ISMIR 2007: 2nd Call For Submissions

[Dan Ellis <dpwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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CFP - ISMIR 2007 - 8th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval

                   ISMIR 2007 - 2nd Call for Submissions
          Submission Deadline: Wednesday 11 April 2007 (23:59 GMT)



Description and Introduction

The 8th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval, ISMIR
2007, will be held at the Vienna University of Technology in Vienna,
Austria, from Sunday, September 23rd to Thursday, September 27th, 2007.

The annual ISMIR Conference is the established international forum for
those working on accessing digital musical material. It reflects the
tremendous recent growth of available music-related data and the
consequent need to search within it to retrieve music and musical
information efficiently and effectively. These concerns are of
interest to academia, industry, entertainment, and education. ISMIR
therefore aims to provide a place for the exchange and discussion of
news, issues, and results, by bringing together researchers and
developers, educators and librarians, students and professional users,
working in fields that contribute to this multidisciplinary domain.
Alongside presentations of original theoretical and practical
work, ISMIR provides introductory and in-depth tutorials in
specific domains and showcases current products and systems.


Topics

ISMIR 2007 solicits contributions to the field of music information
retrieval (MIR), including, but not limited to, the following topics
as they relate to MIR:

   content-based querying and retrieval
   automatic classification
   music recommendation and playlist generation
   fingerprinting and digital rights management
   score following and audio alignment
   transcription and annotation
   music summarization
   optical music recognition
   libraries, archives and digital collections
   database systems, indexing and query languages
   text and web mining
   compression and streaming
   modification and transformation of music data
   evaluation of MIR systems
   knowledge representation and metadata
   melody and motives
   harmony, chords and tonality
   rhythm, beat, tempo and form
   timbre, instrumentation and voice
   genre, style and mood
   similarity metrics
   user interfaces and user models
   emotion and aesthetics
   perception and cognition
   social, legal, ethical and business issues
   methodological issues and philosophical foundations


Contribution requirements and guidelines

All contributions must be original, and must not have been previously
published, nor be under review for presentation elsewhere. Authors are
required explicitly to demonstrate the relevance of their methods to
MIR, and are strongly encouraged to include aural music examples in
their presentations (preferably using copyright-free or copyright-cleared
examples), and to address evaluation of their work (using benchmark data
where possible).

We invite submissions in the categories of long paper, short paper,
poster/demo, tutorial, panel and exhibit.  All paper and poster/demo
submissions to ISMIR 2007 will be handled in electronic format via the
submission web page:
   http://ismir2007.ismir.net/submissions.html
Templates for LaTeX and MS Word are also available from this page.

Submissions, which will be peer-reviewed, may be in the following
categories:

   Long and Short Papers

    - Papers (long and short) should describe original research.
    - All submissions must be formatted according to the guidelines and
      templates available on the submission web page.
    - The page limit for long papers is 6 pages and for short papers 4 pages.
      Authors should use as much space as necessary, but no more.
      Based on the referees' reviews, the committee may ask the author to
      revise the paper to a different format for publication.
    - Papers should include a 150-200 word abstract.
    - Submission must consist of original contributions (not
      previously published and not currently being considered for
      publication elsewhere).
    - Accepted papers will be allocated a 20-minute (for long papers)
      or 15-minute (for short papers) presentation time at the ISMIR
      2007 conference.
    - Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide
      camera-ready copies of their papers.
      For each accepted paper, at least one author must register
      for the ISMIR 2007 conference prior to submission of the
      camera-ready version.
    - Any enquiries should be directed to: ismir2007-papers@xxxxxxxxx

   Poster/Demo

    - Poster/Demo submissions provide an excellent opportunity for
      presenting preliminary results and ideas, as well as
      applications that are deemed especially interesting to the ISMIR
      community. Poster/Demo presentations do not necessarily contain strong
      research results or systematic evaluation.
    - Poster/demo submissions consist of a paper, which must be formatted
      according to the guidelines and templates available
      on the submission web page.
    - The page limit for poster/demo submissions is 2 pages.
    - Accepted posters/demos will be presented at a plenary poster/demo
      session during the ISMIR 2007 conference; the dimensions of the poster
      should not exceed ISO A0 (portrait) size - maximum height of 1189mm
      (46.81 inches) and maximum width of 841mm (33.11 inches).
    - Authors are encouraged to bring laptop computers or other
      appropriate equipment, to supplement their presentations.
      No extra equipment will be provided.
    - Accepted posters/demos will also be allocated up to 2 pages
      for the written paper in the ISMIR 2007 proceedings.
    - Authors of accepted poster/demo submissions will
      be asked to provide camera-ready copies of their papers.
    - For each accepted poster/demo, at least one author has to
      register for the ISMIR 2007 conference prior to submission of the
      camera-ready version.
    - Any enquiries should be directed to: ismir2007-papers@xxxxxxxxx

   Tutorials

   The first day of the conference (September 23rd, 2007) will consist
   of a parallel session of tutorials each concentrating on a single topic
   presented either at an introductory level or in depth, lasting about 3
   hours (including a break). Submissions should consist of a 1-2 page
   abstract including:

    - An outline of the tutorial content
    - The intended and expected audience
    - Short biography of the presenter(s)
    - Any special requirements

   The document should be sent as a pdf attachment via email to:
       ismir2007-tutorials@xxxxxxxxx

   Panels

   A roster of special panels is planned. Panels should be lively,
   controversial, and provoke discussion on a specific topic of interest
   to the community. Panel sessions should not consist of paper
   presentations, but should have plenty of discussion engaging
   the audience. Submissions should consist of a 1-2 page abstract including:

    - The topic and issues to be discussed, if possible formulated
      as a provocative question
    - A short listing of pro and con arguments
    - Short biographies of the moderator and panelists
    - Any special requirements

   The document should be sent as a pdf attachment via email to:
       ismir2007-panels@xxxxxxxxx

   Exhibits and Bookstore

   Throughout ISMIR 2007, space will be available for publishers,
   software houses, booksellers, software merchants, service providers,
   systems vendors, and any other companies interested in exhibiting their
   products. They are invited to contact the program committee via email to:
       ismir2007-exhibits@xxxxxxxxx
   regarding the ISMIR bookstore and/or exhibition space.


Important Dates

Submission of papers, posters, tutorials, panels:          11 Apr 2007
Notification of acceptance:                                08 Jun 2007
Camera-ready submissions:                                  29 Jun 2007
Requests for exhibitor space:                              03 Aug 2007
ISMIR 2007:                                             23-27 Sep 2007


We look forward to seeing you in Vienna!


General Chairs:
   Gerhard Widmer, Johannes Kepler University / Austrian Research Inst. for AI
   Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology
   Stephen Downie, University of Illinois

Programme Chairs:
   Simon Dixon, Queen Mary, University of London
   David Bainbridge, University of Waikato

Programme Committee:
   Michael Casey, Goldsmiths College, University of London
   Elaine Chew, University of Southern California
   Roger Dannenberg, Carnegie Mellon University
   Stephen Downie, University of Illinois
   Dan Ellis, Columbia University
   Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University
   Masataka Goto, National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
   Ozgur Izmirli, Conneticut College
   Anssi Klapuri, Tampere University of Technology
   Paul Lamere, Sun Microsystems
   Kjell Lemstrom, University of Helsinki
   Connie Mayer, University of Maryland
   Mark Sandler, Queen Mary, University of London
   Xavier Serra, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
   George Tzanetakis, Victoria University