Subject: Worskshop on Music Information Processing Systems From: Dan Ellis <dpwe(at)EE.COLUMBIA.EDU> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:04:22 -0400Dear List - Enclosed is an announcement for a workshop I am co-organizing at NIPS this December to look at problems in analyzing and modeling the information in music. I hope we can get a good selection of provocative contributions and discussions. DAn. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------- MIPS -- Music Information Processing Systems Workshop at NIPS*04 December 16--17, 2004, Whistler, Canada ---------------------------------------------- URL: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~eckdoug/mips Music raises fundamental issues in machine learning. Musical signals are dynamic, highly structured and exhibit long term temporal dependencies. Methods for discovering and representing these dependencies will enable the development of algorithms for music analysis and generation. Of particular interest are algorithms that use learned musical structure to compose music and to interact with musicians. Additionally, creating and navigating large databases of music are difficult information retrieval and classification challenge. Call for Participation ---------------------- We are soliciting participants for the "MIPS -- Music Information Processing Systems" workshop. MIPS will concentrate on several key issues which are currently prominent in the intersection of machine learning, music information retrieval and computer music research. The goal is to create an informal platform for scientific discussion of recent issues in computational methods for music information processing. We are especially interested in participants that can contribute in the following areas: * Discovery of musical structure * Generative models of music (at signal and/or symbolic level) * Interactive systems * Music similarity, classification and retrieval Please send an extended abstract not longer than two pages to Jean-Francois Paiement at paiement(at)idiap.ch. PS, PDF and ASCII text are all acceptable formats. Include the keyword MIPS-SUBMISSION in the title. The deadline for abstract submission is October 15. Based on these abstracts, we will select a small number of speakers and a number of panel members for discussions. In the tradition of NIPS workshops, the focus is on the discussion of new ideas rather than on creating a conference-like atmosphere. We strongly encourage audience participation throughout the talks and will leave ample time for discussion afterward. In choosing talks we will opt for those that offer novel algorithms, challenging ideas and interesting musical examples. Submissions will be considered that treat a wide range of music-related machine learning challenges. The workshop favors neither a particular modeling framework nor a particular way of encoding music (from digital audio to symbol strings). The Workshop ------------- MIPS is a one-day workshop with a morning and afternoon session. The tentative schedule is: * brief introduction by workshop organizers * five short morning talks * morning panel discussion * five short afternoon talks * afternoon panel discussion * brief wrap-up by workshop organizers In addition to a lunch break, long coffee breaks will be offered both in the morning and afternoon. Additionally, there will be a possibility to present posters and demonstrations during these breaks. NIPS (http://nips.cc) is the leading conference on machine learning, applied statistics, cognitive modeling and neurocomputation. Following the main conference in Vancouver, the workshops are held at Whistler Ski Resort and combine wonderful science and skiing in an informal environment. Workshop Organizers ------------------- Douglas Eck University of Montreal, Department of Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada douglas.eck(at)umontreal.ca Daniel P. W. Ellis Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University New York, NY dpwe(at)ee.columbia.edu Ali Taylan Cemgil IAS Informatica Instituut, University of Amsterdam The Netherlands cemgil(at)science.uva.nl Jean-Francois Paiement IDIAP Research Institute Martigny, Switzerland paiement(at)idiap.ch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -