Temporal segmentation, leadership and cognition in musical improvisation and creativity

即兴创作是对话的核心，也是创造性和社会性涌现的核心。该项目研究了音乐即兴创作，以揭示组成过程，使用计算和认知方法。在时间流中产生过渡的机制，以及在其中维护社会权力或地位的机制被评估。即兴材料可以在创作过程中进行探索、修改和发展，该项目研究了这是如何发生的，以及计算机是否可以促进这一过程。这些贡献对澳大利亚研究和文化领域的创新发展至关重要。

Improvisation is core to conversation and to creative and social emergence. This project investigates musical improvisation, in order to reveal constituent processes, using computational and cognitive approaches. Mechanisms for generating transitions in the temporal stream, and for asserting social power or position in it are assessed. Improvised material can be explored, modified, and developed in the creative process, and the project investigates how this occurs and whether computers can facilitate the process. Such contributions can be critical to the development of innovation in research and cultural arenas in Australia.