Re: [AUDITORY] CfP - Inaugural Issue of the Journal of Creative Music Systems

Dear Kent,

I understand your concerns about creative music systems, but saying that "most certainly there are NO computer systems capable of generating music" is simply not true. If you are interested in the topic, the survey by Fernandez and Vico (2013) offers a quick review of hundreds of systems capable of generating music. As you might discover while reading the paper, algorithmic composition has a quite long history. The first creative music systems appeared in the late fifties. Today, automatic generation of music is a topic of interest in the most prestigious conferences on Artificial Intelligence (e.g., AAAI, ECAI).

Algorithmic composition is but a subfield of Computational Creativity (CC) – the art and science of developing systems that are able to generate human-like creative artefacts such as painting, music and poetry. CC is a growing field with a large research community. Have a look at the Prosecco website if you want to know more (http://prosecco-network.eu/).

I might be wrong, but the scepticism around computer creative systems resembles the scepticism around chess programmes 30 years ago. But then Deep Blue came…

Fernández, J. D., & Vico, F. (2013). AI methods in algorithmic composition: A comprehensive survey. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 513-582. https://goo.gl/xepRmf

b/w

Valerio

From: Kent Walker [kent.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 January 2016 12:42
To: Valerio Velardo U1370329
Cc: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: CfP - Inaugural Issue of the Journal of Creative Music Systems

For the life of me I don't understand how there can be a "scientific" journal dedicated to furthering Kurzweil's pseudo-religious beliefs in technology.

"Creative music systems" is truly religious propaganda.

Most certainly there are NO computer systems capable of generating music.

A "scientific" list that remains quiet on such issues is frankly unscientific.

On Jan 11, 2016 05:32, Valerio Velardo U1370329 <Valerio.Velardo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear all,

this is a reminder of the CfP for the inaugural issue of the Journal of Creative Music Systems.

Deadline for submission of papers: 31st January 2016

Call for Papers - Inaugural Issue

Journal of Creative Music Systems (http://jcms.org.uk/)

The Journal of Creative Music Systems (JCMS) is a new open-access journal publishing peer-reviewed articles on computational creative systems in the domain of music. JCMS is intended to serve as a forum for scholarly dialogue regarding the most important emerging issues in the field.

JCMS is intended to focus on computer systems which generate, perform or analyse music, and which either demonstrate a distinct degree of creativity or which shed light on the nature of creativity. Both empirical articles, which focus on the design and implementation of new techniques; as well as theoretical papers, which investigate the scientific and philosophical foundations of music-creative systems, are encouraged. In recognition of the inherent interdisciplinarity of the field, JCMS encourages submission of articles at the intersection of different disciplines, such as music (theory, analysis, history), artificial intelligence, music information retrieval (MIR), cognitive science, evolutionary theory, mathematics and philosophy.

Topics

For the journal’s inaugural issue, topics of submissions may include, but are not limited to:

Computer Systems

systems capable of generating music;
systems capable of performing music;
systems capable of (online) improvisation;
systems capable of analysing music;
robotic systems;
systems implementing societies of virtual musicians;
systems that enhance the musical creativity of human users;
music recommendation systems;
systems implementing computational aesthetics, emotional response, novelty/originality;
Theory

surveys of state-of-the-art techniques in the area;
validation methodologies;
philosophical/mathematical foundations of creative music systems;
evolutionary models for music creative systems;
cognitive models for music creative systems;
studies on the applicability of music-creative techniques to other research areas;
new models for improving music creative systems.
Types of Submissions

JCMS accepts articles, research reports, reviews and tutorials. Articles should make a major theoretical or empirical contribution to knowledge. Research reports should describe research which is in a preliminary phase. Reviews provide critical commentary on scholarly books, articles and events such as conferences relevant to the field. Tutorials are intended to illustrate new technologies relevant to CSMC.

Deadlines for Inaugural Issue

Submission of papers: 31st January 2016
Reports from referees sent to authors: 31st March 2016
Submission of revised papers: 15th April 2016
Expected publication date: May 2016
Submission Instructions

Please visit the JCMS website (http://jcms.org.uk/) for a description of the journal, instructions to authors and submission guidelines.

Further Information

For any enquiries, please contact Valerio Velardo, Associate Editor, at associate-editor@xxxxxxxxxxx.

Best wishes,

Valerio Velardo

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