Missions

The ANR MixSon project aims to sonify the tennis serve to improve understanding of the movement for both players and coaches. Sonification will be based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of the movement and will be subject to perceptual and ergonomic evaluations. Following a detailed literature review, the recruited researcher will design and experimentally test several sonification strategies adapted to the different quantitative variables derived from the biomechanical analysis of the serve.

Activités

- Conduct a literature review on the sonification of movement in both online and offline conditions.
- Define several sonification strategies adapted to each type of biomechanical variable (e.g., angle, speed, position).
- Design sounds for each sonification strategy using player videos or a biomechanical reconstruction.
- Perform a perceptual evaluation of the different sonification strategies to select the most effective and relevant ones.
- Communicate the results.

Compétences

- Knowledge: Sonification, gesture sonification, psychoacoustics
- Skills: Proficiency in sound creation software
- Soft skills: Autonomy and teamwork

Contexte de travail

Reporting to the head of the Cognition, Behavior, and Uses (CCU) platform, the successful candidate will be recruited at the Maison des Sciences Humaines et Sociales (House of Human and Social Sciences) in Toulouse. This support and research unit's mission is to support research in the humanities and social sciences and to strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships with local stakeholders. The CCU platform comprises a suite of scientific equipment dedicated to research on human behavior in the laboratory, including a facility specifically designed for research on sound perception.