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<i>Office hours by appointment</i>
 
<i>Office hours by appointment</i>
  
<b>Class meetings:</b> Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:50am [Listening Room @ the Knoll]
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<b>Class meetings:</b> Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:50am [Listening Room || Classroom @ the Knoll]
  
  
===Overview===
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==Overview==
  
This course is an opportunity for students who have completed Music 220a and Music 220b to pursue an independent research project in computer music. Students regularly present their research and project progress in a weekly seminar-style class meeting. In addition, projects in progress are documented on the web.
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This course is an opportunity for students who have completed Music 220a and Music 220b to pursue an independent research project in computer music. Students regularly present their research and project progress in weekly seminar-style class meetings. In addition, projects in progress are documented on the web thoroughly.
  
This is a 4-unit course. It can be taken for 2 or 3 units to accommodate grad students, but everyone is expected to work at the 4-unit level.
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This is a 4-unit course. It can be taken for 2 or 3 units to accomodate grad students, but everyone is expected to work at the 4-unit level.
  
  
 
===Requirements===
 
===Requirements===
  
<b>(subject to professorial approval (check back soon))</b>
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Students can choose between a research project, a musical/artistic project or a combination of both. Projects require a substantial amount of documentation in the form of a website. The deliverables are:
  
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* Weekly progress reports: in-class and website documentation, in a form of progress report logs (blogs)
Students can choose between a research project, a musical/artistic project or a combination of both. Projects require a substantial amount of documentation in the form of a website and a mid-quarter and final report. The deliverable are:
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* Weekly progress reports: in-class and website documentation, in a form of progress report logs.
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* Website with all the detailed descriptions, progress report logs, and all the data so that anyone can be able to reproduce the results
* Website with all the detailed description, progress reports logs, and all the data so that anyone can be able to reproduce your results.
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* Paper style final report of a quality sufficient to be published in a conference proceedings.
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* A final presentation and a demo or performance of the work (at the final concert preferably).
* A final presentation and a demo or performance of the work.
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===Calendar===
 
===Calendar===
 
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<i>NOTE: This may be updated during the quarter.</i>
NOTE: This may be updated during the quarter.
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* Tuesday March 30, 10am: First class meeting
 
* Tuesday March 30, 10am: First class meeting
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* Friday May 28, 12-6pm: CCRMA Open House
 
* Friday May 28, 12-6pm: CCRMA Open House
 
* Thursday, June 8, 3:30-6:30pm: [http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/registrar/spring-exams Scheduled Final Exam Time Slot]
 
* Thursday, June 8, 3:30-6:30pm: [http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/registrar/spring-exams Scheduled Final Exam Time Slot]
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===Grading===
 
===Grading===
  
The grading criteria will be based on creativity (is it a novel idea or creative solution to a problem?), execution (how well crafted the project is), presentation (are your paper, website, and presentation well explained and presented?) and own-goal achievements (did you achieve your own goals that you set for the project?).
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The grading criteria will be based on creativity (is it a novel idea or creative solution to a problem?), execution (how well crafted is the project?), presentation (are your deliverables well presented/explained?), and own-goal achievements (did you achieve your own goals that you set out for the project?).
 
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The final grade will break into into:
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* Weekly progress reports: 30%
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* Mid-quarter progress report: 20%
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* Final Report and Presentation: 40%
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* Class participation (this also includes giving feedback to your classmates projects): 10%
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* Make sure you document everything you do. It will enable you and others to reproduce it later.
 
* Make sure you document everything you do. It will enable you and others to reproduce it later.
* Start building your bibtex file with all your references (and keep it for the rest of your career). Most likely you'll reuse a lot of those references.
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* Come to <b>ALL</b> Classes! Your classmates need your input!

Latest revision as of 10:48, 8 April 2010

Course Information


Staff and Meeting

Instructor: Chris Chafe (cc [at] ccrma [dot] stanford [dot] edu)

TA: Michael Berger (mpberger [at] stanford [dot] edu) Office hours by appointment

Class meetings: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:50am [Listening Room || Classroom @ the Knoll]


Overview

This course is an opportunity for students who have completed Music 220a and Music 220b to pursue an independent research project in computer music. Students regularly present their research and project progress in weekly seminar-style class meetings. In addition, projects in progress are documented on the web thoroughly.

This is a 4-unit course. It can be taken for 2 or 3 units to accomodate grad students, but everyone is expected to work at the 4-unit level.


Requirements

Students can choose between a research project, a musical/artistic project or a combination of both. Projects require a substantial amount of documentation in the form of a website. The deliverables are:

  • Weekly progress reports: in-class and website documentation, in a form of progress report logs (blogs)
  • Website with all the detailed descriptions, progress report logs, and all the data so that anyone can be able to reproduce the results
  • A final presentation and a demo or performance of the work (at the final concert preferably).


Calendar

NOTE: This may be updated during the quarter.

  • Tuesday March 30, 10am: First class meeting
  • Tuesday April 6, 10am: Report on all projects
  • Thursday April 8, 10am: Projects website up, including title and description
  • Thursday May 27, 8pm: Spring CCRMA Concert (produced by class)
  • Friday May 28, 12-6pm: CCRMA Open House
  • Thursday, June 8, 3:30-6:30pm: Scheduled Final Exam Time Slot


Grading

The grading criteria will be based on creativity (is it a novel idea or creative solution to a problem?), execution (how well crafted is the project?), presentation (are your deliverables well presented/explained?), and own-goal achievements (did you achieve your own goals that you set out for the project?).


Some Suggestions

  • Make sure you document everything you do. It will enable you and others to reproduce it later.
  • Come to ALL Classes! Your classmates need your input!