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(Springer 2024)

This edited volume is based on a selection of contributions at an international seminar organized in May 2022 to celebrate the achievements of Professor Godøy upon his retirement from the University of ̽����ѡ. The 17 chapters cover different approaches to sonic design practice and theory, giving readers historical backdrops and an overview of the current state of both artistic and scientific research in the field.

Sound Actions: Conceptualizing Musical Instruments (MIT Press, 2022)

What is a musical instrument? How do new technologies change how we perform and perceive music? What happens when composers build instruments, performers write code, perceivers become producers, and instruments play themselves? The answers to these pivotal questions entail a meeting point between interactive music technology and embodied music cognition, what author Alexander Refsum Jensenius calls “embodied music technology.” Moving between objective description and subjective narrative of his own musical experiences, Jensenius explores why music makes people move, how the human body can be used in musical interaction, and how new technologies allow for active musical experiences. The development of new music technologies, he demonstrates, has fundamentally changed how music is performed and perceived.

(FutureLearn, 2022)

This online course from the University of ̽����ѡ is for everyone interested in human motion capture. You’ll start by learning the basics of human anatomy and biomechanics. Then we’ll move on to setting up, calibrating, and recording with an infrared optical motion capture system. Some other sensing technologies will also be presented, including accelerometers, muscle sensors, and video recordings. Examples will be given of how such systems are used in various types of music research. Finally, you’ll learn about some ethical and legal challenges of working with human motion capture.

(Springer, 2017)

What are the musical instruments of the future? This anthology presents thirty papers selected from the fifteen-year-long history of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Each of the papers is followed by commentaries written by the original authors and leading experts. The anthology is intended for newcomers who want to get an overview of recent advances in music technology. The historical traces, meta-discussions, and reflections will also interest experts. Thus, the book serves as a survey of influential past work and a starting point for new and exciting future developments.

(FutureLearn, 2016)

This free online course is about music and body movement; from the pianist's sound-producing keyboard actions to clubbers' energetic dance moves. You will learn about the theoretical foundations for embodied music cognition and why body movement is crucial for how we experience the emotional moods in music. We will also explore different research, including advanced motion capture systems and sound analysis methods. You will be guided by a group of music researchers from the University of ̽����ѡ, with musical examples from four professional musicians.

 (Unipub, 2009):

This Norwegian-language textbook (“Music and Movement”) introduces theories and methods used to study music-related body movement.

• von Arnim, Hugh Alexander; Erdem, Cagri; Côté-Allard, Ulysse Teller Masao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). A Sensor is not a Sensor: Diffracting the Preservation of Sonic Microinteraction with the SiFiBand. In Seiça, Mariana & Wirfs-Brock, Jordan (Ed.), AM '25: Proceedings of the 20th International Audio Mostly Conference. . ISSN 979-8-4007-0818-3.
• Riaz, Maham; Theodoridis, Ioannis; Erdem, Cagri & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). VentHackz: Exploring the Musicality of Ventilation Systems. In Cavdir, Doga & Berthaut, Florent (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. Show summary

  Ventilation systems can be seen as huge examples of interfaces for musical expression, with the potential of merging sound, space, and human interaction. This paper explores conceptual similarities between ventilation systems and wind instruments and explores approaches to “hacking” ventilation systems with components that produce and modify sound. These systems enable the creation of unique sonic and visual experiences by manipulating airflow and making mechanical adjustments. Users can treat ventilation systems as musical interfaces by altering shape, material, and texture or augmenting vents. We call for heightened attention to the sound-making properties of ventilation systems and call for action (#VentHackz) to playfully improve the soundscapes of our indoor environments.

• Riaz, Maham; Guo, Jinyue; Serdar Göksülük, Bilge & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). Where is That Bird? The Impact of Artificial Birdsong in Public Indoor Environments. In Seiça, Mariana & Wirfs-Brock, Jordan (Ed.), AM '25: Proceedings of the 20th International Audio Mostly Conference. . ISSN 979-8-4007-0818-3. Show summary

  This paper explores the effects of nature sounds, specifically bird sounds, on human experience and behavior in indoor public environments. We report on an intervention study where we introduced an interactive sound device to alter the soundscape. Phenomenological observations and a survey showed that participants noticed and engaged with the bird sounds primarily through causal listening; that is, they attempted to identify the sound source. Participants generally responded positively to the bird sounds, appreciating the calmness and surprise it brought to the environment. The analyses revealed that relative loudness was a key factor influencing the experience. A too-high sound level may feel unpleasant, while a too-low sound level makes it unnoticeable due to background noise. These findings highlight the importance of automatic level adjustments and considering acoustic conditions in soundscape interventions. Our study contributes to a broader discourse on sound perception, human interaction with sonic spaces, and the potential of auditory design in public indoor environments.

• Sveen, Henrik; Bishop, Laura & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . In Seiça, Mariana & Wirfs-Brock, Jordan (Ed.), AM '25: Proceedings of the 20th International Audio Mostly Conference. . ISSN 979-8-4007-0818-3. Show summary

  Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation in the neck and spine often triggered by specific sounds. This paper reports a study on the impact of different cyclic patterns and spatial orientations—defined here as the perceived directionality and motion of sound sources in a three-dimensional auditory space—on inducing ASMR experiences. The results demonstrate that both the type of cyclic pattern and the spatial orientation significantly influence the intensity and nature of ASMR experiences. Furthermore, the research explores synthesizing ASMR-inducing sounds while preserving key audio characteristics from acoustically recorded ASMR content. Through survey data analysis and regression modeling, distinct patterns emerge regarding the relationship between personality traits and ASMR experience. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of ASMR as a sensory phenomenon and provide insights into the potential applications of artificially generated ASMR stimuli. Additionally, the research sheds light on the role of spatiality in ASMR experiences and the synthesis of ASMR-inducing sounds for future studies and practical applications

• Høffding, Simon; Bergstrøm, Rebecca Josefine Five; Bishop, Laura; Lucas Bravo, Pedro Pablo; Burnim, Kayla & Cancino-Chacón, Carlos Eduardo [Show all 28 contributors for this article] (2025). Introducing the MusicLab Copenhagen Dataset. . ISSN 2059-2043. doi: . Show summary

  MusicLab Copenhagen was a unique research concert featuring the world-renowned Danish String Quartet in a naturalistic setting. The audience was split between one group physically located in the hall, another group listening to a radio broadcast, and a third group watching a live stream. Qualitative and quantitative data were captured from both musicians and audiences, resulting in a comprehensive dataset that can be used to address many research questions. This document introduces the dataset, explains its structure, and reflects on the related data collection, storing, publishing, and archiving processes.

• Grosz, Patrick Georg; Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger; Katz, Jonah; Vu, Mai Ha; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Patel-Grosz, Pritty (2025). An outline of the narrative grammar of electronic dance music. . ISSN 1029-8649. doi: .
• Christodoulou, Anna-Maria; Dutta, Sagar; Lartillot, Olivier Serge Gabriel; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Exploring Convolutional Neural Network Models for Multimodal Classification of Expressive Piano Performance, Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2024. SMC Network. ISSN 2518-3672. Show summary

  This paper addresses improving performance analysis by automating the recognition of expressive performance styles. We propose a multimodal fusion approach integrating audio, video, and motion data. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach by utilizing convolutional neural network (CNN) models. Training is done on a classical piano dataset of 211 excerpts containing audio, video, MIDI, and motion capture data. The results highlight the robustness of the CNN models; they achieve high accuracy even when trained on a limited dataset. Our study contributes to advancing the field of performance analysis by applying deep learning techniques to multimodal data.

• Riaz, Maham; Guo, Jinyue & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . In Brooks, Anthony L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2024. .
• Høffding, Simon; Hansen, Niels Christian & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Music Research “in the Wild” – Introducing the MusicLab Copenhagen Special Collection. . ISSN 2059-2043. 7. doi: . Show summary

  This special collection of Music & Science contains 111 articles. They thoroughly describe a particular instantiation of a research concert, namely the innovative and complex event MusicLab Copenhagen. This took place over 14 hours on October 26, 2021, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Working with The Danish String Quartet (DSQ), one of the world's best chamber ensembles, a research team from RITMO, complemented with researchers from several other European institutions, ran experiments and studied how mind and body are engaged during a concert. This was a unique opportunity to capture concurrent qualitative, behavioral, and physiological measurements in a concert hall, delicately balancing the scientific ideals of reliability and ecological validity.

• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Godøy, Rolf Inge & Tørresen, Jim (2024). . . ISSN 2296-9144. 11. doi: . Show summary

  This paper investigates the potential of the intrinsically motivated reinforcement learning (IMRL) approach for robotic drumming. For this purpose, we implemented an IMRL-based algorithm for a drumming robot called ZRob, an underactuated two-DoF robotic arm with flexible grippers. Two ZRob robots were instructed to play rhythmic patterns derived from MIDI files. The RL algorithm is based on the deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) method, but instead of relying solely on extrinsic rewards, the robots are trained using a combination of both extrinsic and intrinsic reward signals. The results of the training experiments show that the utilization of intrinsic reward can lead to meaningful novel rhythmic patterns, while using only extrinsic reward would lead to predictable patterns identical to the MIDI inputs. Additionally, the observed drumming patterns are influenced not only by the learning algorithm but also by the robots’ physical dynamics and the drum’s constraints. This work suggests new insights into the potential of embodied intelligence for musical

• Campbell, Edward; De Souza, Jonathan & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . . ISSN 0040-2982. 78(310), p. 51–61. Show summary

  Björn Heile’s 3 × 10 Musical Actions for Three Socially Distanced Performers features frequent changes in musical material, playing style and instrumental combinations. Throughout a series of short sections, the performers play, sing, speak, conduct and move around, following instructions that appear on tablets. This article reflects on audiences’ experiences of the work and on musical actions more generally. We consider musical actions as short, coherent motion chunks and distinguish between several types of action that appear in the piece: gestures (communicative actions, with or without sound), reactions (where a player responds to another) and interactions (where players mutually coordinate). The musicians’ individual and collective actions create a sense of play: on the one hand, they seem free and depart from standard concert conventions; on the other hand, they seem to be following a set of rules, even if these rules are not explained to the audience. As such, we approach the piece via theories of play and relate it to earlier modernist musical games. Ultimately, 3 × 10 Musical Actions emphasises several aspects of musical actions, as social, functional, expressive, playful and embodied.

• Docherty, Claire; Iddon, Martin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; MacDonald, Raymond & Stanley, Jane (2024). . . ISSN 0040-2982. 78(310). Show summary

  Sonic Bothy is an inclusive experimental and new-music organisation with an ensemble of musicians with and without disabilities and neurodiversities. This article considers their audiovisual piece Verbaaaaatim (2020–21), its form marked by the context of its development and composition during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a set of interlayered perspectives that mirror the formal layers of the piece. Recorded in a single take, it comprises instrumental sounds, spoken words, written words, static and dynamic graphics and videos of the performers, aligned so that the piece seems consistently to flow onwards, although it is not always clear which element impels its forward motion. The article considers, in particular, Verbaaaaatim’s presentation of modes of embodied conviviality between its performers, the ways these find resonance in wider histories of experimental music and the ways in which its elements can be understood in an ecological framework as ‘sound actions’.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . In Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger (Eds.), Tverrfaglege perspektiv på kulturbruk, publikum og deltaking. ���ܱ��ٳܰ���å����. ISSN 978-82-7081-216-5. p. 87–97. Show summary

  Hvordan brukes kultur i Norge i dag? Som musikkteknolog har jeg mest kompetanse til å reflektere over musikk, men jeg har også noe erfaring med interaktiv dans og installasjonskunst. I tillegg har forskningen min nå dreid seg mot akustikk, lydkunst, visuell estetikk og arkitektur. Sammen dekker dette mange sider av kunst- og kulturområdet, selv om min inngang i denne artikkelen primært vil være fra de to disiplinene musikkpsykologi og musikkteknologi. Innenfor musikkpsykologien forsøker vi å forstå hvordan musikk påvirker mennesker, i kropp og sinn. Musikkteknologien dreier seg derimot om å forstå hvordan verktøy og systemer brukes i musikalske sammenhenger.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Embodied Musicking Technologies: Inspired by Professor Marc Leman. In Maes, Pieter-Jan (Eds.), Liber Amicorum Marc Leman: A life in music, science, and technology. Ghent University. Show summary

  In his seminal book “Embodied Music Cognition and Mediation Technology”, Marc Leman Leman (2008a) drew up a theoretical framework that has influenced a whole new generation of researchers, myself included. Building on a long tradition of systematic musicology, combined with ecological psychology and modern technology, he convincingly set the direction for a fresh approach to scientific studies of musical experiences. In the following, I will reflect on some concepts that he raised in his discussion, and I will point out some that he left for others, like me, to explore in more detail.

• Laczko, Balint & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Synth Maps: Mapping The Non-Proportional Relationships Between Synthesizer Parameters and Synthesized Sound. In Ziemer, Tim; Kantan, Prithvi Ravi; Chabot, Samuel & Braasch, Jonas (Ed.), Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2024). The International Community for Auditory Display. ISSN 979-8-9914562-0-3. Show summary

  Parameter Mapping (PM) is probably the most used design approach in sonification. However, the relationship between a synthesizer’s input parameters and the perceptual distribution of its output sounds might not be proportional, limiting its ability to convey relationships within the source data in the sound. This study evaluates a basic Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis module with perceptually motivated descriptors, measures of spectral energy distribution, and latent embeddings of pre-trained audio representation models. We demonstrate how these metrics do not indicate straightforward relationships between synthesis parameters and perceived sound. This is done using interactive audiovisual scatter plots—Synth Maps—that can be used to explore the sound distribution of the synthesizer and qualitatively evaluate how well the different representations align with human perception. Link to the code and the interactive Synth Maps are available.

• Christodoulou, Anna-Maria; Lartillot, Olivier & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Multimodal music datasets? Challenges and future goals in music processing. . ISSN 2192-6611. 13(3). doi: . Show summary

  The term “multimodal music dataset” is often used to describe music-related datasets that represent music as a multimedia art form and multimodal experience. However, the term “multimodality” is often used differently in disciplines such as musicology, music psychology, and music technology. This paper proposes a definition of multimodality that works across different music disciplines. Many challenges are related to constructing, evaluating, and using multimodal music datasets. We provide a task-based categorization of multimodal datasets and suggest guidelines for their development. Diverse data pre-processing methods are illuminated, highlighting their contributions to transparent and reproducible music analysis. Additionally, evaluation metrics, methods, and benchmarks tailored for multimodal music processing tasks are scrutinized, empowering researchers to make informed decisions and facilitating cross-study comparisons.

• Guo, Jinyue; Riaz, Maham & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Comparing Four 360-Degree Cameras for Spatial Video Recording and Analysis, Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2024. SMC Network. ISSN 2518-3672. Show summary

  This paper reports on a desktop investigation and a lab experiment comparing the video recording capabilities of four commercially available 360-degree cameras: GoPro MAX, Insta360 X3, Garmin VIRB 360, and Ricoh Theta S. The four cameras all use different recording formats and settings and have varying video quality and software support. This makes it difficult to conduct analyses and compare between devices. We have implemented new functions in the Musical Gestures Toolbox (MGT) for reading and merging files from the different platforms. Using the capabilities of FFmpeg, we have also made a new function for converting between different 360-degree video projections and formats. This allows (music) researchers to exploit 360-degree video recordings using regular video-based analysis pipelines.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Embodied music learning. In Schilhab, Theresa & Groth, Camilla (Ed.), Embodied Learning and Teaching using the 4E Cognition Approach: Exploring Perspectives in Teaching Practices. . ISSN 9781003341604. Show summary

  This chapter presents a pedagogical approach based on the author’s experience teaching interactive music technology design from an embodied music cognition perspective. The “musicking quadrant” is introduced as a framework to understand the experiences of those who make music in real-time (performers) and non-real-time (instrument makers, composers, producers), and those who experience music in real-time (perceivers) and non-real-time (analysts). New technologies challenge these roles and allow for new types of musical engagement that align with the 4E cognition perspectives.

• Riaz, Maham; Upham, Finn; Burnim, Kayla; Bishop, Laura & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Comparing inertial motion sensors for capturing human micromotion, Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2023. SMC Network . ISSN 978-91-527-7372-7. doi: . Show summary

  The paper presents a study of the noise level of accelerometer data from a mobile phone compared to three commercially available IMU-based devices (AX3, Equivital, and Movesense) and a marker-based infrared motion capture system (Qualisys). The sensors are compared in static positions and for measuring human micromotion, with larger motion sequences as reference. The measurements show that all but one of the IMU-based devices capture motion with an accuracy and precision that is far below human micromotion. However, their data and representations differ, so care should be taken when comparing data between devices.

• Masu, Raul; Morreale, Fabio & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). The O in NIME: Reflecting on the Importance of Reusing and Repurposing Old Musical Instruments. In Ortiz, Miguel & Marquez-Borbon, Adnan (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. Show summary

  In this paper, we reflect on the focus of “newness” in NIME research and practice and argue that there is a missing O (for “Old”) in framing our academic discourse. A systematic review of the last year’s conference proceedings reveals that most papers do, indeed, present new instruments, interfaces, or pieces of technology. Comparably few papers focus on the prolongation of existing NIMEs. Our meta-analysis identifies four main categories from these papers: (1) reuse, (2) update, (3) complement, and (4) long-term engagement. We discuss how focusing more on these four types of NIME development and engagement can be seen as an approach to increase sustainability.

• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Godøy, Rolf Inge & Tørresen, Jim (2023). Exploring Emerging Drumming Patterns in a Chaotic Dynamical System using ZRob. In Ortiz, Miguel & Marquez-Borbon, Adnan (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. Show summary

  ZRob is a robotic system designed for playing a snare drum. The robot is constructed with a passive flexible spring-based joint inspired by the human hand. This paper describes a study exploring rhythmic patterns by exploiting the chaotic dynamics of two ZRobs. In the experiment, we explored the control configurations of each arm by trying to create un- predictable patterns. Over 200 samples have been recorded and analyzed. We show how the chaotic dynamics of ZRob can be used for creating new drumming patterns.

• Erdem, Cagri; Wallace, Benedikte; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Tool or Actor? Expert Improvisers’ Evaluation of a Musical AI “Toddler”. . ISSN 0148-9267. 46(4), p. 26–42. doi: .
• Szorkovszky, Alexander; Veenstra, Frank; Lartillot, Olivier Serge Gabriel; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Glette, Kyrre (2023). Embodied Tempo Tracking with a Virtual Quadruped, Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2023. SMC Network . ISSN 978-91-527-7372-7. doi: .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Standing still together: Reflections on a one-year-long exploration of human micromotion. In Wöllner, Clemens & London, Justin (Ed.), Performing Time. Synchrony and Temporal Flow in Music and Dance. . ISSN 9780192896254. Show summary

  How does it feel to stand still in silence with others for 10 minutes at a time? The current chapter reports on a study of a small group of musicians and dancers that used standstill as their regular "warm-up" activity over a year of working together. Motion capture data of the sessions reveal that each individual's quantity of motion remained similar over time, but self-reports indicate that the subjective experience of time and space changed radically. The participants developed a high spatiotemporal sensitivity and reported an increase in well-being after a year of standstill. They also reported that a 10-minute standstill helped with the mental preparation before both micromotion and regular performances.

• Kwak, Dongho; Combriat, Thomas Michel Daniel; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Olsen, Petter Angell (2023). Characterization of Mechanical and Cellular Effects of Rhythmic Vertical Vibrations on Adherent Cell Cultures . . ISSN 2306-5354. 10(7), p. 1–19. doi: .
• Herrebrøden, Henrik; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Espeseth, Thomas; Bishop, Laura & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2023). Cognitive load causes kinematic changes in both elite and non-elite rowers. . ISSN 0167-9457. 90. doi: .
• Høffding, Simon; Yi, Wenbo; Lippert, Eigil; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Bishop, Laura & Laeng, Bruno [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). Into the Hive-Mind: Shared Absorption and Cardiac Interrelations in Expert and Student String Quartets. . ISSN 2059-2043. 6. doi: .
• Erdem, Cagri; Wallace, Benedikte & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). CAVI: A Coadaptive Audiovisual Instrument–Composition. In McPherson, Andrew & Frid, Emma (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. doi: .
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Katz, Jonah; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics. ISSN 1769-7158. 14, p. 219–238.
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Steps towards a semantics of dance. . ISSN 0167-5133. 39(4), p. 693–748. doi: .
• Remache-Vinueza, Byron; Trujillo-León, Andrés; Clim, Maria-Alena; Sarmiento-Ortiz, Fabián; Topon-Visarrea, Liliana & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). . In Saitis, Charalampos; Farkhatdinov, Ildar & Papetti, Stefano (Ed.), Haptic and Audio Interaction Design. . ISSN 978-3-031-15019-7. Show summary

  In this project, we propose an algorithm to convert musical features and structures extracted from monophonic MIDI files to tactile illusions. Mapping music to vibrotactile stimuli is a challenging process since the perceptible frequency range of the skin is lower than that of the auditory system, which may cause the loss of some musical features. Moreover, current proposed models do not warrant the correspondence between the emotional response to music and the vibrotactile version of it. We propose to use tactile illusions as an additional resource to convey more meaningful vibrotactile stimuli. Tactile illusions enable us to add dynamics to vibrotactile stimuli in the form of movement, changes of direction, and localization. The suggested algorithm converts monophonic MIDI files into arrangements of two tactile illusions: “phantom motion” and “funneling”. The validation of the rendered material consisted of presenting the audio rendered from MIDI files to participants and then adding the vibrotactile component to it. The arrangement of tactile illusions was also evaluated alone. Results suggest that the arrangement of tactile illusions evokes more positive emotions than negative ones. This arrangement was also perceived as more agreeable and stimulating than the original audio. Although musical features such as rhythm, tempo, and melody were mostly recognized in the arrangement of tactile illusions, it provoked a different emotional response from that of the original audio.

• Herrebrøden, Henrik; Gonzalez, Victor; Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . In Andreopoulou, Areti; Walker, Bruce; McMullen, Kyla & Rönnberg, Niklas (Ed.), Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2022). The International Community for Auditory Display. ISSN 0-9670904-8-2. p. 25–30. doi: . Show summary

  We report on an experiment in which nine Norwegian national team rowers (one female) were tested on a rowing ergometer in a motion capture lab. After the warm-up, all participants rowed in a neutral condition for three minutes, without any instructions. Then they rowed in two conditions (three minutes each), with a counterbalanced order: (1) a coaching condition, during which they received oral instructions from a national team coach, and (2) a sound condition, during which they listened to a pre-recorded sound file that was produced to promote good rowing technique. Performance was measured in terms of distance traveled, and subjective responses were measured via a questionnaire inquiring participants about how useful the two interventions were for rowing efficiency. The results showed no significant difference between the two conditions of main interest–the pre-recorded sound file and traditional coaching–on any measure. Our study indicates that auditory guidance can be a cost-efficient supplement to athletes’ training, even at higher levels.

• Kwak, Dongho; Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). A mini acoustic chamber for small-scale sound experiments. In Iber, Michael & Enge, Kajetan (Ed.), Audio Mostly 2022: What you hear is what you see? Perspectives on modalities in sound and music interaction. . ISSN 978-1-4503-9701-8. p. 143–146. doi: . Show summary

  This paper describes the design and construction of a mini acoustic chamber using low-cost materials. The primary purpose is to provide an acoustically treated environment for small-scale sound measurements and experiments using ≤ 10-inch speakers. Testing with different types of speakers showed frequency responses of < 10 dB peak-to-peak (except the ”boxiness” range below 900 Hz), and the acoustic insulation (soundproofing) of the chamber is highly efficient (approximately 20 dB SPL in reduction). Therefore, it provides a significant advantage in conducting experiments requiring a small room with consistent frequency response and preventing unwanted noise and hearing damage. Additionally, using a cost-effective and compact acoustic chamber gives flexibility when characterizing a small-scale setup and sound stimuli used in experiments.

• Lesteberg, Mari & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). MICRO and MACRO - Developing New Accessible Musicking Technologies. In Iber, Michael & Enge, Kajetan (Ed.), Audio Mostly 2022: What you hear is what you see? Perspectives on modalities in sound and music interaction. . ISSN 978-1-4503-9701-8. p. 147–150. doi: . Show summary

  This paper describes the development of two musical instrument prototypes developed to explore how non-haptic music technologies can be accessed from a web browser and how they can offer accessibility for people with low fine motor skills. Two approaches to browser-based motion capture were developed and tested during an iterative design process. This was followed by observational studies of two user groups: one with low fine motor skills and one with normal motor skills. Contrary to our expectations, we found that avoiding the use of buttons and mice did not make the apps more accessible for the participants with low fine motor skills. Furthermore, motion speed was considered more important for people with low motor skills than the size of the control action. The most important finding is that browser-based musical instruments using sensor-based and video-based motion tracking are not only feasible but allow for reaching much larger groups of people than previously possible. This may ultimately lead to both more personalized and accessible musical experiences.

• Swarbrick, Dana; Upham, Finn; Erdem, Cagri; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2022). Measuring Virtual Audiences with The MusicLab App: Proof of Concept. In Michon, Romain; Pottier, Laurent & Orlarey, Yann (Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th Sound and Music Computing Conference. SMC Network. ISSN 9782958412609. p. 532–539. doi: . Show summary

  We present a proof of concept by using the mobile application MusicLab to measure motion during a livestreamed concert and examining its relation to musical features. With the MusicLab App, participants’ own smartphones’ inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors can be leveraged to record their motion and their subjective experiences collected through survey responses. The MusicLab Lockdown Rave was an Algorave (live-coded dance music) livestreamed concert featuring prolific performers Renick Bell and Khoparzi. They livestreamed for an international audience who wore their smartphones with the MusicLab App while they listened/danced to the performances. From their acceleration, we computed quantity of motion and compared it to musical features that have previously been associated with music-related motion, namely pulse clarity and low and high spectral flux. By encountering challenges and implementing improvements, the MusicLab App has become a useful tool for researching music-related motion.

• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Godøy, Rolf Inge & Tørresen, Jim (2022). A Robotic Drummer with a Flexible Joint: the Effect of Passive Impedance on Drumming. In Michon, Romain; Pottier, Laurent & Orlarey, Yann (Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th Sound and Music Computing Conference. SMC Network. ISSN 9782958412609. p. 232–237. doi: . Show summary

  Intelligent robots aimed for performing music and playing musical instruments have been developed in recent years. With the advancements in artificial intelligence and robotic systems, new capabilities have been explored in this field. One major aspect of musical robots that can lead to the emergence of creative results is the ability to learn skills autonomously. To make it feasible, it is important to make the robot utilize its maximum potential and mechanical capabilities to play a musical instrument. Furthermore, the robot needs to find the musical possibilities based on the physical properties of the instrument to provide satisfying results. In this work, we introduce a drum robot with certain mechanical specifications and analyze the capabilities of the robot according to the drumming sound results of the robot. The robot has two degrees of freedom, actuated by one quasi direct-drive servo motor. The gripper of the robot features a flexible joint with passive springs which adds complexity to the movements of the drumstick. In a basic experiment, we have looked at the drum roll performance by the robot while changing a few control variables such as frequency and amplitude of the motion. Both single-stroke and double-stroke drum rolls can be performed by the robot by changing the control variables. The effect of the flexible gripper on the drumming results of the robot is the main focus of this study. Additionally, we have divided the control space according to the type of drum rolls. The results of this experiment lay the groundwork for developing an intelligent algorithm for the robot to learn musical patterns by interacting with the drum.

