Agreement for students exchange with IIT-Madras
Agreement for students exchange with IIT-Madras
The negotiation of the partnership agreement between the MTG and the Department of Science and Engineering at IIT-Madras (Chennai, India) ended last July and it is related to the collaboration previously established between both groups over the performance of the CompMusic project. This project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and lead by Prof. Xavier Serra and it aims to advance in the automatic description of music by taking a culture specific approach. It focuses on five non occidental music traditions belonging to China, India, North Africa and Turkey. Two of them, the Hindustani and the Carnatic have the origin in the north of India and the south of India respectively.
According to the agreement clauses, both institutions will exchange students with the idea to keep a constant flux of visitors between them. Faculty members from both institutions have committed themselves to supervise the students that will participate in a research program of common interest for the two groups.
Student Exchange Conditions
This specific agreement may be also renewed and it will actually remain in effect until 2018. Moreover, it will cover the participation of students that are pursuing a research project as part of their degree (B. Tech, M. Tech, M. Sc., PhD or equivalent)
Each part agreed to accept up to three students per academic year and each participant may not spend more than one academic year in the exchange program. Although the host institution will reserve the right to make final judgment on the admission of the shortlisted candidates, following the agreement terms, the participant students will be selected by the home institution.
Next steps
The idea that MTG has is to replicate this exchange agreement with the different institutions taking part in the CompMusic project, such as the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay or the Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi in Turkey.
The initiative promoted by MTG-UPF faculty and research members launches a new academic and research collaboration program that it will not just enhance the student exchange, but also the culture enrichment and the science knowledge in the music technology field.