Professor Andy Hunt PhD Music Technology, Diploma Music for the Media, BEng Electronic Engineering

Biography

Key Books

1. Surviving and Thriving at University

"Surviving and Thriving at University" is a thorough guide to how to be a successful student at college or university. Unlike other books for university starters (which focus on lifestyle, accommodation, cooking, safety etc.) this book distils practical wisdom, advice, working methods, practices, habits and guidance for actually getting through your degree.

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2. Managing your Project

"Managing your Project - achieving success with minimal stress" is a one stop shop guide to running a successful solo project. It distils the things you need to know about running a solo project successfully - from before the project choice is made to publishing your work on the international stage. Written in an enthusiastic and lively style, it contains valuable information about time and project management, the management process, working with others, handling literature, taking notes, using modern technology, successful project planning, report writing, and giving presentations.

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3. The Sonification Handbook

This book is a comprehensive introductory presentation of the key research areas in the interdisciplinary fields of sonification and auditory display. Chapters are written by leading experts, providing a wide-ranging coverage of the central issues, and can be read from start to finish, or dipped into as required. Sonification conveys information by using non-speech sounds. To listen to data as sound and noise can be a surprising new experience with diverse applications ranging from novel interfaces for visually impaired people to data analysis problems in many scientific fields. This book gives a solid introduction to the field of auditory display, the techniques for sonification, suitable technologies for developing sonification algorithms, and the most promising application areas. The book is accompanied by an online repository of sound examples.

• Available through the sonficiation website

Research interests

Andy is known internationally for his pioneering work on Interactive Sonification (the science of displaying data as sound, with real-time user interaction). He is the co-instigator of the Interactive Sonification Workshop (most recently held at Fraunhofer, Erlangen,Germany in January 2014) with Dr Thomas Hermann (Bielefeld University, Germany). Together they were Guest Editors for an IEEE Multimedia Special Issue on the topic, and have given presentations on the subject at the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD) which inspired the 2005 conference towards the theme of ‘interactivity’.

His EPSRC first grant on Improved Data Mining through an Interactive Sonic approach (Grant ref: GR/S08886/01) was completed and assessed overall as ‘tending towards outstanding’, and produced internationally respected publications. This research facilitated many of the above benefits and brought together the team for this current application. He has previously been co-investigator with Dr Alistair Edwards (Department of Computer Science, University of York) on Sonification of cervical smear data to improve screening accuracy (grant reference: EP/C512413/1.) He was UK representative for the European Union's (EU) COST-287 programme (gestural control of audio systems) and a working group leader and book editor for the European team. He has also supervised a number of Masters and PhD students in the area of sonification, aiming at improving auditory display interaction and software design and verification. He has managed several large-scale projects for the University (including EPSRC and EU Marie-Curie coordination) and has written a book on the subject of research management for upcoming researchers. He was awarded the RAE Engineering Teaching Prize 2007 for long-term contribution to the encouragement of young engineers and enthusiastic promotion of the discipline.

Publications

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Thesis

Radical User Interfaces for real-time musical control.

Andy Hunt, University of York, 1999.

Older publications

Books and chapters

[6] The Sonification Handbook, eds Hermann, T., Hunt, A. and Neuhoff, J., 2011, (Accepted/In press) Logos Verlag Berlin.

[5] "Your research project: how to manage it", Andy Hunt, Taylor & Francis Group, Series Routledge Study Guides, 2005. ISBN: 0-415-34408-5

[4] "A Student's Guide to AS/A2 Music Technology", Cole, B., Collyer, A., Howard, D.M., Hunt, A. and Murphy, D. Rhinegold Publishing Ltd., London, 2001.  ISBN 0-946890-98-6

[3] Hunt A. and Kirk R, Multiparametric control of real-time systems, (chapter) in Trends in Gestural Control of Music, eds. Marc Battier, Joseph Rovan and M. Wanderley, FSU - Florida, (April 2000). ISBN: 2-84426-039-X

[2] "Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia", (textbook), Andy Hunt and Ross Kirk, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, (April 1999.)