• Kwak, Dongho; Olsen, Petter Angell; Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). A trio of biological rhythms and their relevance in rhythmic mechanical stimulation of cell cultures. . ISSN 1664-1078. 13. doi: .
• Kwak, Dongho; Combriat, Thomas Michel Daniel; Wang, Chencheng; Scholz, Hanne; Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Music for Cells? A Systematic Review of Studies Investigating the Effects of Audible Sound Played Through Speaker-Based Systems on Cell Cultures . . ISSN 2059-2043. 5. doi: . Show summary

  There have been several studies investigating whether musical sound can be used as cell stimuli in recent years. We systematically searched publications to get an overview of studies that have used audible sound played through speaker-based systems to induce mechanical perturbation in cell cultures. A total of 12 studies were identified. We focused on the experimental setups, the sounds that were used as stimuli, and relevant biological outcomes. The studies are categorized into simple and complex sounds depending on the type of sound employed. Some of the promising effects reported were enhanced cell migration, proliferation, colony formation, and differentiation ability. However, there are significant differences in methodologies and cell type-specific outcomes, which made it difficult to find a systematic pattern in the results. We suggest that future experiments should consider using: (1) a more controlled acoustic environment, (2) standardized sound and noise measurement methods, and (3) a more comprehensive range of controlled sound parameters as cellular stimuli.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Erdem, Cagri (2022). Gestures in ensemble performance. In Timmers, Renee; Bailes, Freya & Daffern, Helena (Ed.), Together in Music: Coordination, expression, participation. . ISSN 9780198860761. Show summary

  The topic of gesture has received growing attention among music researchers over recent decades. Some of this research has been summarized in anthologies on "musical gestures", such as those by Gritten and King (2006), Godøy and Leman (2010), and Gritten and King (2011). There have also been a couple of articles reviewing how the term gesture has been used in various music-related disciplines (and beyond), including those by Cadoz and Wanderley (2000) and Jensenius et al. (2010). Much empirical work has been performed since these reviews were written, aided by better motion capture technologies, new machine learning techniques, and a heightened awareness of the topic. Still there are a number of open questions as to the role of gestures in music performance in general, and in ensemble performance in particular. This chapter aims to clarify some of the basic terminology of music-related body motion, and draw up some perspectives of how one can think about gestures in ensemble performance. This is, obviously, only one way of looking at the very multifaceted concept of gesture, but it may lead to further interest in this exciting and complex research domain.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Best versus Good Enough Practices for Open Music Research. Empirical Musicology Review. ISSN 1559-5749. 16(1). Show summary

  Music researchers work with increasingly large and complex data sets. There are few established data handling practices in the field and several conceptual, technological, and practical challenges. Furthermore, many music researchers are not equipped for (or interested in) the craft of data storage, curation, and archiving. This paper discusses some of the particular challenges that empirical music researchers face when working towards Open Research practices: handling (1) (multi)media files, (2) privacy, and (3) copyright issues. These are exemplified through MusicLab, an event series focused on fostering openness in music research. It is argued that the "best practice" suggested by the FAIR principles is too demanding in many cases, but "good enough practice" may be within reach for many. A four-layer data handling "recipe" is suggested as concrete advice for achieving "good enough practice" in empirical music research.

• Laczko, Balint & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Reflections on the Development of the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python. In Kantan, Prithvi Ravi; Paisa, Razvan & Willemsen, Silvin (Ed.), Proceedings of the Nordic Sound and Music Computing Conference. . Show summary

  The paper presents the Musical Gestures Toolbox (MGT) for Python, a collection of modules targeted at researchers working with video recordings. The toolbox includes video visualization techniques such as creating motion videos, motion history images, and motiongrams. These visualizations allow for studying video recordings from different temporal and spatial perspectives. The toolbox also includes basic computer vision methods, and it is designed to integrate well with audio analysis toolboxes. The MGT was initially developed to analyze music-related body motion (of musicians, dancers, and perceivers) but is equally helpful for other disciplines working with video recordings of humans, such as linguistics, pedagogy, psychology, and medicine.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . . ISSN 0800-336X. 38(3), p. 260–263. Show summary

  Når jeg presenterer meg som musikkteknolog, får jeg ofte undrende spørsmål. Noen er opptatt av det teknologiske: «Så du driver med synther og sånn?» Andre lurer på det musikalske: «Er det sånn pling-plong-musikk?» Likevel bruker mange en form for musikkteknologi hver dag, om det så bare er radioen som spiller musikk om morgenen. I denne artikkelen vil jeg gi et innblikk i musikkteknologi som forskningsfelt. Men først vil jeg introdusere begrepet «musikkering».

• Bishop, Laura; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Laeng, Bruno; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Høffding, Simon (2021). Move like everyone is watching: Social context affects head motion and gaze in string quartet performance. . ISSN 0929-8215. doi: . Show summary

  Ensemble musicians engage with each other visually through glances and body motion. We conducted a case study to test how string quartet musicians would respond to playing conditions that were meant to discourage or promote visually communicative behaviour. A quartet performed in different seating configurations under rehearsal and concert conditions. Quantity of head motion was reduced when musicians’ gaze was constrained. Differences in gaze and body motion between musicians reflected their musical roles in the ensemble. Overall, our findings suggest that gaze and motion dynamics vary within and between performances in response to changing musical, situational and social factors.

• Bishop, Laura; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Laeng, Bruno (2021). Musical and Bodily Predictors of Mental Effort in String Quartet Music: An Ecological Pupillometry Study of Performers and Listeners. . ISSN 1664-1078. doi: . Show summary

  Music performance can be cognitively and physically demanding. These demands vary across the course of a performance as the content of the music changes. More demanding passages require performers to focus their attention more intensity, or expend greater “mental effort.” To date, it remains unclear what effect different cognitive-motor demands have on performers' mental effort. It is likewise unclear how fluctuations in mental effort compare between performers and perceivers of the same music. We used pupillometry to examine the effects of different cognitive-motor demands on the mental effort used by performers and perceivers of classical string quartet music. We collected pupillometry, motion capture, and audio-video recordings of a string quartet as they performed a rehearsal and concert (for live audience) in our lab. We then collected pupillometry data from a remote sample of musically-trained listeners, who heard the audio recordings (without video) that we captured during the concert. We used a modelling approach to assess the effects of performers' bodily effort (head and arm motion; sound level; performers' ratings of technical difficulty), musical complexity (performers' ratings of harmonic complexity; a score-based measure of harmonic tension), and expressive difficulty (performers' ratings of expressive difficulty) on performers' and listeners' pupil diameters. Our results show stimulating effects of bodily effort and expressive difficulty on performers' pupil diameters, and stimulating effects of expressive difficulty on listeners' pupil diameters. We also observed negative effects of musical complexity on both performers and listeners, and negative effects of performers' bodily effort on listeners, which we suggest may reflect the complex relationships that these features share with other aspects of musical structure. Looking across the concert, we found that both of the quartet violinists (who exchanged places halfway through the concert) showed more dilated pupils during their turns as 1st violinist than when playing as 2nd violinist, suggesting that they experienced greater arousal when “leading” the quartet in the 1st violin role. This study shows how eye tracking and motion capture technologies can be used in combination in an ecological setting to investigate cognitive processing in music performance.

• Masu, Raul; Melbye, Adam Pultz; Sullivan, John & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). NIME and the Environment: Toward a More Sustainable NIME Practice. In Dannenberg, Roger & Xiao, Xiao (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. Show summary

  This paper addresses environmental issues around NIME research and practice. We discuss the formulation of an environmental statement for the conference as well as the initiation of a NIME Eco Wiki containing information on environmental concerns related to the creation of new musical instruments. We outline a number of these concerns and, by systematically reviewing the proceedings of all previous NIME conferences, identify a general lack of reflection on the environmental impact of the research undertaken. Finally, we propose a framework for addressing the making, testing, using, and disposal of NIMEs in the hope that sustainability may become a central concern to researchers.

• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Godøy, Rolf Inge; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tørresen, Jim (2021). A Learning Method for Stiffness Control of a Drum Robot for Rebounding Double Strokes. In Zhang, Dan (Eds.), 2021 7th International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE). . ISSN 978-0-7381-3205-1. p. 54–58. doi: . Show summary

  In robot drumming, performing double stroke rolls is a key ability. Human drummers learn to play double strokes by just trying it several times. For performing it, a model needs to be learned to provide anticipatory commands during drumming. Joint stiffness plays a key role in rebounding double stroke task and should be considered in the model. We have introduced an interactive learning method for a drum robot to learn joint stiffness for rebounding double stroke task. The model is simulated for a 2-DoF robotic arm. The algorithm is simulated with 3 different drum kits to show the robustness of the learning approach. The simulation results also show significant compatibility with human performance results. In addition, the refined learning algorithm adjusts the stroke timing which is important for producing proper rhythms.

• Erdem, Cagri; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Glette, Kyrre; Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph & Veenstra, Frank (2020). . Proceedings of the International Conference on Live Interfaces (Proceedings of ICLI). ISSN 2663-9041. p. 208–210. Show summary

  This paper describes an interactive art installation shown at ICLI in Trondheim in March 2020. The installation comprised three musical robots (Dr. Squiggles) that play rhythms by tapping. Visitors were invited to wear muscle-sensor armbands, through which they could control the robots by performing ‘air-guitar’-like gestures.

• Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Laeng, Bruno; Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Who Moves to Music? Empathic Concern Predicts Spontaneous Movement Responses to Rhythm and Music. . ISSN 2059-2043. 3. doi: . Show summary

  Moving to music is a universal human phenomenon, and previous studies have shown that people move to music even when they try to stand still. However, are there individual differences when it comes to how much people spontaneously respond to music with body movement? This article reports on a motion capture study in which 34 participants were asked to stand in a neutral position while listening to short excerpts of rhythmic stimuli and electronic dance music. We explore whether personality and empathy measures, as well as different aspects of music-related behaviour and preferences, can predict the amount of spontaneous movement of the participants. Individual differences were measured using a set of questionnaires: Big Five Inventory, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire. Liking ratings for the stimuli were also collected. The regression analyses show that Empathic Concern is a significant predictor of the observed spontaneous movement. We also found a relationship between empathy and the participants’ self-reported tendency to move to music.

• Xambó, Anna; Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Saue, Sigurd (2020). Learning to Code Through Web Audio: A Team-Based Learning Approach. Journal of The Audio Engineering Society. ISSN 1549-4950. 68(10), p. 727–737. doi: . Show summary

  In this article, we discuss the challenges and opportunities provided by teaching programming using web audio technologies and adopting a team-based learning (TBL) approach among a mix of colocated and remote students, mostly novices in programming. The course has been designed for cross-campus teaching and teamwork, in alignment with the two-city master's program in which it has been delivered. We present the results and findings from (1) students' feedback; (2) software complexity metrics; (3) students' blog posts; and (4) teacher's reflections. We found that the nature of web audio as a browser-based environment, coupled with the collaborative nature of the course, was suitable for improving the students' level of confidence about their abilities in programming. This approach promoted the creation of group course projects of a certain level of complexity, based on the students' interests and programming levels. We discuss the challenges of this approach, such as supporting smooth cross-campus interactions and assuring students' preknowledge in web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) for an optimal experience. We conclude by envisioning the scalability of this course to other distributed and remote learning scenarios in academic and professional settings. This is in line with the foreseen future scenario of cross-site interaction mediated through code.

• Poveda Yánez, Jorge & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). . Revista de Humanidades Digitales. doi: . Show summary

  After producing ground-breaking computer-based tools to advance the study of human movement, such as the video-visualization techniques contained in the Musical-Gestures Toolbox, Alexander Refsum Jensenius has con-tinued to find more creative and analytical possibilities to intersect our understandings of music and dance. In the current context of technology-assisted misappropriation of tradi-tional songs and dances, I interviewed the Deputy Director of the RITMO Centre on how we might revert the link between new technol-ogies and intangible cultural heritage for the benefit of legitimate bearers. Furthermore, in this interview, Alexander out-lines the embodied and interdisciplinary ap-proach towards music that has grounded the course of his career but even more interesting-ly, he offers insights about the future of expe-riencing dance through technology and the possibility of dancing robots.

• Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Exploring relationships between effort, motion, and sound in new musical instruments. Human Technology. ISSN 1795-6889. 16(3), p. 310–347. doi: . Show summary

  We investigated how the action–sound relationships found in electric guitar performance can be used in the design of new instruments. Thirty-one trained guitarists performed a set of basic sound-producing actions (impulsive, sustained, and iterative) and free improvisations on an electric guitar. We performed a statistical analysis of the muscle activation data (EMG) and audio recordings from the experiment. Then we trained a long short-term memory network with nine different configurations to map EMG signal to sound. We found that the preliminary models were able to predict audio energy features of free improvisations on the guitar, based on the dataset of raw EMG from the basic sound-producing actions. The results provide evidence of similarities between body motion and sound in music performance, compatible with embodied music cognition theories. They also show the potential of using machine learning on recorded performance data in the design of new musical instruments.

• Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Standstill to the ‘beat’: Differences in involuntary movement responses to simple and complex rhythms, AM '20: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Audio Mostly. . ISSN 978-1-4503-7563-4. p. 107–113. doi: . Show summary

  Previous studies have shown that movement-inducing properties of music largely depend on the rhythmic complexity of the stimuli. However, little is known about how simple isochronous beat patterns differ from more complex rhythmic structures in their effect on body movement. In this paper we study spontaneous movement of 98 participants instructed to stand as still as possible for 7 minutes while listening to silence and randomised sound excerpts: isochronous drumbeats and complex drum patterns, each at three different tempi (90, 120, 140 BPM). The participants’ head movement was recorded with an optical motion capture system.We found that on average participants moved more during the sound stimuli than in silence, which confirms the results from our previous studies. Moreover, the stimulus with complex drum patterns elicited more movement when compared to the isochronous drum beats. Across different tempi, the participants moved most at 120 BPM for the average of both types of stimuli. For the isochronous drumbeats, however, their movement was highest at 140 BPM. These results can contribute to our understanding of the interplay between rhythmic complexity, tempo and music-induced movement.

• Erdem, Cagri & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). RAW: Exploring Control Structures for Muscle-based Interaction in Collective Improvisation. In Michon, Romain & Schroeder, Franziska (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 978-1-949373-99-8. p. 477–482. Show summary

  This paper describes the ongoing process of developing RAW, a collaborative body–machine instrument that relies on `sculpting' the sonification of raw EMG signals. The instrument is built around two Myo armbands located on the forearms of the performer. These are used to investigate muscle contraction, which is again used as the basis for the sonic interaction design. Using a practice-based approach, the aim is to explore the musical aesthetics of naturally occurring bioelectric signals. We are particularly interested in exploring the differences between processing at audio rate versus control rate, and how the level of detail in the signal––and the complexity of the mappings––influence the experience of control in the instrument. This is exemplified through reflections on four concerts in which RAW has been used in different types of collective improvisation.

• Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian; Martin, Charles Patrick; Tørresen, Jim & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Towards Playing in the 'Air': Modeling Motion-Sound Energy Relationships in Electric Guitar Performance Using Deep Neural Networks. In Spagnol, Simone & Valle, Andrea (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th Sound and Music Computing Conference. Axea sas/SMC Network. ISSN 978-88-945415-0-2. p. 177–184. Show summary

  In acoustic instruments, sound production relies on the interaction between physical objects. Digital musical instruments, on the other hand, are based on arbitrarily designed action--sound mappings. This paper describes the ongoing exploration of an empirically-based approach for simulating guitar playing technique when designing the mappings of 'air instrument' designs. We present results from an experiment in which 33 electric guitarists performed a set of basic sound-producing actions: impulsive, sustained, and iterative. The dataset consists of bioelectric muscle signals, motion capture, video, and audio recordings. This multimodal dataset was used to train a long short-term memory network (LSTM) with a few hidden layers and relatively short training duration. We show that the network is able to predict audio energy features of free improvisations on the guitar, relying on a dataset of three distinct motion types.

• Bishop, Laura & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Reliability of two infrared motion capture systems in a music performance setting. In Spagnol, Simone & Valle, Andrea (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th Sound and Music Computing Conference. Axea sas/SMC Network. ISSN 978-88-945415-0-2. Show summary

  This paper describes a comparative analysis of tracking quality in two infrared marker-based motion capture systems: one older but high-end (Qualisys, purchased in 2009) and the other newer and mid-range (OptiTrack, purchased in 2019). We recorded performances by a string quartet with both systems simultaneously, using the same frame rate. Our recording set-up included a combination of moving markers (affixed to musicians’ bodies) and stationary markers (affixed to music stands). Higher noise levels were observed in Qualisys recordings of stationary markers than in OptiTrack recordings, as well as a greater spatial range, though OptiTrack recordings had a higher rate of outliers (“spikes” in the signal). In moving markers, increased quantity of motion was associated with increased betweensystem error rates. Both systems showed minimal withintrial drift but a reduction in recording accuracy and precision over the duration of the experiment. Overall, our results show that the older/high-end system (Qualisys) produced slightly lower-quality recordings than the newer/midrange system (OptiTrack). We discuss how our findings may inform researchers’ interpretations of motion capture data, particularly when capturing the types of motion that are important for performing music.

• Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez-Sanchez, Victor E.; Laeng, Bruno & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Headphones or Speakers? An Exploratory Study of Their Effects on Spontaneous Body Movement to Rhythmic Music. . ISSN 1664-1078. 11(698). doi: . Show summary

  Previous studies have shown that music may lead to spontaneous body movement, even when people try to stand still. But are spontaneous movement responses to music similar if the stimuli are presented using headphones or speakers? This article presents results from an exploratory study in which 35 participants listened to rhythmic stimuli while standing in a neutral position. The six different stimuli were 45 s each and ranged from a simple pulse to excerpts from electronic dance music (EDM). Each participant listened to all the stimuli using both headphones and speakers. An optical motion capture system was used to calculate their quantity of motion, and a set of questionnaires collected data about music preferences, listening habits, and the experimental sessions. The results show that the participants on average moved more when listening through headphones. The headphones condition was also reported as being more tiresome by the participants. Correlations between participants’ demographics, listening habits, and self-reported body motion were observed in both listening conditions. We conclude that the playback method impacts the level of body motion observed when people are listening to music. This should be taken into account when designing embodied music cognition studies.

• Støckert, Robin; Bergsland, Andreas; Fasciani, Stefano & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). . eLearning and Software for Education. ISSN 2066-026X. 1, p. 612–620. doi: . Show summary

  Higher education is facing disruptive changes in many fields. Students wants to have the option of learning anywhere, anytime and in any format. Universities need to develop and deliver to future students a complete learning ecosystem. At the same time universities are facing challenges such as growing costs and the pressure to give the students the knowledge, competence, skills and ability to continuously adapt to future job environments. As a consequence, many universities are investigating new ways of collaboration and sharing resources to cater to the demands of students, industry and society. An example of this collaboration is a new joint master between the two largest Universities in Norway: University of ̽����ѡ (UiO) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). In this paper, we present the lessons learned from almost two years of teaching and learning in the new joint master's programme, "Music, Communication and Technology" (MCT), between NTNU and UiO. This programme is a run in a two-campus learning space built as a two-way, audio-visual, high-quality, low-latency communication channel between the two campuses, called "The Portal". Moreover, MCT is the subject of research for the SALTO (Student Active Learning in a Two campus Organisation) project, where novel techniques in teaching and learning are explored, such as team-based learning (TBL), flipped classroom, and other forms of student active learning. Educational elements in this master, provides the student with 21 century skills and deliver knowledge within humanities, entrepreneurship and technology. We elaborate on the technical, pedagogical and learning space-related challenges toward delivering teaching and learning in these cross-university settings. The paper concludes with a set of strategies that can be used to improve student active learning in different scenarios.

• Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Xambó, Anna & Brandtsegg, Øyvind (2019). A case study in learning spaces for physical-virtual two-campus interaction. European Journal of Higher Education IT – EJHEIT. ISSN 2519-1764. 1. Show summary

  In this paper we present results from our ongoing project Student Active Learning in a Two campus Organization(SALTO). This is funded as part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) Teaching Excellence scheme. The initiative consists of a portfolio of development measures, with the purpose of developing innovative approaches to learning, teaching and assessment. The aim of SALTO is to develop pedagogical strategies for the two-campus master’s program Music, Communication and Technology(MCT). This is a joint program between NTNU and the University of ̽����ѡ, with the students being split between the cities of Trondheim and ̽����ѡ 500 km apart. The program is built around a shared physical-virtual space -the Portal -with a range of high-quality audiovisual technologies. The SALTO project focuses on how the Portal can be used for all activities in the program, with an emphasis on human-computer interaction, resource sharing and collaboration. This is done by students and teachers exploring educational, methodological, and technological solutions together. As such, the SALTO project uses the Portalas a "living lab", which is constantly evolving and being optimized for student-active learning scenarios. In this paper, we present and discuss three cases from the first year of the project: (1) The MCT Opening Ceremony, (2) A "Christmas concert" between to upper secondary schools in Trondheim and ̽����ѡ, (3) An intensive workshop-based course with a mix of preparations, lectures and hands-on exercises. The three cases do in various ways present some of the challenges and possibilities of two-campus teaching.

• Alarcón Diaz, Ximena & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). “Ellos no están entendiendo nada” [“They are not understanding anything”]: embodied remembering as complex narrative in a Telematic Sonic Improvisation. In Søndergaard, Morten & Beloff, Laura (Ed.), Proceedings of RE:SOUND 2019. . ISSN 1477-9358. doi: . Show summary

  INTIMAL is a physical-virtual system for relational listening, exploring the role of the body as interface that keeps memory of place in migratory contexts. The system is developed to integrate the body movements of performers (and their voices) with an oral archive. The system has been informed and tested by nine Colombian migrant women in Europe in a telematic performance between the cities of ̽����ѡ, Barcelona and London. In the performance a “complex narrative” emerged, for both the improvisers and the audiences. In this paper, we describe the conditions of the narrative environment, and the embodied expressions that emerged. We reflect on how this distributed embodied expression—through technological mediated sound and movement interactions—might further aid processes of collective remembering and catharsis, in a context of conflict and gendered migration.

• Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). QuaverSeries: A Live Coding Environment for Music Performance Using Web Technologies. In Xambo Sedo, Anna; Martin, Sara R. & Roma, Gerard (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Web Audio Conference. NTNU. ISSN 2663-5844. Show summary

  QuaverSeries consists of a domain-specific language and a single-page web application for collaborative live coding in music performances. Its domain-specific language borrows principles from both programming and digital interface design in its syntax rules, and hence adopts the paradigm of functional programming. The collaborative environment features the concept of 'virtual rooms', in which performers can collaborate from different locations, and the audience can watch the collaboration at the same time. Not only is the code synchronised among all the performers and online audience connected to the server, but the code executing command is also broadcast. This communication strategy, achieved by the integration of the language design and the environment design, provides a new form of interaction for web-based live coding performances.

• Xambo Sedo, Anna; Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Saue, Sigurd (2019). Facilitating Team-Based Programming Learning with Web Audio. In Xambo Sedo, Anna; Martin, Sara R. & Roma, Gerard (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Web Audio Conference. NTNU. ISSN 2663-5844. p. 2–7. Show summary

  In this paper, we present a course of audio programming using web audio technologies addressed to an interdisciplinary group of master students who are mostly beginners in programming. This course is held in two connected university campuses through a portal space and the students are expected to work in cross-campus teams. The workshop promotes both individual and group work and is based on ideas from science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), team-based learning and project-based learning. We show the outcomes of this course, discuss the students’ feedback and reflect on the results. We found that it is important to provide individual vs. group work, to use the same code editor for consistent follow-up and to be able to share the screen to solve individual questions. Other aspects inherent to the master (intensity of the courses, coding in a research-oriented program) and to prior knowledge (web technologies) should be reconsidered. We conclude with a wider reflection on the challenges and potentials of using web audio as a programming environment for beginners in STEAM and distance-learning courses.

• Becker, Artur; Herrebrøden, Henrik; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Nymoen, Kristian; Dal Sasso Freitas, Carla Maria & Tørresen, Jim [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). . In Coleman, Grisha (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing. . ISSN 978-1-4503-7654-9. doi: . Show summary

  We present an approach to analyzing the motion capture data of rowers using bivariate functional principal component analysis (bfPCA). The method has been applied on data from six elite rowers rowing on an ergometer. The analyses of the upper and lower body coordination during the rowing cycle revealed significant differ- ences between the rowers, even though the data was normalized to account for differences in body dimensions. We make an argument for the use of bfPCA and other functional data analysis methods for the quantitative evaluation and description of technique in sports.

• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Analysis of the Movement-Inducing Effects of Music through the Fractality of Head Sway during Standstill. . ISSN 0022-2895. doi: . Show summary

  The links between music and human movement have been shown to provide insight into crucial aspects of human’s perception, cognition, and sensorimotor systems. In this study, we examined the influence of music on movement during standstill, aiming at further characterizing the correspondences between movement, music, and perception, by analyzing head sway fractality. Eighty seven participants were asked to stand as still as possible for 500 seconds while being presented with alternating silence and audio stimuli. The audio stimuli were all rhythmic in nature, ranging from a metronome track to complex electronic dance music. The head position of each participant was captured with an optical motion capture system. Long-range correlations of head movement were estimated by detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA). Results agree with previous work on the movement-inducing effect of music, showing significantly greater head sway and lower head sway fractality during the music stimuli. In addition, patterns across stimuli suggest a two-way adaptation process to the effects of music, with musical stimuli influencing head sway while at the same time fractality modulated movement responses. Results indicate that fluctuations in head movement in both conditions exhibit long-range correlations, suggesting that the effects of music on head movement depended not only on the value of the most recent measured intervals, but also on the values of those intervals at distant times.

• Xambo Sedo, Anna; Saue, Sigurd; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Støckert, Robin & Brandtsegg, Øyvind (2019). NIME Prototyping in Teams: A Participatory Approach to Teaching Physical Computing. In Queiroz, Marcelo & Xambo Sedo, Anna (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. p. 216–221. Show summary

  In this paper, we present a workshop of physical computing applied to NIME design based on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education. The workshop is designed for master students with multidisciplinary backgrounds. They are encouraged to work in teams from two university campuses remotely connected through a portal space. The components of the workshop are prototyping, music improvisation and reflective practice. We report the results of this course, which show a positive impact on the students’ confidence in prototyping and intention to continue in STEM fields. We also present the challenges and lessons learned on how to improve the teaching of hybrid technologies and programming skills in an interdisciplinary context across two locations, with the aim of satisfying both beginners and experts. We conclude with a broader discussion on how these new pedagogical perspectives can improve NIME-related courses.

• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance. In Visi, Federico (Eds.), Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. Show summary

  What if a musician could step outside the familiar instrumental paradigm and adopt a new embodied language for moving through sound with a dancer in true partnership? And what if a dancer’s body could coalesce with a musician’s skills and intuitively render movements into instrumental actions for active sound-making?

• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance. In Queiroz, Marcelo & Xambo Sedo, Anna (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. p. 477–482. Show summary

  This paper describes the process of developing a shared instrument for music–dance performance, with a particular focus on exploring the boundaries between standstill vs motion, and silence vs sound. The piece Vrengt grew from the idea of enabling a true partnership between a musician and a dancer, developing an instrument that would allow for active co-performance. Using a participatory design approach, we worked with sonification as a tool for systematically exploring the dancer’s bodily expressions. The exploration used a “spatiotemporal matrix,” with a particular focus on sonic microinteraction. In the final performance, two Myo armbands were used for capturing muscle activity of the arm and leg of the dancer, together with a wireless headset microphone capturing the sound of breathing. In the paper we reflect on multi-user instrument paradigms, discuss our approach to creating a shared instrument using sonification as a tool for the sound design, and reflect on the performers’ subjective evaluation of the instrument.

• Lan, Qichao; Tørresen, Jim & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). RaveForce: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Environment for Music Generation. In Barbancho, Isabel; Tardón, Lorenzo J.; Peinado, Alberto & Barbancho, Ana M. (Ed.), SMC 2019 Proceedings of the 16th Sound & Music Computing Conference. Society for Sound and Music Computing. ISSN 978-84-09-08518-7. p. 217–222.
• Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Group behaviour and interpersonal synchronization to electronic dance music. . ISSN 1029-8649. 23(1), p. 111–134. doi: . Show summary

  The present study investigates how people move and relate to each other – and to the dance music – in a club-like setting created within a motion capture laboratory. Three groups of participants (29 in total) each danced to a 10-minute-long DJ mix consisting of four tracks of electronic dance music (EDM). Two of the EDM tracks had little structural development, while the two others included a typical “break routine” in the middle of the track, consisting of three distinct passages: (a) “breakdown”, (b) “build-up” and (c) “drop”. The motion capture data show similar bodily responses for all three groups in the break routines: a sudden decrease and increase in the general quantity of motion. More specifically, the participants demonstrated an improved level of interpersonal synchronization after the drop, particularly in their vertical movements. Furthermore, the participants’ activity increased and became more pronounced after the drop. This may suggest that the temporal removal and reintroduction of a clear rhythmic framework, as well as the use of intensifying sound features, have a profound effect on a group’s beat synchronization. Our results further suggest that the musical passages of EDM efficiently lead to the entrainment of a whole group, and that a break routine effectively “re-energizes” the dancing.

• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Muscle activity response of the audience during an experimental music performance. In Cunningham, Stuart (Eds.), Proceedings of the Audio Mostly 2018 on Sound in Immersion and Emotion. . ISSN 978-1-4503-5373-1. doi: . Show summary

  This exploratory study investigates muscular activity characteristics of a group of audience members during an experimental music performance. The study was designed to be as ecologically valid as possible, collecting data in a concert venue and making use of low- invasive measurement techniques. Muscle activity (EMG) from the forearms of 8 participants revealed that sitting in a group could be an indication of a level of group engagement, while comparatively greater muscular activity from a participant sitting at close distance to the stage suggests performance-induced bodily responses. The self-reported measures rendered little evidence supporting the links between muscular activity and live music exposure, although a larger sample size and a wider range of music styles need to be included in future studies to provide conclusive results.

• Lartillot, Olivier; Thedens, Hans-Hinrich & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Computational model of pitch detection, perceptive foundations, and application to Norwegian fiddle music. In Parncutt, Richard & Sattmann, Sabrina (Ed.), Proceedings of ICMPC15/ESCOM10. Centre for Systematic Musicology, University of Graz. ISSN 978-3-200-05771-5. p. 252–255. Show summary

  Background Automated detection of pitch in polyphonic music remains a difficult challenge (Benetos et al., 2013). Robust solutions can be found for simple cases such as monodies. Implementation of perceptive/cognitive models have been so far less successful than engineering methods, and in particular machine learning models. One reference model (Klapuri, 2006) preselects pitch candidates based on harmonic summation and searches for multiple pitches through cancellation. Aims The aim was to conceive a model for pitch detection in polyphonic music able to transcribe in details traditional Norwegian music played on Hardanger fiddle, where more than two strings are played at the same time. The new model should be applicable to other types of music as well. Perceptive and cognitive models should guide the improvement of the state of the art. Main Contribution The model is neither based on a machine-learning training on a given set of samples, nor explicitly relying on stylistic rules. Instead, the methodology consists in conceiving a set of rules as simple and general as possible while offering satisfying results for the chosen corpus of music. We follow some general principles of the model by (Klapuri 2006) while introducing new heuristics. We present a new method for harmonic summation that penalises harmonic series that are sparse, in particular when odd partials are absent, as it would indicate that the actual harmonic series is a multiple of the given pitch candidate. Besides, a multiple of a fundamental can be selected as pitch in addition to the fundamental itself if its attack phase is sufficiently distinctive. For that purpose, we introduce a concept of pitch percept that persists over the whole extent of the note, and that serves as a reference for the detection of higher pitches at harmonic intervals. Results The proposed method enables to obtain transcriptions of relatively good quality, with a low ratio of false positives and false negatives. The construction of the model is under refinement. We are applying this method to the analysis of recordings of Norwegian folk music, containing a large part of Hardinger fiddle pieces and a cappella singing. Implications Automated transcription is of high interest for musicology and music information retrieval. This enables for instance to build large corpora of scores for music analysis and opens news perspectives for computational musicology. By attempting to design computer models based on general rules as simple as possible rather than on machine learning, while resulting in a behaviour in terms of pitch detection that comes closer to human capabilities, we hypothesise that the underlying mechanisms thus modelled might suggest general computational capabilities that could be found in cognitive models as well. In the same time, an improvement of the model based on expertise in music perception and cognition is desired. References Benetos et al. (2013). Automatic music transcription: challenges and future directions. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 41, 407-434 Klapuri, Multiple Fundamental Frequency Estimation by Summing Harmonic Amplitudes. ISMIR 2006 Keywords: pitch, computational model, harmonic summation, Norwegian folk music, Hardanger fiddle.

• Kelkar, Tejaswinee; Roy, Udit & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Evaluating a collection of Sound-Tracing Data of Melodic Phrases. In Gómez, Emilia; Hu, Xiao; Humphrey, Eric & Benetos, Emmanouil (Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference. . ISSN 978-2-9540351-2-3. Show summary

  Melodic contour, the ‘shape’ of a melody, is a common way to visualize and remember a musical piece. The purpose of this paper is to explore the building blocks of a future ‘gesture-based’ melody retrieval system. We present a dataset containing 16 melodic phrases from four musical styles and with a large range of contour variability. This is accompanied by full-body motion capture data of 26 participants performing sound-tracing to the melodies. The dataset is analyzed using canonical correlation analysis (CCA), and its neural network variant (Deep CCA), to understand how melodic contours and sound tracings relate to each other. The analyses reveal non-linear relationships between sound and motion. The link between pitch and verticality does not appear strong enough for complex melodies. We also find that descending melodic contours have the least correlation with tracing.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab. In Gómez, Emilia; Hu, Xiao; Humphrey, Eric & Benetos, Emmanouil (Ed.), Proceedings of the 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference. . ISSN 978-2-9540351-2-3. Show summary

  The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab (MGT) aims at assisting music researchers with importing, preprocessing, analyzing, and visualizing video, audio, and motion capture data in a coherent manner within Matlab.

• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . In Sauerland, Uli & Solt, Stephanie (Ed.), Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 22, vol. 2, ZASPiL 61. Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS). p. 199–216.
• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Correspondences Between Music and Involuntary Human Micromotion During Standstill. . ISSN 1664-1078. 9. doi: . Show summary

  The relationships between human body motion and music have been the focus of several studies characterizing the correspondence between voluntary motion and various sound features. The study of involuntary movement to music, however, is still scarce. Insight into crucial aspects of music cognition, as well as characterization of the vestibular and sensorimotor systems could be largely improved through a description of the underlying links between music and involuntary movement. This study presents an analysis aimed at quantifying involuntary body motion of a small magnitude (micromotion) during standstill, as well as assessing the correspondences between such micromotion and different sound features of the musical stimuli: pulse clarity, amplitude, and spectral centroid. A total of 71 participants were asked to stand as still as possible for 6 min while being presented with alternating silence and music stimuli: Electronic Dance Music (EDM), Classical Indian music, and Norwegian fiddle music (Telespringar). The motion of each participant's head was captured with a marker-based, infrared optical system. Differences in instantaneous position data were computed for each participant and the resulting time series were analyzed through cross-correlation to evaluate the delay between motion and musical features. The mean quantity of motion (QoM) was found to be highest across participants during the EDM condition. This musical genre is based on a clear pulse and rhythmic pattern, and it was also shown that pulse clarity was the metric that had the most significant effect in induced vertical motion across conditions. Correspondences were also found between motion and both brightness and loudness, providing some evidence of anticipation and reaction to the music. Overall, the proposed analysis techniques provide quantitative data and metrics on the correspondences between micromotion and music, with the EDM stimulus producing the clearest music-induced motion patterns. The analysis and results from this study are compatible with embodied music cognition and sensorimotor synchronization theories, and provide further evidence of the movement inducing effects of groove-related music features and human response to sound stimuli. Further work with larger data sets, and a wider range of stimuli, is necessary to produce conclusive findings on the subject.

• Serafin, Stefania; Dahl, Sofia; Bresin, Roberto; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Unnthorsson, Runar & Välimäki, Vesa (2018). NordicSMC: A Nordic University Hub on Sound and Music Computing. In Georgaki, Anastasia (Eds.), Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference. Cyprus University of Technology. ISSN 2518-3672. Show summary

  Sound and music computing (SMC) is still an emerging field in many institutions, and the challenge is often to gain critical mass for developing study programs and undertake more ambitious research projects. We report on how a long-term collaboration between small and medium-sized SMC groups have led to an ambitious undertaking in the form of the Nordic Sound and Music Computing Network (NordicSMC), funded by the Nordic Research Council and institutions from all of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). The constellation is unique in that it covers the field of sound and music from the “soft” to the “hard,” including the arts and humanities, the social and natural sciences, and engineering. This paper describes the goals, activities, and expected results of the network, with the aim of inspiring the creation of other joint efforts within the SMC community.

• Martin, Charles Patrick; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tørresen, Jim (2018). Composing an ensemble standstill work for Myo and Bela. In Dahl, Luke; Bowman, Doug & Martin, Tom (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference On New Interfaces For Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. p. 196–197. Show summary

  This paper describes the process of developing a standstill performance work using the Myo gesture control armband and the Bela embedded computing platform. The combination of Myo and Bela allows a portable and extensible version of the standstill performance concept while introducing muscle tension as an additional control parameter. We describe the technical details of our setup and introduce Myo-to-Bela and Myo-to-OSC software bridges that assist with prototyping compositions using the Myo controller.

• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Martin, Charles Patrick; Zelechowska, Agata; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria Kristine Å & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Bela-based augmented acoustic guitars for sonic microinteraction. In Dahl, Luke; Bowman, Doug & Martin, Tom (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference On New Interfaces For Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. p. 324–327. Show summary

  This article describes the design and construction of a collection of digitally-controlled augmented acoustic guitars, and the use of these guitars in the installation \textit\{Sverm-Resonans\}. The installation was built around the idea of exploring `inverse’ sonic microinteraction, that is, controlling sounds by the micromotion observed when attempting to stand still. It consisted of six acoustic guitars, each equipped with a Bela embedded computer for sound processing (in Pure Data), an infrared distance sensor to detect the presence of users, and an actuator attached to the guitar body to produce sound. With an attached battery pack, the result was a set of completely autonomous instruments that were easy to hang in a gallery space. The installation encouraged explorations on the boundary between the tactile and the kinesthetic, the body and the mind, and between motion and sound. The use of guitars, albeit with an untraditional `performance’ technique, made the experience both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Many users reported heightened sensations of stillness, sound, and vibration, and that the `inverse’ control of the instrument was both challenging and pleasant.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Methods for Studying Music-Related Body Motion. In Bader, Rolf (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology. . ISSN 978-3-662-55002-1. p. 805–818. doi: . Show summary

  This chapter presents an overview of some methodological approaches and technologies that can be used in the study of music-related body motion. The aim is not to cover all possible approaches, but rather to highlight some of the ones that are more relevant from a musicological point of view. This includes methods for video-based and sensor-based motion analyses, both qualitative and quantitative. It also includes discussions of the strengths and weaknesses of the different methods, and reflections on how the methods can be used in connection to other data in question, such as physiological or neurological data, symbolic notation, sound recordings and contextual data.

• Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases . . ISSN 2076-3417. 8(1), p. 1–21. doi: . Show summary

  In this paper, we report on a free-hand motion capture study in which 32 participants ‘traced’ 16 melodic vocal phrases with their hands in the air in two experimental conditions. Melodic contours are often thought of as correlated with vertical movement (up and down) in time, and this was also our initial expectation. We did find an arch shape for most of the tracings, although this did not correspond directly to the melodic contours. Furthermore, representation of pitch in the vertical dimension was but one of a diverse range of movement strategies used to trace the melodies. Six different mapping strategies were observed, and these strategies have been quantified and statistically tested. The conclusion is that metaphorical representation is much more common than a ‘graph-like’ rendering for such a melodic sound-tracing task. Other findings include a clear gender difference for some of the tracing strategies and an unexpected representation of melodies in terms of a small object for some of the Hindustani music examples. The data also show a tendency of participants moving within a shared ‘social box’.

• Adde, Lars; Yang, Hong; Sæther, Rannei; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Ihlen, Espen Alexander F. & Cao, Jia-yan [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Characteristics of general movements in preterm infants assessed by computer-based video analysis. . ISSN 0959-3985. 34(4), p. 286–292. doi: . Show summary

  Background: Previous evidence suggests that the variability of the spatial center of infant movements, calculated by computer-based video analysis software, can identify fidgety general movements (GMs) and predict cerebral palsy. Aim: To evaluate whether computer-based video analysis quantifies specific characteristics of normal fidgety movements as opposed to writhing general movements. Methods: A longitudinal study design was applied. Twenty-seven low-to moderate-risk preterm infants (20 boys, 7 girls; mean gestational age 32 [SD 2.7, range 27–36] weeks, mean birth weight 1790 grams [SD 430g, range 1185–2700g]) were videotaped at the ages of 3–5 weeks (period of writhing GMs) and 10–15 weeks (period of fidgety GMs) post term. GMs were classified according to Prechtl’s general movement assessment method (GMA) and by computer-based video analysis. The variability of the centroid of motion (CSD), derived from differences between subsequent video frames, was calculated by means of computer-based video analysis software; group mean differences between GM periods were reported. Results: The mean variability of the centroid of motion (CSD) determined by computer-based video analysis was 7.5% lower during the period of fidgety GMs than during the period of writhing GMs (p = 0.004). Conclusion: Our findings support that the variability of the centroid of motion reflects small and variable movements evenly distributed across the body, and hence shows that computer-based video analysis qualifies for assessment of direction and amplitude of FMs in young infants.

• Støckert, Robin; Saue, Sigurd & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Framework for a novel two-campus master's programme in music, communication and technology between the University of ̽����ѡ and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. . ISSN 2340-1095. p. 5831–5840. doi: .
• Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Representation Strategies in Two-handed Melodic Sound-Tracing. In Gillies, Marco (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Movement Computing. . ISSN 978-1-4503-5209-3. doi: . Show summary

  This paper describes an experiment in which the subjects performed a sound-tracing task to vocal melodies. They could move freely in the air with two hands, and their motion was captured using an infrared, marker-based system. We present a typology of distinct strategies used by the recruited participants to represent their perception of the melodies. These strategies appear as ways to represent time and space through the finite motion possibilities of two hands moving freely in space. We observe these strategies and present their typology through qualitative analysis. Then we numerically verify the consistency of these strategies by conducting tests of significance between labeled and random samples.

• Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Exploring melody and motion features in “sound-tracings”. In Lokki, Tapio; Pätynen, Jukka & Välimäki, Vesa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference 2017. Aalto University. ISSN 978-952-60-3729-5. p. 98–103. Show summary

  Pitch and spatial height are often associated when describing music. In this paper we present results from a sound tracing study in which we investigate such sound–motion relationships. The subjects were asked to move as if they were creating the melodies they heard, and their motion was captured with an infra-red, marker-based camera system. The analysis is focused on calculating feature vectors typically used for melodic contour analysis. We use these features to compare melodic contour typologies with motion contour typologies. This is based on using proposed feature sets that were made for melodic contour similarity measurement. We apply these features to both the melodies and the motion contours to establish whether there is a correspondence between the two, and find the features that match the most. We find a relationship between vertical motion and pitch contour when evaluated through features rather than simply comparing contours.

• Støen, Ragnhild; Songstad, Nils Thomas; Silberg, Inger Elisabeth; Fjørtoft, Toril Synnøve Larsso; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Adde, Lars (2017). Computer-based video analysis identifies infants with absence of fidgety movements. Pediatric Research. ISSN 0031-3998. 82(4), p. 665–670. doi: . Show summary

  Background: Absence of fidgety movements (FMs) at 3 months’ corrected age is a strong predictor of cerebral palsy (CP) in high-risk infants. This study evaluates the association between computer-based video analysis and the temporal organization of FMs assessed with the General Movement Assessment (GMA). Methods: Infants were eligible for this prospective cohort study if referred to a high-risk follow-up program in a participating hospital. Video recordings taken at 10–15 weeks post term age were used for GMA and computer-based analysis. The variation of the spatial center of motion, derived from differences between subsequent video frames, was used for quantitative analysis. Results: Of 241 recordings from 150 infants, 48 (24.1%) were classified with absence of FMs or sporadic FMs using the GMA. The variation of the spatial center of motion (CSD) during a recording was significantly lower in infants with normal (0.320; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.309, 0.330) vs. absence of or sporadic (0.380; 95% CI 0.361, 0.398) FMs (P<0.001). A triage model with CSD thresholds chosen for sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 80% gave a 40% referral rate for GMA. Conclusion: Quantitative video analysis during the FMs’ period can be used to triage infants at high risk of CP to early intervention or observational GMA.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Zelechowska, Agata & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2017). The Musical Influence on People's Micromotion when Standing Still in Groups. In Lokki, Tapio; Pätynen, Jukka & Välimäki, Vesa (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference 2017. Aalto University. ISSN 978-952-60-3729-5. p. 195–200. Show summary

  The paper presents results from an experiment in which 91 subjects stood still on the floor for 6 minutes, with the first 3 minutes in silence, followed by 3 minutes with mu- sic. The head motion of the subjects was captured using an infra-red optical system. The results show that the average quantity of motion of standstill is 6.5 mm/s, and that the subjects moved more when listening to music (6.6 mm/s) than when standing still in silence (6.3 mm/s). This result confirms the belief that music induces motion, even when people try to stand still.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik (2017). Exploring the Myo controller for sonic microinteraction. In Erkut, Cumhur (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 2220-4792. p. 442–445. Show summary

  This paper explores sonic microinteraction using muscle sensing through the Myo armband. The first part presents results from a small series of experiments aimed at finding the baseline micromotion and muscle activation data of people being at rest or performing short/small actions. The second part presents the prototype instrument MicroMyo, built around the concept of making sound with little motion. The instrument plays with the convention that inputting more energy into an instrument results in more sound. MicroMyo, on the other hand, is built so that the less you move, the more it sounds. Our user study shows that while such an "inverse instrument" may seem puzzling at first, it also opens a space for interesting musical interactions.

• Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Pleasurable and Intersubjectively Embodied Experiences of Electronic Dance Music. Empirical Musicology Review. ISSN 1559-5749. 11(3-4), p. 301–318. doi: . Show summary

  How do dancers engage with electronic dance music (EDM) when dancing? This paper reports on an empirical study of dancers' pleasurable engagement with three structural properties of EDM: (1) breakdown, (2) build-up, and (3) drop. Sixteen participants danced to a DJ mix in a club-like environment, and the group’s bodily activity was recorded with an infrared, marker-based motion capture system. After they danced, the subjects filled out questionnaires about the pleasure they experienced and their relative desire to move while dancing. Subsequent analyses revealed associations between the group’s quantity of motion and self-reported experiences of pleasure. Associations were also found between certain sonic features and dynamic changes in the dancers' movements. Pronounced changes occurred in the group's quantity of motion during the breakdown, build-up, and drop sections, suggesting a high level of synchronization between the group and the structural properties of the music. The questionnaire confirmed this intersubjective agreement: participants perceived the musical passages consistently and marked the build-up and drop as particularly pleasurable and motivational in terms of dancing. Self-reports demonstrated that the presence and activity of other participants were also important in the shaping of one's own experience, thus supporting the idea of clubbing as an intersubjectively embodied experience.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Sonic Microinteraction in "the Air". In Lesaffre, Micheline; Maes, Pieter-Jan & Leman, Marc (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction. . ISSN 9781138657403. doi: . Show summary

  This chapter looks at the ways in which micromotion, the smallest controllable and perceivable human body motion, can be used in interactive sound systems. It presents a general taxonomy, followed by examples of how sonic microinteraction was designed and rehearsed in the scientific-artistic project Sverm. Here, the focus was on micromotion and microaction performed in “the air,” but the concepts developed by the project can also be transferred to other types of microinteraction.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Exploring music-related micromotion. In Wöllner, Clemens (Eds.), Body, Sound and Space in Music and Beyond: Multimodal Explorations. . ISSN 9781472485403. doi: . Show summary

  As living human beings we are constantly in motion. Even when we try to stand absolutely still, our breathing, pulse and postural adjustments lead to motion at the micro-level. Such micromotion is small, but it is still possible to experience it in the body and it is also visible to others. This chapter reflects on such (un)conscious and (in)voluntary micromotion observed and experienced when one attempts to stand physically still, and how musical sound influences such micromotion.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). . In Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lyons, Michael J. (Ed.), A NIME Reader: Fifteen Years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 978-3-319-47213-3. doi: . Show summary

  The term 'gesture' has represented a buzzword in the NIME community since the beginning of its conference series. But how often is it actually used, what is it used to describe, and how does its usage here differ from its usage in other fields of study? This paper presents a linguistic analysis of the motion-related terminology used in all of the papers published in the NIME conference proceedings to date (2001-2013). The results show that 'gesture' is in fact used in 62 % of all NIME papers, which is a significantly higher percentage than in other music conferences (ICMC and SMC), and much more frequently than it is used in the HCI and biomechanics communities. The results from a collocation analysis support the claim that 'gesture' is used broadly in the NIME community, and indicate that it ranges from the description of concrete human motion and system control to quite metaphorical applications.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). . In Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lyons, Michael J. (Ed.), A NIME Reader: Fifteen Years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 978-3-319-47213-3. p. 402–403. Show summary

  The Fingerphone, a reworking of the Stylophone in conductive paper, is presented as an example of new design approaches for sustainability and playability of electronic musical instruments.

• Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Optical or Inertial? Evaluation of Two Motion Capture Systems for Studies of Dancing to Electronic Dance Music. In Großmann, Rolf & Hajdu, Georg (Ed.), Proceedings of the SMC Conferences. . ISSN 978-3-00-053700-4. p. 469–474. Show summary

  What type of motion capture system is best suited for studying dancing to electronic dance music? The paper discusses positive and negative sides of using camera-based and sensor-based motion tracking systems for group studies of dancers. This is exemplified through experiments with a Qualisys infrared motion capture system being used alongside a set of small inertial trackers from Axivity and regular video recordings. The conclusion is that it is possible to fine-tune an infrared tracking system to work satisfactory for group studies of complex body motion in a “club-like” environment. For ecological studies in a real club setting, however, inertial tracking is the most scalable and flexible solution.

• Adde, Lars; Thomas, Niranjan; John b, Hima; Oommen, Samual p; Vågen, Randi Tynes & Fjørtoft, Toril Synnøve Larsso [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2016). Early motor repertoire in very low birth weight infants in India is associated with motor development at one year. European journal of paediatric neurology. ISSN 1090-3798. 20(6), p. 918–924. doi: . Show summary

  Background: Most studies on Prechtl's method of assessing General Movements (GMA) in young infants originate in Europe. Aim: To determine if motor behavior at an age of 3 months post term is associated with motor development at 12 months post age in VLBW infants in India. Methods: 243 VLBW infants (135 boys, 108 girls; median gestational age 31wks, range 26–39wks) were video-recorded at a median age of 11wks post term (range 9–16wks). Certified and experienced observers assessed the videos by the “Assessment of Motor Repertoire – 2–5 Months”. Fidgety movements (FMs) were classified as abnormal if absent, sporadic or exaggerated, and as normal if intermittently or continually present. The motor behaviour was evaluated by repertoire of co-existent other movements (age-adequacy) and concurrent motor repertoire. In addition, videos of 215 infants were analyzed by computer and the variability of the spatial center of motion (CSD) was calculated. The Peabody Developmental Motor Scales was used to assess motor development at 12 months. Results: Abnormal FMs, reduced age adequacy, and an abnormal concurrent motor repertoire were significantly associated with lower Gross Motor and Total Motor Quotient (GMQ, TMQ) scores (p < 0.05). The CSD was higher in children with TMQ scores <90 (-1SD) than in children with higher TMQ scores (p = 0.002). Conclusion: Normal FMs (assessed by Gestalt perception) and a low variability of the spatial center of motion (assessed by computer-based video analysis) predicted higher Peabody scores in 12-month-old infants born in India with a very low birth weight.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lyons, Michael J. (2016). Trends at NIME – Reflections on Editing “A NIME Reader”. In McPherson, Andrew & Smyth, Tamara (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 978-1-925455-13-7. p. 439–443. Show summary

  This paper provides an overview of the process of editing the forthcoming anthology “A NIME Reader—Fifteen years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression.” The selection process is presented, and we reflect on some of the trends we have observed in re-discovering the collection of more than 1200 NIME papers published throughout the 15 yearlong history of the conference. An anthology is necessarily selective, and ours is no exception. As we present in this paper, the aim has been to represent the wide range of artistic, scientific, and technological approaches that characterize the NIME conference. The anthology also includes critical discourse, and through acknowledgment of the strengths and weaknesses of the NIME community, we propose activities that could further diversify and strengthen the field.

• Barrett, Natasha & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). The ‘Virtualmonium’: an instrument for classical sound diffusion over a virtual loudspeaker orchestra. In McPherson, Andrew & Smyth, Tamara (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 978-1-925455-13-7. p. 55–60. Show summary

  Despite increasingly accessible and user-friendly multi-channel compositional tools, many composers still choose stereo formats for their work, where the compositional process is allied to diffusion performance over a ‘classical’ loudspeaker orchestra. Although such orchestras remain common within UK institutions as well as in France, they are in decline in the rest of the world. In contrast, permanent, high-density loudspeaker arrays are on the rise, as is the practical application of 3-D audio technologies. Looking to the future, we need to reconcile the performance of historical and new stereo works, side-byside native 3-D compositions. In anticipation of this growing need, we have designed and tested a prototype ‘Virtualmonium’. The Virtualmonium is an instrument for classical diffusion performance over an acousmonium emulated in higher-order Ambisonics. It allows composers to custom-design loudspeaker orchestra emulations for the performance of their works, rehearse and refine performances off-site, and perform classical repertoire alongside native 3-D formats in the same concert. This paper describes the technical design of the Virtualmonium, assesses the success of the prototype in some preliminary listening tests and concerts, and speculates how the instrument can further composition and performance practice.

• McPherson, Andrew; Berdahl, Edgar; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Lyons, Michael J.; Bukvic, Ivica Ico & Knudsen, Arve (2016). NIMEhub: Toward a Repository for Sharing and Archiving Instrument Designs. In McPherson, Andrew & Smyth, Tamara (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. . ISSN 978-1-925455-13-7. Show summary

  This workshop will explore the potential creation of a community database of digital musical instrument (DMI) designs. In other research communities, reproducible research practices are common, including open-source software, open datasets, established evaluation methods and community standards for research practice. NIME could benefit from similar practices, both to share ideas amongst geographically distant researchers and to maintain instrument designs after their first performances. However, the needs of NIME are different from other communities on account of NIME’s reliance on custom hardware designs and the interdependence of technology and arts practice. This half-day workshop will promote a community discussion of the potential benefits and challenges of a DMI repository and plan concrete steps toward its implementation.

