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Stephen SinclairPh.D. Music Technology (2012)Supervisor: Prof. Marcelo M. Wanderley, Vincent Hayward (Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill) Email: sinclair [at] music [dot] mcgill [dot] ca Web: http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~sinclair/ Fax: +1 (514) 398-2962 Phone: +1 (514) 398-4535 ext. 094846 |
Research Interests
- Human-computer interaction
- Haptics
Educational Background
- BSc. Computer Science, Concordia University (Montreal)
- M.A. Music Technology, McGill University (Montreal)
- Ph.D. Music Technology, McGill University (Montreal)
Projects
- McGill Digital Orchestra - Research Assistant
- Integra - Research Assistant
- LoopDub - Author
- pyScore - Contributor
IDMIL Publications
Articles
- Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Generalized Multi-Instance Control Mapping for Interactive Media Systems". IEEE Multimedia, vol. 25, number 1, IEEE, 2018.
- Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Distributed Tools for Interactive Design of Heterogeneous Signal Networks". Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 74, number 15, Springer US, 2014, pages 5683-5707. DOI: 10.1007/s11042-014-1878-5.
- Stephen Sinclair, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Vincent Hayward. "Velocity estimation algorithms for audio-haptic simulations involving stick-slip". IEEE Transactions on Haptics, vol. 7, number 4, IEEE, 2014, pages 533–544. DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2014.2346505.
- Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "A run-time programmable simulator to enable multi-modal interaction with rigid-body systems". Interacting with Computers, vol. 21, number 1–2, Elsevier Science Inc., 2009, pages 54–63.
In Collections
- Olivier Tache, Stephen Sinclair, Jean-Loup Florens and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Qualités Tactiles et Sonores dans le Jeu Instrumental de Cordes Frottées: Exploration par la simulation". In Annie Luciani, Olivier Tache and Nicholas Castagné , eds. Créativité Instrumentale, Créativité Ambiente: Colloque Art-Science Technologie 2011, Enactive System Books, 2013, pages 225–242.
- Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair, Avrum Hollinger and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Input Devices and Music Interaction". In Jorge Solis and Kia Ng , eds. Musical Robots and Interactive Music Systems, Springer Verlag, 2011.
In Proceedings
- Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Libmapper (A Library for Connecting Things)". In CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, 2013, pages 3087–3090. DOI: 10.1145/2468356.2479617. ISBN: 978-1-4503-1952-2.
- Olivier Tache, Jean-Loup Florens, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Exploring Audio and Tactile Qualities of Instrumentality with Bowed String Models". In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME12), 2012.
- Marcello Giordano, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Bowing a Vibration-enhanced Force-feedback Device". In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME12), 2012.
- Stephen Sinclair, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Vincent Hayward and Gary Scavone. "Noise-free haptic interaction with a bowed-string acoustic model". In Proceedings of the IEEE World Haptics Conference, 2011.
- Stephen Sinclair, Jean-Loup Florens and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "A Haptic Simulator for Gestural Interaction with the Bowed String". In Proceedings of the Congrès Français d'Acoustique (CFA), 2010.
- Mark Zadel, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Haptic feedback for Different Strokes using DIMPLE". In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2009, pages 291–294.
- Stephen Sinclair, Gary Scavone and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Audio-Haptic Interaction with the Digital Waveguide Bowed String". In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2009, pages 275–278.
- Xenia Pestova, Erika Donald, Heather Hindman, Joseph Malloch, Mark T. Marshall, Fernando Rocha, Stephen Sinclair, D. Andrew Stewart, Marcelo M. Wanderley and Sean Ferguson. "The CIRMMT/McGill Digital Orchestra Project". In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), 2009, pages 295–298.
- Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "A network-based framework for collaborative development and performance of digital musical instruments". In Richard Kronland-Martinet, Sølvi Ystad and Kristoffer Jensen , eds. Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval - Sense of Sounds, LNCS, vol. 4969, Springer-Verlag, 2008, pages 401–425.
- Joseph Malloch, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "From controller to sound: Tools for collaborative development of digital musical instruments". In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), ICMA, 2007.
- Erwin Schoonderwaldt, Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Why do we need 5-DOF force feedback? The case of violin bowing". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Enactive Interfaces (ENACTIVE), 2007, pages 397–400.
- Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Extending DIMPLE: a Rigid Body Simulator for Interactive Control of Sound". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Enactive Interfaces (ENACTIVE), 2007, pages 263–266.
- Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Defining a control standard for easily integrating haptic virtual environments with existing audio/visual systems". In Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 2007, pages 209–212.
- Stephen Sinclair and Marcelo M. Wanderley. "Using PureData to control a haptically-enabled virtual environment". In Proceedings of the PureData Convention '07, 2007.
Master's Theses
- Stephen Sinclair. "Force-Feedback Hand Controllers for Musical Interaction". Masters thesis, McGill University. 2007.
Dissertations
- Stephen Sinclair. "Velocity-based Audio-Haptic Interaction With Real-Time Digital Acoustic Models". PhD thesis, McGill University. Thesis defended on November 26, 2012.
Technical Reports
- Stephen Sinclair and Marcello Giordano. "IDMIL Engage report: SANDDE". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-12-02, 2012.
- Stephen Sinclair, Joseph Malloch and Sofian Audrey. "e[merge] work report". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-12-01, 2012.
- Stephen Sinclair. "Report: audio-haptic research, summer 2008". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-08-01, 2008.
- Stephen Sinclair. "OSC for Haptic Virtual Environments: Specification". Technical report number MUMT-IDMIL-07-01, 2007.
Other Publications
- S. Sinclair, M. Droettboom, I. Fujinaga. 2006. Lilypond for pyScore: Approaching a universal translator for music notation. ISMIR 2006, Victoria, BC.