[1] "Computer Assisted Performance Control for Audio-Visual Instruments", Ross Kirk and Andy Hunt; invited paper in research monograph “Schriften Musikpsychologie und Musikasthetik”  Kopiez and Auhagen (eds.) Peter Lang (pub), 1998.  ISBN 3-631-33116-9.

Journals

[16] (Guest Editors) Bresin, R., Hunt, A.D., Hermann, T. Special Issue on Interactive Sonification. Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces 5, 3-4, p. 85-86. 2012

[15] Aiding movement with sonification in “exercise, play and sport” Honer, O., Hunt, A., Pauletto, S., Rober, N., Hermann, T.  and Effenberg, A., 2011, The Sonification Handbook. Hermann, T., Hunt, A. and Neuhoff, J. (eds.). Logos Verlag Berlin, p. 525-553

[14] Pauletto, S. and Hunt, A.D. Interactive sonification of complex data (available online). International Journal of Human - Computer Studies; Special issue on Sonic Intera, Vol. 67, No. 11, pp 923-933, November, 2009.

[13] Disley, A.C., Howard, D.M., and Hunt, A.D. Practical synthesis control by timbral adjectives. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp , April, 2008. ISSN: 9781605601427.

[12] "Interactive Sonification", Guest eds. Andy Hunt and Thomas Hermann, IEEE Multimedia special issue,  Apr-June 2005.

[11] "Multiple Media Interfaces for Music Therapy", Hunt, A, Kirk, R., and Neighbour, M. , IEEE Multimedia special issue on MultiModal Interfaces, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp 50-58, July-Sept, 2004.

[10] "The importance of parameter mapping in electronic instrument design", Hunt, A.D, Paradis, M. and Wanderley, M., Invited paper for the Journal of New Music Research, SWETS, special issue on New Interfaces for Musical Performance and Interaction, eds. J. Paradiso & S.O'Modhrain, Vol. 32 No. 4, pp 429-440, December 2003.

[9] "Mapping performer parameters to synthesis engines", Andy Hunt and Marcelo Wanderley, Invited article for Organised Sound, special issue on Mapping, vol. 7 (2), pp 97-108, 2002.

[8] "Interactive multimedia systems for engineering education in acoustics, synthesis and signal processing." Andy Hunt, David M. Howard, Ross Kirk, Kingsley Ash, and Andy M. Tyrrell, European Journal of Engineering Education, vol 26, no 2, pp 91-106, 2001. Abstract

[7]  "A real-time interface for a formant speech synthesiser." Andy Hunt, David M Howard, Gregor Morrison and James Worsdall, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 2000; 25: pp 169-175.

[6]  "A generic model for compositional approaches to audiovisual media." Andy Hunt, Ross Kirk, Richard Orton and Benji Merrison, Organised Sound 3(3): pp 199-209, 1998. Abstract here

[5] “Technology and Music: incompatible subjects?”, Andy Hunt and Ross Kirk, British Journal Music Education 14:2, pp 151-161, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

[4] "MIDAS-MILAN: an Open Distributed Processing System for Audio Signal Processing", P.R.Kirk and A.D.Hunt. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 44, No. 3, March 1996 pp119-129.

[3] "MidiGrid - A computer-based Musical Instrument", Andy Hunt and Ross Kirk, Journal of the Institute of Musical Instrument Technology, Vol. 1 June 1994 pp 3-13

[2] "Computer Music in the service of Music Therapy: The MIDIGRID and MIDICREATOR systems'', M and R. Abbotson, PR Kirk, AD Hunt, A Cleaton, Medical Engineering Physics, Vol. 16, May 1994, pp 253.

