researchers' night

The music explorer project was presented at the Researchers' Night in Zurich, which took place on 25 September 2009. Below you can find some information and facts related to our stand entitled "The World of Music".

Quiz

More than 300 people participated in our music quiz. Below the winners of our prizes are listed:

Rank Name Score Prize
1. Joao M. 263 HTC Magic Google Android Phone
2. Tobias K. 253 iPod Nano
3. Rita S. 240 iPod Shuffle
4. Isabelle B. 216 Swisscom-Voucher 100.-
5. Julia M. 207 Swisscom-Voucher 50.-

We would like to thank Swisscom for the sponsoring of the prizes.

The Map of Music


Our 2 dimensional map of music.

The researchers' night's music landscape.

More than 250 tracks were selected throughout the researchers' night, resulting in the landscape illustrated above. The height of a hill represents the number of tracks selected in the corresponding region (music genre). The most popular artists were:

1. Michael Jackson 14
2. Black Eyed Peas 10
3. The Beatles 8
4. AC/DC 6
4. Lady GaGa 6

Slides

Download our slides: PDF or PPT