Carola Böhm
Biographical abstract
Carola Böhm's research has concentrated on the issues related to the delivery of music and its related information over wide area networks. She holds degrees in musicology, computer science and electrical engineering. In recent years her research has focussed on music information retrieval, time-based media and its storage and delivery, music data structures, digital libraries for performing arts and object-oriented technologies for music applications. She has also been involved in evolving standards groups.
Research interests
Music information representation, storage and management, object-oriented technologies for music applications, standards development, music technology education and technology for music education, music data structures and encoding languages, creative pull productions, systematic musicology.
Current Projects
- DMRN - Digital Music Research Network (EPSRC funded)
- Betweening (Palatine funded)
Past Projects
- OpenDrama (EC funded): The Digital Heritage of Opera in a Network Environment
- MusicWeb (EU funded): Music Education using Wide-Area Networks
- MPEG7 (J.R.Bequest)
- PADS (AHDS funded): The Performing Arts Data Service
- MuTaTeD! (JISC funded) - Music Tagging Type Definition
- MuTaTeD!2 (British Library funded) - Music Information Retrieval
- Notation Evaluation (JISC-UCISA funded)
- CIRCUS (EC funded)
Publications
- Books
- Carola Boehm, Methodologies for the Design and Development of System and Data Architectures for Music Information, forthcoming 2006
- Carola Boehm, Donald MacLellan,. MuTaTeD?ll A System for Music Information Retrieval of Encoded Music, Library and Information Commission Research Report 104 RE/101, 48 pages, London, Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, 2001, ISBN 1-902394-58-5, ISSN 1466-2949.
- Karst De Jong, Carola Boehm, Pauline Donachy, Thomas Dietinger, Marie-Helene Serra, Christopher Hempel, Stephen Arnold, Kai Renz, Murray Campbell, Martin Prchal, Music Web Authoring Guide - A Guide for Users of MusicWeb Applications, 120 pages, Glasgow, University of Glasgow, MusicWeb, 2001, ISBN 0 85261 736 4.
- Carola Boehm, David Garcia and Hubertien Schuter (eds.), CIRCUS 2001 - New Synergies in Digital Creativity. Proceedings of the Conference for Content Integrated Research in Creative User Systems. p. 182 ? 193, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2001, ISBN 0 8 526 1746 1.
- Chapters in Books
- Carola Boehm, 'Music Technology in Higher Education', Tom Claes (ed.),The Idea of Education, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Vol. 12 (e-book), 2005, ISBN 1-904710-11-5.
- Carola Boehm, 'Neue Kommunikations- und Informationstechnologien für den Musikunterricht', Thomas Hemker, & Daniel Müllensiefen (eds), Medien - Musik - Mensch. Neue Medien und Musikwissenschaft, p.91-99, Hamburg, von Bockel Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-928770-95-0.
- Full papers in refereed journals
- Carola Boehm, 'The Metadata Bear - Bearing the Weight of Accessibility', Journal of Educational Media, Vol.24, No.3, p177 - 180, 1999, ISSN 1358-1651.
- Stephen Malloch, Carola Boehm & others, 'PADS - an Online Digital Resource Library', C. Nikolau & C. Stephanidis (eds.), Research and advanced technology for digital libraries: 2nd European Conference, ECDL '98, Heraklion, Greece, p351-366, Springer, 1998 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol 1513). ISBN 3-540-65101-2.
- Carola Boehm, "Music Tagging Type Definitions, Systems for Music Representation and Retrieval", euromicro, vol. 02, no. 2, p. 2340-2348, IEEE, 2000, ISBN 0-7695-0780-8.
- Full papers in refereed conference proceedings
- Carola Boehm, 'Opportunities and Challenges', 8 pages, in: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, ICMA, Sweden, 2002, ISBN 91-89262-04-2.
- Carola Boehm, Nick Bailey, and others, 'OPENDRAMA - Networking Opera', 4 pages, in: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, ICMA, Sweden, 2002, ISBN 91-89262-04-2.
- Carola Boehm, Nick Fells, 4 pages, 'Studio Report of the Centre for Music Technology', in: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, ICMA, Cuba, 2001, ISBN 0-9713192-0-0
- John Patterson, Carola Boehm, 'CIRCUS for Beginners', 14 pages, in: Boehm, Garcia and Schuter (eds.), CIRCUS 2001 - New Synergies in Digital Creativity. Proceedings of the Conference for Content Integrated Research in Creative User Systems. p. 182 - 193, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2001, ISBN 0 8 526 1746 1.
- Pauline Donachy, Carola Boehm, Dr. Stephen Arnold, Karst de Jong, "MusicWeb Connect: A European Project for creating web-based Tools and Resources for Music Education", 3 pages, in: Boehm, Garcia and Schuter (eds.), CIRCUS 2001 - New Synergies in Digital Creativity. Proceedings of the Conference for Content Integrated Research in Creative User Systems, p. 72-75, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2001, ISBN 0 8 526 1746 1.
