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*ISMIR 2012 Call for Participation
*13th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference
http://ismir2012.ismir.net
8th and 12th of October 2012
Porto, Portugal
(organised by INESC Porto, in partnership with the TNSJ in Porto)
The annual Conference of the International Society for Music Information
Retrieval (ISMIR) is the world's leading research forum on processing,
searching, organizing and accessing music-related data. The revolution
in music distribution and storage brought about by digital technology
has fueled tremendous research activities and interests in academia as
well as in industry. The ISMIR Conference reflects this rapid
development by providing a meeting place for the discussion of
MIR-related research, developments, methods, tools and experimental
results. Its main goal is to foster multidisciplinary exchange by
bringing together researchers and developers, educators and librarians,
as well as students and professional users.
ISMIR 2012 will feature
introductory and in-depth tutorials
oral and poster presentations of research papers
invited talks reflecting the true interdisciplinary nature of MIR research
a late-break/demo session
a music programme
*-----PAPERS-----
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ISMIR 2012 welcomes paper submissions for oral or poster presentation in
the (non-exclusive) areas of:
content-based querying and retrieval
database systems, indexing and query
fingerprinting and digital rights management
music transcription and annotation
music signal processing
sound source separation in music signals
score following, audio alignment and music synchronization
optical music recognition
melody and motives
rhythm, beat, tempo and form
harmony, chords and tonality
timbre, instrumentation and voice
performance analysis
modification and transformation of music data
computational musicology
music perception and cognition
emotion and aesthetics
applications of MIR to the performing arts and multimedia
automatic classification
genre, style and mood analysis
similarity metrics
music summarization
user interfaces and user models
music recommendation and playlist generation
text and web mining
knowledge representation, social tags and metadata
libraries, archives and digital collections
evaluation and annotation issues
methodological and philosophical issues
social, legal, ethical and business issues
applications to traditional/folk/ethnic music
To ensure a high quality of the contributions, all papers will go
through a double-blind selection process with at least three reviewers
per submission.
Paper submissions must be no more than 6 pages long when formatted with
the conference template, and in PDF. Accepted papers will be designated
by the Program Committee to be presented either as posters or as
lectures. All accepted papers have the same status, assignment as poster
or lecture is not indicative of the relevance or potential impact but on
the type of content and way to better reach the intended audience.
More details on http://ismir2012.ismir.net/authors/submission#paper
*-----MUSIC-----
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ISMIR 2012 welcomes submissions of musical works for selection and
possible inclusion in the conference's concert programme. We
particularly encourage works that explore the notion of music
information in the widest sense of the term. As the use of technology in
music creation develops across composition and performance practices,
structured data plays an increasingly important role in the processing
of musical materials, their analysis and their manifestation in a live
environment. From the use of timbral analysis in spectral music to the
design of live improvisation systems, the handling of information is
critical to the role technology plays in music.
The aim of ISMIR 2012 concert programme is two-fold: to encourage the
use of Music Information Retrieval (MIR) techniques in the creation of
new music and to explore music that can suggest novel ideas for research
in the MIR field.
The music programme in the conference will be centred around two curated
concerts. Professional musicians will be available to perform the pieces.
Submitted musical works will go through a selection process by the
conference music chairs and music curators.
More details on http://ismir2012.ismir.net/music/
*-----TUTORIALS-----
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The first day of ISMIR 2012 will consist of parallel sessions of
tutorials, each lasting three hours and concentrating on a single topic.
The tutorials are intended to provide a stimulating coverage of that
topic appealing to a general audience.
More details on http://ismir2012.ismir.net/authors/submission#tutorial
*-----LATE-BREAK/DEMOS-----
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As in previous years, ISMIR 2012 will also include a special track for
demos and late-breaking news, with a later deadline than the main
paper/poster track. Demos consist of live, hands-on presentations of
working software which incorporate MIR algorithms or are relevant to MIR
research. Late-breaking news are quite the opposite: unpolished,
not-quite-understood-yet puzzles and findings that may barely hold
together, but are guaranteed to foster debate and discussion. Both are
things better interacted with than lectured about.
While recent years have seen a majority of submissions in the demo
category, we will endeavor to reach a better balance of both types of
submissions this year. In particular, we envision to differentiate the
presentation format for demos and late-breaking news - the former, in
the walk-around exhibition style that has been successful at previous
ISMIRs; the latter, in a more participative, un-conference style.
Details will be posted at a later date.
Both types of submissions will consist of extended abstracts of 1-2
pages, which will be peer-reviewed in a double-blind manner by members
of the programme committee like the submissions for the main paper
track. In the case of demo submissions, abstracts should describe what
the typical user scenario will be as well as the technical requirements
for the presentation. In the case of late-breaking news, abstracts
should make the case of why the result is inspirational and topical for
the MIR community.
More details on http://ismir2012.ismir.net/authors/submission#latebreak
*-----COMMITTEE-----
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Conference Chairs: Fabien Gouyon (INESC Porto) and Carlos Guedes (INESC
Porto)
Scientific Chairs: Perfecto Herrera (UPF, Barcelona), Luis Gustavo
Martins (UCP, Porto), Meinard Mueller (MPI, Saarbrucken)
Music Chair: Carlos Guedes (INESC Porto) and Pedro Rebelo (SARC, Belfast)
Music Curators: Francois Pachet (Sony CSL, Paris), Daniel Teruggi
(INA-GRM, Paris)
Tutorial Chair: Emilia Gómez (UPF, Barcelona)
Late-break/Demo Chair: Jean-Julien Aucouturier (LEAD, Dijon)
MIRrors Chair: Perfecto Herrera (UPF, Barcelona)
Local Organisation: U-Mind Lda
*-----CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS-----
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Printed proceedings will be provided, at an extra (reasonable) cost, to
participants who specifically ask for them. (Note the deadline for
printed proceedings request.)
*-----IMPORTANT DATES-----
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Tutorials deadline: 12th March 2012
Notification of acceptance for Tutorials: 13th April 2012
Papers/Posters and Music deadline: 13th April 2012
Notification of acceptance for Papers/Posters and Music: 8th June 2012
Early registration starts: 8th June 2012
Deadline for camera-ready papers: 18th June 2012
Author registration deadline: 17th August 2012
Printed proceedings request deadline: 17th August 2012
Late-break/demos deadline: 24th August 2012
Notification of acceptance for Late-break/demos: 7th September 2012
Participant registration deadline: 14th September 2012
Conference Dates: 8th-12th October 2012
*-----VENUE-----
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Porto is Portugal's second city. The city is located in the estuary of
the Douro river in northern Portugal. The largest city in the region,
Porto is considered the economic and cultural heart of the entire
region. Porto's highlights include the historic centre, declared a World
Heritage Site by UNESCO, its dramatic modern architecture, and of course
great food and wine (including the famous Port wine).
The conference will take place in the São Bento da Vitória Monastery,
a classified National Monument since 1977. (See
http://www.tnsj.pt/home/msbv/ for more information).
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