• Godøy, Rolf Inge; Song, Min-Ho; Nymoen, Kristian; Haugen, Mari Romarheim & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). . . ISSN 0929-8215. 45(3), p. 210–222. doi: . Show summary

  People tend to perceive many and also salient similarities between musical sound and body motion in musical experience, as can be seen in countless situations of music performance or listening to music, and as has been documented by a number of studies in the past couple of decades. The so-called motor theory of perception has claimed that these similarity relationships are deeply rooted in human cognitive faculties, and that people perceive and make sense of what they hear by mentally simulating the body motion thought to be involved in the making of sound. In this paper, we survey some basic theories of sound-motion similarity in music, and in particular the motor theory perspective. We also present findings regarding sound-motion similarity in musical performance, in dance, in so-called sound-tracing (the spontaneous body motions people produce in tandem with musical sound), and in sonification, all in view of providing a broad basis for understanding sound-motion similarity in music.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Sonic Design: Explorations Between Art and Science. . ISBN 978-3-031-57892-2. 347 p. Show summary

  This edited volume is based on a selection of contributions at an international seminar organized in May 2022 to celebrate the achievements of Professor Godøy upon his retirement from the University of ̽����ѡ. The 17 chapters cover different approaches to sonic design practice and theory, giving readers historical backdrops and an overview of the current state of both artistic and scientific research in the field.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Sound Actions: Conceptualizing Musical Instruments. . ISBN 9780262544634. 304 p. Show summary

  A techno-cognitive look at how new technologies are shaping the future of musicking. “Musicking” encapsulates both the making of and perception of music, so it includes both active and passive forms of musical engagement. But at its core, it is a relationship between actions and sounds, between human bodies and musical instruments. Viewing musicking through this lens and drawing on music cognition and music technology, Sound Actions proposes a model for understanding differences between traditional acoustic “sound makers” and new electro-acoustic “music makers.” What is a musical instrument? How do new technologies change how we perform and perceive music? What happens when composers build instruments, performers write code, perceivers become producers, and instruments play themselves? The answers to these pivotal questions entail a meeting point between interactive music technology and embodied music cognition, what author Alexander Refsum Jensenius calls “embodied music technology.” Moving between objective description and subjective narrative of his own musical experiences, Jensenius explores why music makes people move, how the human body can be used in musical interaction, and how new technologies allow for active musical experiences. The development of new music technologies, he demonstrates, has fundamentally changed how music is performed and perceived.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lyons, Michael J. (2017). . . ISBN 978-3-319-47213-3. 485 p. Show summary

  What is a musical instrument? What are the musical instruments of the future? This anthology presents thirty papers selected from the fifteen year long history of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). NIME is a leading music technology conference, and an important venue for researchers and artists to present and discuss their explorations of musical instruments and technologies. Each of the papers is followed by commentaries written by the original authors and by leading experts. The volume covers important developments in the field, including the earliest reports of instruments like the reacTable, Overtone Violin, Pebblebox, and Plank. There are also numerous papers presenting new development platforms and technologies, as well as critical reflections, theoretical analyses and artistic experiences. The anthology is intended for newcomers who want to get an overview of recent advances in music technology. The historical traces, meta-discussions and reflections will also be of interest for longtime NIME participants. The book thus serves both as a survey of influential past work and as a starting point for new and exciting future developments.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). NOR-CAM og RITMO. Erfaringer fra et interdisiplinært senter. Show summary

  ## Sammendrag Innlegget oppsummerer erfaringer med å implementere CoARA- og NOR-CAM-prinsippene ved RITMO. Forfatteren deler refleksjoner rundt åpne forskningspraksiser, utfordringer og muligheter ved tverrfaglig samarbeid, samt konkrete tiltak for rekruttering, karriereutvikling og et støttende akademisk miljø. Fokus ligger på å profesjonalisere ansettelsesprosesser, utvikle karriereprogrammer og bygge en kultur for deling og omsorg i forskningsmiljøet.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . Show summary

  I denne forelesningen forteller jeg om hvordan en barndomsfascinasjon for papirsylindres styrke førte til en fysikkoppgave på videregående, som igjen førte til finaleplass i konkurransen og deltakelse på Nobelarrangementer i Stockholm. Opplevelsen ga innsikt i forskningsverdenen og motivasjon til videre studier og forskning.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . Show summary

  The presentation discusses the practical application of the NOR-CAM framework and CoARA principles at RITMO, a cross-disciplinary research centre. It highlights the challenges and strategies involved in promoting comprehensive and transparent research assessment, especially in interdisciplinary settings where values and evaluation criteria differ across fields. The author emphasizes the importance of redefining openness in research, professionalizing hiring committees, implementing structured career development programs, and fostering a culture of sharing and caring. These efforts aim to create a more equitable, supportive, and effective academic environment that values diverse contributions and supports researchers' well-being.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). Music, RITMO and AI. Show summary

  An introduction to RITMO and ongoing research on the topic of music and AI for a workshop between researchers from the University of ̽����ѡ, Queen Mary University of London, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . Show summary

  This workshop is designed for students and researchers who work with video recordings. You will learn to use MG Toolbox, a Python package with numerous tools for visualizing and analyzing video files. This includes visualization techniques such as motion videos, motion history images, and motiongrams, which allow for viewing video recordings from different temporal and spatial perspectives in various ways. It also includes some fundamental computer vision analysis, such as extracting the quantity and centroid of motion, and using such features in analysis. MG Toolbox for Python is a collection of high-level modules that generate all of the visualizations mentioned above. The toolbox is relevant for everyone working with video recordings of humans, including linguists, psychologists, medical professionals, human-computer interaction specialists, and educators in the educational sciences.

• Sveen, Henrik; Bishop, Laura & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . Show summary

  Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation in the neck and spine often triggered by specific sounds. This paper reports a study on the impact of different cyclic patterns and spatial orientations—defined here as the perceived directionality and motion of sound sources in a three-dimensional auditory space—on inducing ASMR experiences. The results demonstrate that both the type of cyclic pattern and the spatial orientation significantly influence the intensity and nature of ASMR experiences. Furthermore, the research explores synthesizing ASMR-inducing sounds while preserving key audio characteristics from acoustically recorded ASMR content. Through survey data analysis and regression modeling, distinct patterns emerge regarding the relationship between personality traits and ASMR experience. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of ASMR as a sensory phenomenon and provide insights into the potential applications of artificially generated ASMR stimuli. Additionally, the research sheds light on the role of spatiality in ASMR experiences and the synthesis of ASMR-inducing sounds for future studies and practical applications

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . [Internet]. NRK. Show summary

  Seks nye forskningssentre skal blant annet forske på ansvarlig, pålitelig og bærekraftig kunstig intelligens.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . [Radio]. Dagsnytt atten.
• Jemterud, Torkild; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Undheim, Vegard & Røislien, Jo (2025). .
• Lerdahl, Erik; Buene, Eivind; Berg, Anna & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . Show summary

  Alexander Refsum Jensenius har stått stille 10 min hver dag i ett år. Han kalles Professor Stillstand. Han leder et senter med 60 ansatte som forsker på rytme, tid og bevegelse, og vil gjerne forstå mer og dypere om hvordan lydene og inntrykkene av det vi omgir oss med påvirker oss. Hans første erkjennelse er at han tror verden ville kunne bli et bedre sted om alle stod stille 10 minutter hver dag. Hva gjør musikk og stillhet med oss selv, vårt velvære og vår kreativitet?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . Show summary

  Alexander Refsum Jensenius leder RITMO, Senter for tverrfaglig forskning på rytme, tid og bevegelse, med 60 ansatte. Han leter for tiden systematisk etter mulighetene og perspektivene KI kommer med. KI er en disruptiv teknologi som griper inn i etablerte næringsmodeller. Hvor er vi på vei? Mange av perspektivene kan virke overveldende. Det er imidlertid viktig å huske på at selv om maskiner nå er med på å utvikle seg selv, er det primært mennesker som vil utvikle også morgendagens teknologier. Han mener det er sentralt at vi i Norge er med på denne utviklingen. Her mener kunst- og kulturfeltet har en unik mulighet til å bidra gjennom eksperimentell utforskning og kritisk refleksjon. Han mener vi vil se flere systemer som fokuserer på kontinuerlig samhandling mellom mennesker og maskiner, slik som når musikere improviserer. Men at man ikke kommer videre med KI uten at de får en kropp som kan sanse og handle. Og at KI-systemer vil kunne bli mer empatiske, noe som vil forbedre menneske-maskin-kommunikasjon, men som også reiser mange etiske problemstillinger.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). .
• Sachs Olsen, Cecilie; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Duch, Michael Francis (2025). . Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Watne, Åshild; Maasø, Arnt & Agledahl, Vetle (2025). Musikksnakk: Allsang. Show summary

  Vi har aldri konsumert mer musikk enn nå, viser forskning. Likevel er det færre av oss som tar en aktiv del i musikkskapingen, enn før. Hva mister vi når vi ikke tar del i, eller vet hvordan man lager, musikk? Vi skal også teste hvordan det er å synge sammen. Hva skjer med oss da?

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• Schau, Kristopher & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . [Internet]. Nysgjerrige Norge. Show summary

  I denne episoden besøker Kristopher forskningssenteret RITMO ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ. Der forsker de på alt fra trommeroboter og mikromusikalske problemstillinger til hvordan vi påvirkes av ventilasjonslyd. Han møter senterleder Alexander Refsum Jensenius som forteller om forskning i skjæringspunktet mellom musikk, bevegelse, psykologi og robotikk.

• Ormstad, Heidi & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . Forskerforum. ISSN 0800-1715. Show summary

  Åpen forskning skal være så åpen som mulig og så lukket som nødvendig. Skribentene skiller mellom hva forskere skal og bør gjøre.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). Show summary

  Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius will talk about his decade-long exploration of human micromotion. Motion data from the 365 standstill sessions he carried out during 2023 reveals lots of biomechanical noise, but also some interesting signals.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). [Radio]. NRK P2 Studio 2.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2025). . [Radio]. NRK P2 Abels tårn. Show summary

  Kan personlighetstrekket avgjøre om du liker å danse?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Musikk og kunstig intelligens.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  Skal snakke om skjæringspunktet mellom psykologi, informatikk og musikk og arbeidet som foregår på instituttet han leder: RITMO, Senter for Interdisiplinære studier i rytme, tid og bevegelse ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ. Alexander er både forsker og musiker. Han har en sammensatt bakgrunn bestående av musikk, informatikk, fysikk og matematikk og hans praktisk rettede forskning har bredt nedslagsfelt. Digitale verktøy som har blitt utviklet ved RITMO blir nå også brukt innen medisinsk forskning på ADHD og Cerebral Parese.

• Jemterud, Torkild; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Løseth, Guro Engvig & Holthe, Kolbjørn (2024). . [Radio]. NRK. Show summary

  Hvordan påvirker musikk oss? Hva skjer i hjernen vår når vi hører en melodi vi liker – eller misliker? Hvorfor reagerer vi forskjellig på ulike typer musikk? Og hvordan klarer et helt orkester å spille plettfritt sammen? Og forresten: trenger de egentlig å ha en dirigent? Hver fredag svarer panelet i Abels tårn på alle slags vitenskapelige spørsmål, store og små, fra lytterne. Noen vil langt ut i verdensrommet, og andre er mer opptatt av hva som skjer på kjøkkenbenken. Men musikk er noe vi alle har et forhold til. Den er rundt oss hele tiden, og det er mye å undre seg over når det gjelder musikk og hvordan den taler til oss på dype personlige plan. Derfor har Abels tårn og KORK gått sammen med RITMO og Universitetsbiblioteket for å lage en musikalsk utgave av det populære vitenskapsprogrammet. Vi introduserer: Abels KORK!

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Riaz, Maham; Oldfield, Thomas L & Juarez, Karenina (2024). . Show summary

  Studenter tilknyttet RITMO stiller ut prosjektene sine på Popsenteret: en interaktiv symaskin fra 1911, et lyttende og snakkende speil, og et interaktivt maleri. Hvordan kan slike objekter gi musikalske opplevelser?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  The Sempre Autumn conference was an online student study day, held on Friday 8th November 2024, with a combination of student presentations, research speed dating, and a special session on open research featuring Professor Iain Brennan (University of Hull), Professor Tuomas Eerola (Durham University), and Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius (University of ̽����ѡ). The event was open to doctoral students at any stage of their research and those thinking of applying for doctoral study. We invited proposals for short presentations (10 minutes + 5 for Q&A) from doctoral students, on any aspect of music psychology or music education.

• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Pileberg, Silje & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . [Internet]. Science Norway.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . [Internet]. Pathos. Show summary

  A PathOS interview about how Open Science (Open Access to publications, Open/FAIR data and software, collaborations with citizens) has made a positive or negative impact.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Show summary

  Åpenhet og akademisk frihet er hjørnesteiner i et velfungerende forskningssystem. Dette må vi bevare når vi skal bygge et helhetlig nasjonalt forskningssystem som også inkluderer skjermet og gradert forskning. Hvordan skal vi klare å bygge et forskningssystem som er så åpent som mulig og så lukket som nødvendig? Åpen forskning innebærer at forskningen gjøres tilgjengelig og deles av forskere, institusjoner, sektorer og over landegrenser. Det har vært lite fokus på de positive sidene åpen forskning kan ha innen utdanning. Hvordan kan vi motivere til mer forskningsnær utdanning, men også øke kvaliteten på forskningen?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995. Show summary

  Selv om vi liker å si at driver med forskningsbasert utdanning, er organiseringen av forskning og utdanning gjerne plassert i ulike siloer, skriver Alexander Refsum Jensenius.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). The assessment of researchers is changing – how will it impact your career? Show summary

  Changes are happening in the world of research assessment, for example by recognizing several competencies as merits and a better balance between quantitative and qualitative goals. In Norway, for example, Universities Norway presented the NOR-CAM report in 2021 which sparked a movement for reform. As an early career researcher, it's crucial to understand how these changes may impact your research career. In this talk, Jensenius will discuss the evolving landscape of research assessment and what it means for you.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Edwards, Peter; Klungnes, Kristina Mariell Dulsrud; Berg, Anna & Jenssen, Kjell Runar (2024). Musikksnakk: Filmmusikk. Show summary

  Musikk skaper stemning i filmer. Men hvordan klarer filmmusikken å bevege oss så mye? Og hva er starten på fortellingen om hvorfor man bruker musikk for å skape en viss stemning? Se for deg en hai komme svømmende mot en uviten bader – i stillhet. Hva med Frodo og Sam som karrer seg opp Mount Doom til lyden av... ingenting? Eller Katniss Everdeen som kjører i en vogn i flammer gjennom Capitol, uten trommer som drønner og majestetiske horn? Litt kjedelig, ikkesant? Musikk er viktig i film for å lage en viss stemning. Men hvordan ble det sånn? Er det bare for å få oss til å føle, eller ligger det en historie bak filmmusikken?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Rønning, Anne-Birgitte; Haug, Dag Trygve Truslew & Sæther, Steinar Andreas (2024). . Show summary

  Heller ikke en humanistisk forsker klarer seg helt på egenhånd. Men hvilken infrastruktur trenger vi for humanistisk forskning? Infrastrukturer kommer i mange størrelser og former, og vi snakker stadig mer om dem - særlig når samtalen dreier seg om det digitale skiftet. Derfor spør vi: hva er humanioras infrastrukturer? Hvilke forskjeller og likheter er det mellom de forskjellige fagene på HF? Hvordan kan vi best sørge for at nødvendig infrastruktur er på plass? For å gi seg i kast med disse spørsmålene har vi samlet et panel med erfarne forskere og undervisere fra ulike HF-fag som alle i tillegg har erfaring fra lederroller og verv med betydning for hvordan HF og UiO forholder seg til infrastruktur.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Show summary

  Can doing nothing tell us everything? Meet Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius, a music researcher exploring the deep connections between sound, space, and the human body. Through his fascinating studies on stillness and motion, Alexander has discovered surprising insights into how we interact with our environment.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  Dette webinaret er det fjerde i rekka og vil handla om forslaget om attraktive karrierar i akademia. Europakommisjonen sitt utgangspunkt er at internasjonalt utdanningssamarbeid og kvalitetsutvikling i høgare utdanning ikkje blir støtta og verdsett i så stor grad som naudsynt i dei akademiske karrierane, og at dette er eit hinder for utvikling av europeisk høgare utdanning. Kva inneber dette forslaget, og korleis ser det ut frå perspektivet til europeiske og norske universitet? Korleis heng den europeiske prosessen for utvikling av akademiske karrierar saman med det som skjer i Noreg?

• Bochynska, Agata; Bergstrøm, Rebecca Josefine Five & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Why do we need licenses on data?
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Wendt, Kaja Kathrine; Ski-Berg, Veronica & Slette, Aslaug Louise (2024). . [Internet]. Podcast. Show summary

  I tredje episode av NIFUs podkastserie Kunnskapsfloker snakker vi om forskerkarrierer. Hva er egentlig en «forskerkarriere», og hvor i samfunnet finner vi forskere? Å utvikle gode forskerkarrierer står høyt på dagsorden både i Norge og i Europa. Det utvikles for tiden nye rammeverk for karriereutvikling samt statistiske indikatorer som dokumenterer hvordan forskerkarrierer utvikler seg over tid. Men hvordan kan forskningssystemet tilrettelegge for mangfoldige forskerkarrierer? Gjester i episoden er Kaja Kathrine Wendt fra SSB/NIFU og Alexander Refsum Jensenius fra UiO. Programledere er Veronica Ski-Berg og Aslaug Louise Slette.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Vo, Synne; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Kjus, Yngvar (2024). Musikksnakk: Musikk på Spotify - hvordan funker algoritmene? Show summary

  Hvorfor er det slik at plateselskaper ønsker at artister skal lage TikTok´er for å promotere musikken sin? Hva bestemmer hvilke musikkanbefalinger du får i Spotify? Og hvordan bruker plateselskapene dataene dine til å generere klikk og lytt? Bli med på en samtale om algoritmer på apper som TikTok og Spotify - og hvordan de påvirker musikksmaken din! Til å diskutere dette kommer: - Synne Vo. Hun er en artist som slo igjennom på TikTok, og bruker plattformen aktivt for å promotere musikken sin. Hun kommer til panelet for å dele sine erfaringer med bransjen og appene. - Yngvar Kjus. Han er professor i musikk og medier på UiO, og har forsket mye på populærmusikk, musikkproduksjon og musikkbransjen. - Tejaswinee Kelkar. Hun er er en sanger og forsker innen musikk og bevegelse. Hun har tidligere jobbet som dataanalytiker i Universal Music Norway og ved RITMO Center of Excellence ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ. Samtalen ledes av Alexander Refsum Jensenius. Han er professor i musikk ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ, og leder av RITMO - Senter for tverrfaglig forskning på rytme, tid og bevegelse. Han prøver hele tiden å forstå mer om hvordan og hvorfor mennesker beveger seg til musikk.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  In this lecture-recital, I will present piano-related research from the Department of Musicology over the last twenty years. I will also reflect on my role in this history, both as an artist and scientist. Finally, I will scrutinize the department's new Disklavier while performing various exploratory etudes.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  In my talk I will give an overview of the concert research conducted in the fourMs Lab at the University of ̽����ѡ from the early 2000s to today. Over the years, we have explored and refined numerous data captures methods, from qualitative observation studies, interviews, and diaries to motion capture and physiological sensing. At the core has always been the attempt to shed light on the complexity of music performance. This includes understanding more about the subtleties of performer's sound-producing actions, sound-facilitating motion, and communicative and expressive gestures. It also includes the intricacies of inter-personal synchronization. Over the years, we have been able to expand from studying duos, trios, and quartets to full orchestras. Today, we have lots of data, some answers, and even more questions than when we started. An excellent starting point for future research.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  Hvor ser en kunstner som maler på scenen under en konsert? Forskere fra UiO forsøker å finne ut av dette ved hjelp av avansert blikksporingsteknologi.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). MusicLab som et Åpen forskningsprosjekt mellom RITMO og UB. Show summary

  MusicLab er et samarbeid mellom RITMO og Universitetsbiblioteket. Målet er å utforske nye måter å samle inn og formidle musikkrelaterte forskningsdata på.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Video Visualization and Analysis. Show summary

  In this workshop, I will introduce video visualization as a method for understanding more about music-related body motion. Examples will be given of various methods implemented in the standalone application VideoAnalysis and the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  The AMBIENT project aims to study how such elements influence people's bodily behaviors and how they feel about the rhythms in an environment. This will be done by studying how different auditory and visual stimuli combine to create rhythms in various settings.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Embodied music-related design. Show summary

  Abrahamson et al. (2022) recently called for a merging of Embodied Design-Based Research and Learning Analytics to establish a coherent and integrated focus on Multimodal Learning Analytics of Embodied Design. In Spring 2022, members of EDRL and selected international collaborators of the lab participated in “Rhythm Rising,” a workshop week hosted at University of ̽����ѡ’s RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion. The workshop featured activities for graduate students to learn the scientific research methodologies of gathering physical, physiological, and neurobiological data from study participants engaged in interactive learning of STEM content. The activities combined the respective expertise of Abrahamson (learning sciences) and Jensenius (embodied music cognition and technology) to investigate sensorimotor micro-processes hypothesized to form the cognitive basis of conceptual understandings, such as hand- and eye actions leading to the emergence of mathematical insight. Whereas the ̽����ѡ workshop spurred great enthusiasm among the graduate students, its duration only allowed time for initial data collection. Therefore, we would like to regather in Spring 2024 to continue our collaborative work and to share insights about data analysis, visualization, and interpretation. Concurrently, we’ll develop ideas for future joint research projects.

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  Klarer du å stå stille til favorittlåta di? Prøv selv og vinn 1000kr! Folk sier ofte at det er umulig å ikke bevege seg til musikk, men stemmer det? Onsdag 3. april kan du teste deg selv når professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius – også kjent som Professor stillstand – inviterer til «NM i stillstand» her på Popsenteret. Vinneren kåres samme kveld på LAB.prat #3 med nettopp Alexander! Her får du også vite mer om hva som faktisk skjer i kroppen når vi hører på musikk. Som vanlig ledes kvelden av fasilitator og «MC» Dr. Kjell Andreas Oddekalv, også kjent som «Dr. Kjell» (eller hele Norges Kjelledegge som han selv liker å si) fra Hiphop orkesteret Sinsenfist. Sammen med Alexander inviterer han til en uformell samtale og Q&A om kroppsrytmer og hvordan de påvirkes av omgivelsene våre. I tidsrommet mellom stillstandkonkurransen og LAB.prat er Popsenteret åpent og du er velkommen til å besøke utstillingen vår og alt den har å by på!

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  What can air guitar performance tell about people's musical experience and how does it relate to real guitar performance? Alexander Refsum Jensenius will tell about his decade-long research into music-related body motion of both performers and perceivers. He will also tell about how this has informed new performance paradigms, including the self-playing guitars that will be showcased at the festival. ​ Alexander Refsum Jensenius is a professor of music technology at the University of ̽����ѡ and Director of RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion. He studies how and why people move to music and uses this knowledge to create new music with untraditional instruments. He is widely published, including the books Sound Actions and A NIME Reader.

• Laczko, Balint & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  Parameter Mapping (PM) is probably the most used design approach in sonification. However, the relationship between a synthesizer’s input parameters and the perceptual distribution of its output sounds might not be proportional, limiting its ability to convey relationships within the source data in the sound. This study evaluates a basic Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis module with perceptually motivated descriptors, measures of spectral energy distribution, and latent embeddings of pre-trained audio representation models. We demonstrate how these metrics do not indicate straightforward relationships between synthesis parameters and perceived sound. This is done using interactive audiovisual scatter plots—Synth Maps—that can be used to explore the sound distribution of the synthesizer and qualitatively evaluate how well the different representations align with human perception. Link to the code and the interactive Synth Maps are available.

• Solbakk, Anne-Kristin & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Research Ethics and Legal Perspectives.
• Serdar Göksülük, Bilge; Tidemann, Aleksander & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Telematic Testing: One Performance in Three Locations.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  Hva skjer i musklene når vi forsøker å stå stille? Hvordan kan men lage musikk fra kroppen. I pausen på Forsker Grand Prix vil jeg underholde med et sceneshow hvor jeg utforsker interaktive muskelarmbånd og en musikkhanske.

• Christodoulou, Anna-Maria & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Navigating Challenges in Multimodal Music Data Management for AI Systems. Show summary

  The responsible management of multimodal music datasets plays a crucial role in the development and evaluation of music processing systems. However, navigating the landscape of legal and ethical considerations can be a complex and challenging task due to the magnitude and diversity of such. This paper clarifies these divergent legal and ethical considerations and highlights the challenges associated with multimodality and AI systems. Focusing on the most crucial stages of multimodal music data management, we provide recommendations for tackling legal and ethical challenges. We emphasize the importance of establishing an inclusive and accessible music data environment, encouraging researchers and data users to adopt responsible approaches towards managing multimodal music data collections.

• Christodoulou, Anna-Maria; Dutta, Sagar; Lartillot, Olivier; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Exploring Convolutional Neural Network Models for Multimodal Classification of Expressive Piano Performance.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  El martes 6 de agosto, a las 14:30 horas, se realizará la charla "Sound Actions: Conceptualizing Musical Instruments" que impartirá Alexander Refsum Jensenius, profesor de Tecnología Musical y Director del Centro RITMO para Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Ritmo, Tiempo y Movimiento en la Universidad de ̽����ѡ. Alexander Refsum Jensenius es profesor de Tecnología Musical y Director del Centro RITMO para Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Ritmo, Tiempo y Movimiento en la Universidad de ̽����ѡ. En la charla, que se realizará en idioma inglés, el académico presentará algunos aspectos destacados de su libro "Sound Actions: Conceptualizing Musical Instruments". Esto incluye una discusión sobre las diferencias entre los instrumentos acústicos y electroacústicos y cómo los instrumentos de hoy en día no son solo "creadores de sonido", sino que cada vez más son "creadores de música". Ejemplificará este cambio con varios de sus propios nuevos instrumentos para la expresión musical (NIME).

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Bochynska, Agata (2024). Opphavsrettslige utfordringer ved overgangen til FAIR forskningsdata ved UiO.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  Equipping future graduates, researchers, and society at large with the skills needed to support the digital transition is becoming a priority on European, national, and institutional agendas. Research data management (RDM) and FAIR data are part of this skillset, and research data careers are increasingly in demand in both the public and private sectors. At organisational level, the availability of staff with data competencies is crucial to support the implementation of FAIR RDM practices and, ultimately, to foster the transition towards Open Science. Data collected by the European University Association show for example how universities are creating dedicated research data support services and hiring specific support staff, but significant disparities exist between countries and institutions. RDM responsibilities still fall to existing members of staff. In many cases, technical skills are only partially available and new dedicated staff is required. Universities who have hired specific research data support roles may still have problems meeting the growing demand for research data expertise. Within this context, a major challenge is represented by the absence of a shared recognition and definition of research management professional profiles, despite recent progress being made at European level through ERA Action 17 on research management. This session will address needs, challenges and opportunities related to the emergence of new research data careers, including the identification of key skills, clear career paths and their integration into research assessment systems. It will do so by showcasing best practices and reflecting on ways forward with a panel of experts representing different actors, i.e. university leaders, research data practitioners and policymakers.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Hjernen i sentrum: Kunst. Show summary

  Hvorfor er noen musikalske og andre ikke? Hvordan har det seg at kunst kan treffe oss så voldsomt - og så ulikt! Ulike kunstneriske uttrykk som musikk, malerkunst, litteratur, dans og teater kommer uten fasit og tolkes vidt forskjellig fra person til person. Er det hjernen som styrer dette? Det er åpenbart at hjernen vår er aktiv og ikke passiv når vi opplever kunst. Hvorfor er det sånn? Gir kunstneriske opplevelser god hjernetrim? Er kunst viktig for hjernehelsen?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Musikk, Data og KI. Show summary

  Musikk er en av de mest komplekse menneskelige kommunikasjonsformene som finnes og egner seg derfor godt for å utforske kunstig intelligens. Presentasjonen beskriver hvordan musikkforskere, psykologer og informatikere jobber sammen ved RITMO for å forstå mer om rytme, tid og bevegelse hos mennesker og maskiner.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Interdisciplinarity.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Vurderinger i akademiske karriereløp. Show summary

  UHRs arbeidsgruppe for åpen vurdering utarbeidet i 2021 en veileder for vurdering i akademiske karriereløp – NOR-CAM. Det finnes også andre initiativer for vurdering av akademiske karrierer, deriblant det europeiske Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). Men hva er verdien av disse vurderingsveilederne? Hvem er de for og hva er de ment å få til? Og hvilke vurderingsveiledere er det som blir viktig i tiden som kommer?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Sørbø, Solveig & Bergstrøm, Rebecca Josefine Five (2024). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Tverr faglighet? Muligheter og utfordringer med fler- og tverrfaglighet. Show summary

  Tverrfaglighet nevnes gjerne i festtaler og søknadstekster, men hvordan er virkeligheten? I denne presentasjonen vil professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius diskutere egne erfaringer med fler- og tverrfaglige forskningsprosjekter. Han vil også presentere hvordan RITMO jobber med å utvikle en forskningskultur og prosjektsøknader på kryss og tvers av gjeldende fagdisipliner.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Danielsen, Anne; Kvammen, Daniel & Tollefsbøl, Sofie (2024). Musikksnakk: Musikk i urolige tider. Show summary

  På konsert føler vi samhold med fremmede, viser forskning. I et kort øyeblikk samler musikken oss. Hvordan kan musikk også samle oss i urolige tider? Hva er det med akkurat musikk som forener oss? Bli med på musikksnakk med artistene Daniel Kvammen og vokalist i FIEH, Sofie Tollefsbøl, og musikkforsker Anne Danielsen. Her vil musikkprofessor Alexander Refsum Jensenius lede samtalen med ulike spørsmål knyttet til tematikken – kanskje svarer de på ditt spørsmål også? Samtalen er beregnet for et publikum uten faglig bakgrunn i temaet.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Show summary

  Changes are happening in the world of research assessment, for example by recognizing several competencies as merits and a better balance between quantitative and qualitative goals. In Norway, for example, Universities Norway presented the NOR-CAM report in 2021 which sparked a movement for reform. As an early career researcher, it's crucial to understand how these changes may impact your research career. In this talk, Jensenius will discuss the evolving landscape of research assessment and what it means for you.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Jerve, Karoline Ruderaas (2024). . [Business/trade/industry journal]. Ballade. Show summary

  I kveld møtes NRKs populærvitenskapelige radioprogram Abels tårn, KORK og forskningsprosjektet MusicLab for å måle hva som skjer mellom musikere og publikum når de utsettes for musikk.

