General discussion
16.30 Mentoring (Riia - Mari and Elvira - Minna) or free time
18.00 Evening program

List of Participants
Suvi Laiho
Riia Milovanov
Elvira Brattico
Henri Penttinen
Paulo Esquef
Teemu Mäki-Patola
Tuukka Ilomäki
Mika Kuuskankare
Micah Bregman
Jukka Louhivuori
Petri Toiviainen
Matti Karjalainen
Vesa Välimäki
Mari Tervaniemi
Minna Huotilainen
Marcus Castrén
Tuire Kuusi

Fourth Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: Otaniemi

Friday Jan 23, 2004
10.30 Opening words + demo session in EVE virtual room.
11.45 Lunch
12:30 Teemu (long presentation)
13:15 Tapio Lokki
13:40 Suvi (Short presentations)
14:00 Henri
14:20 Tuukka
14:40 Coffee break
15:00 Riia
15:20 Paulo
15:40 Elvira
16:00 Nikolai
16:20 Break
16:30 Teachers meeting + student discussion.
17:30 General discussion.
18:00 - 18:30 Evening program starts.

Fifth Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: University of Jyväskylä, Department of Music (M-Building)

Thurday May 13, 2004
10.15-10.30 Opening words Jukka
10.30-11.15 Tuomas Eerola (invited speaker)
11.15-12.00 Tuukka
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 Henkka
13.30-14.00 Paulo
14.00-14.30 Teemu
14.30-15.00 Coffee
15.00-15.30 Suvi
15.30-16.00 Riia
16.00-17.00 Discussion: Practical tips
19.00 Evening Program at Jukka’s place: snacks, music, and sauna

Friday May 14, 2004
08.30-09.30 Mentoring
09.30-10.15 Olivier (invited speaker)
10.15-11.00 Geoff (invited speaker)
11.00-12.00 Lunch
12.00-12.30 Elvira
12.30-13.00 Kaisu
13.00-13.30 Coffee
13.30-14.00 Teacher discussion/Student discussion
14.00-15.00 General discussion and Departure

Sixth Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing

23-24 September 2004, Espoo

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004
Where:
Hall I346, 10.15 - 12.00
Hall H302, 12.00 – 17.30
HUT, Dept. of Electrical and Communications Engineering, Otakaari 5A, Espoo

10.15 – 10.30 Coffee
10.30 – 10.45 Opening, Prof. Vesa Välimäki
10.45 – 11.00 Prof. Mari Tervaniemi (HY), “How to start a paper factory?”
11.00 – 11.30 Prof. Petri Toiviainen (JYU), “How to write a paper?”
11.30 – 12.00 Prof. Vesa Välimäki (HUT/Acoustics), “Journals and impact factors”
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch (HUT ECE Dept. cafe)
13.00 – 13.30 Prof. Matti Karjalainen(HUT/Acoustics), “Block Compiler”
13.30 – 14.00 Dr. Cumhur Erkut (HUT/Acoustics), “Demos from ALMA”
14.00 – 15.00 Excursion and demos at the HUT Acoustics Lab
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 15.45 Henri Penttinen (HUT/Acoustics), “Louder Kantele, Design Rules and Analysis”
15.45 – 16.15 Teemu Mäki-Patola (HUT/TML), “Research update”
16.15 – 16.45 Elvira Brattico (HY), “Descriptive vs. evaluative listening of music”
16.45 – 17.15 Discussion and closure

18.00 – Get-Together Sauna Party, At Micronova, Tietotie 3

Friday, Sept. 24, 2004
Where:
Hall H302, 9.00 - 12.00
Hall F201, 12.00 – 17.30
Helsinki University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical and Communications Engineering, Otakaari 5A, Espoo
09.00 – 09.30 Riia Milovanov (UTU), “Mozart effect in Finnish school children”
09.30 – 10.00 Jyri Pakarinen (HUT/Acoustics), “Physical modeling of nonlinear strings”
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee break
10.15 – 10.45 Nikolai Novitski (HY), “Evoked magnetic fields to pitch change under fMRI acoustic noise”
10.45 – 11.15 Suvi Laiho (JYU), “Writing an article – Searching for the scarlet thread”
11.15 – 11.45 Prof. Vesa Välimäki (HUT/Acoustics), “Virtual analog synthesis”
11.45 – 12.45 Lunch (HUT ECE Dept. cafe)
12.45 – 14.00 Teachers’ meeting / Students’ meeting
14.00 – 16.00 Mika Kuuskankare (SibA), “ENP workshop”
14.45 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00 General discussion and closure

