R. Michael WintersM.A. Music Technology 2011–13Supervisor: Prof. Marcelo M. Wanderley Email: raymond [dot] winters [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca Web: Fax: +1 (514) 398-2962 Phone: +1 (514) 398-4535 ext. 094846 |
Thesis Available Here
CV Available Here
Research Interests
- Sonification and Auditory Display
- Music and Emotion
- HCI and Affective Computing
Academic Background
- B.A. in Music (Piano Performance) and Physics, College of Wooster, 2010.
- Minors in Philosophy and Mathematics
Professional Experience
- Webcasting/Recording Engineer, Schulich School of Music
- Intern, Sennheiser Electronic Corp.
- Research Associate, The College of Wooster Physics Department
Projects
Awards
- SEMPRE Conference Award (2013)
- CIRMMT Travel Award (2013)
- NSERC Engage Grant, “Audio Environment for the Emotional Imaging Composer” (2012)
- McGill Graduate Excellence Scholarship (2012)
- College of Wooster Covenant Scholarship (2006-2010)
IDMIL Publications
Articles
- R. Michael Winters and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Sonification of Emotion: Strategies and Results from the Intersection with Music". Organised Sound, vol. 19, number 1, Cambridge University Press, 2014, pages 60–69. DOI: 10.1017/S1355771813000411.
- R. Michael Winters, Alexandre Savard, Vincent Verfaille and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "A Sonification Tool for the Analysis of Large Databases of Expressive Gesture". The International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA), vol. 4, number 6, AIRCC Publishing Corporation, 2012, pages 13–26. DOI: 10.5121/ijma.2012.4602.
In Proceedings
- R. Michael Winters, Ian Hattwick and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Emotional Data in Music Performance: Two Audio Environments for the Emotional Imaging Composer". In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion (ICME2013), 2013.
- R. Michael Winters and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Sonification of Emotion: Strategies for Continuous Display of Arousal and Valence". In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music & Emotion (ICME2013), 2013.
- R. Michael Winters and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "New Directions for the Sonification of Expressive Movement in Music Performance". In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Auditory Display, 2012.
Master's Theses
- R. Michael Winters. "Exploring Music Through Sound: Sonification of Emotion, Gesture, and Corpora". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2013.
Technical Reports
- Ian Hattwick, R. Michael Winters and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "NSERC Engage Grant "Audio Environment for the Emotional Imaging Composer"". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-12-03, 2012.
- R. Michael Winters. "Documentation of the Sonification Desktop". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-11-04, 2011.
- R. Michael Winters. "Adaptive Whitening for Real-Time Onset Detection and Virtual Convolution of Impulsive, Iterative, Sonic Gestures". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-11-03, 2011.
- R. Michael Winters. "Efficient Auditory Coding and Music Analysis". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-11-02, 2011.
- R. Michael Winters. "Literature Review and New Directions for the Sonification of Musicians' Ancillary Gestures". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-11-01, 2011.
Other Publications
Journal Articles
- Gerhardt Funk, Deva O'Neil, R. Michael Winters. "What the Oblique Parameters S, T, and U and Their Extensions Reveal About the 2HDM: A Numerical Analysis", International Journal of Modern Physics A, 27(5), 2012.
- S. Y. Lehman, Elizabeth Baker, Howard A. Henry, Andrew J. Kindschuh, Larry C. Markley, Megan B. Browning, Mary E. Mills, **R. Michael Winters, D. T. Jacobs. "Avalanches on a Conical Bead Pile: Scaling with Tuning Parameters", Granular Matter, 14(5), 2012.
Conference Publications
- R. Michael Winters, Julie E. Cumming. Sonification of Symbolic Music in the ELVIS Project, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display, New York, New York, June 22-25, 2014.
- R. Michael Winters, Andrew Blaikie, Deva O'Neil. "Simulating the Electroweak Phase Transition: Sonification of Bubble Nucleation", In Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display, Budapest, Hungary, June 20-24, 2011. *Simulation Videos*
- R. Michael Winters, "1/f Noise and Auditory Aesthetics: Sonification of a Driven Bead Pile", In Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display, Budapest, Hungary, June 20-24, 2011. Audio Examples:1.5cm10cm
Performance
Other Interests
- Activities: Soccer, Frisbee, Running, Hiking, Bicycle Maintenance
- Art & Craft: Reading, Writing, Photography, Sculpture