social

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    Every Wednesday everyone meets up for RITMO lunch. The 15-minute "administrative corner" is an important information channel about what is going on. The lunch is also a good time to catch up with RITMO colleagues. You have to show up early to get a seat!

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    When the weather is nice, many RITMO people enjoy their lunch with fresh air. We are very lucky to have access to a terrace and a lovely garden.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    RITMO's new electronics lab opened in 2019, and is hosting weekly meetings and workshops. Here Kyrre Glette presents some of his research into musical robotics.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    Walking around RITMO you will always find people busy with something. Here some of the researchers have a workshop on data management with people from the University Library.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    The RITMO hair saloon! PhD student Olga Asko is rinsing her colleague Kjell Andreas Oddekalv’s hair after an EEG experiment.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    PhD fellows Qichao Lan, Tejaswinee Kelkar and Cagri Erdem are rehearsing on various new interfaces for musical expression in preparation for a MusicLab performance.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    In 2019 we started the Food & Paper series, as a low-threshold arena for RITMO researchers and guests to present work in progress and recently published results. The series has in 2019 been organised by PhD fellow Kjell Andreas Oddekalv and postdoctoral researcher Ingrid Funderud.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    Time for some rhythm and motion – RITMO Morning Beat – complete with glow sticks! DJ Mathilde Espeseth took care of the beats, and everyone got a kick-start of the day in the motion capture lab.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    Several workshops were organised during the year. Musician-researcher Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos organised two workshops on force-feedback haptic interactions. From left Georgios Sioros, Cagri Erdem, Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos and Stefano Fasciani are working on their breadboards in RITMO's new electronics lab.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    We organise a retreat each semester — Tour de RITMO — were we spent two days together discussing, working and socialising. At our winter retreat we were all taken on a sleigh ride through the beautiful landscapes of Hadeland.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    No Tour de RITMO without music. Here postdoctoral researcher Alan Hui plays the piano after dinner.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    Tour de RITMO's Championship of Standstill. RITMO's management took on the challenge of standing on one leg! Anne Danielsen, Ancha Wesnes and Alexander Jensenius are trying to keep still. PhD fellow Dana Swarbrick is overseeing it all.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    The Blue Room Band had it's first appearance at RITMO's summer party and was a great success. Band members from left: Kjell Andreas Oddekalv, Anne Danielsen, Gui Camara, Mathilde Espeseth, Mari Romarheim Haugen, Bj?rnar Sandvik, Eirik Jacobsen and Alan Hui.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    A barbecue in the garden to welcome all the new RITMO staff that started in the beginning of September.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    The RITMO lunch is also the time for celebrating achievements, and, of course, birthdays. All international staff gets to learn the Norwegian birthday song "Hurra for deg!". Here we are celebrating Kyrre Glette.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    RITMO researchers are often communicating their knowledge to the public. And we also invite people to our labs to show and tell. Here from a visit from a local kindergarten that came to visit the fourMs lab to learn about music and movement.

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    RITMO researcher Tejaswinee Kelkar prepares for teaching sound synthesis to female high school students as part of the new initiative WoNoMute (Women Nordic Music Technology).

  • Mar. 26, 2020

    In December, we light up the fire and make sure we have som extra "hygge" in RITMO's kitchen area. Here Victoria T?mmeraas Berg is warming herself on the fire.