Candidate:
Takahiko Tsuchiya
Ph.D. in Music Technology
School of Music
Georgia Institute of Technology

Date: 2nd December 2020
Time: 19:00 to 21:00 (EDT)
Location: https://gatech.bluejeans.com/5556448284

Title:
Composing and Decomposing Electroacoustic Sonifications: Towards a Functional-Aesthetic Sonification Design Framework

Abstract:
The field of sonification invites musicians and scientists for creating novel auditory interfaces. However, the opportunities for incorporating musical ideas into general functional sonifications have been limited because of the transparency and communication issues with musical aesthetics. This research proposes a new design framework, spectromorphing sonification (SMSon), that facilitates the use of various musical techniques as well as a transparent representation or conveyance of data. The work is verified with two human-subject tests. An online listening test investigates how SMSon supports the general listener's structural understanding of a musically-complex sonification. A design study explores how the designer can incorporate their own aesthetic approaches while retaining the functional values of sonification.

Committee:
Jason Freeman (Advisor, School of Music, Georgia Tech)
Grace Leslie (Reader, School of Music, Georgia Tech)
Carrie Bruce (Reader, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech)
Claire Author (Reader, School of Music, Georgia Tech)
Hiroko Terasawa (Reader, Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science, University of Tsukuba)