• Oddekalv, Kjell Andreas & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). LAB.prat #3 og "NM i stillstand": Kan man stå stille til musikk?
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Danielsen, Anne (2024). . Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825. Show summary

  Vi er positive til fler- og tverrfaglige studieløp og synes 40-grupper er en god idé. Strukturen er på plass, men implementeringen er mangelfull. Til tider er det vanskelig å skjønne at vi jobber ved samme institusjon.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . Show summary

  The objective of the interview mockup is to provide an example of what a PhD interview looks like. We want to provide a safe space to ask questions to an experient interviewer and to understand how to better prepare for the interview if you're applying to PhD positions in other countries. LatAm BISH Bash is a series of meetings and networking events that connect engineers, researchers, students, and companies working on speech, acoustics, and audio processing. This time, we will have a PhD mockup interview conducted by Alexander Jensenius, who is a professor of music technology and Director of RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Mock PhD Interview. Show summary

  The objective of the interview mockup is to provide an example of what a PhD interview looks like. We want to provide a safe space to ask questions to an experient interviewer and to understand how to better prepare for the interview if you're applying to PhD positions in other countries.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Show summary

  QualiFAIR huben inviterer til en presentasjon og en diskusjon om rettighetene til data og behov for lisenser for data og annet forskningsmateriale.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Jemterud, Torkild (2024). [Radio]. NRK P2 - Abels tårn. Show summary

  Har menneske rytme? Hvorfor låter to toner med ulik grunntone forskjellig? Hvorfor grynter pianister?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . [TV]. NRK Helgemorgen.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). Instruments, sounds, music and interaction.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lilleeng, Sverre (2024). . [Internet]. NRK.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Laczko, Balint (2024). . Show summary

  This workshop is targeted at students and researchers working with video recordings. You will learn to use MG Toolbox, a Python package with numerous tools for visualizing and analyzing video recordings. This includes visualization techniques such as motion videos, motion history images, and motiongrams; techniques that, in different ways, allow for looking at video recordings from different temporal and spatial perspectives. It also includes some basic computer vision analysis, such as extracting quantity and centroid of motion, and using such features in analysis.MG Toolbox for Python is a collection of high-level modules for generating all of the above-mentioned visualizations and analyses. This toolbox was initially developed to analyze music-related body motion but is equally helpful for other disciplines working with video recordings of humans, such as linguistics, psychology, medicine, and educational sciences.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Musikk og kunstig intelligens.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Introducing MusicLab. Show summary

  In 2021, one of the world’s finest string quartets, The Danish String Quartet (DSQ), and a large team of international researchers based at RITMO, co-hosted MusicLab Copenhagen – a groundbreaking event where DSQ performed their best repertoire while researchers experimented with, measured, and analyzed the experiences and behavior of musicians and audience. Some of the questions we tried to answer were: Do we become one grand “we” when absorbed in music together? How do we synchronize our bodily rhythms with the music during a concert? As an innovative musical and scientific format, the concert has been widely reported and won “Event of the Year” by the Danish National Broadcasting Corporation (DR P2). Now, the researchers have completed their analyses, and we are excited to share findings in a hybrid launch event.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Tverrfaglig forskning på rytme, tid og bevegelse. Show summary

  RITMO er et unikt SFF på grunn av sin radikalt tverrfaglige oppbygning. Hvordan fungerer det i praksis?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  How do new technologies change how we perform and perceive music? What happens when composers build instruments, performers write code, perceivers become producers, and instruments play themselves? These are questions addressed in the new book by Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius: Sound Actions: Conceptualizing Musical Instruments published by the MIT Press.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Sound Actions - Conceptualizing Musical Instruments.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Explorations of human micromotion through standing still. Show summary

  Throughout 2023, I will stand still for ten minutes around noon every day, in a different room each day. The aim is to collect data about my micromotion and compare it to the qualities of the environment. This project follows a decade-long exploration of human micromotion from both artistic and scientific perspectives. In the talk, I will present results from the annual Norwegian Championships of Standstill, where we have studied the influence of music on people's micromotion. I will also talk about how micromotion can be used in interactive music systems, allowing for conscious and unconscious control of musical sounds.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  Moving slowly likely puts us into a special state of mind. Subjective reports from various practices including dance, Tai Chi and walking meditation suggest that slow movements can bring participants into a special state involving increased relaxation and awareness. Interestingly, relatively little research has been performed specifically to understand the underlying mechanisms and the possible applications of human slow movement. One reason might be that slow movements are not common in day-to-day life: when we want to move – for example to pick up our cup of coffee - we usually want to do it now. Some evidence suggests that humans tend to avoid moving slowly in different tasks, for example, when improvising movements together. The goal of this meeting is to bring together scholars and practitioners interested in slow movement, and to foster interdisciplinary research on this somewhat neglected topic.

• Lartillot, Olivier; Thedens, Hans-Hinrich; Mjelva, Olav Luksengård; Elovsson, Anders; Monstad, Lars Løberg & Johansson, Mats Sigvard [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2023). Norwegian Folk Music & Computational Analysis. Show summary

  As a prélude for Norway's Constitution Day, this special event celebrated the Norwegian folk music tradition, showcasing our new online archive and demonstrating the richness of Hardanger fiddle music, with live performance. One aim of the project is to conceive new technologies allowing to better access, understand and appreciate Norwegian folk music. In this event, we introduced a new online version of the Norwegian Folk Music Archive and discuss underlying theoretical and technical challenges. A live concert/workshop, with the participation of Olav Luksengård Mjelva, offered a lively introduction to Hardanger fiddle music and its elaborate rhythm. The interests and challenges of automated transcription and analysis were discussed, with the public release of our new software Annotemus. The symposium was organised in the context of the MIRAGE project (RITMO, in collaboration with the National Library of Norway's Digital Humanities Laboratory).

• Riaz, Maham; Upham, Finn; Burnim, Kayla; Bishop, Laura & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Comparing inertial motion sensors for capturing human micromotion. Show summary

  The paper presents a study of the noise level of accelerometer data from a mobile phone compared to three commercially available IMU-based devices (AX3, Equivital, and Movesense) and a marker-based infrared motion capture system (Qualisys). The sensors are compared in static positions and for measuring human micromotion, with larger motion sequences as reference. The measurements show that all but one of the IMU-based devices capture motion with an accuracy and precision that is far below human micromotion. However, their data and representations differ, so care should be taken when comparing data between devices.

• Bukvic, Ivica Ico; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Wittman, Hollis & Masu, Raul (2023). Implementing the new template for NIME music proceedings with the community. Show summary

  We will analyze a new possible template for NIME submissions which would simplify the integration of NIME music performances in the COMPEL, a database which facilitates navigation across different categories (pieces, persons, instruments). The template emerges from a workshop run last year at NIME about the structure of COMPEL and the process of entering all performances presented last year. From this workshop we expect to improve the template and validate it with a community.

• Masu, Raul; Morreale, Fabio & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). The O in NIME: Reflecting on the Importance of Reusing and Repurposing Old Musical Instruments. Show summary

  In this paper, we reflect on the focus of “newness” in NIME research and practice and argue that there is a missing O (for “Old”) in framing our academic discourse. A systematic review of the last year’s conference proceedings reveals that most papers do, indeed, present new instruments, interfaces, or pieces of technology. Comparably few papers focus on the prolongation of existing NIMEs. Our meta-analysis identifies four main categories from these papers: (1) reuse, (2) update, (3) complement, and (4) long-term engagement. We discuss how focusing more on these four types of NIME development and engagement can be seen as an approach to increase sustainability.

• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Godøy, Rolf Inge & Tørresen, Jim (2023). Exploring Emerging Drumming Patterns in a Chaotic Dynamical System using ZRob. Show summary

  ZRob is a robotic system designed for playing a snare drum. The robot is constructed with a passive flexible spring-based joint inspired by the human hand. This paper describes a study exploring rhythmic patterns by exploiting the chaotic dynamics of two ZRobs. In the experiment, we explored the control configurations of each arm by trying to create un- predictable patterns. Over 200 samples have been recorded and analyzed. We show how the chaotic dynamics of ZRob can be used for creating new drumming patterns.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Innovasjon og åpen forskning.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Show summary

  Changes are happening in the world of research assessment, for example by recognizing several competencies as merits and a better balance between quantitative and qualitative goals. In Norway, for example, Universities Norway presented the NOR-CAM report in 2021 which sparked a movement for reform. As an early career researcher, it's crucial to understand how these changes may impact your research career. In this talk, Jensenius will discuss the evolving landscape of research assessment and what it means for you.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Observing spaces while standing still. Show summary

  Throughout 2023, I stand still for ten minutes around noon every day, in a different room each day. This project follows a decade-long exploration of human micromotion from both artistic and scientific perspectives. Previously, I have been interested in the impact of music. Now, I am listening to ventilation systems, elevators, and people walking and talking and reflecting on how they influence my body and mind. The aim is to understand more about the rhythms of the environment.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  RITMO er et tverrfaglig senter som ønsker å avdekke de kognitive mekanismene som ligger til grunn for menneskelig rytme, i musikk, bevegelse og audiovisuelle medier.

• Swarbrick, Dana; Danielsen, Anne; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2023). The Effects of “Feeling Moved” and “Groove” On Standstill.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  FAIR data is an essential component of the open research ecosystem. In this article, Alexander Refsum Jensenius argues that "FAIRification" can also benefit research-based and research-led education, providing opportunities to bring together different university missions.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Musikk og kunstig intelligens. Show summary

  Kunstig intelligens kan allerede skrive noter og mikse musikk. I tiden fremover vil vi se mange eksempler på hvordan maskinlæring tas i bruk i musikkutøving og -produksjon og til å skape nye lytteopplevelser. Men hva er egentlig musikalsk kunstig intelligens? Hva vil det si å trene en maskinlæringsmodell? Vil maskinene gjøre musikere og komponister overflødige? Denne forelesningen vil gi deg en del svar, men også flere spørsmål.

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Sørnes, Astrid Johanne (2023). . [Radio]. NRK Nyhetsmorgen. Show summary

  The Beatles gir ut ny musikk

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Sørnes, Astrid Johanne (2023). . [Internet]. NRK. Show summary

  «Now And Then» er ferdigstilt av Paul McCartney og Ringo Starr – med litt hjelp frå kunstig intelligens.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tytko, James (2023). . [Internet]. The Naked Scientists. Show summary

  Listen to the melodies composed with the help of motion capture body suits...

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  Denne hausten har Utkast til strategi for norsk vitenskapelig publisering etter 2024 vore ute til høyring. Strategien skildrar tilrådingar til både forskarar, forskingsutførande institusjonar, forskingsfinansiørar og myndigheiter. I dette seminaret inviterer vi ein av dei som har utarbeidd strategien, Vidar Røeggen frå Universitets- og Høgskolerådet, til å fortelje om arbeidet med rapporten, innspel som har komme inn og korleis han ser for seg det framtidige publiseringslandskapet. Deretter går ordet til Alexander Jensenius (UiO, NOR-CAM), Johanne Raade (UiT) og Marte Qvenild (NFR), til å diskutere korleis dei ser framtida for open publisering etter 2024, frå perspektivet til ein forskar, institusjon og finansiør, høvesvis. Ser dei andre utfordringar enn dei som er forsøkt møtt i den nye strategien?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Still Standing: The effects of sound and music on people standing still. Show summary

  Throughout 2023, I have been standing still for ten minutes around noon every day, in a different room each day. This project follows a decade-long exploration of human micromotion from both artistic and scientific perspectives. In the talk, I will present results from the annual Norwegian Championships of Standstill, where we have studied the influence of music on people's micromotion. I will also talk about how micromotion can be used in interactive music systems, allowing for the conscious and unconscious control of musical sounds.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  Throughout 2023, I have been standing still for ten minutes around noon every day, in a different room each day. This project follows a decade-long exploration of human micromotion from both artistic and scientific perspectives. In the talk, I will present results from the annual Norwegian Championships of Standstill, where we have studied the influence of music on people's micromotion. I will also talk about how micromotion can be used in interactive music systems, allowing for the conscious and unconscious control of musical sounds.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Danielsen, Anne & Søndergaard, Pia (2023). Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825. Show summary

  Det snakkes i festlige lag om at våre alumni er en ressurs. Dessverre viser praksis at man ikke bare ignorerer tidligere ansatte, men aktivt forsøker å fjerne alle spor av at de har forsket ved institusjonen.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Zürn, Christof (2023). . [Internet]. The Power of Music Thinking. Show summary

  What is the use of standing still for 10 minutes? I was asking myself when I saw a post on social media. It was a double picture of a man with a mobile phone around his neck displaying some data, and another picture showed the view he saw at that moment. I learned that he stood there for 10 minutes without any movement, listening to the sound that was already there. There were many pictures like this, and I decided to get in contact. So, today, we are in ̽����ѡ. We speak with Alexander Refsum Jensenius, a professor of music technology at the University of ̽����ѡ, a book author, a music researcher and researching musician working in the fields of embodied music cognition and new interfaces for musical expression. Alexander shares with us his experiences while performing and testing with artistic methods of embodied listening and how people experience music and sound. This goes from experiments with and without the conductor of a Symphony Orchestra to the sounds of our kitchen appliances. We talk about his motion capture lab, where a person’s exact location and micro-movements can be detected while they hear different kinds of music, and how the researchers can understand what moves them. Alexander shares insights about the Norwegian Championship of Stand Still, where until now, 1000s of people have participated, and the winner is the person with the lowest average velocity on standing the stillest over some time. Alexander explains the interplay of body and mind and reveals some secrets on how to move people, for example, on the dance floor or to calm them down. It all has to do with our bpm, the average heartbeat of about 60 beats a minute.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tidemann, Grethe (2023). [Internet]. Uniforum. Show summary

  Cristin, det nasjonale systemet for forskningsdokumentasjon, skal erstattes av Nasjonalt vitenarkiv. Men hva som blir bedre i det nye systemet kan verken IT-direktøren eller forskningsdirektøren ved UiO svare på.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Show summary

  Musikerne forsvant ikke med grammofonen, det gjør de ikke nå heller.

• Olaisen, Sofie Retterstøl; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2023). . [Internet]. NRK. Show summary

  Urgamle instinkt blir sett i sving når hjernen din oppfattar musikk. No kan forskarane også sjå danselysta i augo dine.

• Vogt, Yngve; Krauss, Stefan Johannes Karl; Mossige, Joachim; Dysthe, Dag Kristian; Angheluta, Luiza & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . [Business/trade/industry journal]. Apollon.
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Conceptualizing Musical Instruments. Show summary

  What is an instrument in our increasingly electrified world? In this talk I will present a set of theoretical building blocks from my recent book "Sound Actions". At the core of the argument is the observation that the introduction of new music technologies has led to an increased separation between action and sound in musical performance. This has happened gradually, with pianos and organs being important early examples of instruments that introduced mechanical components between the performer and resonating objects. Today's network-based instruments represent an extreme case of a spatiotemporal dislocation between action and sound. They challenge our ideas of what an instrument can be, who can perform on them, and how they should be analyzed. In the lecture I will explain how we can use the concepts of action-sound couplings and mappings to structure our thinking about such instruments.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  The Norwegian Career Assessment Matrix (NOR-CAM) is a toolbox for recognition and rewards in academic careers.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  Forskere ofte stiller spørsmål på hvordan de skal håndtere opphavsrett når det samler inn data. Hvem eier data? Hvem har rettigheter og hvilke rettigheter har man som prosjektleder eller prosjektdeltaker? Hvilke lisenser skal man velge når man vil dele ulikt materiale slikt som artikler, datasett, kildekode, bilder, lyd- og videoopptak? Hvordan kan man bruke andres materiale som ikke har spesifikke lisenser? Hvordan kan UiO legge bedre til rette for at studenter og ansatte får et bevisst forhold til opphavsrett?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Conceptualizing Musical Instruments. Show summary

  What is an instrument in our increasingly electrified world? In this talk I will present a set of theoretical building blocks from my forthcoming book on "musicking in an electronic world". At the core of the argument is the observation that the introduction of new music technologies has led to an increased separation between action and sound in musical performance. This has happened gradually, with pianos and organs being important early examples of instruments that introduced mechanical components between the performer and resonating objects. Today's network-based instruments represent an extreme case of a spatiotemporal dislocation between action and sound. They challenge our ideas of what an instrument can be, who can perform on them, and how they should be analyzed. In the lecture I will explain how we can use the concepts of action-sound couplings and mappings to structure our thinking about such instruments. This will be used at the heart of a new organology that embraces the qualities of both acoustic and electroacoustic instruments.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Explorations of human micromotion through standing still. Show summary

  Throughout 2023, I will stand still for ten minutes around noon every day, in a different room each day. The aim is to collect data about my micromotion and compare it to the qualities of the environment. This project follows a decade-long exploration of human micromotion from both artistic and scientific perspectives. In the talk, I will present results from the annual Norwegian Championships of Standstill, where we have studied the influence of music on people's micromotion. I will also talk about how micromotion can be used in interactive music systems, allowing for conscious and unconscious control of musical sounds.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Wishful thinking about CVs: Perspectives from a researcher.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). Sound Actions: An Embodied approach to a Digital Organology. Show summary

  What is an instrument in our increasingly electrified world? In this talk I will present a set of theoretical building blocks from my forthcoming book on "musicking in an electronic world". At the core of the argument is the observation that the introduction of new music technologies has led to an increased separation between action and sound in musical performance. This has happened gradually, with pianos and organs being important early examples of instruments that introduced mechanical components between the performer and resonating objects. Today's network-based instruments represent an extreme case of a spatiotemporal dislocation between action and sound. They challenge our ideas of what an instrument can be, who can perform on them, and how they should be analyzed. In the lecture I will explain how we can use the concepts of action-sound couplings and mappings to structure our thinking about such instruments. This will be used at the heart of a new organology that embraces the qualities of both acoustic and electroacoustic instruments.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  Rhythm is everywhere, from how we walk, talk, dance and play to telling stories about our past and even predicting the future. Rhythm is key to how we interact with our world. Our heartbeat, nervous system, and other bodily cycles work through rhythm. As such, rhythm is a crucial aspect of human action and perception, and it is in complex interaction with the world's cultural, biological and mechanical rhythms. At RITMO, they research rhythmic phenomena and their complex relationships with the rhythms of human bodies and brains. In the talk, Alexander will present examples of how they record, synchronize, and analyze data of complex, rhythmic human behavior, such as real-world concerts.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  NARMA vårkonferanse 2023 – Forskningsstøtte i uforutsigbare tider – NARMA 10 år.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  Vurdering av forskning er på dagsorden som aldri før. NIFU inviterer derfor til åpent seminar om helhetlig vurdering av forskere og forskning. Bakteppet er den nye europeiske avtalen om evaluering av forskning og den nye norske veilederen for karrierevurdering av forskere. Seminaret arrangeres i samarbeid mellom NIFU (R-Quest), UHR og Det nasjonale publiseringsutvalget.

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Hagen, Knut-Øyvind (2023). . [Radio]. NRK P1 - Ukeslutt.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . Show summary

  Throughout 2023, I will stand still for ten minutes around noon every day, in a different room each day. The aim is to collect data about my micromotion and compare it to the qualities of the environment. This project follows a decade-long exploration of human micromotion from both artistic and scientific perspectives. In the talk, I will present results from the annual Norwegian Championships of Standstill, where we have studied the influence of music on people's micromotion. I will also talk about how micromotion can be used in interactive music systems, allowing for conscious and unconscious control of musical sounds.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Rosenberg, Ingvild (2023). Unik forskningskonsert. [Radio]. NRK P1.
• Haaland, Tonette N. & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2023). . [Newspaper]. Rogalands avis. Show summary

  Stavanger Symfoniorkester (SSO) inviterer elever på 5.-10. trinn på konsert, for å gjennomføre forskning.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Burnim, Kayla (2023). . [Newspaper]. Stavanger Aftenblad. Show summary

  Hundrevis av elever kom for å høre på Stavanger symfoniorkester. Mens orkesteret spilte, var musikerne, dirigenten og publikum del av et unikt forskningsprosjekt.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Poutaraud, Joachim (2023). . Show summary

  This workshop is targeted at students and researchers working with video recordings. Even though the workshop will be based on quantitative tools, the aim is to provide solutions for qualitative research. This includes visualization techniques such as motion videos, motion history images, and motiongrams, which, in different ways, allow for looking at video recordings from different temporal and spatial perspectives. It also includes basic computer vision analysis modules, such as extracting quantity and centroid of motion, and using such features in analysis. The participants will learn to use the Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python, a collection of high-level modules for easily generating all of the above-mentioned visualizations and analyses. This toolbox was initially developed for analyzing music-related body motion but is equally helpful for other disciplines working with video recordings of humans, such as linguistics, psychology, medicine, and educational sciences.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bukvic, Ivica Ico; Wittman, Hollis & Ogier, Andi (2022). . Show summary

  We propose a workshop to continue discussions in the community about how to best preserve information from the NIME conferences, the NIME community, and the computer music community at large. The workshop will follow up threads from the NIME publication ecosystem workshop (NIME 2020, Birmingham) and the NIMEhub workshop (NIME 2016, Brisbane). The main task is to find a solution for an open, future-oriented, and institutionally recognized archiving solution for the activities of the NIME community. Currently, only NIME publications are archived according to the FAIR principles. No solutions exist for archiving information about instruments/interfaces and other hardware/software-based artifacts produced in the community. Neither do we have a system for describing and preserving compositions/pieces, installations, performances, and workshops.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lome, Ragnhild (2022). [Business/trade/industry journal]. Forskningspolitikk. Show summary

  En ny kunnskapspolitisk prosess er i gang, om hvordan akademiske karrierer skal vurderes. Hvordan påvirker det humaniora i Norge? 

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Exploring music performance and perception through motion capture. Show summary

  This talk will present different approaches to capturing human bodily activity. Motion capture can be performed with sensor-based and camera-based systems, each of which has benefits and limitations. Sensor-based systems are flexible and scalable and can easily be used outside laboratory environments. They are good at tracking relative motion and rotation information but less suitable for tracking position. Camera-based systems come in many flavors and can be used with and without markers. They excel at tracking positions but are prone to reflections and environmental noise. As a consequence, camera-based motion capture systems are better suited for laboratory settings. I will discuss my twenty-year-long experience using different motion capture systems to study music-related body motion. This includes research on musicians, including rehearsal techniques and performance strategies. Such studies push the limits of the technology when it comes to precision and accuracy. It is particularly challenging when using motion capture equipment in real-world concert settings. At the University of ̽����ѡ, we have successfully captured the motion of both solo and ensemble performances and are currently trying to scale up to a full orchestra. We are also carrying out motion capture of perceivers, audience members in concerts, dancers, and other people moving to music. Through the Norwegian Championship of Standstill, we have delved into human micromotion, the tiniest actions we can perform and perceive. At this level, motion capture can detect physiological signals, such as breathing and heart rate. Data from such studies are interesting scientifically and have also been used in artistic practice. Finally, I will give examples of how real-time motion capture can be used in various creative applications, including "inverse" sonic interaction.

• Remache-Vinueza, Byron; Trujillo-León, Andrés; Clim, Maria-Alena; Sarmiento-Ortiz, Fabián; Topon-Visarrea, Liliana & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). . Show summary

  In this project, we propose an algorithm to convert musical features and structures extracted from monophonic MIDI files to tactile illusions. Mapping music to vibrotactile stimuli is a challenging process since the perceptible frequency range of the skin is lower than that of the auditory system, which may cause the loss of some musical features. Moreover, current proposed models do not warrant the correspondence between the emotional response to music and the vibrotactile version of it. We propose to use tactile illusions as an additional resource to convey more meaningful vibrotactile stimuli. Tactile illusions enable us to add dynamics to vibrotactile stimuli in the form of movement, changes of direction, and localization. The suggested algorithm converts monophonic MIDI files into arrangements of two tactile illusions: “phantom motion” and “funneling”. The validation of the rendered material consisted of presenting the audio rendered from MIDI files to participants and then adding the vibrotactile component to it. The arrangement of tactile illusions was also evaluated alone. Results suggest that the arrangement of tactile illusions evokes more positive emotions than negative ones. This arrangement was also perceived as more agreeable and stimulating than the original audio. Although musical features such as rhythm, tempo, and melody were mostly recognized in the arrangement of tactile illusions, it provoked a different emotional response from that of the original audio.

• Remache-Vinueza, Byron & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . [Internet]. SciTechDaily. Show summary

  An audio-tactile algorithm created by University of Malaga scientists conveys melodic information through vibration.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  My presentation will focus on how the ongoing shift to Open Research within the field of sound and music computing (SMC) promotes Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  I denne presentasjonen vil jeg presentere hvordan vi gjennom årene har utviklet tre komplette nettkurs ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ: Music Moves (2016), Motion Capture (2022) og Pupillometry (2023). Fokuset vil ligge på muligheter og utfordringer i video i utdanningssammenheng.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). RITMO and Interdisciplinarity. Show summary

  In this presentation I will discuss how we have been developing an interdisciplinary research centre, in which researchers from the arts and humanities and the social and natural sciences.

• Langslet, Sebastian Fongen; Code, David Løberg; Smith, Hallie; Riaz, Maham; von Arnim, Hugh Alexander & Poutaraud, Joachim [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). The Self-Playing Guitars at Deichman. Show summary

  For this iteration of the Self-playing Guitars we mainly used two patches; one which was based on the patch from Forskernatt, and one completely new!

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  Hvilke dilemmaer oppstår når forskningsdata og resultater skal deles og gjenbrukes? Og hvilke muligheter medfører mer åpenhet og økt deling av data for fag som eksempelvis musikk, visuell kunst, film, scenekunst og design?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  Hva er åpen forskning og hva skal til for å etablere en kultur for åpen forskning i humanistiske fag og samfunnsfag? Hvordan vi skal komme til en ny normal der det vi i dag omtaler som «åpen forskning» kun kalles forskning?

