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From: Eduardo R Miranda <[log in to unmask]>

********   VIII Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music   ********
*****************  31 July ­ 03 August 2001  *****************
********************* Fortaleza, Brazil  *********************

                PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS AND MUSIC
                   
                  http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sbcm2001

The Eighth Brazilian Symposium will be held in Fortaleza, the capital of
Ceara state, from 31 July to 03 August, 2001.

The Brazilian Symposia are organized by NUCOM, the computer music branch
of the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC) and take place within the Annual
SBC Congress.

There are key-note speeches by renowned researchers, paper sections, music
papers, tutorials and demonstrations. Researchers, composers, educators,
manufacturers and all concerned with the interplay between music and
technology are invited to submit work.

The general Chair of SBCM2001:

Geber Ramalho
Universidade Federal de Pernanbuco
Email: [log in to unmask]


*Important dates* 

06 March 2001: closing date for submitting music papers
03 April 2001: closing date for submission of papers
24 April 2001: notification of acceptance of works
10 May 2001: closing date for submitting the final version of the papers


*Submission of papers*

Papers Chair: 

Eduardo Reck Miranda
Sony Computer Science Lab Paris
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Topics of interest include, but are not necessarily restricted to:

Acoustic Modelling and Sound Diffusion
Algorithmic Composition
Artificial Life and Evolutionary Music Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Audio Hardware Design
Audio Signal Processing
Computer-Aided Musicology
Digital Audio Libraries
Music and Sound on the Web
Multimedia Integration
Music Data Structures and Representation
Musical Databases and Data Mining
Music Notation, Printing and Optical Recognition
Psychoacoustics and Cognitive Modelling
Real-time Interactive Systems
Sound Compression
Sound Synthesis 
Systems for Music Analysis
Systems for Musical Education

Complete papers reporting ongoing or concluded research should be
submitted (abstracts or incomplete papers will not be accepted).

Note that there are two different categories of papers, both of which will
be published in the proceedings.

The categories are as follows:

a) Research papers: These papers should report concluded scientific and/or
technical research results or systems. They must be written in English and
should not exceed 8 pages;

b) Discussion papers: These papers will discuss ongoing research work.
They may be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English and should not
exceed 6 pages.

Please state clearly in a covering front page:

* which of the above topics (if any) best describes your subject matter
* the paper category that you are submitting (i.e., research or discussion)
* the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

Since the reviewing process is anonymous, the heading of the first page of
the paper should contain only the title. You are kindly requested not to
reveal your identity in your paper (avoid self reference etc.). Preferred
format for submission are RTF, EPS or PDF. Should a prospective
participant need to submit a paper saved in a format other than RTF, PDF
or EPS, please check with the papers Chair.

How to submit (in order or preference):

[1] Place your paper in a public domain area of your network and send an
Email informing the URL or FTP address to E. Miranda [[log in to unmask]]
Please write ³SBCM Submission² in the subject of your Email.

[2] Send your paper as a file attachment to an Email to E. Miranda.
[[log in to unmask]].  Compressed files are preferred (most standard
compression schemes for Unix, Mac OS or Windows are accepted).


As with previous symposia, a selection of *Research papers* will be
considered for publication in international journals, as appropriate.


*Committee of papers *

Aluizio Arcela,, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil
Peter Beyls, St Lukas Art School, Belgium
Marcio Brandao, University of Edinburgh, UK
Furio Damiani, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Roger Dannenberg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Giselle Ferreira, Open University, UK
Francesco Giomi, Centro Tempo Reale, Italy
Luis Jure, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
Fabio Kon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Victor Lazzarini, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Pablo di Liscia, Universidad de Quilmes, Argentina
Mikhail Malt, Ircam, France
Jonatas Manzolli, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Alan Marsden, University of Lancaster, UK
Dennis Miller, Northeastern University, USA
Giovanni De Poli, University of Padova, Italy
Geber Ramalho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Stephen Travis Pope, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Petri Toiviainen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Alvise Vidolin, Venice Music Conservatory B. Marcello, Italy
Marcelo M. Wanderley, Ircam, France
Geraint Wiggins, City University, UK


*Submission of music papers*

Music papers Chair:
Didier Guigue
Universidade Federal da Paraiba
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Composers are invited to submit music papers. A music paper is a
composition accompanied by a *Discussion paper* (see above) presenting the
compositional procedures and the role of the computer in the compositional
process. These papers plus the compositions will be refereed by a
dedicated committee and will appear in the proceedings.

The music papers will be presented in two concert sessions of 3 papers
each. Each composer will have 30 minutes in total, for audition,
communication and discussion.

More details about the music paper sections as well as instructions for
submission can be obtained directly from the music papers Chair:
[[log in to unmask]].

More information on submitting a tutorial proposal or a demo section will
published on the Web.  Please watch the symposium¹s Web site for
up-to-date information: http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sbcm2001

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c.f.p. version: 20/11/2000



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