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From astronomy to biomedical sciences: music and sound as tools for scientific investigation
Music and science are probably two of the most intrinsically linked disciplines in the spectrum of human knowledge. Science and technology have revolutionised the way artists work, interact, and create. The impact of innovative materials, new communication media, more powerful computers, and faster networks on the creative process is evident: we all can become artists in the digital era. What is less known, is that arts, and music in particular, are having a profound impact the way scientists operate, and think. From the early experiments by Kepler to the modern data sonification applications in medicine – sound and music are playing an increasingly crucial role in supporting science and driving innovation.
In this talk. Dr. Domenico Vicinanza will be highlighting the complementarity and the natural synergy between music and science, with specific reference to biomedical sciences. Dr. Vicinanza will take the audience for a journey through the many ways of listening to scientific data: from hearing the differences between stem cells, to identifying the right tune for physical rehab, to pure musical wonder.
The presentation will be followed by live demonstrations organised with Dr. Genevieve Williams (Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University), showing sonification in action.
Tuesday 16th February 18:30 onwards
Room 2, CICG, Geneva
(Entrance free – Limited number of seats)
Seminar followed by cocktail
The Speaker:
Dr. Domenico Vicinanza
Dr. Domenico Vicinanza is a scientist and a musician. He obtained his PhD degree in physics while working at CERN, and he is also a professional music composer and orchestrator. Dr. Vicinanza is Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, where he also leads the Sound And Game Engineering (SAGE) Research Group. He is also product manager for GÉANT, the pan-European network for research and education.…
The talk
Credits and licence
- Institution
- CERN
- Department
- Medical Applications Seminars
- Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Medicine and health
- Source
- CERN
- Licence
- CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
- Attribution
- © CERN. CERN provides its audiovisual media free of charge for educational and informational use, credited to CERN; this lecture is shown in CERN's own player.
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