Papuan Tabla Language Preservation Strategy

The Papuan Language of Tambora

Tabla Gyan: An Artificial Tabla Improviser

We describe Tabla Gyan, a system capable of improvising tabla solo music, a sophisticated percussion tradition from North India. The system is based on a generative model of the qaida, a central form in tabla solo based on thematic variation. The system uses a recombinative process of variation generation, and filters the results according to rhythmic and timbral characteristics of each phrase....

I-11: Optimal Strategy Toward Fertility Preservation

Background There are several indications of human female gamete cryostorage including sub-fertile and fertile patients. But our focus will be in women at risk of losing their reproductive function caused by oncologycal treatments or premature ovarian failure that could benefit greatly from this practice. Fertile women may take advantage of this technology to electively delay childbearing. The o...

Emulation – a viable preservation strategy

The Electronic Tabla Controller

This paper describes the design of an electronic Tabla controller. The E-Tabla controls both sound and graphics simultaneously. It allows for a variety of traditional Tabla strokes and new performance techniques. Graphical feedback allows for artistical display and pedagogical feedback.