Rumi Hiraga

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Bunkyo University,
Department of Information and Communications/Graduate School of Information and Communication

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Research Interest

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Performance Visualization

Music players generate an expressive performance by adding several types of deviations, a slightly quicker performance for example, to each note in a score. Since the process of adding deviations has not been explicitly described because it is difficult even for a player to specify them and the degree to which they are applied to each performed note, a musical performance has been explained in an abstract way and with subjective terms. Thus we have developed a system that helps users better understand and objectively assess a musical performance through simultaneous performance visualization and listening.

More in Research Highlights--Music Performance Visualization.

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Music for Hearing-Impaired people

With six years of experience with teaching computer music to hearing-impaired students at Tsukuba College of Technology (now National University Corporation, Tsukuba University of Technology), we believe that hearing-impaired people have an interest in music and anxiously hope to enjoy music. Thus, we set our goal to propose an assistant system for the hearing-impaired people to play music in an ensemble; an ensemble with both hearing-impaired people and people with normal hearing abilities.

More in Research Highlights--Music for Hearing-Impaired People.

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Rencon

Rencon is to establish an evaluation methods for performance rendering systems by contest type events.
The first Rencon was held in 2002.

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More in Rencon Web Site.


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Publications

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Curriculum Vitae

1100 Namegaya, Chigasaki, 253-8550, Japan
phone: +81-467-53-2111
rhiraga___at___shonan.bunkyo.ac.jp
Rumi Hiraga