• Herrebrøden, Henrik; Gonzalez, Victor; Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Experiencing the world through sound actions. Show summary

  This talk will reflect on my year-long project recording a daily "sound action". These are multimodal entities consisting of body motion and its resultant sound. When we only see a sound action, we can imagine its sound. If we only hear a sound action, we can imagine the body motion and objects involved in the interaction. Sound actions are ubiquitous in everyday life yet rarely discussed and reflected upon. My attempts at analyzing sound actions show some of the complexity involved in making sense of actions, reactions, and interactions with the world. This complexity can also inspire creative usage. I will present examples of meaningless and cognitively conflicting sound actions in the talk.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  Science Europe invites institutional leaders, researchers at all stages of their careers, and experts from the field to join its 18 and 19 October 2022 conference on Open Science to discuss two key questions: (1) Is Open Science ready to become the norm in research? (2) How do we ensure this becomes an equitable transition? To find answers to these questions, the conference will provide a comprehensive overview of practical and policy initiatives, research assessment reforms, and financial measures that support the transition to Open Science. We will also look forward to new and emerging trends.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  In July 2022, the European Commission launched an Agreement On Reforming Research Assessment. After years of talking, there is significant momentum for changing how researchers are assessed. In this talk, I will present some work leading up to the new agreement and how Universities Norway took a lead when developing the Norwegian Career Assessment Matrix (NOR-CAM). The core idea is that academics need to get recognition for a broader range of activities. This is important for transitioning to more open research practices and diverse career paths within and outside academia.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  Many music researchers are turning towards studying music performance and perception in real-world settings. Collecting data in a concert situation is non-trivial, and FAIRifying the data is even more challenging. In this talk, I will discuss some challenges with handling privacy and copyright matters in music research. I will also discuss some benefits of working towards more open music research.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  A working group appointed by Universities Norway (UHR) was mandated to recommend guiding principles for the assessment and evaluation of research(ers) in light of the transition to Open Science. This working group proposed a more flexible and holistic framework for recognition and rewards in academic research assessment. The ambition has been to develop a guide that adopts three core principles for assessment: more transparency, greater breadth, and comprehensive assessments as opposed to the one-sided use of indicators.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). From ideas to reality: interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Upham, Finn; Memis, Ahmet Emin; Hansen, Niels Chr.; Rosas, Fernando E.; Clim, Maria-Alena & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Participatory applause: Interactions of audience members clapping at the end of a classical music concert. Show summary

  Participatory applause: Interactions of audience members clapping at the end of a classical music concert According to musicological studies of audience culture, applause is the most overt form of participation allowed to the collections of individuals attending classical music concerts (Brandl-Risi, 2011; Small, 1998; Tröndle, 2020). The final round of applause can exhibit many interesting dynamics related to their collective enthusiasm for the performance (Lupyan & Rifkin, 2003), the local applause culture, and what is on stage during the clapping. Quantitative empirical study of group clapping behaviours has principally depended on participants clapping on request in laboratory settings or A/V recordings from concerts (Neda, 2000) and presentations (Mann et al., 2013). To study the coordination involved in this collective behaviour, we need accurate measurements of individuals clapping voluntarily in a real concert setting. To describe how the appreciative audience members adjust their clapping to each other and the action on stage during the final round of applause, demonstrating their participation at a concert’s end. * After the Danish String Quartet (DSQ) performed their last piece at the Music Lab Copenhagen Concert, the audience clapped continuously for nearly two minutes. During that time, the musicians stood and bowed, had scientific instruments removed from their bodies, left the stage, returned to bow again, and finally left the stage for good. The clapping action of individual participants in this concert experiment was captured by a mobile phone on their chests, and these recordings show how individuals’ clapping contributed to the collective effect shared with the musicians. Through the final applause interval, 70 devices captured clear clap sequences, representing over half of the audience at this chamber performance. In some ways, their applause followed expected patterns for a concert audience. They began to applaud over a very short time interval (Mann et al., 2013), more than half starting within less than a second of each other. After 20 s of independent clapping at rates from under 120 BMP to over 200 BPM, the participants shifted to clapping together on a shared beat, a practice that is common for Danish audiences. This group maintained synchrony for over a minute while steadily accelerating from around 158 BMP to 176 BMP, an expected consequence of mutual adaptation during group clapping (Thomson et al., 2018). The coordinated action was strongest while the musicians were on the stage but a subset of independent clapping broke out while the audience waited for the performers to return for their final round of bows. Participants’ claps were evaluated from two perspectives: the alignment of claps, reflecting the dominant shift from independence to coordination, and the distribution of participants’ clapping rates over time. Despite some measurement challenges, the shift from independent to coordinate clapping emerges strongly from participants’ movements, with the median rate of clapping slowing until a dominant beat takes hold. Individuals’ clap sequences confirm that the independent clapping at the start of the applause is a result of individual participants clapping isochronously at their own rate, separate in rate and phase from their neighbours in the hall. When the audience claps together, they are voluntarily adjusting to the dominant rate and phase of the people in the hall, with little change in the quality of their isochronous clapping action. Drift in the synchronised clapping rate reflects mutual attentiveness while variation in the number of participants contributing to the coordinated claps suggests differences in applause strategy. Many participants opted to coordinate with their peers while some seemed to prioritise reacting to the musicians.

• Kwak, Dongho; Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  This paper describes the design and construction of a mini acoustic chamber using low-cost materials. The primary purpose is to provide an acoustically treated environment for small-scale sound measurements and experiments using ≤ 10-inch speakers. Testing with different types of speakers showed frequency responses of < 10 dB peak-to-peak (except the ”boxiness” range below 900 Hz), and the acoustic insulation (soundproofing) of the chamber is highly efficient (approximately 20 dB SPL in reduction). Therefore, it provides a significant advantage in conducting experiments requiring a small room with consistent frequency response and preventing unwanted noise and hearing damage. Additionally, using a cost-effective and compact acoustic chamber gives flexibility when characterizing a small-scale setup and sound stimuli used in experiments.

• Lesteberg, Mari & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . Show summary

  This paper describes the development of two musical instrument prototypes developed to explore how non-haptic music technologies can be accessed from a web browser and how they can offer accessibility for people with low fine motor skills. Two approaches to browser-based motion capture were developed and tested during an iterative design process. This was followed by observational studies of two user groups: one with low fine motor skills and one with normal motor skills. Contrary to our expectations, we found that avoiding the use of buttons and mice did not make the apps more accessible for the participants with low fine motor skills. Furthermore, motion speed was considered more important for people with low motor skills than the size of the control action. The most important finding is that browser-based musical instruments using sensor-based and video-based motion tracking are not only feasible but allow for reaching much larger groups of people than previously possible. This may ultimately lead to both more personalized and accessible musical experiences.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Furmyr, Frida; Poutaraud, Joachim; Widmer, Marcus & Laczko, Balint (2022). . Show summary

  The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Python is a collection of tools for video visualization and video analysis.

• Swarbrick, Dana; Upham, Finn; Erdem, Cagri; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2022). Measuring Virtual Audiences with The MusicLab App: Proof of Concept. Show summary

  We present a proof of concept by using the mobile application MusicLab to measure motion during a livestreamed concert and examining its relation to musical features. With the MusicLab App, participants’ own smartphones’ inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors can be leveraged to record their motion and their subjective experiences collected through survey responses. The MusicLab Lock-down Rave was an Algorave (live-coded dance music) livestreamed concert featuring prolific performers Renick Bell and Khoparzi. They livestreamed for an international audience who wore their smartphones with the MusicLab App while they listened/danced to the performances. From their acceleration, we computed quantity of motion and compared it to musical features that have previously been associated with music-related motion, namely pulse clarity and low and high spectral flux. By encountering challenges and implementing improvements, the MusicLab App has become a useful tool for researching music-related motion.

• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Godøy, Rolf Inge & Tørresen, Jim (2022). . Show summary

  Intelligent robots aimed for performing music and playing musical instruments have been developed in recent years. With the advancements in artificial intelligence and robotic systems, new capabilities have been explored in this field. One major aspect of musical robots that can lead to the emergence of creative results is the ability to learn skills autonomously. To make it feasible, it is important to make the robot utilize its maximum potential and mechanical capabilities to play a musical instrument. Furthermore, the robot needs to find the musical possibilities based on the physical properties of the instrument to provide satisfying results. In this work, we introduce a drum robot with certain mechanical specifications and analyze the capabilities of the robot according to the drumming sound results of the robot. The robot has two degrees of freedom, actuated by one quasi direct-drive servo motor. The gripper of the robot features a flexible joint with passive springs which adds complexity to the movements of the drumstick. In a basic experiment, we have looked at the drum roll performance by the robot while changing a few control variables such as frequency and amplitude of the motion. Both single-stroke and double-stroke drum rolls can be performed by the robot by changing the control variables. The effect of the flexible gripper on the drumming results of the robot is the main focus of this study. Additionally, we have divided the control space according to the type of drum rolls. The results of this experiment lay the groundwork for developing an intelligent algorithm for the robot to learn musical patterns by interacting with the drum.

• Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). Presentation of RITMO Research.
• al Outa, Amani; Knævelsrud, Helene; Laczko, Balint & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). . [Internet]. Centre for Digital Life Norway. Show summary

  Centre for Digital Life Norway (DLN) is excited to congratulate the team behind the project “The autophagic symphony – Unveiling the final rhythm” as winner of DLN’s RRI-inspired transdisciplinary side quest call.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Platou, Jeanette (2022). [Radio]. NRK P2 Arena. Show summary

  Hva er AI, eller kunstig intelligens, som vi kaller det på norsk. I Arena i dag ser vi på hvor kunstig intelligensk blir brukt, og hva det funker i. Kan vi få en data til å skrive poesi, og hva med musikken og kunsten?

• Høffding, Simon & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2022). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ashley, Kevin (2022). . Show summary

  Between January 25th and 27th, FAIRsFAIR partners and stakeholders will meet for a series of concluding meetings to deep-dive into the results of FAIRsFAIR. We’ll analyse the impact that we managed to have on the European Research Community. We'll go once more through the tools, guidelines and best practices that we have produced and delivered to researchers, data stewards, decision makers and funders towards a better, more structured approach towards FAIR data management. We’ll take the recommendations we produced and the lessons we learnt and leave them as a legacy for future activities to come.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Fasciani, Stefano (2021). University of ̽����ѡ - RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion. Proceedings of the SMC Conferences. ISSN 2518-3672. 2021-.
• Funderud, Ingrid; Danielsen, Anne; Endestad, Tor; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Leske, Sabine Liliana & Solbakk, Anne-Kristin (2021). Improving working memory in patents with epilepsy by rhythmic sounds.
• Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Gerry, Jennifer; Kwak, Dongho; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Glette, Kyrre [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Fibres Out of Line. Show summary

  Fibres Out of Line is an interactive art installation and performance for the 2021 Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop (RPPW). Visitors can watch the performance, and subsequently interact with the installation, all remotely via Zoom.

• Kwak, Dongho; Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Music for cells: The human body as a rhythm machine.
• Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Collaborative Live Coding with Glicol Music Programming Language.
• Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Glicol: A Graph-oriented Live Coding Language Developed with Rust, WebAssembly and AudioWorklet.
• Bishop, Laura; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Laeng, Bruno; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Høffding, Simon (2021). Social context affects head motion and gaze in string quartet rehearsal and concert performance.
• Patel-Grosz, Pritty; Katz, Jonah; Grosz, Patrick Georg; Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Show summary

  Et piano er et instrument. Og en fiolin. Men hva med stemmen? Eller en gaffel? Eller en mobiltelefon? Forelesningen vil diskutere gamle og nye musikkinstrumenter og hvordan ny teknologi er med på å endre måten vi lager og opplever musikk.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Show summary

  Vi er på vei inn i et nytt paradigme der åpenhet vil være en naturlig del av hvordan vi forsker. Åpenhet forventes i økende grad gjennom hele forskningsprosessen fra hvordan forskningen planlegges og gjennomføres, til hvordan data og resultater lagres og deles og til hvordan vi samarbeider, forskere imellom og med resten av samfunnet. Åpenhet påvirker forskere, forskningsinstitusjonene, finansiører og de som bruke forskningen. Målet med konferansen var å stoppe opp og diskutere hvordan de ulike prosessene i arbeidet mot åpen forskning virker (eller ikke virker) sammen. Hvordan ser dette ut fra forskernes ståsted og hvordan henger politikken sammen med praksis? Er de ulike delene av sektoren rigget for endringene som er på vei og hvordan er den overordnede politikken, nasjonalt og internasjonalt koblet til endringer i forskernes hverdag?

• Fasciani, Stefano & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . Show summary

  A presentation of labs and studios at the Department of Musicology and RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion at the University of ̽����ѡ.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Open Research as Communication Strategy.
• Laczko, Balint & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . Show summary

  The paper presents the Musical Gestures Toolbox (MGT) for Python, a collection of modules targeted at researchers working with video recordings. The toolbox includes video visualization techniques such as creating motion videos, motion history images, and motiongrams. These visualizations allow for studying video recordings from different temporal and spatial perspectives. The toolbox also includes basic computer vision methods, and it is designed to integrate well with audio analysis toolboxes. The MGT was initially developed to analyze music-related body motion (of musicians, dancers, and perceivers) but is equally helpful for other disciplines working with video recordings of humans, such as linguistics, pedagogy, psychology, and medicine.

• Arvola, Jakob & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . [Radio]. NRK P2. Show summary

  Før Ludwig van Beethoven døde i 1827, begynte han å arbeide på en symfoni nummer 10. Den ble aldri ferdig, men nå, nesten 200 år etter, har musikken blitt fullført ved hjelp av kunstig intelligens.

• Hanger, Mari Rian & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . [Internet]. Universitetsavisa. Show summary

  Kravet om å publisere mange artikler kan skape grobunn for røvertidsskriftene. – Det hadde vært bedre med færre og bedre publikasjoner, mener Pål Romundstad.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021).
• Swarbrick, Dana; Upham, Finn; Erdem, Cagri; Burnim, Kayla & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). The MusicLab App – Exploring the usage of mobile accelerometry to measure audience movement and respiration.
• Swarbrick, Dana; Upham, Finn; Erdem, Cagri; Burnim, Kayla & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). MusicLab Algorave – An exploratory study examining the usage of mobile accelerometry to measure movements of a virtual concert audience.
• Monstad, Lars & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). [Internet]. Kreativt forum. Show summary

  Kan kunstig intelligens lage låter for artistene våre? Forskningsrådet ville se hvor bra musikk kunstig intelligens kan lage, og fikk Ary med på et eksperiment.

• Jenssen, Ariadne Loinsworth; Monstad, Lars; Gonzalez Munoz, Sofia; Fasciani, Stefano & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Show summary

  Årets tema for Forskningsdagene handler om fred og konflikt, og en pågående kamp er menneskene mot maskinen. Jobber har jo allerede blitt erstattet av roboter, betyr det at våre favorittartister nå står for tur?

• Jenssen, Ariadne Loinsworth; Monstad, Lars & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . [Internet]. Forskningsdagene. Show summary

  Mange holder fast ved at kunstneriske utrykk aldri kan bli erstattet av datamaskiner og algoritmer. Men stemmer det? Hvor god er egentlig kunstig intelligens til å lage musikk?

• Carlsen, Toril; Einarsson, Anna Elisabet; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Norderval, Kristin (2021). . Show summary

  Avdeling Operahøgskolen ønsker å arrangere en tredagers konferanse på KHiO 27.-29. august 2021, med fokus på operapedagogikk og moderne stemmebruk. Målet med konferansen er å undersøke den pedagogiske praksisen som trengs for å trene operasangere mot dagens krav til nye operaproduksjoner og utvide den kreative rolle til oeprasangere. Improvisasjon, samarbeid og bruk av teknologi for å fosnye opera som kunstform vil være sentrale emner. UiO/ RITMO og foreningen VOXLAB står som samarbeidspartnere.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . Show summary

  Academics need to be visible online. If you don’t publish and disseminate your research, it won’t have an impact. So it is in our own interest to have up-to-date personal pages with information about what we do. I would argue that it is also in the interest of universities that their employee’s personal pages are up-to-date and look good.

• Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez, Victor & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). .
• Upham, Finn; Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez, Victor & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). .
• Masu, Raul; Melbye, Adam Pultz; Sullivan, John & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . Show summary

  In this workshop, hosted by the three NIME environmental officers, participants will be introduced to the NIME Eco Wiki, a repository for addressing environmental and sustainability issues within the NIME community. During the workshop, the participants will discuss how practices on the communal as well as the individual level may become more sustainable and they will create new additions and ideas for the Wiki.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . Show summary

  UHRs arbeidsgruppe for åpen evaluering har siden 2019 jobbet med en veileder for vurdering i akademiske karriereløp. Veilederen er nå ferdig, og arbeidsgruppen foreslår et mer fleksibelt og helhetlig rammeverk for arbeidet med vurdering i akademiske karriereløp. Ambisjonen har vært å utvikle en veileder der mer åpenhet, større bredde i vurderingene, og med helhetlige vurderinger som motsats til ensidig bruk av indikatorer står sentralt.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . Show summary

  A working group appointed by Universities Norway (UHR) was mandated to recommend guiding principles for the assessment and evaluation of research(ers) in light of the transition to Open Science. This working group proposes a more flexible and holistic framework for recognition and rewards in academic research assessment. The ambition has been to develop a guide that adopts three core principles for assessment: more transparency, greater breadth, and comprehensive assessments as opposed to one-sided use of indicators.

• Masu, Raul; Melbye, Adam Pultz; Sullivan, John & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). . Show summary

  This paper addresses environmental issues around NIME research and practice. We discuss the formulation of an environmental statement for the conference as well as the initiation of a NIME Eco Wiki containing information on environmental concerns related to the creation of new musical instruments. We outline a number of these concerns and, by systematically reviewing the proceedings of all previous NIME conferences, identify a general lack of reflection on the environmental impact of the research undertaken. Finally, we propose a framework for addressing the making, testing, using, and disposal of NIMEs in the hope that sustainability may become a central concern to researchers.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). Hvordan bygge og videreutvikle en internasjonal, interdisiplinær forskningsgruppe?
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2021). .
• Karbasi, Seyed Mojtaba; Godøy, Rolf Inge; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tørresen, Jim (2021). . Show summary

  In robot drumming, performing double stroke rolls is a key ability. Human drummers learn to play double strokes by just trying it several times. For performing it, a model needs to be learned to provide anticipatory commands during drumming. Joint stiffness plays a key role in rebounding double stroke task and should be considered in the model. We have introduced an interactive learning method for a drum robot to learn joint stiffness for rebounding double stroke task. The model is simulated for a 2-DoF robotic arm. The algorithm is simulated with 3 different drum kits to show the robustness of the learning approach. The simulation results also show significant compatibility with human performance results. In addition, the refined learning algorithm adjusts the stroke timing which is important for producing proper rhythms.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Holm, Hege (2021). [Radio]. NRK P1. Show summary

  Hva får oss ut på dansegulvet? Det er forsket på hva som skal til for at vi beveger oss til musikk. Det er helt spesielle rytmer som får kroppen vår til å bevege seg, enten vi vil eller ei. Professor med bakgrunn både fra musikk, fysikk og matematikk forklarer.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Sørbø, Solveig Isis (2021). . [Radio]. Radiorakel. Show summary

  Solveigs Speisa Musikk

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Finnset, Knut Anders (2021). . [Newspaper]. Uniforum. Show summary

  Nettsidene til UiO har blitt for store i omfang og må ryddes opp i. Forskere frykter at aktiviteter skal forsvinne for alltid, men UiO lover å ikke slette innhold uten godkjenning fra instituttene.

• Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Embodied Pattern Writing in Live Coding.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Danielsen, Anne (2020). . Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825. Show summary

  Det er underlig ̽����ѡ så aktivt går inn for å slette tilgjengelig informasjon om vår egen kultur og historie. Vi er enig i at det er behov for å rydde opp i nettsidene, men mener at fokuset bør ligge på rydding og kvalitetssikring fremfor sletting, skriver Alexander Refsum Jensenius og Anne Danielsen i RITMO.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). . Show summary

  The potential of Citizen Science is high on the agenda in the discussion on the future of academic research. The European Commission’s Communication “A new ERA for Research and Innovation”, published in September 2020, states that “[...] the engagement of citizens, local communities and civil society will [help] achieve greater social impact and increased trust in science.” Citizens can contribute in diverse ways, ranging from data collection over data analysis to co-designing projects, and thereby bring academic research and its outcomes closer to society. However, Citizen Science also accentuates ethical and legal questions about ownership of the research process and outcomes, and poses challenges in terms of safeguarding research quality. Addressing these challenges and using the opportunities of Citizen Science will require universities to take the lead and consider the place of Citizen Science within their institutional strategies, as well as the support they offer to research staff. Engaging in inclusive and transparent science, Citizen Science and Open Science are becoming increasingly intertwined. Currently, Citizen Science is described by the European Commission as “both an aim and enabler of Open Science”. This joint workshop will discuss themes around institutional support for Citizen Science and offers an opportunity to transfer and share knowledge. The aim is to exchange experiences, lessons learnt, and explore common challenges. To support Citizen Science, the online workshop will discuss tools, guidelines and good practices from Open Science experiences as well. Participating universities will have the opportunity to share expertise, coordinate efforts and exchange advice on services, tools and legal and ethical issues.

• Gonzalez, Victor; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). . Show summary

  This project contains head movement data recorded from groups of participants asked to stand as still as possible and presented with a series of auditory stimuli. Data was collected in units of mm with a Qualisys motion capture system at 100Hz. Data was collected at the University of ̽����ѡ on March 12th 2015 from a total of 108 participants. Code to read and process these files has been made publicly available.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). . [Internet]. NRK.no. Show summary

  Frank Sinatra har kommet med en ny sang 22 år etter sin død. Eller, har han egentlig det?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). . [TV]. NRK Dagsrevyen.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). Kan en datamaskin lage den neste megahiten? [Radio]. NRK P2.
• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). . Show summary

  This dataset comprises head motion observations collected as part of an experiment in which a group of people were asked to stand still for 6 minutes, with the first 3 minutes in silence, followed by 3 minutes with music. Head motion was captured in units of mm at 100Hz using a Qualisys infra-red optical system. The experiment was carried out at the University of ̽����ѡ on March 8th 2012 from a total of 113 participants. Code to read and process these files is available. The paper corresponding to the work is Jensenius et al., "The Musical Influence on People's Micromotion when Standing Still in Groups", Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference (2017).

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Erdem, Cagri; Kwak, Dongho Daniel; Rahman, Habibur; Glette, Kyrre & Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Strings On-Line. Show summary

  An interactive art installation presented during the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2020.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Danielsen, Anne & Edwards, Peter (2020). . Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995. Show summary

  Forskerne bruker utallige arbeidstimer på å legge inn informasjonen. Det er på tide å få den ut igjen.

• Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Standstill to the ‘beat’: Differences in involuntary movement responses to simple and complex rhythms. Show summary

  Previous studies have shown that movement-inducing properties of music largely depend on the rhythmic complexity of the stimuli. However, little is known about how simple isochronous beat patterns differ from more complex rhythmic structures in their effect on body movement. In this paper we study spontaneous movement of 98 participants instructed to stand as still as possible for 7 minutes while listening to silence and randomised sound excerpts: isochronous drumbeats and complex drum patterns, each at three different tempi (90, 120, 140 BPM). The participants’ head movement was recorded with an optical motion capture system.We found that on average participants moved more during the sound stimuli than in silence, which confirms the results from our previous studies. Moreover, the stimulus with complex drum patterns elicited more movement when compared to the isochronous drum beats. Across different tempi, the participants moved most at 120 BPM for the average of both types of stimuli. For the isochronous drumbeats, however, their movement was highest at 140 BPM. These results can contribute to our understanding of the interplay between rhythmic complexity, tempo and music-induced movement.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Danielsen, Anne & Edwards, Peter (2020). . Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825. Show summary

  Forskerne bruker utallige arbeidstimer på å legge inn informasjonen. Det er på tide å få den ut igjen! skriver UiO-forskerne Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Anne Danielsen og Peter Edwards.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020).
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Andersson, Bård (2020). . [Newspaper]. KulturPlot. Show summary

  Nå er det bevist: Det finnes en indre danseløve i oss alle. Ny forskning viser dessuten at den musikken som ikke får det til å rykke i dansefoten er norsk.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). You just can’t stand still. [Internet]. HF-aktuelt. Show summary

  Not moving to dance music is near impossible, according to new research.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2020). Du klarer faktisk ikke å stå stille. [Internet]. HF-aktuelt. Show summary

  Å ikke bevege seg til dansemusikk, er så godt som umulig, viser ny forskning.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). [TV]. NRK Dagsrevyen.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). [Internet]. NRK.no.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). . [Radio]. NRK P2.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Ingebrethsen, Christian (2020). . [Radio]. NRK P2.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Svendsen, Njord Vegard (2020). . [Newspaper]. Khrono. Show summary

  - Vi må komme bort frå tanken om at ein publisert forskingsartikkel er ein digital versjon av ein papirartikkel, meiner musikkforskar Alexander Refsum Jensenius.

• Bishop, Laura & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). . Show summary

  This paper describes a comparative analysis of tracking quality in two infrared marker-based motion capture systems: one older but high-end (Qualisys, purchased in 2009) and the other newer and mid-range (OptiTrack, purchased in 2019). We recorded performances by a string quartet with both systems simultaneously, using the same frame rate. Our recording set-up included a combination of moving markers (affixed to musicians’ bodies) and stationary markers (affixed to music stands). Higher noise levels were observed in Qualisys recordings of stationary markers than in OptiTrack recordings, as well as a greater spatial range, though OptiTrack recordings had a higher rate of outliers (“spikes” in the signal). In moving markers, increased quantity of motion was associated with increased between-system error rates. Both systems showed minimal within-trial drift but a reduction in recording accuracy and precision over the duration of the experiment. Overall, our results show that the older/high-end system (Qualisys) produced slightly lower-quality recordings than the newer/mid-range system (OptiTrack). We discuss how our findings may inform researchers’ interpretations of motion capture data, particularly when capturing the types of motion that are important for performing music.

• Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Veenstra, Frank; Erdem, Cagri; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Interactive Rhythmic Robots.
• Støckert, Robin; Bergsland, Andreas; Fasciani, Stefano & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Student active learning in a two campus organisation. Show summary

  Higher education is facing disruptive changes in many fields. Students wants to have the option of learning anywhere, anytime and in any format. Universities need to develop and deliver to future students a complete learning ecosystem. At the same time universities are facing challenges such as growing costs and the pressure to give the students the knowledge, competence, skills and ability to continuously adapt to future job environments. As a consequence, many universities are investigating new ways of collaboration and sharing resources to cater to the demands of students, industry and society. An example of this collaboration is a new joint master between the two largest Universities in Norway: University of ̽����ѡ (UiO) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). In this paper, we present the lessons learned from almost two years of teaching and learning in the new joint master's programme, "Music, Communication and Technology" (MCT), between NTNU and UiO. This programme is a run in a two-campus learning space built as a two-way, audio-visual, high-quality, low-latency communication channel between the two campuses, called "The Portal". Moreover, MCT is the subject of research for the SALTO (Student Active Learning in a Two campus Organisation) project, where novel techniques in teaching and learning are explored, such as team-based learning (TBL), flipped classroom, and other forms of student active learning. Educational elements in this master, provides the student with 21st century skills and deliver knowledge within humanities, entrepreneurship and technology. We elaborate on the technical, pedagogical and learning space-related challenges toward delivering teaching and learning in these cross-university settings. The paper concludes with a set of strategies that can be used to improve student active learning in different scenarios.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Video Visualization Strategies at RITMO.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). Hvordan bruke video som ressurs i digital undervisning? Show summary

  Bli med og snakk om hvordan vi legger om vår undervisning i disse dager, denne gang med fokus på video. LINK og undervisere ved UiO vil bidra med faglige innlegg, etterfulgt av åpen erfaringsdeling og spørsmål & svar.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Svendsen, Njord Vegard (2020). . [Newspaper]. Khrono. Show summary

  For somme er ein arbeidsdag utan musikk utenkeleg.

• Krzyzaniak, Michael Joseph; Kwak, Dongho Daniel; Veenstra, Frank; Erdem, Cagri; Wallace, Benedikte & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Dr. Squiggles rhythmical robots. Show summary

  Dr. Squiggles is an interactive musical robot that we designed, that plays rhythms by tapping. It listens for tapping produced by humans or other musical robots, and attempts to play along and improvise its own rhythms based on what it hears.

