Peter Van Kranenburg

Peter van Kranenburg obtained master's degrees in Musicology (2004, Utrecht University) and Electrical Engineering (2003, Delft University of Technology). He developed machine-learning methods for studying musical authorship. As Ph.D. researcher at Utrecht University, he developed melodic similarity measures. At the Meertens Institute (Amsterdam) he contributed to the Database of Dutch Songs and conducted research on computational modelling of melody in oral transmission, including religious recitation and Medieval chant. Currently he is lecturer at Utrecht University, and researcher at the Meertens Institute (Amsterdam) in the EU-funded Polifonia project.