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Call for contributions CMMR 2012 London (19-22 June) - "Music and Emotions"
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9th International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval
(CMMR) "Music and Emotions"
19-22 June 2012
Queen Mary University of London
Conference website: http://www.cmmr2012.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/
Dear all,
We are pleased to announce that the 9th International Symposium on
Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval (CMMR) "Music and Emotions" will
take place at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) on 19-22 June
2012. CMMR 2012 is jointly organised by the Centre for Digital Music
(QMUL) and the CNRS - Laboratoire de Mecanique et d'Acoustique (France).
CMMR is an interdisciplinary conference involving fields such as
computer science, engineering, information retrieval, human computer
interaction, digital libraries, hypermedia, artificial intelligence,
acoustics, audio and music signal processing, musicology, music
perception and cognition, neuroscience, as well as music composition
and performance.
The CMMR 2012 website is now online at: http://www.cmmr2012.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/
CMMR 2012 welcomes researchers, educators, librarians, (film) music
composers, performers, music software developers, members of industry,
and others with an interest in computer music modeling, retrieval,
analysis, and synthesis.
There are several opportunities to contribute to the CMMR 2012 program:
- by submitting papers which will be presented at the conference (oral
or poster sessions),
- by proposing demonstrations of research results,
- by proposing panel sessions,
- by submitting music.
The authors of selected papers from CMMR 2012 will be invited to
submit an extended version for the post-symposium proceedings which
are planned to be published in the Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in
Computer Sciences (LNCS).
+ Theme: Music and Emotions
This year, we encourage the submission of contributions on the theme
of "Music and Emotions". Music can undoubtedly trigger various types
of emotions within listeners. The power of music to affect our mood
may explain why music is such a popular and universal art form. This
is probably due to the fact that, as human listeners, we are
hard-wired to enjoy music. Research in cognitive science has shown
that some music pieces can enhance our intellectual faculties in given
conditions because they change our mood and induce positive affects.
Music psychology studies have shown our ability to discriminate
various types of expressive intentions and emotions in the
composer/performer musical message. But the understanding of the
genesis of musical emotions, the mapping of musical variables to
emotional responses, and the automatic retrieval of high-level
descriptors characterising emotions, remain complex research problems.
Research questions such as these can be addressed by a multitude of
research disciplines, including music information retrieval,
musicology, music psychology and cognition, as well as fields like
soundtrack composition. Contributions on others topics as described
below are also welcome.
+ Topics:
Original contributions are encouraged in, but not limited to, the
following topics:
* Music and emotions (e.g. analysis, retrieval, synthesis,
composition, performance, music for images)
* Computational musicology
* Auditory perception and cognition
* Virtual reality, augmented reality and human-computer
interaction related to music
* Digital music libraries
* User studies (e.g. ethnography, usability of music software)
* New methods for music representation and visualization
* Retrieval and music recommendation tools
* Intelligent music tutoring systems
* Music games and interactive learning
* Music production and composition tools
* Augmented musical instruments
* Fashion and music technology
* Structuring of audio data
* Cooperative music networks
* Analysis, recognition, comparison, classification, and modeling
of sound and music
* Music and sound data mining
* Sound synthesis
* Optical music recognition
* Semantic web music technologies
* Sound source separation
* Music structure analysis
* Music transcription
* Artificial intelligence and cognitive science for sound and music
+ Contributions:
Short papers (8 pages in the Springer Verlag LNCS single column
format) should present and discuss a work-in-progress.
Long papers (9-16 pages in the Springer Verlag LNCS single column
format) should present a substantial contribution to the field.
Authors will have the possibility to give their preferences for oral
or poster presentations upon paper submission. The final format of the
presentation (oral/poster) will be communicated to authors after the
review process.
Demonstration proposals (4 pages in the Springer Verlag LNCS single
column format) should include the demonstration title, list of
authors, and a text regarding the demonstration focusing on innovation
and research.
Panel proposals (4 pages in the Springer Verlag LNCS single column
format) should focus either on the theme of the conference (Music and
Emotions), emerging musical technologies, or unsolved problems in
music informatics. They should stimulate lively and thoughtful
discussions amongst the panelists and the delegates.
Details on music submissions will soon be available.
+ Important dates:
Submission deadline for papers (short, long), demo proposals, panel
proposals, and music:
18th January 2012
Notification of acceptance:
20th March 2012
Paper camera-ready copy deadline:
19th April 2012
Conference dates:
19-22 June 2012
More information on the submission process will soon be available on
the CMMR 2012 website: http://www.cmmr2012.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/
Please forward this call to interested parties.
We are looking forward to your contributions!
+ Symposium General Chairs:
Mathieu Barthet, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Simon Dixon, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
+ Paper and Program Chairs:
Richard Kronland-Martinet, CNRS-LMA (Marseille, France)
Mitsuko Aramaki, CNRS-LMA (Marseille, France)
Solvi Ystad, CNRS-LMA (Marseille, France)
Panos Kudumakis, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
+ Demonstrations & Panel Chairs:
Daniele Barchiesi, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Steven Hargreaves, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
+ Music Chairs:
Andrew McPherson, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Elaine Chew, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
+ Organizing Committee:
Daniele Barchiesi, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Emmanouil Benetos, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Luis Figueira, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Steven Hargreaves, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Sefki Kolozali, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
Asma Rafiq, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
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