Subject: Reminder: Call for Posters/Participation: DMRN+1 One-day Workshop, 20 Dec 2006 From: Mark Plumbley <mark.plumbley@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:24:46 -0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear List, A last-minute reminder that the deadline for poster proposals for DMRN+1 is Monday 27 November 2006 (next Monday)! (And apologies for multiple receipts...). Best wishes, Mark. ----------------------------------------------------- *** REMINDER: CALL FOR POSTERS / PARTICIPATION *** DMRN+1: Digital Music Research Network One-day Workshop 2006 Queen Mary University of London 20 December 2006 * News: - Call for Posters (see below) - deadline: Mon 27 Nov 2006 - Registration now open (see below) - deadline: Mon 11 Dec 2006 Digital music is an important and fast-moving research area. Sophisticated digital tools for the creation, generation and dissemination of music have established clear synergies between music and leisure industries, the use of technology within art, the creative industries and the creative economy. Digital music research is emerging as a "transdiscipline" across the usual academic boundaries of computer science, electronic engineering and music. The Digital Music Researh Network (DMRN) aims to promote research in the area of Digital Music, by bringing together researchers from UK universities and industry in electronic engineering, computer science, and music. Initially funded by EPSRC (2002-2005), activities of DMRN includes an annual Doctoral Research Conference series and a series of 1-day Workshops. DMRN will be holding its next 1-day workshop on ** Wednesday 20 December 2006 **. The workshop will include invited and contributed talks, and posters will be on display during the day, including during the lunch and coffee breaks. * Speakers The keynote speaker will be: - Stephen Downie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Other speakers include: - Nick Collins, University of Sussex - John Fitch, University of Bath - Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Canada - Graham Hair, University of Glasgow - Mark Sandler, Queen Mary University of London - Jennifer MacRitchie, University of Glasgow - Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut, Queen Mary University of London The workshop will also be an ideal opportunity for networking with other people working in the area. There will be an opportunity to continue discussions after the Workshop in a nearby Pub/Restaurant. For photographs of last year's event, see http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/dmrn/albums/051221/ * Call for Posters You are invited to submit a proposal for a poster to be presented at this event. POSTERS can be on any research topic of interest to the members of the network. Posters (A0 portrait) will be on display through the day, including lunch break and coffee breaks. The poster abstracts will be collated into a digest and distributed on the day, and authors will be encouraged to submit an electronic versions of posters (e.g. in PDF format) to allow the posters to be viewed after the event. Please submit your poster proposal in the form of an abstract (maximum 1 page of A4) in an email to Mark Plumbley at mark.plumbley@xxxxxxxx giving the Authors, Title and Abstract of your poster. Poster abstract submission deadline: Monday 27 November 2006. * Important Dates - Mon 27 Nov 2006: Abstract submission deadline for posters - Fri 1 Dec 2006: Notification of acceptance - Mon 11 Dec 2006: Registration Deadline - Wed 20 Dec 2006: ** Workshop ** * Registration A small registration fee will be charged, to cover room hire & refreshments. Regular registration: £25.53 + £4.47 VAT = £30.00 Student registration: £17.02 + £2.98 VAT = £20.00* *-Letter from institution confirming student status required For registration forms see: * http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/dmrn/events/dec06/#registration Places are strictly limited, and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration deadline: Monday 11 December 2006. * Website http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/dmrn/events/dec06/ I look forward to seeing you in London in December! Best wishes, Mark Plumbley PS This DMRN Workshop (20 December 2005) at Queen Mary University of London is preceded by the Live Algorithms for Music http://www.livealgorithms.org/ Conference (18-19 Dec 2006) at Goldsmiths College, London. Delegates wishing to attend both events might like to see the http://ismir2005.ismir.net/maps.html for relative locations of the two venues and suggestions for possible hotels. --- Dr Mark D Plumbley Digital Music Research Network www.dmrn.org Department of Electronic Engineering Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 7518 Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 7997 Email: mark.plumbley@xxxxxxxx http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/people/markp/