Alexander Refsum Jensenius

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Alexander Refsum Jensenius
Born (1978-11-10) 10 November 1978 (age 43)
Asker, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Education University of Oslo
Occupation Music Technologist

Alexander Refsum Jensenius (born 10 November 1978) is a Norwegian researcher and musician. He is Professor of music technology and was Head of the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo during the period 2013-2016. He is currently Deputy Director of RITMO - Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo, and serves as the Chair of the Steering Committee for NIME, the International Conference in New Interfaces for Musical Expression. He is the grandson of politician Marie Borge Refsum.

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Jensenius is educated in music, computer science, physics and mathematics. He was awarded a Master of Arts degree (cand.philol.) in Music technology by the University of Oslo in 2002, [1] and was awarded a doctorate by the same institution in 2008. [2] [3] In addition he holds a Master of Science degree in applied information technology from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He has been guest researcher at University of California, Berkeley and McGill University in Montreal. [4]

Jensenius received an unusually high degree of media attention when he finished his doctorate. Several newspapers and TV stations named him "Dr Air guitar". [5] This was based on his research into musical gestures. He had developed new technology for analysis of movement. This technology is both used in music research and in psychological research on ADHD. [6] [7]

Alexander Jensenius was president of the Norwegian Association of Young Scientists from 1999 to 2001, and has also been project manager for European Space Camp at Andøya Rocket Range. He was a candidate for the board of the University of Oslo in 2007. [8]

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  1. ↑ Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2002). How do we recognize a song in one second? -The Importance of Salience and Sound in Music Perception. Oslo: University of Oslo.
  2. ↑ "Musikk er bevegelse" (in Norwegian). University of Oslo. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  3. ↑ Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2007). Action-sound: developing methods and tools to study music-related body movement. Oslo: University of Oslo.
  4. ↑ "Alexander Refsum Jensenius". Archived from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  5. ↑ Gjersøe, Jørn (January 28, 2008). "Doktorgrad på luftgitar" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  6. ↑ Grandaunet, Hilde E. Jensen; Lars Ole Skjønberg (February 21, 2008). "Avslører ADHD med luftgitar" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Mener bevegelsene avslører ADHD". Newton (TV programme) (in Norwegian). NRK. February 21, 2008. Archived from the original (Video (Silverlight)) on June 16, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Stipendiat Alexander Refsum Jensenius – CV og plattform – Styrevalget 2007". University of Oslo. May 2, 2007. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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