Doctoral Dissertations

2017

Ian Hattwick. "Creating Novel Digital Interfaces for Professional Artistic Productions in Collaborative Art-Science Research Projects". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on November 08, 2017.

Thais Fernandes Santos. "The Relationship between Ancillary Gestures and Musical Phrase Organization: Application to Flute Performance". PhD thesis, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Thesis defended on June 06, 2017.

2016

Marlon Schumacher. "A Framework for Computer-Aided Composition of Space, Gesture, and Sound. Conception, Design, and Applications". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on June 14, 2016.

Marcello Giordano. "Vibrotactile Feedback and Stimulation in Music Performance". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on March 24, 2016.

2015

Carolina Brum Medeiros. "Advanced Instrumentation and Sensor Fusion in Input Devices for Musical Expression". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on March 30, 2015.

2014

Avrum Hollinger. "Optical Sensing, Embedded Systems, and Musical Interfaces for Functional Neuroimaging". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on March 20, 2014.

2013

Joseph Malloch. "A Framework and Tools for Mapping of Digital Musical Instruments". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on November 04, 2013.

2012

Stephen Sinclair. "Velocity-based Audio-Haptic Interaction With Real-Time Digital Acoustic Models". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on November 26, 2012.

Mark Zadel. "Graphical Performance Software in Contexts: Explorations with Different Strokes". PhD thesis, McGill University. 2012.

Cléo Palacio-Quintin. "Composition d'Oeuvres pour Hyper-flûžtes et Traitement AudionumŽérique Interactif". PhD thesis, UniversitŽé de MontrŽéal. Thesis defended on May 17, 2012.

2011

Rodolphe Koehly. "Fabrication of Sustainable Resistive-Based Paper Touch Sensors: Application to Music Technology". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on September 7, 2011.

2010

Doug Van Nort. "Modular and Adaptive Control of Sonic Processes". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on January 8, 2010.

2009

Alexandre Bouënard. "Synthesis of Music Performances: Virtual Character Animation as a Controller of Sound Synthesis". PhD thesis, European University of Brittany. Thesis defended on December 10, 2009.

Mark  T. Marshall. "Physical Interface Design for Digital Musical Instruments". PhD thesis, McGill University. 2009.


Master's Theses

2014

Benjamin Bacon. "The Effects of Handedness on Percussive Gesture". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2014.

Julian Vogels. "Harmonica-inspired Digital Musical Instrument Design Based on an Existing Gestural Performance Repertoire". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2014.

Thor Kell. "Musical Mapping of Two-Dimensional Touch-Based Control Layouts". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2014.

2013

Aaron Krajeski. "A Flexible Tool for the Visualization of Musical Mapping Networks". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2013.

Jonathan Wilansky. "A Production Tool for Analysis of the Mapping Layer in Digital Musical Instruments". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2013.

Mahtab Ghamsari-Esfahani. "Evaluating the role of mappings in skill acquisition with digital musical instruments". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2013.

R. Michael Winters. "Exploring Music Through Sound: Sonification of Emotion, Gesture, and Corpora". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2013.

2012

Bruno Angeles. "Conceptual Integration and User Interface Metaphor for the Multi-Touch Control of Recorded Audio". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2012.

2011

Vijay Rudraraju. "A Tool for Configuring Mappings for Musical Systems using Wireless Sensor Networks". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2011.

François G. Germain. "A Nonlinear Analysis Framework for Electronic Synthesizer Circuits". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2011.

Gabriel Vigliensoni. "Touchless Gestural Control of Concatenative Sound Synthesis". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2011.

Joseph Thibodeau. "Trumpet Augmentation: Rebirth and Symbiosis of an Acoustic Instrument". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2011.

2008

Alexandre Savard. "When Gestures are Perceived through Sounds: A Framework for Sonification of Musicians' Ancillary Gestures". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2008.

Avrum Hollinger. "Design of fMRI-compatible electronic musical interfaces". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2008.

2007

Carmine Casciato. "On the Choice of Gestural Controllers for Musical Applications: An evaluation of the Buchla Lightning II and the RadioDrum". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2007.

Philippe Zaborowski. "A Novel Input Device For Thumb Control". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2007.

Joseph Malloch. "A Consort of Gestural Musical Controllers: Design, Construction, and Performance". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2007.

David Birnbaum. "Musical Vibrotactile Feedback". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2007.

Stephen Sinclair. "Force-Feedback Hand Controllers for Musical Interaction". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2007.

Anne-Marie Burns. "Computer Vision Methods for Guitarist Left-Hand Fingering Recognition". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2007.

2006

Elliot Sinyor. "Digital Musical Instruments: A Design Approach Based on Moving Mechanical Systems". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2006.

Mark Zadel. "A Software System for Laptop Performance and Improvisation". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2006.

2004

Paul Kolesnik. "Conducting Gesture Recognition, Analysis and Performance System". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2004.