Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Faculty of Science
University of Calgary
Comparison of Sequences and Trees: From Bioinformatics to the Analysis of Music
Submitted by mlwruble on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 8:51am.
Mar 30 2009 - 3:50pm
Mar 30 2009 - 4:30pm
Speaker:
Dr. Pascal Ferraro,University of Bordeaux,
France
Location:
ICT 516Abstract:
Analysis of sequences and tree structures is a standard operation for
which well-known utilities exist. In this talk, I will present a
translation of these techniques from the domain of biology to the context
of music analysis. Applications such as query-by-humming (whistling,
singing) or query-by-example allow users to retrieve musical pieces. As
the number of digital musical documents available on the Internet
increases, these methods make it possible to search large databases of
music.
Speaker information:
Dr. Ferraro is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Bordeaux, France, where he is a director of the Biological
Structure Analysis Group. He is currently on leave of absence at the
University of Calgary, sponsored by CNRS and PIMS. His
research interests include combinatorics of sequences and tree structures,
analysis of biological structures, modelling of the secondary structures of
RNA, modelling of plant development, music comparison, graph theory,
multiscale modelling, fractals, L-systems, and the design of computer
platforms for simulation in biology and analysis of music.
Host: Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz
Analysis of sequences and tree structures is a standard operation for
which well-known utilities exist. In this talk, I will present a
translation of these techniques from the domain of biology to the context
of music analysis. Applications such as query-by-humming (whistling,
singing) or query-by-example allow users to retrieve musical pieces. As
the number of digital musical documents available on the Internet
increases, these methods make it possible to search large databases of
music.
Speaker information:
Dr. Ferraro is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Bordeaux, France, where he is a director of the Biological
Structure Analysis Group. He is currently on leave of absence at the
University of Calgary, sponsored by CNRS and PIMS. His
research interests include combinatorics of sequences and tree structures,
analysis of biological structures, modelling of the secondary structures of
RNA, modelling of plant development, music comparison, graph theory,
multiscale modelling, fractals, L-systems, and the design of computer
platforms for simulation in biology and analysis of music.
Host: Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz