Dr Krisztián Hofstädter
Researcher with technical, a
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Acronyms
ARU |
Anglia Ruskin University |
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CMT |
Creative Music Technology |
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EAD |
Enhancing Audio Description |
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MPA |
Music and Performing Arts |
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PHAIS |
School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies |
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UoY |
University of York |
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EDUCATION
2022 |
PhD |
Cambridge School of Creative Industries, ARU |
2013 |
MA |
MPA Department, ARU |
2012 |
CELTA |
Cambridge Assessment |
2012 |
PTLLS |
Cambridge Assessment |
2009 |
BA |
MPA Department, ARU |
2004 |
College Diploma |
Eötvös József Pedagogical Faculty, Baja, Hungary |
WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant/Associate
11/2021—ongoing |
EAD II. |
School of Arts, UoY (postdoc) |
01/2018—04/2019 |
EAD |
Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media, UoY |
10/2017—10/2019 |
StoryLab Research Institute |
ARU |
04/2016—10/2017 |
EAD |
Cultures of the Digital Economy (CoDE), ARU |
More info
My key responsibilities for the AHRC-funded EAD project include conducting literature reviews, leading workshops, organizing events, engaging with organizations and participants, conducting qualitative and quantitative data analysis, web design and maintenance, photography, audio-visual production, and co-authoring journal articles. The project documentation is available at enhancingaudiodescription.com. At the StoryLab Research Institute, in addition to my primary responsibilities as a webmaster of storylabresearch.com which included design and maintenance. I was also responsible for event planning, social media engagement, data analysis, content editing, photography, and audio-video post-production. See academic outputs below.
Associate Lecturer
11/2021—06/2024 |
University of Essex, Navigating the Digital World (School of PHAIS) |
01/2019—06/2019 |
ARU, Sonic Art |
09/2016—01/2019 |
ARU, Music for the Moving Image |
09/2014—06/2015 |
ARU, Laptop Performance & University of Bedfordshire, Audio Programming |
09/2011—01/2019 |
ARU, Sensor Technology |
More info
Between 2011 and 2019, I taught music technology-related subjects as an associate lecturer at ARU and the University of Bedfordshire. In the Sonic Art module, my class discussed the theoretical and practical aspects of sonic art and created works based on these concepts. The Music for the Moving Image module enabled students to compose original music and sound design for poetry, short films, and video games using acoustic and computer-based methods of composition. In the Laptop Performance module, students honed their understanding of digital audio and traditional music theory by composing and performing their own musical works with laptop computers as their primary musical instruments. The Sensor Technology unit focused on technological aspects that facilitate live performance and audio manipulation. This module guided students in the creation of musical installations and instruments and provided performance opportunities with these creations. The Audio Programming module introduced SuperCollider, a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition used by musicians, artists and researchers working with sound. In 2021, I began teaching a module on digital identities, critical thinking, and multimedia content production at the University of Essex's Interdisciplinary Studies Centre, part of the university's School of Philosophy and Arts History department. During my time as a lecturer at the ARU, I served as a dissertation advisor on multiple occasions, organized research lectures, and helped shape the new Electronic Music pathway in the Cambridge School of Creative Industries. To read more about my CMT experience visit the Practicing and Teaching Creative Music Technology page.
Visiting Fellow
06/2024—ongoing |
University of Essex, School of PHAIS |
After three years of teaching the Navigating the Digital World module at the University of Essex, I am now a visiting fellow there.
Mentor, PhD advisor
07/2024–ongoing |
UoY, PhD researcher (mentor) |
11/2023—ongoing |
School of Arts, UoY, PhD advisor |
Reviewer
09/2024 |
Convergence. Issue: Sound and Music for Immersive Storytelling. SAGE (paper) |
08/2024 |
5th IEEE Int. Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (paper) |
04/2023 |
National Science Centre, Kraków. (grant application) |
02/2023 |
University of Salford. Christopher James Corradine’s MSc thesis, external examiner |
01/2023 |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Sensory Neuroscience. “Case Report: Binaural Beats Music Assessment Experiment”. (peer-review) |
01/2021 |
British Journal of Visual Impairment. (peer-review) |
Academic Consultant
04/2021 |
Regions of Learning Project (Cambridge) |
More info
This project was an initiative for an innovative online program that aims to engage and benefit young people of all backgrounds, with a focus on helping those from disadvantaged areas (ages 15-24) achieve their goals in education and career advancement. My responsibilities included investigating the latest hardware and software technologies capable of accurately tracking attendance for young adults participating in educational activities across diverse locations within the Cambridge City Council's project. More info at the Governments website.