[1] "Evolution of Timbres through the use of Tabula Vigilans on the MIDAS system'', P.R.Kirk, A.D.Hunt, R. Orton and A. Katrami. Contemporary Music Review: Vol. 10, Part 2 'Timbre Composition in Electroacoustic Music' 1994 pp 201-210

Refereed Conferences

[40] Edwards, A., Hunt, A., Hines, G., Jackson, V., Podvoiskis, A., Roseblade, R., Stammers, J. Sonification Strategies for Examination of Biological Cells. Proceedings of the International Conference for Auditory Display (ICAD), Washington, USA., June, 2010. http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/%7Ealistair/publications/pdf/EdwardsHuntetal%20reformatted.pdf

[39] Streeter, E. Roberts,C. Caley, R. Hunt, A. Reiss,J. Davies, M. An interactive data analysis logbook for evaluating evidence of the effectiveness of music therapy treatment with neuro-rehabilitation patients. IPEM Annual Scientific Meeting, Bath, November, 2008.

[38] Ibrahim, Asri & Hunt, A.D. Cognitive Walkthrough vs. Heuristics Evaluation: A Case Study of Sonification Applications. 4th International Conference on Information Technology and Multimedia, UNITEN (ICIMU’ 2008), Malaysia, November, 2008.

[37] Edwards, A. D. N., Hines, G. and Hunt, A. Segmentation of biological cell images for sonification. International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2008), IEEE Computer Society, Sanya, China, pp 128-132, May, 2008.

[36] Ibrahim, A, and Hunt, A.D. Sonification Applications Representation: Tasks and Data States Analysis for TDS Diagram. 4th International Conference on Information Technology and Multimedia, UNITEN (ICIMU’ 2008), Malaysia, November, 2008.

[35] Disley, A., Howard, D.M., and Hunt, A.D. Further spectral correlations of timbral adjectives used by musicians. 4th joint meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, Hawaii, Vol. 120, Part 5, PprNo. 4pMU8, pp 3277, 28 November - 2 December, 2007. ISSN: 0001-4966.

[34] Howard, D.M., Disley, A.C, and Hunt A.D. Towards a music synthesizer controlled by timbral adjectives. 14th International Congress on Sound & Vibration, Cairns, Australia, July, 2007.

[33] Howard, David M., Disley, Alastair C, Hunt A.D. Timbral adjectives for the control of a music synthesizer. 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Madrid, Spain, September, 2007.

[32] Disley, A., Howard, D.M., and Hunt, A.D. Remote psychoacoustic testing using the internet. 4th joint meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, Hawaii, Vol. 120, Part 5, PprNo. 2pPP17, pp 3125, December, 2006. ISBN: 0001-4966.

[31] Disley, A., Howard, D.M., and Hunt, A.D. Spectral correlation of timbral adjectives used by musicians. 151st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, USA, Vol. 119, Part 5(2), PprNo. 3aPP12, pp 3333, 5-9 June, 2006.

[30] Hunt, A. and Pauletto, S. The sonification of EMG data. Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), London, UK, 2006. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303558586_The_sonification_of_EMG_data 

[29] Pauletto, S. and Hunt, A. A comparison of audio and visual analysis of complex time-series data sets. Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), Limerick, Ireland.,  July, 2005.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241164174_A_comparison_of_audio_and_visual_analysis_of_complex_time-series_data_sets

[28] “A toolkit for interactive sonification” Sandra Pauletto and Andy Hunt,  Proceedings of ICAD (the International Community of Auditory Display), Sydney, July. 2004. http://www.icad.org/websiteV2.0/Conferences/ICAD2004/papers/pauletto_hunt.pdf

[27] “The importance of interaction in sonification” Andy Hunt and Thomas Hermann,  Proceedings of ICAD (the International Community of Auditory Display), Sydney, July. 2004. http://www.icad.org/websiteV2.0/Conferences/ICAD2004/papers/hunt_hermann.pdf

[26] “The Discipline of Interactive Sonification” Thomas Hermann and Andy Hunt, in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Interactive Sonification, Bielefeld, Jan. 2004. 

[25] “Interactive sonification in two domains: helicopter flight analysis and physiotherapy movement analysis” Sandra Pauletto and Andy Hunt.

in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Interactive Sonification, Bielefeld, Jan. 2004. 

[24] "COST-287 Gesture Controlled Audio Systems", Kia Ng, Nicola Bernadini, Andy Hunt, Daniel Arfib, Proceedings of EVA  (Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts), London, July 2003

[23] "MidiGrid: Past, Present & Future", Hunt, A., and Kirk, R. Proceedings Conference New Instruments for Musical Expression, Montreal, May 2003.

