MTS is the department’s Mind, Technology, and Society speaker series. It is hosted by a different faculty member each semester. Founded by a generous gift from Professors Robert Glushko and Pamela Samuelson, MTS brings researchers and industry professionals from across the globe to present a variety of interdisciplinary work in cognitive science. See our UCMerced CogSci youtube channel for videos of past MTS talks!
CIS graduate students, faculty, and staff, and all who are interested are invited! Members of other departments at UC Merced as well as the general public are encouraged to attend. (Note: current CIS Ph.D. students are required to attend MTS each semester in residence, to fulfill their COGS 250 course requirement).
Dr. Buongiorno Nardelli's talk “MUSIC” for Martians will be 3-4:30pm in COB 116.
Abstract: In this talk I will discuss how the hidden structure of music can be described as a complex data system using the tools of network theory. Network analysis methods exploit the use of graphs or networks as convenient tools for modeling relations in large data sets. If the elements of a data set are thought of as “nodes”, then the emergence of pairwise relations between them, “edges”, yields a network representation of the underlying set. Pairwise similarity relations between nodes, defined through the introduction of a measure of “distance” in the network, determine when individual nodes are connected (i.e., in a social network people are connected according to their acquaintances, collaborations, common interests, etc.).
I will generalize the concept network in the representation of musical spaces (melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.) and derive functional principles of compositional design by the direct analysis of such networks. Finally, I will discuss how I use these ideas as foundation of my practice as composer and media artist
Bio: Marco Buongiorno Nardelli is a composer, installation artist and computational physicist who brings a platform for Art/Science integration rooted in his profound and extensive expertise in development of scientific and artistic software and his vision for sustainable community software development. He is Regents Professor at the University of North Texas, with academic appointments in both the Department of Physics and the Division of Composition Studies, a member of iARTA, the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts and CEMI, the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia, and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute where he directs an initiative in “Music Complexity”. As both an Artist and a Scientist, his work is intrinsically inter- and cross-disciplinary: his work in Physics and in Art is the natural extension of his practices as a creative thinker.
For more information or to sign up for email announcements, please contact the talk series organizer: cis-mts-lead@lists.ucmerced.edu.
