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-The ''' 2009 Sound and Music Computing Summer School ''' will be organized as a Training School of the SID COST Action and will be held in the [http://www.casadamusica.pt/ Casa da Música] in Porto between 18-21 July 2009. The theme of this Summer School is ''' Interacting with Sounds of Porto''' . This Summer School will explore the potential of recording, processing, sharing and interacting with city sounds.
-This is the fifth SMC Summer School (after the Genova and Barcelona editions funded by the European Coordination Action IST-FET S2S² and later editions in Stockholm and Genova again) and the second Training School of the SID COST Action. 
+The ''' 2009 Sound and Music Computing Summer School ''' is organized as a Training School of the SID COST Action and will be held in the [http://www.casadamusica.pt/ Casa da Música] in Porto between 18-21 July 2009. The theme of this Summer School is ''' Interacting with Sounds of Porto''' . This Summer School explores the potential of recording, processing, sharing and interacting with city sounds.
+This is the fifth SMC Summer School (after the Genova and Barcelona editions funded by the European Coordination Action IST-FET S2S² and later editions in Stockholm and Genova again) and the second Training School of the SID COST Action on Sonic Interaction Design. 
 
-It will take place just before the [http://smc2009.smcnetwork.org/ 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference].
+It takes place just before the [http://smc2009.smcnetwork.org/ 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference].
 
-This Summer School aims at giving an opportunity to young researchers interested in the field of Sound and Music Computing to showcase their ideas, learn new skills and work with senior researchers. The School will cater to suits of different student backgrounds. If your background is on Art, Sound/Music recording, Design, Computer Science, etc., there will be something new for you to learn at this Summer School.
+This Summer School aims at giving an opportunity to young researchers interested in the field of Sound and Music Computing to showcase their ideas, learn new skills and work with senior researchers. The School caters to suits of different student backgrounds. If your background is on Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Music, Art, Sound recording, Design, etc., there is something new for you to learn at this Summer School.
 
-There will be a selection of participants and we welcome applications of students from different backgrounds and will foster scientific and artistic cross-fertilization.
 
 == Academic program ==
-During 4 days, the program will include lectures, as well as hands-on practical sessions under the supervision of tutors who will provide one-to-one mentoring on artistic and/or scientific projects focused on interactions with sounds that reflect the city of Porto and its activities. 
-Lectures and hands-on practical sessions will take place in the [http://www.inescporto.pt/~fgouyon/docs/Digitopia_ICMC2008.pdf Digitopia] installations in the Casa da Musica.
-Speed talks and poster sessions will also be organized for students to give an overview and receive feedback on their current research, and to foster scientific cross-fertilization.
+During 4 days, the program includes lectures, as well as hands-on practical sessions under the supervision of tutors who provide one-to-one mentoring on artistic and/or scientific projects focused on interactions with sounds that reflect the city of Porto and its activities. 
+Lectures and hands-on practical sessions take place in the [http://www.inescporto.pt/~fgouyon/docs/Digitopia_ICMC2008.pdf Digitopia] installations in the Casa da Musica.
+Speed talks and poster sessions are also organized for students to give an overview and receive feedback on their current research, and to foster scientific cross-fertilization.
 
-The summer school will include 3 main lectures: 
- * ''' 1. ''' ''' Design of new interfaces for musical expression ''' . This lecture will review existing examples of novel interfaces for musical expression (also known as gestural controllers or control surfaces), as well as the various sensing technologies used in these devices. We will also discuss ways to design mapping strategies between interface output variables and sound synthesis input variables and approaches to the design of novel interfaces and digital musical instruments. [http://www.smcnetwork.org/summerschool/porto2009#material1 (Course material) ]. 
+The summer school includes 3 main lectures: 
+ * ''' 1. ''' ''' Design of new interfaces for musical expression ''' . This lecture reviews existing examples of novel interfaces for musical expression (also known as gestural controllers or control surfaces), as well as the various sensing technologies used in these devices. We will also discuss ways to design mapping strategies between interface output variables and sound synthesis input variables and approaches to the design of novel interfaces and digital musical instruments. [http://www.smcnetwork.org/summerschool/porto2009#material1 (Course material) ]. 
 
- * ''' 2. ''' ''' Registering the soundscape ''' . This lecture will present basic aesthetic, technical, and cultural aspects of audio field recording, interactive approaches to sound design with environmental sounds, and the nature of the roles that soundscape composition can play in our lives. 
+ * ''' 2. ''' ''' Registering the soundscape ''' . This lecture presents basic aesthetic, technical, and cultural aspects of audio field recording, interactive approaches to sound design with environmental sounds, and the nature of the roles that soundscape composition can play in our lives. 
 
  * ''' 3. ''' ''' Sound edition, description and retrieval, social networks ''' . Present current technologies for sound edition, description and retrieval, and introduce students to the use of the Freesound.org platform with which they will edit, tag and share their sound recordings. (Freesound.org).
 
-In practical hands-on sessions, participants, alone or in small groups, will be asked to record environmental sounds related to their project. Participants will also describe these sounds and upload them to Freesound.org. 
-Using the obtained sonic material (which can be complemented with other sounds), the participants will, under supervision of tutors, develop artistic and/or scientific projects.
-You are welcome to propose your own project. You can also find inspiration in a number of projects proposed by the summer school tutors (see [http://smcnetwork.org/system/files/SMCTutorProposals_0.pdf here]). They can be adapted according to the student interest and proposal. 
+In practical hands-on sessions, participants, alone or in small groups, are asked to record environmental sounds related to their project, to describe these sounds and upload them to Freesound.org.
+Using the obtained sonic material (which can be complemented with other sounds), the participants are asked, under supervision of tutors, to develop artistic and/or scientific projects.
+Projects are defined in accordance between students and summer school tutors. 
+A blog provides an interactive communication channel between teachers and students (e.g. for daily description of project developments, and/or teaching and learning experiences), and it serves as a dissemination forum of the school's achievements. 
  