- Carola Boehm, 'Between Technology and Creativity, Challenges and Opportunities for Music Technology in Higher Education', 16 pages, in: Boehm, Garcia and Schuter (eds.), CIRCUS 2001 - New Synergies in Digital Creativity. Proceedings of the Conference for Content Integrated Research in Creative User Systems, p.55-72, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2001, ISBN 0 8 526 1746 1.
- Carola Boehm and Donald MacLellan, 'MuTaTeD!ll A System for Music Information Retrieval of Encoded Music', 4 pages, in: Proc. of the International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2000.
- Carola Boehm and Donald MacLellan, 'Music Tagging Type Definitions, Systems for Music Representation and Retrieval', 8 pages, Proceedings for International Computer Music Conference, ICMA, Berlin, 2000, ISBN 0-9667927-2-6.
- Carola Boehm, Stephen Arnold, 'Serving Time Base Media in the Performing Arts', 8 pages, in: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, p.284-287, Bejing, ICMA, 1999, ISSN 0-9667927-1-8.
- Karst de Jong, Carola Boehm, 'MusicWeb Den Haag - Developing Tools for Higher Music Education, using Wide Area Networks and Hypermedia Technology', 4 pages, in: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, ICMA, Banf, 1998, ISBN 0-9667927-0-X.
- Carola Boehm, Stephen Malloch, Celia Duffy, 'Performing Arts Data Service', 8 pages, in: Conference Proceedings of WebNet98, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 1998. Paper 463, Top Paper Award, Orlando AACE, 1998, ISBN 1-880094-31-2.
- Steve Malloch, Carola Boehm, Celia Duffy, Catherine Owen, 'The Performing Arts Data Service: Imaginations/Universities Network Pilot Project', 20 pages, in: Digital Convergence: the future of the internet and the WWW, Conference Proceedings of the British Computer Society, Bradford 1998.
- Carola Boehm, Karst de Jong, Christoph Hempel, 'MUSICWEB', 4 pages, in: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, ICMA, 1997, ISBN 0-9667927-3-4.
- Carola Boehm, 'New Information and Communication Technologies for the music classroom', 4 pages, in: Teaching on the Web, Workshop Proceedings of the 5th International World Wide Web Conference, Paris 1996.
- Carola Boehm, Christoph Hempel, Karst deJong, 'MusicWeb. New Information and Communication Technologies for the music classroom',4 pages, in: Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, ICMA, HongKong, 1996, ISBN 0-9667927-4-2.
- Carola Boehm, 'Automated Music. Interdisciplinary Aspects of a developmental History: Middle Ages and Renaissance', 4 pages, in: Proceedings of the International Computer Conference, ICMA, Hong Kong, 1996, ISBN 0-9667927-4-2.
- Research reviews and research reports
- Carola Boehm, 'Book Review: Charles Madden: Fractals in Music: Introductory Mathematics for Musical Analysis.' Lisa Whistlecroft (ed.), Musicus 6, 2003. (Reprint of below, Boehm 2000).
- Carola Boehm, 'Book Review: Walter B. Hewlett, E. Selfridge Field (eds.) , The Virtual Score: Representation, Re-trieval and Restoration' , Organised Sound 7 (1), p.79 - 82, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Carola Boehm, 'Book Review: Charles Madden: Fractals in Music: Introductory Mathematics for Musical Analysis', Array of the ICMA, 2000.
- Carola Boehm, Various critics of local performances, Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung, Mainz 1995-1996
- Carola Boehm, 'klangart '95 in Osnabrück', Positionen, Beiträge zur Neuen Musik - Zeitschrift für experimentelle und grenzüberschreitende Musik 24, p.56-57, Verlag Positionen, Mühlenbeck 1995.
- Carola Boehm, Stephen Malloch, Report on the evaluation process of system needs and demands of serving time-based media in the area of performing arts. Internal Publication, Glasgow 1997.
- Carola Boehm, Object-oriented technologies and music applications, in: Report of the HARMONICA FORUM Meeting No1, European Telematics Project Deliverable, Athens 1997.
- Carola Boehm, MUSICWEB - White Paper, Paper No11, 1996 VI
- Other outputs
- Carola Boehm, Cordy Hall, 'Description Scheme for description of music content, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11/ MPEG 98/P620/W2463', Vancouver, MPEG, 1999.
- Carola Boehm, Cordy Hall, 'Proposal for SMDL compliance in MPEG7, ISO/IEC JTC/SC29/WG11/P620'. Lancaster, MPEG, 1999.
Contact Details
Carola Böhm
c/o Nick Bailey
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Rankine Building
The University of Glasgow
Oakfield Avenue
Glasgow
G12 88LT
UK