• Fasciani, Stefano; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Støckert, Robin & Xambó, Anna (2020). The MCT Portal: an infrastructure, a laboratory and a pedagogical tool.
• Lan, Qichao; Cagri, Erdem & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Performing with QuaverSeries Live Coding Environment.
• Xambo Sedo, Anna; Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Saue, Sigurd (2019). . Show summary

  In this paper, we present a course of audio programming using web audio technologies addressed to an interdisciplinary group of master students who are mostly beginners in programming. This course is held in two connected university campuses through a portal space and the students are expected to work in cross-campus teams. The workshop promotes both individual and group work and is based on ideas from science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM), team-based learning and project-based learning. We show the outcomes of this course, discuss the students’ feedback and reflect on the results. We found that it is important to provide individual vs. group work, to use the same code editor for consistent follow-up and to be able to share the screen to solve individual questions. Other aspects inherent to the master (intensity of the courses, coding in a research-oriented program) and to prior knowledge (web technologies) should be reconsidered. We conclude with a wider reflection on the challenges and potentials of using web audio as a programming environment for beginners in STEAM and distance-learning courses.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Show summary

  I seminaret vil du få presentert eksempler på hvordan musikkteknologi kan brukes i undervisning, både i små og store grupper. Både akustisk og elektronisk musikkteknologi fungerer godt for å forklare prinsipper også utenfor regulær musikkundervisning. I dette seminaret får du vite hvordan matematikk kan forklares med små synthesizere, fysikk med strengeinstrumenter og kroppskontroll med interaktiv musikk. Dette er prinsipper som kan tas i bruk med enkle virkemidler. Seminaret vil kunne være relevant for deg som ønsker tips til alternative tilnærminger overfor elever som strever med læring.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Show summary

  Is it possible to do experimental music research completely openly? And what can we gain by opening up the research process from beginning to end? In the talk I will present MusicLab, an open research project at the University of ̽����ѡ. The aim is to explore new methods for conducting research, research communication, and education. Each MusicLab event is organized around a public music performance, during which we collect data from both musicians and audience members. Here we explore different types of sensing systems that work in real-world contexts, such as breathing, heartbeat, muscle tension, or motion. The events also contain an edutainment element through panel discussions as well as "data jockeying" in the form of live data analysis. The collected data is made publicly available, and forms the basis for further analysis and publications after the event. Opening up the research process is conceptually, practically, and technologically challenging for everyone involved. The benefit is that it has helped us solve a number of issues when it comes to GDPR and copyright. It has also pushed our research in directions that we previously had never thought about, and helped us communicate this to new users.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lieungh, Erik (2019). . [Radio]. Open Science Talk. Show summary

  In this episode, we talk about Music Research, and how it is to practice open research within this field. Our guest is Alexander Jensenius, Associate Professor at the Department of Musicology - Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (IMV) at the University of ̽����ѡ. He is also behind MusicLAb, an event-based project where data is collected, during a musical performance, and analyzed on the fly.

• Alarcón Diaz, Ximena; Boddie, Paul; Erdem, Cagri; Aandahl, Eigil; Andersen, Elias Sukken & Dahl, Eirik [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). . Show summary

  INTIMAL is an interactive system for relational listening, which integrates physical-virtual interfaces for people to sonically improvise between distant locations. The aim is to embrace two key aspects in the context of human migration: the sense of place and the sense of presence. This paper reflects on the use of INTIMAL in a long-distance improvisation between the cities of ̽����ѡ, Barcelona and London in May 2019. This improvisation was performed by nine Colombian migrant women, who had been involved in a research process using the Deep Listening® practice developed by Pauline Oliveros. Here we describe the performance setting and the implementation of the first two interfaces of the system: MEMENTO, an “embodied” navigator of an oral archive of Colombian women’s testimonies of conflict and migration; and RESPIRO, a sonification system that transmits and sonifies live, breathing signals between distant locations. We reflect on how the two interfaces facilitated and challenged the improvisers’ listening experiences and connections.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Jørgensen, Paul Arvid (2019). . [Radio]. NRK P2. Show summary

  Er du av typen som berre må danse når du høyrer ein viss type musikk? Paul Arvid Jørgensen har møtt ein forskar som ser på om vi menneske er fødd med dansefot, og om ein type musikk fører til meir rørsle enn en annan.

• Becker, Artur; Herrebrøden, Henrik; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Nymoen, Kristian; Dal Sasso Freitas, Carla Maria & Tørresen, Jim [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2019). Functional Data Analysis of Rowing Technique Using Motion Capture Data. Show summary

  We present an approach to analyzing the motion capture data ofrowers using bivariate functional principal component analysis(bfPCA). The method has been applied on data from six elite rowersrowing on an ergometer. The analyses of the upper and lower bodycoordination during the rowing cycle revealed significant differences between the rowers, even though the data was normalized toaccount for differences in body dimensions. We make an argumentfor the use of bfPCA and other functional data analysis methods forthe quantitative evaluation and description of technique in sports.

• Sørbø, Solveig Isis; Good, Matthew & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). RITMO + UB = MusicLab. Show summary

  MusicLab er et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom UB og RITMO og en pilot på åpen forskning ved UiO. Konseptet kombinerer live musikk, live forskning og vitenskapsformidling. Det er mye vi har fått til med MusicLab, men i slikt nybrottsarbeid støter man også på nye typer utfordringer. Hvor langt kan man trekke åpenheten?

• Enli, Gunn & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Scientific Computing Use Case: RITMO.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Show summary

  This presentation will summarize findings from my research into music-related micromotion. This includes the smallest human motion that we can perform and perceive, typically measured at at a scale of millimeters. We have carried out a series of studies of such micromotion, in which people have been asked to try to stand still on the floor, both in silence and with (musical) sound. By measuring their bodily responses with different types of motion tracking and physiological devices we find a number of similarities between people's quantity and quality of motion. This has been the starting point for exploring the use of micromotion in musical practice, what I call 'sonic microinteraction'. This includes standstill performances with interactive sound and light. It also includes several installations with our ensemble of self-playing guitars. These are hybrid instruments, using digital sound-production through acoustically resonating guitars. They are controlled through inverse microinteraction, meaning that you need to focus on standing still to produce any sound. This challenges our traditional understanding of the affordance of musical instruments, and opens for both artistically and scientifically interesting perspectives.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Sound actions: An embodied approach to a digital organology. Show summary

  What is an instrument in our increasingly electrified world? In this talk I will present a set of theoretical building blocks from my forthcoming book on "musicking in an electronic world". At the core of the argument is the observation that the introduction of new music technologies has led to an increased separation between action and sound in musical performance. This has happened gradually, with pianos and organs being important early examples of instruments that introduced mechanical components between the performer and resonating objects. Today's network-based instruments represent an extreme case of a spatiotemporal dislocation between action and sound. They challenge our ideas of what an instrument can be, who can perform on them, and how they should be analyzed. In the lecture I will explain how we can use the concepts of action-sound couplings and mappings to structure our thinking about such instruments. This will be used at the heart of a new organology that embraces the qualities of both acoustic and electroacoustic instruments.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Show summary

  What is an instrument in our increasingly electrified world? In this talk I will present a set of theoretical building blocks from my forthcoming book on "musicking in an electronic world". At the core of the argument is the observation that the introduction of new music technologies has led to an increased separation between action and sound in musical performance. This has happened gradually, with pianos and organs being important early examples of instruments that introduced mechanical components between the performer and resonating objects. Today's network-based instruments represent an extreme case of a spatiotemporal dislocation between action and sound. They challenge our ideas of what an instrument can be, who can perform on them, and how they should be analyzed. In the lecture I will explain how we can use the concepts of action-sound couplings and mappings to structure our thinking about such instruments. This will be used at the heart of a new organology that embraces the qualities of both acoustic and electroacoustic instruments.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Hvordan fremme tverrfaglighet?
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019).
• Alarcón Diaz, Ximena & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). "Ellos no están entendiendo nada" ("They are not understanding anything"): Listening to Embodied Memories of Colombian Migrant Women Reflecting on Conflict and Migration. Show summary

  Exploring the role of the body as an interface that keeps memory of place, INTIMAL physical-virtual “embodied” system, integrates body movement, voice, and an oral archive, as an artistic platform for relational listening (Alarcón, 2019), using networking technologies for telematic sonic improvisatory performances, in the context of geographical migration. INTIMAL has been informed by a case study with nine Colombian migrant women in Europe, listening to their migrations, and to an oral archive with testimonies of conflict and migration by other Colombian migrant women.1 The first two interfaces created for the system: MEMENTO (a spoken word retrieval system), and RESPIRO (for transmission and sonification of breathing data), have been tested by the research participants in a telematic sonic improvisatory public improvisatory performance between the cities of ̽����ѡ, Barcelona, and London. In the performance, proposed as a shared dream, a “complex narrative” (Grishakova & Poulaki, 2019) emerged, for both the improvisers and the audiences. In this paper, we describe the conditions of the narrative environment, and the embodied expressions that emerged—including body movement, voice, spoken word, and breathing—establishing connections between gendered migration, and Colombian conflict. We reflect on how distributed improvisatory embodied expression, and relational listening through technological mediations, aids the process of collective remembering (Wertsch, 2001), in a complex context of conflict and migration.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Ett år med MCT-programmet ved IMV.
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Music Technology Developments at University of ̽����ѡ.
• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Herrebrøden, Henrik; Olimstad, Jostein & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Show summary

  The influence of acoustic stimuli and feedback in sport has been explored as means of optimizing technique, in particular during training. Interactive and adaptive acoustic systems have been evaluated for rowing, with results showing a significant increase in boat velocity. However, assessment of the effects of acoustic feedback and pacing in the technical aspects of rowing is still scarce. Previous studies on the smoothness of the stroke force profile have shown that smoothness metrics can qualitatively reflect movement coordination. In this study, we quantify and compare hand movement smoothness from rowers performing under three acoustic conditions: silence, verbal instructions, and acoustic pacing.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . [Business/trade/industry journal]. Carpentries.org. Show summary

  In this post, Alexander Refsum Jensenius shares thoughts and takeaways from a recent Train the Trainer Workshop

• Støckert, Robin; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Xambo Sedo, Anna & Brandtsegg, Øyvind (2019). . Show summary

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Teaching Excellence is an integrated and wide-ranging initiative aimed at helping NTNU to achieve its goal to providing education characterized by quality at a high international level. The initiative consists of a portfolio of development measures, with the purpose to develop innovative approaches to learning, teaching and assessment. SALTO (Student Active Learning in a Two campus Organization) is one of the development projects founded for the period 2018-2020. The project is based on a study where the students are divided into two campuses. The aim is to develop effective pedagogy with activity at both campuses at the same time, with particular emphasis on interaction, resource sharing and communication/collaboration. The project aims to allow students and teachers to explore educational, methodological, and technological solutions together. A new joint master's program in "Music, Communication and Technology" (MCT) between NTNU and University in ̽����ѡ (UiO), constitutes the framework for the SALTO project. The common pedagogy, technology and shared learning space between the two Universities, is hereafter defined as the Portal. SALTO will utilize the MCT Portal as an arena/living lab to evolve and optimize student active learning scenarios. In this paper, we elaborate on the issues, challenges and potential with three different scenarios, which emerged during the first 6 months of the project: (1) The Opening Ceremony between NTNU and UiO, with a combo of talks and performance. (2) A live Christmas concert connecting two high schools 500 km apart (Trondheim-̽����ѡ). (3) An intense cross-university course with a combo of preparations, lectures and hands-on exercises.

• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). .
• Erdem, Cagri; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Vrengt: A Shared Body–Machine Instrument for Music–Dance Performance.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Schramm, Rodrigo; Coccioli, Lamberto; Mancini, Clara & Lyons, Michael J. (2019). . Show summary

  This workshop is intended to discuss how we think about and handle research ethics at NIME conferences. A number of NIME papers involved studies on/with humans. Most of these are on volunteering adults, but there are also examples of studies with children, and with patients. We also see an interest in the community to carry out research on/with animals. NIME’s current ethical guidelines do not take these perspectives into account. The Steering Committee therefore sees the need to develop better and more up-to-date ethical guidelines for the conference. This is to create an increased awareness about the needs for ethical considerations in the community, but also as guidelines for reviewers and conference chairs. NIME is proud of being a very heterogeneous community, covering people working in a large number of different scientific disciplines, artistic practices, as well as R&D in the industry. Needless to say, this breadth of perspectives also means that it is difficult to impose the same guidelines on all studies. NIME researchers also have to abide to a number of different regulations at institutional, regional, national, continental and international levels. The workshop will consist of short introductions to some challenges faced when carrying out research on/with humans and animals, in both scientific and artistic contexts. This will be followed by group-based brainstorming and a final plenary discussion.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; McPherson, Andrew; Xambo Sedo, Anna; Overholt, Dan; Pellerin, Guillaume & Bukvic, Ivica Ico [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). . Show summary

  This workshop is intended for discussing how we can develop more and better strategies and tools for opening up research processes and results within the NIME community. The development of more openness in research has been in progress for a fairly long time, and has recently received a lot of more political attention through the Plan S initiative, The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), EU's Horizon Europe, and so on. The NIME community has been positive to openness since the beginning, but still has not been able to fully explore this within the community. We call for a workshop to discuss how we can move forwards in making the NIME community (even) more open throughout all its activities.

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  I will present the spatiotemporal matrix, a system for categorizing human actions into different spatial and temporal levels: micro, meso, macro. Most regular human actions would be categorized as meso-meso, that is, medium-sized motion within a timespan that fits our short-term memory. Exploring combinations of micro and macro levels in both space and time is challenging, but is also conceptually, practically and artistically interesting. I will show an example of this from the music-dance performance Sverm, and explain how the matrix was informed by my research into the effect of music on the micromotion observed when people try to stand still.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Show summary

  The AAAI project holds a final workshop showcasing instruments developed and techniques explored. The workshop also consists of a performance with new pieces for augmented guitars, violins, double basses, ukuleles, as well as six self-playing guitars.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Erdem, Cagri; Zelechowska, Agata; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian Peter & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2019). Entraining Guitars.
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  An intensive PhD-level training course on sound and motion analysis with experts in sound and music computing from the Nordic countries.

• Lan, Qichao; Tørresen, Jim & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). RaveForce: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Environment for Music.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Seres, Silvija (2019). . [Radio]. LØRN Podcast. Show summary

  Hva kan vi finne når vi analyserer folks dansebevegelser? Og hva er selvspillende gitarer? I denne episoden av #LØRN snakker Silvija med førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for musikkvitenskap ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ, Alexander Refsum Jensenius, om NM i stillstand og kunst og teknologi. — Vi tror at det er noen dypt forankrede systemer som gjør at bevegelse og musikk er koblet sammen i hjernen vår. Så lyd og bevegelse har ikke skiller, forteller han.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995. Show summary

  Vi må legge til rette for mye raskere, enklere, og smidigere prosesser for å registrere, insentivere og belønne ulike former for mikroutdanning, skriver førsteamenuensis ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ, Alexander Refsum Jensenius.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . EARMA Link Magazine. p. 14–14. Show summary

  Open Science is on everyone’s lips these days. There are many reasons why this shift is necessary and wanted, and also several hurdles. One big challenge is the lack of incentives and rewards. Underlying this is the question of what we want to incentivize and reward, which ultimately boils down to the way we assess research and researchers. This is not a small thing. After all, we are talking about the cornerstone of people’s careers, whether an inspiring academic gets a job, promotion, and project funding.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao; Fuhrer, Julian Peter & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2019). Self-playing Guitars. Show summary

  In this installation we explore how six self-playing guitars can entrain to each other. When they are left alone they will revert to playing a common pulse. As soon as they sense people in their surroundings they will start entraining to other pulses. The result is a fascinating exploration of a basic physical and cognitive concept, and the musically interesting patterns that emerge on the border between order and chaos.

• Lartillot, Olivier & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Show summary

  Discover traditional Norwegian music by drawing gestures with your iPhone or iPad. First draw a gesture by moving your iPhone or iPad up and down, to indicate ascending and descending melody. A simple sound is played while you move your device, its pitch gets higher when you move up, and gets lower when you move down. You can also indicate the beginning of a new note by moving abruptly the phone up or down (a blue vertical line indicates the note position). It is also possible to indicate a particular note without indication of pitch by performing a quick movement down and up (a red vertical line indicates the note position). Once you have terminated your gesture (by tapping once), the piece of music that contains the melodic gesture closest to your gesture is presented. The title and genre of that piece of music is indicated, as well as the performer and the district in Norway where it comes from. A melodic curve of the specific melodic gesture from the song is displayed below your own gesture. The matching between your gesture and the melody is based on a temporal alignment of their contours: the ascending parts of your gesture is aligned with the ascending parts of the melody, and same for the descending parts. The temporal note locations you have specified (bleu and red vertical lines) are also tentatively aligned with corresponding note changes in the melody. Some parts may be skipped, and are shown in red in the curves. When the music is played, a cursor moves throughout both curves so that you can follow the music while looking at the gestures. SoundTracer uses Apple's ARKit technology, solely in order to precisely track the location of your iPhone or iPad. For that reason, there is no actual Augmented Reality, and the camera is solely used to improve the precision of the tracking, without displaying the actual frames of the camera. For the moment, the catalogue of music is composed of around 50 pieces, and only the initial part of the melody is considered. The catalogue includes a few tunes played on the traditional Norwegian Hardanger fiddle, and songs sung a cappella. SoundTracer will be progressively improved with more music. SoundTracer is an innovation project led by Alexander Refsum Jensenius, supported by the University of ̽����ѡ and developed in collaboration with the National Library of Norway. More information here: https://www.hf.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/all/soundtracer/

• Fuhrer, Julian Peter; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Interactive Animation of the RITMO Logo. Show summary

  In this project the logo of RITMO is installed in an interactive animation. It is able to move in accordance with the frequency band of an audio input stream. That is to say, the RITMO logo interacts with the rhythmical streams of music.

• Fuhrer, Julian; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Interactive Animation of RITMO Logo.
• Fuhrer, Julian; Glette, Kyrre & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Interactive Opening Animation. Show summary

  With this project we installed the logo of RITMO in an interactive animation for the opening of the centre. The logo is enabled to receive audio input such that it is able to move in accordance with the frequency band of the input. That is to say, the logo is able to move along with rythmic streams of the music.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Zhou, Bo (2018). . Show summary

  The Musical Gestures Toolbox (MGT) is a Matlab toolbox for analysing music-related body motion, using sets of audio, video and motion capture data as source material.

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Motion Capture in Music Performance, Perception and Interaction.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Sundquist, Jonas Hartford & Eriksen, Siri Øverland (2018). . [Internet]. Khrono. Show summary

  NTNU og Universitetet i ̽����ѡ har for første gang gått sammen om å lage et fellles studieprogram. Resultatet er masteren Music, Communication and Techonology.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Paneldeltagelse: Veien til åpen tilgang - konsekvenser og implementering av Plan S.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Åpen forskning - et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Evaluering, merittering og forskningsvurdering.
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• Schia, Katja Henriksen; Erdem, Cagri; Lan, Qichao & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Danielsen, Anne; London, Justin; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Abramczyk, Filip (2018). .
• Vestre, Eskil Olaf; Danielsen, Anne; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; London, Justin; Schia, Katja Henriksen & Abramczyk, Filip (2018). . [Business/trade/industry journal]. Ballade.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tømte, Even (2018). Når bassisten står 500 kilometer unna. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Musikkultur. Show summary

  På masterprogrammet Music, communication, and technology bruker studenter i ̽����ѡ og Trondheim avansert videokonferanseutstyr til å jamme i sanntid.

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  Hvorfor opplever vi rytmer og tid slik vi gjør? "RITMO Senter for tverrfaglig forskning på rytme, tid og bevegelse" vil gi oss svaret.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). [TV]. NRK.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab. Show summary

  The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab (MGT) aims at assisting music researchers with importing, preprocessing, analyzing, and visualizing video, audio, and motion capture data in a coherent manner within Matlab.

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• Bøhn, Einar Duenger; Smajdor, Anna Colette & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). .
• Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Rytme i tid og rom.
• Martin, Charles Patrick; Lesteberg, Mari; Jawad, Karolina; Aandahl, Eigil; Xambó, Anna & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). .
• Martin, Charles Patrick; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata; Erdem, Cagri & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Stillness under Tension.
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• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Show summary

  This exploratory study investigates muscular activity characteristics of a group of audience members during an experimental music performance. The study was designed to be as ecologically valid as possible, collecting data in a concert venue and making use of low-invasive measurement techniques. Muscle activity (EMG) from the forearms of 8 participants revealed that sitting in a group could be an indication of a level of group engagement, while comparatively greater muscular activity from a participant sitting at close distance to the stage suggests performance-induced bodily responses. The self-reported measures rendered little evidence supporting the links between muscular activity and live music exposure, although a larger sample size and a wider range of music styles need to be included in future studies to provide conclusive results.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Fremtiden er analog - perspektiver på humaniora og teknologi.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Ny musikkforskning ved RITMO.
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Klausen, Aslaug Olette (2018). . [Internet]. Ballade. Show summary

  Masterprogrammet er det første delte studiet i sitt slag, mellom NTNU og Universitet i ̽����ѡ.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lie, Tove (2018). . [Internet]. Khrono. Show summary

  Det er på tide å diskutere en lærernorm for høyere utdanning, mener førsteamanuensis ved Universitetet i ̽����ѡ, Alexander Refsum Jensenius.

• Jære, Lisbet; Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . [Internet]. Uniforum. Show summary

  Hvorfor får vi lyst til å bevege oss når vi hører musikk? Vinnerne av UiOs innovasjonspris, Anne Danielsen og Alexander Refsum Jensenius, finner forhåpentligvis svaret når de fordyper seg i mennesket og rytmens mysterier.

• Toft, Martin & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . [Internet]. Uniforum. Show summary

  I dag opna Universitetet i ̽����ѡ og NTNU eit felles masterprogram der studentane skal utvikla musikkteknologi i det felles elektroniske klasserommet Portalen. – Det er utruleg at det er blitt realisert to år etter at eg kom med ideen, seier musikkforskar Alexander Refsum Jensenius.

• Aronsen, Jan Magnus & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Show summary

  Staten betaler for ny kunnskap, gir den bort gratis, og kjøper den deretter tilbake av internasjonale forlag.

• Lartillot, Olivier; Thedens, Hans-Hinrich & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Show summary

  Background Automated detection of pitch in polyphonic music remains a difficult challenge (Benetos et al., 2013). Robust solutions can be found for simple cases such as monodies. Implementation of perceptive/cognitive models have been so far less successful than engineering methods, and in particular machine learning models. One reference model (Klapuri, 2006) preselects pitch candidates based on harmonic summation and searches for multiple pitches through cancellation. Aims The aim was to conceive a model for pitch detection in polyphonic music able to transcribe in details traditional Norwegian music played on Hardanger fiddle, where more than two strings are played at the same time. The new model should be applicable to other types of music as well. Perceptive and cognitive models should guide the improvement of the state of the art. Main Contribution The model is neither based on a machine-learning training on a given set of samples, nor explicitly relying on stylistic rules. Instead, the methodology consists in conceiving a set of rules as simple and general as possible while offering satisfying results for the chosen corpus of music. We follow some general principles of the model by (Klapuri 2006) while introducing new heuristics. We present a new method for harmonic summation that penalises harmonic series that are sparse, in particular when odd partials are absent, as it would indicate that the actual harmonic series is a multiple of the given pitch candidate. Besides, a multiple of a fundamental can be selected as pitch in addition to the fundamental itself if its attack phase is sufficiently distinctive. For that purpose, we introduce a concept of pitch percept that persists over the whole extent of the note, and that serves as a reference for the detection of higher pitches at harmonic intervals. Results The proposed method enables to obtain transcriptions of relatively good quality, with a low ratio of false positives and false negatives. The construction of the model is under refinement. We are applying this method to the analysis of recordings of Norwegian folk music, containing a large part of Hardinger fiddle pieces and a cappella singing. Implications Automated transcription is of high interest for musicology and music information retrieval. This enables for instance to build large corpora of scores for music analysis and opens news perspectives for computational musicology. By attempting to design computer models based on general rules as simple as possible rather than on machine learning, while resulting in a behaviour in terms of pitch detection that comes closer to human capabilities, we hypothesise that the underlying mechanisms thus modelled might suggest general computational capabilities that could be found in cognitive models as well. In the same time, an improvement of the model based on expertise in music perception and cognition is desired. References Benetos et al. (2013). Automatic music transcription: challenges and future directions. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 41, 407-434 Klapuri, Multiple Fundamental Frequency Estimation by Summing Harmonic Amplitudes. ISMIR 2006 Keywords: pitch, computational model, harmonic summation, Norwegian folk music, Hardanger fiddle.

• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Show summary

  Introduction Postural stability have been the focus of a number of studies on fall prevention and sports, with an emphasis on walking dynamics1 . Fewer studies have aimed at understanding the influence of sound stimuli in standing posture sway 2. Although the vestibular system plays a fundamental role in the control of postural stability, it has also been shown to be key in embodied cognition processes 3. It is in part through the vestibular system that music activates motor areas in the brain to induce movement, while body movement enhances the cognitive processing of sound and music 3. This study explored the influence of music on postural control by measuring synchronization between body center of mass (COM) sway with music. Methods 7 women (32 ± 4.39 years, 1.73 ± 0.04 m, mean ± SD), and 5 men (29.67 ± 4.63 years, 1.81 ± 0.04 m) participated in the study. Participants were asked to stand still for 6 minutes as they were presented with alternating segments of silence and music. COM movements were measured from the position of a passive marker placed in the midline of the sacrum, recorded using an infrared motion capture system. Radial and vertical COM movements were cross-correlated with the pulse clarity, RMS, and spectral centroid of the stimuli. Results Paired samples t-test revealed differences in COM radial and vertical sway between silent and music conditions to be significant at the 0.05 level. A repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant effect of the stimuli on COM sway (p < 0.05). The effect of the stimuli on the lag of maximum cross-correlation (delay) between COM radial sway and RMS was shown to be significant (p < 0.05). Differences in delay between pulse clarity and COM vertical sway were significant between stimuli (p < 0.05 ). Discussion Results suggest that the effect of RMS in music-induced postural sway might be predominant in the radial plane, with anticipatory behavior observed for stimuli with low RMS. Vertical sway correspondence patterns suggest anticipatory vertical motion to music spectral centroid. A more robust understanding of a range of music features and their links with induced movement could lead to insight into the role of the vestibular and sensory systems in balance control. References 1 Cimolin, V., Galli, M. (2014). Summary measures for clinical gait analysis: A literature review. Gait & Posture 39, 1005-1010. 2 Ross, J. M., Warlaumont, A. S., Abney, D. H., Rigoli, L. M., and Balasubramaniam, R. (2016). Influence of musical groove on postural sway. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance Advance online publication. 3 Todd, N. P. (1999). Motion in music: A neurobiological perspective. Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal 17, 115–126.

• Serafin, Stefania; Dahl, Sofia; Bresin, Roberto; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Unnthorsson, Runar & Välimäki, Vesa (2018). NordicSMC: A Nordic University Hub on Sound and Music Computing. Show summary

  Sound and music computing (SMC) is still an emerging field in many institutions, and the challenge is often to gain critical mass for developing study programs and undertake more ambitious research projects. We report on how a long-term collaboration between small and medium-sized SMC groups have led to an ambitious undertaking in the form of the Nordic Sound and Music Computing Network (NordicSMC), funded by the Nordic Research Council and institutions from all of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). The constellation is unique in that it covers the field of sound and music from the “soft” to the “hard,” including the arts and humanities, the social and natural sciences, and engineering. This paper describes the goals, activities, and expected results of the network, with the aim of inspiring the creation of other joint efforts within the SMC community.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik & Johnson, Victoria (2018). Stillness under Tension.
• Martin, Charles Patrick; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tørresen, Jim (2018). . Show summary

  This paper describes the process of developing a standstill performance work using the Myo gesture control armband and the Bela embedded computing platform. The combination of Myo and Bela allows a portable and extensible version of the standstill performance concept while introducing muscle tension as an additional control parameter. We describe the technical details of our setup and introduce Myo-to-Bela and Myo-to-OSC software bridges that assist with prototyping compositions using the Myo controller.

• Martin, Charles Patrick; Xambó, Anna; Visi, Federico; Morreale, Fabio & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). Stillness under Tension. Show summary

  Stillness Under Tension​ is an ensemble standstill work for Myo gesture control armband and Bela embedded music platform. Humans are incapable of standing completely still due to breathing and other involuntary micromotions. This work explores the expressive space of standing still through an inverse action-sound mapping: less movement leads to more sound. Four performers stand as still as possible on stage, each wearing a Myo armband connected to a Bela embedded sound processing platform. The Myo is used to measure the performers movement, and the muscle activity in their forearm which they can use--both voluntarily and involuntarily--to control a synthesised sound world. Each performer uses one Myo and Bela in a musical space defined by their physical position and posture while standing still.

• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Martin, Charles Patrick; Zelechowska, Agata; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Show summary

  This article describes the design and construction of a collection of digitally-controlled augmented acoustic guitars, and the use of these guitars in the installation \textit\{Sverm-Resonans\}. The installation was built around the idea of exploring `inverse’ sonic microinteraction, that is, controlling sounds by the micromotion observed when attempting to stand still. It consisted of six acoustic guitars, each equipped with a Bela embedded computer for sound processing (in Pure Data), an infrared distance sensor to detect the presence of users, and an actuator attached to the guitar body to produce sound. With an attached battery pack, the result was a set of completely autonomous instruments that were easy to hang in a gallery space. The installation encouraged explorations on the boundary between the tactile and the kinesthetic, the body and the mind, and between motion and sound. The use of guitars, albeit with an untraditional `performance’ technique, made the experience both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Many users reported heightened sensations of stillness, sound, and vibration, and that the `inverse’ control of the instrument was both challenging and pleasant.

• Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . [Business/trade/industry journal]. Ballade. Show summary

  Får prisen for tverrfaglig, banebrytende og innovativt arbeid.

• Zelechowska, Agata; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). How music moves us? Studying human body micromotion in music perception. Show summary

  Music has the power to influence not only our thoughts and emotions, but also various physiological processes in our bodies. Furthermore, it often encourages physical movement of the listener. While there are numerous studies describing spontaneous psychophysiological responses to music that are linked with emotions, spontaneous body movement to music has became a topic of exploration relatively recently. Mostly, it has been studied in the context of free dance (Burger et al., 2013) or synchronization to musical rhythm while performing repetitive movements such as walking (Styns et al., 2007). But what can we observe if the participants are just standing still? In our project “MICRO - Human Bodily Micromotion in Music Perception and Interaction” we focus on movements so small that they can be unnoticed both by observer and performer, and that can happen involuntarily. This is what we call “micromotion” of the human body. To see how these small movements are affected by music, we develop different experiments using mainly motion capture technology, but also physiological measures such as electromyography (EMG). In this presentation I would like to describe some of our research methods, findings and plans. In one of the experiment paradigms, disguised as the “Norwegian Championship of Standitill”, we invite groups of participants to the laboratory and ask them to stand as still as possible while we present them with segments of selected music or silence. The head motion of each participant is captured using an infrared optical system. In 2012, 91 subjects stood on the floor for 3 minutes in silence and 3 minutes listening to music of increasing level of rhythmicality and energy (Jensenius et al., 2017). In 2017, 71 participants listened to 6 minutes consisting of segments of silence alternating with electronic dance music (EDM), classical Indian music or Norwegian fiddle music. In both studies we observed higher mean quantity of motion of the participants (QoM) in music condition compared to silence condition, and the effect was driven mostly by EDM. We also observed correlations between QoM and participant’s age, height and standing strategy (locked knees), although these results are mixed between the two studies. The future goal is to look more closely into specific features in music that correspond with observed movement, to search for signs of rhythmic entrainment, and to see what demographic and psychological factors might contribute to interpersonal differences in music induced body micromotion. References: Burger, B., Thompson, M. R., Luck, G., Saarikallio, S., & Toiviainen, P. (2013). Influences of rhythm-and timbre-related musical features on characteristics of music-induced movement. Frontiers in psychology, 4, 183. Jensenius, A. R., Zelechowska, A., & Gonzalez Sanchez, V. E. (2017). The Musical Influence on People's Micromotion when Standing Still in Groups. In Proceedings of the SMC Conferences (pp. 195-200). Aalto University. Styns, F., van Noorden, L., Moelants, D., & Leman, M. (2007). Walking on music. Human movement science, 26(5), 769-785.

• Kelkar, Tejaswinee; Roy, Udit & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). .
• Lartillot, Olivier; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Haugen, Toril (2018). . [Internet]. Forskning.no.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Adde, Lars & Flydal, Lars O. (2018). Forskningsmøte mellom musikk og medisin. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land. Show summary

  Tverrfaglig nytte: Forskning på kroppens rytmer og bevegelser har skapt nye diagnoseverktøy som gjør at ­cerebral parese kan påpekes tidligere.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Seres, Silvija (2018). . [Internet]. ̽����ѡ Business Forum. Show summary

  Hvordan kan teknologi og musikk bli til noe veldig spennende? Og hva er unikt med måten vi beveger oss på? Dagens podkastgjest er førsteamanuensis i musikkteknologi, Alexander Jensenius. I episode #89 av podkastserien ‘De som bygger det nye Norge med Silvija Seres’ snakker Jensenius om hvordan tverrfaglighet mellom uvanlige fag og disipliner åpne nye måter å tenke på. Han snakker også om hvordan han bruker «motion capture» til å studere mennesker i bevegelse, hva rytme betyr for mennesker og hans beste råd til unge forskere.

• Lartillot, Olivier; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Haugen, Toril & Baarøy, Fillip-André (2018). . [Internet]. HF aktuelt.
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Duch, Michael Francis; Langdalen, Jørgen; Åse, Tone; Larsen, Edvine & Østern, Tone Pernille (2018). . Show summary

  Hva er kunstnerisk forskning? Hvorfor heter det kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid og ikke kunstnerisk forskning når det heter det i andre land? Er det sånn at kunstnerisk forskning skiller seg fra all annen type forskning, og i så fall hvorfor?

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  How much do people move when they try to stand still? Does listening to music influence your micromotion? Can we use micromotion in human-computer interaction? In this presentation, music technologist Alexander Refsum Jensenius (RITMO, UiO) will share some results from his research on human cognition on the boundaries between the conscious and the unconscious, the voluntary and the involuntary.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Show summary

  How much do people move when they try to stand still? Does listening to music influence your micromotion? Can we use micromotion in human-computer interaction? In this presentation, music technologist Alexander Refsum Jensenius (RITMO, UiO) will share some results from his research on human cognition on the boundaries between the conscious and the unconscious, the voluntary and the involuntary.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Sparbo, Njål; Sen, Sagar & Edvardsen, Elisabeth (2018). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Sørbø, Solveig Isis & Arvola, Jakob (2018). . [Radio]. NRK Klassisk.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Tønnesen, Eva (2018). . [Internet]. Khrono. Show summary

  Forskningsmiljøer står mot hverandre i en debatt om hvordan best satse langsiktig på å utvikle forskningsmljøer i verdenstoppen. Nå tar Arbeiderpartiets Nina Sandberg debatten inn i Stortinget.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Francesca R. (2018). Sverm-Pluck.
• Jack, Robert; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). . [Internet]. Bela blog. Show summary

  Sverm-Resonans is an interactive installation developed for the Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in ̽����ѡ which features 6 suspended guitars, each fitted with an actuator, distance sensor and a Bela.

• Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). The Norwegian Centre of Excellence RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Vogt, Yngve (2018). . [Internet]. Apollon. Show summary

  Musikkforsker har laget et dataprogram for å måle bevegelsene til dansere. Nå bruker medisinere verktøyet hans til å avsløre om små babyer har cerebral parese.

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . ISSN 1891-635X. Show summary

  Det er umulig å stå stille. Kroppen lever og beveger seg hele tiden. Selv om man forsøker å stå i ro, klarer man det ikke helt. Så hvor stille står vi egentlig? Og hvordan påvirker musikk oss når vi står stille?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). .
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Sundquist, Jonas Hartford (2017). . [Internet]. Khrono. Show summary

  Hvor stille kan du egentlig å stå når du hører på musikk? Det forsøker Alexander Refsum Jensenius å finne svar på.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Status musikkteknologi ved UiO: forskning og undervisning.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Humanities and technology - with a musicological twist.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Musikk og bevegelses-laben ved Institutt for musikkvitenskap.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik & Johnson, Victoria (2017). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Donnarumma, Marco; Brean, Are & Bruusgaard, Jo C. (2017). . Show summary

  "Biophysical Music" is volume 1 of the new concept "MusicLab", a series of events exploring the science of music from different perspectives. The idea is to mix research and edutainment through hands-on workshops, intellectual warm-ups, performances and data jockeying.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Kvifte, Tellef; Innervik, Kjell Tore; Martin, Charles Patrick; Brøvig-Hanssen, Ragnhild & Lossius, Trond [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2017). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Martin, Charles Patrick; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Johnson, Victoria (2017). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Fotland, Margaret Louise (2017). . [Internet]. SPARC Europe. Show summary

  A research paper without accompanying data is incomplete.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). . Show summary

  An installation that gives you access to heightened sensations of stillness, sound and vibration. Unlike traditional instruments these guitars are “played” by (you) trying to stand still. The living body interacts with an electronic sound system played through the acoustic instrument. In this way, Sverm-Resonans explores the meeting points between the tactile and the kinesthetic, the body and the mind, and between motion and sound.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). . Show summary

  The presentation will reflect on the installation piece "Sverm-resonans". As opposed to a traditional instrument, these guitars are “played” by trying to stand still. The living body interacts with an electronic sound system played through the acoustic instrument. In this way, Sverm-Resonans explores the meeting points between the tactile and the kinesthetic, the body and the mind, and between motion and sound.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Duch, Michael Francis (2017). . Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995. Show summary

  Kan kunst og vitenskap gå hånd i hånd i fremtidens forsknings-Norge? Ja, mener vi, men ikke hvis departementet får det som de ønsker.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Larsen, Hege (2017). . [Internet]. Khrono. Show summary

  Ny doktorgrad. Akademiet for yngre forskere er svært kritisk til regjeringens forslag om en egen kunst-doktorgrad. I stedet bør kunst og vitenskap integreres i en og samme grad, mener de.

• Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). The influence of music in people's standstill.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). . Show summary

  Vi lever i en spennende tid, med stadig nye varianter av både akustiske og elektroniske instrumenter. Disse passer sjelden inn i de tradisjonelle organologiske fremstillingene, noe som gjør at det er behov for en mer systematisk diskusjon av hvordan man kan klassifisere både instrumenter (i utvidet forstand) og dere spilleteknikk. I denne presentasjonen vil jeg forklare hovedelementene i en ny organologi som jeg holder på å utvikle, med utgangspunkt i det jeg kaller "handling-lyd-koblinger".

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-Resonans.
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Klausen, Aslaug Olette (2017). [Business/trade/industry journal]. Ballade. Show summary

  Ja, mener musikkforsker, som samtidig mener dette gir mer plass til mennesker.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-Puls. Show summary

  An installation that gives you access to heightened sensations of stillness, sound and vibration. Approach one of the guitars. Place yourself in front of it and stand still. Feel free to put your hands on the body of the instrument. Listen to the sounds appearing from the instrument. As opposed to a traditional instrument, these guitars are “played” by (you) trying to stand still. The living body interacts with an electronic sound system played through the acoustic instrument. In this way, Sverm-Puls explores the meeting points between the tactile and the kinesthetic, the body and the mind, and between motion and sound.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik; Johnson, Victoria; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Martin, Charles Patrick (2017). Sverm-Resonans. Show summary

  En installasjon som gir deg tilgang til stillstand, lyd og vibrasjon. Stå stille. Lytt. Finn lyden. Beveg deg. Stå stille. Lytt. Hør spenningen. Kjenn på bevegelsene dine. Slapp av. Stå enda stillere. Lytt dypere. Føl på grensen mellom det kjente og det ukjente, det kontrollerbare og det ukontrollerbare. Hvordan møter kroppen lyden? Hvordan møter lyden kroppen? Hva hører du? Gå bort til en av gitarene. Plasser deg fordan den og kjenn på stillstanden din. Hvis du vil kan du plassere hendene på instrumentet. Forsøk å lukke øynene. Åpne sansene for lydvibrasjonene du føler og hører. Stå så lenge du vil og kjenn på utviklingen av lyden, og dine indre opplevelser, bilder og assosiasjoner. I motsetning til et tradisjonelt instrument "spilles" disse gitarene ved at du står stille. Den levende kroppen interagerer med et elektronisk lydsystem spilt gjennom et akustisk instrument. Sverm-resonans utforsker møtepunktet mellom det taktile og det kinesiske, kroppen og sinnet, og mellom bevegelse og lyd.

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Kelkar, Tejaswinee (2017). Improvisation for Linnstrument, voice and Mogees.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Åpen forskning - et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Musikk og bevegelse.
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• Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Representation Strategies in Two-handed Melodic Sound-Tracing. Show summary

  This paper describes an experiment in which the subjects performed a sound-tracing task to vocal melodies. They could move freely in the air with two hands, and their motion was captured using an infrared, marker-based system. We present a typology of distinct strategies used by the recruited participants to represent their perception of the melodies. These strategies appear as ways to represent time and space through the finite motion possibilities of two hands moving freely in space. We observe these strategies and present their typology through qualitative analysis. Then we numerically verify the consistency of these strategies by conducting tests of significance between labeled and random samples.

• Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). . Show summary

  Pitch and spatial height are often associated when describing music. In this paper we present results from a sound tracing study in which we investigate such sound–motion relationships. The subjects were asked to move as if they were creating the melodies they heard, and their motion was captured with an infra-red, marker-based camera system. The analysis is focused on calculating feature vectors typically used for melodic contour analysis. We use these features to compare melodic contour typologies with motion contour typologies. This is based on using proposed feature sets that were made for melodic contour similarity measurement. We apply these features to both the melodies and the motion contours to establish whether there is a correspondence between the two, and find the features that match the most. We find a relationship between vertical motion and pitch contour when evaluated through features rather than simply comparing contours.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Fremtidens musikk.
• Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Arm and Head Movements to Musical Passages of Electronic Dance Music.
• Kelkar, Tejaswinee & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Zelechowska, Agata & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2017). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). . Show summary

  Music making has moved into the cloud. In this lecture-demonstration, Alexander Refsum Jensenius will show various tools for online music making, ranging from simple sound makers to advanced music programming. He will talk about the possibilities and limitations of various technologies, and propose a framework for understanding how online music making will shape the future of music.

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Flydal, Lars O. (2017). Leter etter magien i musikken. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land. Show summary

  Alexander Refsum Jensenius leter etter det magiske i musikken. Hans drøm er å hente ut kroppens egen musikk.

• Aronsen, Jan Magnus; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Emblem, Kyrre Eeg; Storeng, Katerini Tagmatarchi; Enberg, Katja & Knutsen, Carl Henrik [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2017). . Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995. Show summary

  De fleste insentivene norske forskere opplever i sin hverdag, er preget av kortsiktige resultater og målstyring mot kvantitet heller enn kvalitet. Dette er et kvalitetsparadoks i norsk forskningspolitikk. skriver flere medlemmer i Akademiet for yngre forskere.

• Danielsen, Anne & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). . [Internet]. Ballade. Show summary

  Sentret ved institutt for musikkvitenskap på Univeristetet i ̽����ѡ skal sammen med ni andre senter dele på til sammen 1,5 milliarder kroner over ti år for å drive forskning på internasjonalt toppnivå.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). Micro, Meso, Macro: Music-related body motion at different spatiotemporal levels. Show summary

  Performance of acoustic instruments is often happening at a spatiotemporal micro-level. Violin performance, for example, is based on an extreme control of the spatial placement of the left-hand fingering and the right-hand bow strokes. Even though there are exceptions, many digital musical instruments (DMIs) are based on meso- or macro-level control, that is, fairly large and slow control actions compared to acoustic instruments. In this talk I will present a theoretical framework for sound-producing actions and a related organological model. This will be exemplified with some of my empirical results of music-induced dancing, "air instrument" performance and sonic microinteraction.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). The importance of "nothing": studying human music-related micromotion. Show summary

  This presentation will focus on my research on human micromotion in musical contexts. My scientific research has focused on understanding more about the phenomenon of human standstill and how music influences our micromotion when standing still. My artistic research has focused on the exploration of micromotion in music and dance performance, and particularly how it is possible to set up systems for sonic microinteraction. My two separate "tracks" of research, the scientific and artistic, have positively reinforced each other, shedding light on a level of musical expressivity on the boundary between the conscious and the unconscious, the voluntary and the involuntary.

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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Bjerkestrand, Kari Anne Vadstensvik (2017). . Show summary

  This paper explores sonic microinteraction using muscle sensing through the Myo armband. The first part presents results from a small series of experiments aimed at finding the baseline micromotion and muscle activation data of people being at rest or performing short/small actions. The second part presents the prototype instrument MicroMyo, built around the concept of making sound with little motion. The instrument plays with the convention that inputting more energy into an instrument results in more sound. MicroMyo, on the other hand, is built so that the less you move, the more it sounds. Our user study shows that while such an "inverse instrument" may seem puzzling at first, it also opens a space for interesting musical interactions.

• Emblem, Kyrre Eeg; Enberg, Katja; Helland, Ingeborg Palm; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Rognes, Marie & Storeng, Katerini Tagmatarchi [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2017). Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. Show summary

  En siteringsindikator kan være positivt for å måle forskningskvalitet fremfor -kvantitet, men vi trenger fornyelse av tellekantsystemet.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2017). .
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  Jensenius will talk about the unlikely story of how his basic music research has led to medical innovation. In 2005 he developed a method for visualizing the movements of dancers – motiongrams – with a set of accompanying software tools. Now this method is at the core of CIMA – Computer-based Infant Movement Assessment – a clinical system currently being tested in hospitals around the world, with the aim of detecting early-born infants' risk of developing cerebral palsy.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Klausen, Aslaug Olette (2017). . [Newspaper]. Morgenbladet. Show summary

  Nytt forskningsprosjekt skal studere mikrobevegelser, og skaper ekte eksperimentell musikk.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Svarstad, Jørgen (2017). . [Internet]. Forskerforum. Show summary

  Alexander Refsum Jensenius synes ikke det er bortkastet tid å skrive søknader til Forskningsrådet som blir avvist.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). Åpen forskning - et humanistisk-teknologisk perspektiv.
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• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Nymoen, Kristian (2016). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). .
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Duch, Michael Francis (2016). Edges.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Nymoen, Kristian (2016). Velkommen til Institutt for musikkvitenskap.
• Solberg, Ragnhild Torvanger & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). . Show summary

  What type of motion capture system is best suited for studying dancing to electronic dance music? The paper discusses positive and negative sides of using camera-based and sensor-based motion tracking systems for group studies of dancers. This is exemplified through experiments with a Qualisys infrared motion capture system being used alongside a set of small inertial trackers from Axivity and regular video recordings. The conclusion is that it is possible to fine-tune an infrared tracking system to work satisfactory for group studies of complex body motion in a “club-like” environment. For ecological studies in a real club setting, however, inertial tracking is the most scalable and flexible solution.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Zeiner-Henriksen, Hans T. & Nymoen, Kristian (2016). Show summary

  Learn about the psychology of music and movement, and how researchers study music-related movements, with this free online course.

• Godøy, Rolf Inge; Song, Min-Ho; Nymoen, Kristian; Haugen, Mari Romarheim & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). [Internet]. BBC Mundo. Show summary

  ¿Alguna vez has estado en un bar o en un restaurante, sentado en la calle o en un salón cuando suena música y tú y otros empiezan a golpear el piso con el pie al ritmo de la música?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Lyons, Michael J. (2016). . Show summary

  This paper provides an overview of the process of editing the forthcoming anthology “A NIME Reader—Fifteen years of New Interfaces for Musical Expression.” The selection process is presented, and we reflect on some of the trends we have observed in re-discovering the collection of more than 1200 NIME papers published throughout the 15 yearlong history of the conference. An anthology is necessarily selective, and ours is no exception. As we present in this paper, the aim has been to represent the wide range of artistic, scientific, and technological approaches that characterize the NIME conference. The anthology also includes critical discourse, and through acknowledgment of the strengths and weaknesses of the NIME community, we propose activities that could further diversify and strengthen the field.

• Barrett, Natasha & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). . Show summary

  Despite increasingly accessible and user-friendly multi-channel compositional tools, many composers still choose stereo formats for their work, where the compositional process is allied to diffusion performance over a ‘classical’ loudspeaker orchestra. Although such orchestras remain common within UK institutions as well as in France, they are in decline in the rest of the world. In contrast, permanent, high-density loudspeaker arrays are on the rise, as is the practical application of 3-D audio technologies. Looking to the future, we need to reconcile the performance of historical and new stereo works, side-byside native 3-D compositions. In anticipation of this growing need, we have designed and tested a prototype ‘Virtualmonium’. The Virtualmonium is an instrument for classical diffusion performance over an acousmonium emulated in higher-order Ambisonics. It allows composers to custom-design loudspeaker orchestra emulations for the performance of their works, rehearse and refine performances off-site, and perform classical repertoire alongside native 3-D formats in the same concert. This paper describes the technical design of the Virtualmonium, assesses the success of the prototype in some preliminary listening tests and concerts, and speculates how the instrument can further composition and performance practice.

• McPherson, Andrew; Berdahl, Edgar; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Lyons, Michael J.; Bukvic, Ivica Ico & Knudsen, Arve (2016). . Show summary

  This workshop will explore the potential creation of a community database of digital musical instrument (DMI) designs. In other research communities, reproducible research practices are common, including open-source software, open datasets, established evaluation methods and community standards for research practice. NIME could benefit from similar practices, both to share ideas amongst geographically distant researchers and to maintain instrument designs after their first performances. However, the needs of NIME are different from other communities on account of NIME’s reliance on custom hardware designs and the interdependence of technology and arts practice. This half-day workshop will promote a community discussion of the potential benefits and challenges of a DMI repository and plan concrete steps toward its implementation.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). . Show summary

  This paper reports on a study of how music influences people standing still, with the aim to investigate: (a) How (much) people move when standing still in silence? (b) How (much) musical sound influences people's standstill? A total of 103 participants (mean age 25 years, equal gender balance) were recruited to the study, which was presented as a "championship" of standstill. The participants each wore a reflective marker on their head, and its position was recorded using a state-of-the-art motion capture system. The task was to stand still on the floor for 6 minutes, 3 minutes in silence and 3 minutes with music. The musical stimuli were 7 excerpts of 20-40 seconds duration, ranging from slow, non-rhythmic music for the first excerpts to dance music at the end. After omitting subjects with with incomplete data sets, 91 participants have been included in the study. The analysis shows that the average quantity of motion (QoM), calculated as the cumulative distance travelled for each of the head markers, was 6.5 mm/s (std: 1.6 mm/s) for the entire data set. For the 3-minute parts without music we found an average QoM of 6.3 mm/s (std 1.4 mm/s), as opposed to 6,6 mm/s (std 2,2 mm/s) for the part with music. The results are even more clear when looking at individual stimuli, with a QoM of 6,8 mm/s (std 2,3 mm/s) for the last dance music example. Contrary to our expectations, no particular spatiotemporal differences were found in the motion patterns for different musical excerpts. The study confirmed the level of micromotion found in human standstill (6.5 mm/s QoM) found in our previous longitudinal studies. The study also confirmed our expectation that people spontaneously move to music, even when specifically trying to stand still. The study did not, however, confirm any spatiotemporal differences for the different musical material. Future studies will include looking systematically at how musical features influence both the quantity and quality of standstill.

• Støen, Ragnhild; Silberg, Inger Elisabeth; Loennecken, Marianne; Møinicken, Unn inger; Songstad, Nils Thomas & Labori, Cathrine [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2016). Computer based video analysis identifies Fidgety Movements in high-risk infants.
• Adde, Lars; Thomas, Niranjan; John b, Hima; Oommen, Samual p; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Fjørtoft, Toril Synnøve Larsso [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2016). Gestalt perception and computer-based video analysis of General Movements is associated with motor development at one year age in Very Low Birth Weight infants in India.
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum & Aasen, Tina (2016). [Journal]. Henne. Show summary

  De rikeste har skjønt det. De kjøper seg fri fra mas og bråk, på flyplasser, i eget hjem og på ferie. Må vi være rike for å få ro?

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). . Show summary

  Hvorfor beveger du deg til musikk? Hva er det med dansemusikk som får deg til å danse? Hvor stille sitter du egentlig på en klassisk konsert? Alexander Refsum Jensenius vil svare på disse spørsmålene og fortelle mer om sin forskning på luftgitarister, discodansere, pianister og dirigenter. Utgangspunktet for forskningen er erkjennelsen av at musikkopplevelsen i bunn og grunn er kroppslig fundert. Vi opplever ikke musikk bare med ørene, alle sansene er involvert når vi "lytter". Ved å bruke bevegelsessporing som metode, er det mulig å systematisk studere hvordan folk responderer på musikk. Resultatet er ny kunnskap om musikalsk mening, fra et kroppslig perspektiv.

• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016).
• Bochynska, Agata; Bergstrøm, Rebecca Josefine Five & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2024). . QualiFair.
• Kwak, Dongho; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Danielsen, Anne; Scholz, Hanne & Olsen, Petter Angell (2023). Music for cells? Rhythmic mechanical stimulations of cell cultures. Universitetet i ̽����ѡ.
• Ruud, Kenneth; Heggland, Ingrid; Limstrand, Ingunn; Pettersen, Klas Henning; Bøe, Gunnar & Storsul, Tanja [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2022). . ISSN 978-82-12-03933-9.
• Zelechowska, Agata; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Laeng, Bruno & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2020). Irresistible Movement: The Role of Musical Sound, Individual Differences and Listening Context in Movement Responses to Music. Universitetet i ̽����ѡ.
• Silva, Sembapperumaarachchige & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2020). . Universitetet i ̽����ѡ. Show summary

  The goal of this thesis was to develop and experiment with a set of sonification tools to explore participant data from standstill competitions. Using data from the 2012 Norwegian Championship of Standstill, three sonification models were developed using the Max/MSP programming environment. The first section of the thesis introduces sonification as a method for data exploration and discusses different sonification strategies. Momentary Displacement of the position was derived from the position data and parameter mapping methods were used to map the data features with sound parameters. The displacement of position in the XY plane or the position changes along the Z-Axis can be mapped either to white-noise or to a sine tone. The data variables control the amplitude and a filter cut-off frequency of the white noise or the amplitude and frequency of the sine tone. Moreover, using sound spatialization together with sonification was explored by mapping position coordinates to spatial parameters of a sine tone. A “falling” effect of the standing posture was identified through the sonification. Also audible were the participants’ breathing patterns and postural adjustments. All in all, the implemented sonification methods can be effectively used to get an overview of the standstill dataset.

• Wallace, Benedikte & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). SoundTracer: A brief project summary. Universitetet i ̽����ѡ.
• Zhou, Bo & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2016). . Universitetet i ̽����ѡ. Show summary

  Today, there are several toolboxes which can work on audio, motion, or other sensor data. These toolboxes are very useful to provide characteristic analysis of audio and motion. Unfortunately, the analysis is done separately by different toolboxes. This results in inconvenience when we want to work on these data simultaneously. So developing a toolbox which integrates the existing toolboxes is necessary. The main goal of the project is to integrate these toolboxes in Matlab and provide video analysis combined with audio and motion capture data. This would be important for our interdisciplinary research on music and motions through fourMs as well as for external work on e.g. analyzing video recording for early child diagnosis of cerebral palsy. This project presents the development of a toolbox for Matlab entitled “Musical Gestures (MG) Toolbox”. This toolbox is aimed for solving pressing needs for the video analysis of music-related body motion since video source recorded by regular video camera is a very good option for studying motion. The term music-related body motion refers to all sorts of body motion found in music performance and perception. It has received a growing interest in music research and behavioral science over the last decades. Particularly, with the rapid development of modern technology, various motion capture systems make it possible to further study music-related body motion. Matlab has been chosen as the platform since it is readily available, and there are already several pre-existing toolboxes to build on. This includes the “Motion Capture (MoCap) Toolbox” [1] developed for the analysis and visualization of Motion Capture data, which is aimed specifically for the analysis of music-related body motion. The “Music Information Retrievel (MIR) Toolbox” [2] is another relevant toolbox, which is developed for the extraction of musical features from audio data and the investigation of relationships between sound and music features. While the two above mentioned toolboxes are useful for studying motion capture data and audio, respectively, they are very differently designed, and it is not possible to make combined analysis of audio and motion capture data. Furthermore, there is no integration with video analysis. The MG Max toolbox [3] has been developed for music-related video analysis in the graphical programming environment Max/Msp/Jitter, with a number of novel visualization techniques (motiongrams, motion history images, etc.). These techniques are commonly used in music research, but are not currently available in Matlab. The main contributions of this project consist of two following things. One is to integrate the MoCap toolbox and MIR toolbox, and provide simple preprocessing on different input data. Another is to provide several video analysis techniques to study music-related body motion in the toolbox. These video analysis techniques include motiongram, optical flow, eulerian video magnification. With these techniques, the developed MG toolbox for Matlab could provide reliable and quantitative analysis of music-related body motion based on video.