Self-employed
2012—ongoing |
Tedör Tea: Art and Tea (sole trader) |
2012—2015 |
Tedör’s Vegan Food (sole trader) |
2011—ongoing |
Tedör TEA: Technology, Education & Art (creative technologist) |
More info
Since 2011, I've worked as a freelance creative technologist, producing composition and sound design for short films, games, theatre plays, and various audio-video projects, as well as designing and maintaining websites. I also facilitated audio-video and music workshops, for instance, for Funky Flamingo, a Cambridge-based organization supporting people with disabilities, and more recently, web design workshops for the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. In 2012 I set up Tedör Tea (Art & Tea) as an independent tea company in Cambridge. I import health-giving Chinese teas and combine it with a variety of artworks produced by local artists. Between 2012–2015 I worked as a vegan chef using locally produced ingredients from Mayfield Organics. I delivered my food on my eco-friendly push-bike.
Event Organizer
03/2015—04/2016 |
ARU, Music Technical Officer (MPA Department) |
05/2011—01/2014 |
CB1 Internet Cafe, Assistant Manager |
More info
Besides my research and teaching activities at ARU, I also worked as a Music Technical Officer between March 2015 to April 2016, where my primary responsibilities included maintaining music, computer, and audio resources, providing efficient and flexible technical support to students and staff, and organizing academic conferences and events. Besides my managerial duties at CB1 Internet Cafe, I organized regular art programs, including exhibitions and music events as well as hosted events linked to veganism and sustainability.
ACADEMIC OUTPUTS
Publications
Hofstädter, K. 2022. Journeys around the secret place. In Musical Psychedelia (pp. 171-191). Routledge. |
Hofstädter, K. 2022. Developing brain-computer music interfaces for meditation. Doctoral dissertation, ARU. |
López, M., Kearney, G., & Hofstädter, K. 2021. Enhancing Audio Description: Inclusive Cinematic Experiences Through Sound Design in Journal of Audiovisual Translation. |
López, M., Kearney, G., & Hofstädter, K. 2020. Seeing films through sound: Sound design, spatial audio, and accessibility for visually impaired audiences, British Journal of Visual Impairment. |
López, M., Kearney, G., Hofstädter, K., & Balla, G. 2020. Enhancing audio description: accessible filmmaking, sound design and the importance of educating filmmakers. Media Practice and Education, 21:4, 289-304. |
López, M., Kearney, G., & Hofstädter, K. 2018. Audio Description in the UK: What works, what doesn’t, and understanding the need for personalising access. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 36(3), pp. 274–291. |
Hofstädter, K. 2019. NeuroMeditation with music (presentation and live performance with BCMI-2). In: 2019 Cambridge Festival of Ideas. 14-27 October 2019, Cambridge. https://youtu.be/SdrYMDM7-Mg. |
Ryan, D. et al. 2019. Aphorisms (live sound design and engineering). 13 June 2019, Recital Hall, ARU, Cambridge. |
Hofstädter, K. 2019. Demonstration of Brain-Computer Music Interfacing Soundscape with Generative Rhythmic Entrainment. In: 2019 Audio Engineering Society International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio. 27-29 March 2019, University of York, York. |
Hofstädter, K. 2018. Brain-Computer Music Interfacing for Meditation (presentation). In: 2018 Festival of Ideas, The Archive and the Contested Landscape. 15-28 October 2019, ARU, Cambridge. |
Hofstädter, K. 2018. Brain-Computer Music Interfacing for Meditation (presentation). 18 April 2018, University of Qujing, Yunnan, China. |
Hofstädter, K. 2018. A Brain-Computer Music Software Interface (BCMI) for Mindfulness (presentation). In: StoryLab Symposium. March 14 2018, ARU, Cambridge. |
Hofstädter, K. 2018. Software Interface (BCMI) for Mindfulness (presentation) at Multilingual Conference, University of Essex, Colchester. |
Hofstädter, K. 2017. Introducing BCMI-1 for meditation and artistic performance (demonstration with on-line EEG). Clip Sound Workshops. 16 January 2017, Firstsite Art Gallery, Colchester. |
Hofstädter, K. 2016. Brain-computer music interfacing software development (demonstration of BCMI-1 prototype with real-time EEG). In: Musedelica Symposium. A Symposium for Researchers in the Field of Psychedelic Music and Related Areas. 14-15 June 2016, The Sussex Humanities Lab, University of Sussex, Brighton. |
Hofstädter, K. 2016. Compulsive music waves (screening and audio-video installation). In: 2016 Pint of Science Festival. 22-26 April 2016, St Barnabas Church, Cambridge. |
Hofstädter, K. 2016. Brain-computer music interfacing for stress management (poster presentation). In: 10th Annual Anglia Ruskin University Research Conference. 6 June 2016, Chelmsford. |
Hofstädter, K. 2011. Strophic Variables (installation). In: FUTURE FLUXUS event (part of the 2011 Visualise Cambridge series). 17 January 2011, Recital Hall, ARU, Cambridge. |
Hofstädter, K. 2009. Brain-computer music interface with the IBVA machine (installation). In: HCI2009, Open House Festival of Interactive Technology. 1-5 September 2009, Microsoft Research Centre, Cambridge. |
Funding
Departmental Research Group Funding for PhD, 2016–18: £1,500 |
PhD scholarship (tuition fee waiver), 2015-2018: £11,400 |
The Finzi Trust (Genelec speakers), 2010: £440 |