[22] "Force feedback gesture controlled physical modelling synthesis", Howard, D., Rimell, S., and Hunt, A., Proceedings Conference New Instruments for Musical Expression, Montreal, May 2003.

[21] "Cymatic: Restoring the physical manifestation of digital sound using haptic interfaces to control a new computer based musical instrument". Rimell, S., Howard, D.M., Tyrrell, A.Am., Kirk, P.R., and Hunt, A.D. (2002). International Computer Music Conference, ICMC-02.  

[20] "The importance of parameter mapping in electronic instrument design", Hunt, A.D., Paradis, M. and Wanderley, M. Proceedings Conference New Instruments for Musical Expression, Dublin, May 2002. See abstract

[19] "Tactile Feedback in the control of a physical modelling music synthesiser", Howard, D., Rimell, S., Hunt, A.D., Kirk, R, and Tyrrell, A. Proceedings International Conference Music Perception and Cognition, July 2002 pp 224-227.

[18] "The development of a computer-based, physically modelled musical instrument with haptic feedback, for the performance and composition of electroacoustic music", Howard, D., Rimell, S., Hunt, A.D., Kirk, R, & Tyrrell, A. Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, University of Liege, CD-ROM, April 2002. Download PDF

[17]  "Real-time Interfaces for Speech and Singing", Andy Hunt, David Howard and Jim Worsdall. Proceedings EuroMicro Conference 2000, vol II, pp 356-361, Maastricht, September 2000.

[16]  "The Role of Gesture in Environmental Control", Ross Kirk , Andy Hunt, Mark Hildred and Adrian Verity. Proceedings EuroMicro Conference 2000, vol II, pp 377-381, Maastricht, September 2000.

[15]  "Music Therapy and Electronic Technology", Andy Hunt, Ross Kirk, Mary Abbotson and Raymond Abbotson. Proceedings EuroMicro Conference 2000, vol II, pp 362-367, Maastricht, September 2000.

[14]  " Towards a Model for Instrumental Mapping in Expert Musical Interaction ", Andy Hunt, Ross Kirk, and Marcelo Wanderley. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 2000. View PDF

[13]  "Radical user interfaces for real-time control", Andy Hunt and Ross Kirk. Proceedings EuroMicro Conference 1999, vol II, pp 6-12, Milan, September 1999.

[12] "Computer Assisted Performance Control for Audio-Visual Instruments", Ross Kirk and Andy Hunt;  Invited paper, International Symposium “Regulation of Creative Processes in Music”, SIM, Berlin, July 1996.

[11] "Graphical Control of Unit Generator Processes on the MIDAS system", A.Hunt, PR. Kirk. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1995 pp499.

[10] "Audio-Visual Instruments in Live Performance", T. Anderson, A. Hunt, PR Kirk. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1995 pp 595.

[9] "Partial-Balancing Instruments with Dynamically refreshed Wavetables", R. Orton, A. Hunt, P.R. Kirk. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1995 pp 226.

[8] "Graphical Performance Interfaces for Computer Music Systems'', Ross Kirk, Andy Hunt. EuroGraphics HCI conference April 1993 pp103

[7] "Deconstructing the Phase Vocoder" A Katrami, R Kirk, R Orton, A Hunt. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1992

[6] "From Score to Unit Generator - A hierarchical view of MIDAS'', T Anderson, A Hunt, R Kirk, et al. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1992

[5] "Graphical control of Granular Synthesis using Cellular Automata'', R Orton, A Hunt, R Kirk. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1991 pp416

[4] "Musical Applications of a Cellular Automata Workstation'', A Hunt, R Kirk, R Orton. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1991 pp 165

[3] "University of York : Studio Report." Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1991 pp.393

[2] "MIDIGRID - An innovative computer-based performance and composition system", A Hunt and PR Kirk. Proceedings International Computer Music Conference 1990 pp127

[1] "MIDIGRID - A new musical performance and composition system'', A Hunt and PR Kirk. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics 1988

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