-Teachers and students will maintain a daily blog, in which all the teaching and learning experiences will be described and where the students will describe their respective project development.
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-Universidade Católica Portuguesa will certify 3 ECTS to the summer school students.
+Universidade Católica Portuguesa certifies 3 ECTS to the summer school students.
 
 == Preliminary schedule ==
 
 ||     || ''' Saturday 18/07 '''|| ''' Sunday 19/07 ''' || ''' Monday 20/07 ''' || ''' Tuesday 21/07 ''' ||
-|| ''' 9:00 ''' ||Lecture 1||Lecture 1||Lecture 1||Lecture 1||
-|| ''' 10:00 ''' ||Lecture 2||Lecture 2||Lecture 2||Lecture 2||
-|| ''' 11:00 ''' ||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||
-|| ''' 11:30 ''' ||Lecture 3||Lecture 3||Lecture 3||Lecture 3||
-|| ''' 12:30 ''' ||Lunch||Lunch||Lunch||Lunch||
-|| ''' 14:00 ''' ||Speed talks (short 4 minutes presentation by students)||Hands-on session||Hands-on session||Hands-on session||
-|| ''' 16:00 ''' ||Coffee break & tips on "How to move around Porto"||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||
-|| ''' 16:30 ''' ||Project proposal, discussion and team building||Hands-on session||Hands-on session||Project presentation by students||
+|| ''' 10:30 ''' ||Lecture 1||Lecture 1||Lecture 1||Lecture 1||
+|| ''' 11:30 ''' ||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||
+|| ''' 12:00 ''' ||Lecture 2||Lecture 2||Lecture 2||Lecture 2||
+|| ''' 13:00 ''' ||Lecture 3||Lecture 3||Lecture 3||Lecture 3||
+|| ''' 14:00 ''' ||Lunch||Lunch||Lunch||Lunch||
+|| ''' 15:00 ''' ||Speed talks (short 4 minutes presentation by students)||Hands-on session||Hands-on session||Hands-on session||
+|| ''' 17:00 ''' ||Coffee break & tips on "How to move around Porto"||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||Coffee break & poster presentations||
+|| ''' 17:30 ''' ||Project proposal, discussion and team building||Hands-on session||Hands-on session||Project presentation by students||
 || ''' 20:00 ''' ||Get together drink and dinner||     ||     ||
 
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 == Application ==
 
-A maximum of 20 students will be admitted to the school.Applications should include the following documents in pdf format:
+The deadline for applications for the summer school has now passed, and notifications of acceptance have been already sent.
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+Applications did include the following documents in pdf format:
 
 •       Curriculum vitae (max. 1 page)
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 (main theme: Interacting with sounds of Porto) (max. 2 pages)
 
-Students will be selected by the summer school team. Participants may be asked to modify slightly their projects. After completion of all projects, the Scientific Committee will proceed to an evaluation and the best project will receive a prize during the Sound and Music Computing Conference (23-25 July 2009) in the Casa da Música.
+21 students have been selected by the Summer School team to participate in this year's summer school. 
+
 
 Admitted students are requested to ''' bring a poster ''' at the Summer School summarizing their research project.
 
+
 For additional information, please use [http://smcnetwork.org/summerschool/porto2009/information this form]. 
 
-~~Students have to send their applications before ''' April 24^th^ 2009 ''' ~~
+__Deadline for applications: April 24th 2009. For sending your application, please use this form.__
 
-__The deadline for applications for the summer school has now passed.__  
+__Notification of acceptance: May 12th__
 
 
-Notification of acceptance will be given no later than ''' May 12^th^ '''.
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-There will be a ''' student registration fee of 200 Euros ''' to the Summer School (covering costs for meals, coffee breaks, 1 dinner, material, etc). SID COST Action IC0601 will provide ''' financial help to a selection of students ''' under the form of individual fixed grants of ''' 500 Euros for students from outside Portugal''' and 200 Euros '''for local students''' (preference will be given to students whose proposal projects best fit [http://www.cost-sid.org/ SID topics].
-Summer School students are also encouraged to attend the Sound and Music Computing Conference (23-25 July 2009). A special reduced-price package is available to summer school students that grants assistance to all events between July 18-25 (the conference, tutorials and summer school). Click [http://smc2009.smcnetwork.org/registration.html here] for price details.
+There is a ''' student registration fee of 200 Euros ''' to the Summer School (covering costs for meals, coffee breaks, 1 dinner, material, etc). SID COST Action IC0601 provides ''' financial help to a selection of students ''' under the form of individual fixed grants of ''' 500 Euros for students from outside Portugal''' and 200 Euros '''for local students''' (preference is given to students whose proposal projects best fit [http://www.cost-sid.org/ SID topics].
+Summer School students are also encouraged to attend the Sound and Music Computing Conference (23-25 July 2009). A '''special reduced-price package''' is available to summer school students that grants assistance to '''all events''' between July 18-25 (the conference, tutorials and summer school). Click [http://smc2009.smcnetwork.org/registration.html here] for price details.
  
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 Participants will have to arrange their own travel and accommodation.
 
-For more on special hotels rates, travelling tips and local information, please see [http://smc2009.smcnetwork.org/venue here] 
+For more info on '''special hotel rates''', travelling tips and local information, please see [http://smc2009.smcnetwork.org/venue here]