Current Projects
"The Battle of the 'Battle of Vittoria' " (Musicology Master Thesis, pdf).
"Computer Music Research Portfolio" (Computer Music Master Thesis, pdf).
Gradus ad Parnassum, software for the real-time analysis of Species Counterpoint, CER Grant Project, 2007 and 2008.
Notate Bene, software for data collection to enable active (machine) learning of musical harmonic analysis.
Learning Musical Harmonic Analysis with a Hidden Markov Model, using data collected with Notate Bene.
Ariadne, framework for an interactive musical score in Java 2D/Swing.
Cochlear implant-mediated perception of music, with Charles Limb, MD.
Publications
Donnelly, PJ and Limb, CJ. "Music" (in-press), The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, edited by Larry Squire et al, Elsevier, 2008. (pdf)
Donnelly, PJ and Limb, CJ. "Music Perception in Cochlear Implant Users", Cochlear Implants: Principles and Practices. 2nd ed. Ed. JM Niparko et al., (forthcoming), 2008. (pdf)
Conferences
Donnelly, PJ and Limb, CJ. "Beethoven's Deafness." 123rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society (AES): Lunchtime Keynote. New York City (6 October 2007) (abstract, review)
Donnelly, PJ and Limb, CJ. "Cochlear Implant-Mediated Perception of Polyphonic Pitch." Poster presented at the Neurosciences and Music III: Disorders and Plasticity. Montreal (26 June 2008). (pdf).
Education
Ph.D in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University (in progress)
MM in Computer Music Research/Technology, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University (2008) GPA: 3.87
MM in Musicology, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University (2008) GPA: 3.87
MSE in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University (2008) GPA: 3.87
BS in Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis (2004), cum laude, GPA: 3.33
AB in Music (Musicology) and Italian, Washington University in St. Louis (2004) GPA: 3.33
Experience
Teaching Assistant, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Fall 2008-
Research Assistant, Sound and Music Perception Laboratory (SaMPL), Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, 2006-2008.
Graduate Assistant, Computer Music Department, Peabody Conservatory, 2005-2008.
Teaching Assistant, Computer Music Department, Peabody Conservatory, 2005-2008.
Skills
Java, C, C++, Basic, PHP (significant experience)
Pascal, Python, SQL, OCaml, Scheme, Perl, Assembly, Prolog, ECLiPSe (some experience)
Italian, fluent; Latin, reading; German, translation.