Seventh Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: University of Helsinki, Cognitive Brain Research Unit
9.30-10.00 Arrival at Fabianinkatu 24, coffee
10.00-10.15 Opening words, Prof. Toiviainen
10.15-10.45 Suvi: Mid-term report
10.45-11.15 Teemu: Mid-term report
11.15-11.30 Happihyppy
11.30-12.00 Henkka: Mid-term report
12.00-12.30 Riia: Mid-term report
12.30-12.45 General Discussion
12.45-14.00 Lunch at Metsätalo
14.00-14.15 Kaisu: Progress report
14.15-14.30 Nikolai: On the way to PhD
14.30-14.45 Jyri: Progress report
14.45-15.15 Koray: Experimental Environment for Generative Musical Improvisation
15.15-15.45 Coffee
15.45-17.00 Student Meeting & Teacher Meeting followed by General Meeting
17.00 Departure towards Siltavuorenpenger
EEG lab demo
Party

Eight Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: Sibelius Academy, Chamber Music Hall, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 9

Voice, Sound and Subjectivity – Interdisciplinary seminar

When: 6-8 June, 2005
Organisation: VEST (Doctoral Study Program of Performing Arts in Finland); Pythagoras (Graduate School of Music and Sound Research); Research Project on Language, Culture and Experience (Sibelius Academy) and Centre for Music & Technology (Sibelius Academy)

Monday, 6 June
chair: Anne Sivuoja-Gunaratnam

10.00.-12.00. John Potter (University of York): The Voice and the Self
13.00.-13.45. Rebekka Angervo (Sibelius Academy): Reflections on Subjectivity according to Erving Goffman and Rom Harré
13.45.-14.30. Aila Paavola (University of Turku): Outsider Sounds: de-traditionalization of a traditional sound world in opera
14.30.-15.00. Coffee pause 15.00.-15.45. Anna Maria Friman (University of York): Women singing medieval music: performance practice issues in recordings
15.45.-16.30. Assi Karttunen (Sibelius Academy): Orphée, the metamorphosis of an ancient hero
17.15. - 19 Workshop by John Potter

Tuesday, 7 June
chair: Pentti Paavolainen

10.00.-12.00. Enrique Pardo (Panthéâtre, Pariisi): Speculations on the subject and object of performance
12.00.-13.00. Lunch
13.00.-13.45 Pauliina Hulkko (Theatre Academy of Finland): Whose Voice am I Speaking with?
13.45.-14.30. Kristiina Junttu (Sibelius Academy): The chiasma of sound and body movement in Kurtág's Játékok
14.30.-15.00. Coffee pause
15.00.-15.45. Tiina Syrjä (University of Tampere): The effects of acting in Spanish on the body images, corporeal sensations and the use of the body among Finnish actor students.
15.45.-16.30. Suvi Laiho (University of Jyväskylä): Music as Mood Regulation
17.15. - 19 Workshop by Enrique Pardo

Wendesday, 8 June
chair: Vesa Välimäki

10.00.-12.00. Johan Sundberg (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm): Making music with voice
12.00.-13.00. Lunch
13.00.-13.45. Riia Milovanov (University of Turku): The potentials of music in education
13.45.-14.30. Tuukka Ilomäki (Sibelius Academy): Analysis of twelve-tone music and subjectivity
14.30.-15.00. Coffee pause
15.00.-15.45. Teemu Mäki-Patola (Helsinki University of Technology): Musical Effects of Latency
15.45.-16.30. Henri Penttinen (Helsinki University of Technology): Aspects in plucked string instrument analysis and synthesis
17.15. - 19 Demonstrations and research project reports from Centre for Music & Technology, Sibelius Academy. Kalev Tiits, Vesa Norilo, Noa Nakai, Risto Ranta-Aho

Tenth Meeting of the Pythagoras Graduate School, Second Cycle

Where: University of Turku, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (KNT)

Thursday 23.3, 2006
14:30 - 15:00 Arrival at KNT
15:00 Welcome reception = kaffe and pulla
15:30 Prof. Heikki Hämäläinen: Research at KNT
16:30 Mika Kuuskankare: Final talk
17:00 Student/Teacher Meeting, General Meeting
18:15 Tour in the EEG-lab

In addition: Several talks by members of Pythagoras during the Finnish Symposium for Music Research at Åbo Academi, March 23-25, Turku

List of Participants
1. Heikki Hämäläinen
2. Heidi-Maria Lehtonen
3. Vesa Välimäki
4. Mika Kuuskankare
5. Henri Penttinen
6. Suvi Saarikallio
7. Jukka Louhivuori
8. Marcus Castrén
9. Riia Milovanov
10. Tassu Takala
11. Jukka Louhivuori
12. Kaisu Krohn
13. Geoff Luck

Abbreviations
HUT = Helsinki University of Technology (Teknillinen korkeakoulu)
HUT/TML = HUT Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory
HUT/Acoustics = HUT Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing
HY = University of Helsinki
JYU = University of Jyväskylä
SibA = Sibelius Academy
TY = University of Turku
UIAH = University of Arts and Design Helsinki (Taideteollinen korkeakoulu)
UTU = University of Turku