Active learning of intuitive control knobs for synthesizers using gaussian processes

International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 115-124

  Huang, Cheng Zhi Anna ^a   Duvenaud, David ^b   Arnold, Kenneth C ^a   Partridge, Brenton ^a   Oberholtzer, Josiah W ^a   Gajos, Krzysztof Z ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active Learning; Gaussian Processes; Intelligent Interactive Systems; Intuitive Control Knobs; Preference Learning; Sound Design; Sound Synthesis; Synthesizers; User Interfaces

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; GAUSSIAN PROCESSES; INTELLIGENT INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS; INTUITIVE CONTROLS; PREFERENCE LEARNING; SOUND DESIGNS; SOUND SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIZERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); KNOBS; USER INTERFACES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84897804246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2557500.2557544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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