Subject: [AUDITORY] Second CfP: Special Collection of Music & Science on "Explaining Music with AI" From: David Meredith <dave@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:28:00 +0100> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3730490881_2792127885 Content-type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Dear colleagues, =20 Please find below the second call for papers for a special collection of Music & Science on the topic of "Explaining Music with AI: Advancing the= scientific understanding of music through computation". =20 The deadline for submission of full manuscripts is ***Wednesday 31 August 2= 022***. =20 If you think you may be submitting a paper, we would very much appreciate r= eceiving an expression of interest from you that provides the following info= rmation: =20 * Draft title =20 * Names, full contact details and affiliations of authors =20 * 200 word overview of the expected content of the paper =20 * References to any recent related publications by the authors (including any recent conference papers on a related topic) =20 We would like to receive this EoI as soon as possible, so that we can have = an idea of how many submissions we are likely to receive. The EoI is not in = any way binding - it is just to help us with our planning of the collection. =20 If you have any questions regarding this special collection, please contact= the guest editors at dave@xxxxxxxx =20 The official call for the collection is here: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/mns/special-collections/explaining-music-= with-ai =20 We look forward to receiving your submission! =20 Kind regards, Dave, Anja and Tom =20 =20 ********************************************************************** Second Call for Papers: =20 Special Collection on Explaining music with AI: Advancing the scientific understanding of music through computation =20 Deadline for submission of full manuscripts: Wednesday 31 August 2022 =20 Guest edited by David Meredith, Anja Volk & Tom Collins ********************************************************************** =20 =20 In recent years, a huge number of publications, particularly in the areas of music information retrieval and music generation, have reported on projects in which deep learning neural network models have been used successfully to carry out a wide variety of generation, regression and classification tasks on musical data. This work has significantly contributed to the arsenal of computational tools that we have at our disposal, if we want to explore, organise, create or simply enjoy digital music resources. =20 However, the majority of such models are =E2=80=9Cblack box=E2=80=9D models that have thousands or even millions of free parameters, whose values are determined through training on, typically, large amounts of data. The computing pioneer, John von Neumann, allegedly joked, =E2=80=9CWith four free variables I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk=E2=80=9D (Freeman Dyson, 2004, =E2=80=9CA meeting with Enrico Fermi=E2=80=9D= , Nature, 427:297). Such considerations prompt us to question whether such black-box deep learning models make a significant contribution to our scientific understanding of music, musical processes and musical behaviour. =20 For this special collection, we seek high quality contributions that report on recent research in which any computational method has been used to advance our understanding of how and why music is created, communicated and received. We are particularly interested in shining a light on computational methods that have perhaps not received the attention they deserve because of the dominance of deep learning in recent years. At the same time, contributions in which deep learning and other neural network models have been shown to advance the scientific understanding of music are also very welcome. =20 Submissions may address any aspect of musical behaviour, including, but not limited to, composition, improvisation, performance, listening, musical gestures and dance. Contributions may also focus on any aspects of music, e.g., rhythm, harmony, melody, counterpoint, instrumentation or timbre. We likewise set no constraints on the considered music=E2=80=99s style, genre, period or place of origin. However, the reported work must have adopted a computational approach that has led to an advancement in our scientific understanding of music. =20 We are also keen to cover a variety of application areas where music is put to use, not only for pure entertainment or artistic purposes, but also, for example, in healthcare, in rituals and ceremonies, in meditation, in film soundtracks or video games, or even, for example, in politics or advertising. We welcome, in particular, contributions where a computational approach has been employed in conjunction with methodologies and knowledge from other fields, such as psychology, musicology, sociology, biology, physics, anthropology or ethnomusicology. =20 If you are interested in submitting a manuscript for this Special Collection, please send an expression of interest to the guest editors (at dave@xxxxxxxx), containing the following information: =20 * Draft title =20 * Names, full contact details and affiliations of authors =20 * 200 word overview of the expected content of the paper =20 * References to any recent related publications by the authors (including any recent conference papers on a related topic) =20 Please send this expression of interest as soon as possible, as it will help the editors to plan the special issue =20 The deadline for submission of full manuscripts is =20 *** Wednesday 31 August 2022 *** =20 Instructions for authors of this Special Collection are available at: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/music-science/journal202491#submission-gui= delines =20 We look forward to receiving your submission! =20 David Meredith Department of Architecture, Design, and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark =20 Anja Volk Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands =20 Tom Collins Department of Music, University of York, United Kingdom =20 =20 =20 --B_3730490881_2792127885 Content-type: text/html; 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* Draft title</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p cla= ss=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-cap= s: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adju= st: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-= family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:= p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-we= bkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'= ><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> * Names, f= ull contact details and affiliations of authors</span><span style=3D'color:bla= ck'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-colo= r: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;wid= ows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word= -spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><sp= an style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'ma= rgin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;t= ext-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-str= oke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:blac= k'> * 200 word overview of the expected content of the pap= er</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainTe= xt style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orp= hans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-web= kit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courie= r;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-varia= nt-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-siz= e-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D= 'font-family:Courier;color:black'> * References to any rec= ent related publications by the authors</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p= ></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0= , 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: aut= o;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing= :0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> (incl= uding any recent conference papers on a related topic)</span><span style=3D'co= lor:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;car= et-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:st= art;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0= px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </s= pan><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText st= yle=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans:= auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-t= ext-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;col= or:black'>We would like to receive this EoI as soon as possible, so that we = can have an idea of how many submissions we are likely to receive. The EoI i= s not in any way binding - it is just to help us with our planning of the co= llection.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMso= PlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: nor= mal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: au= to;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family= :Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></sp= an></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);fon= t-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-t= ext-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span= style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>If you have any questions regarding= this special collection, please contact the guest editors at<span class=3Dapp= le-converted-space> </span><a href=3D"mailto:dave@xxxxxxxx" title=3D"m= ailto:dave@xxxxxxxx"><span style=3D'color:#0563C1'>dave@xxxxxxxx</sp= an></a>.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoP= lainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: norm= al;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: aut= o;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:= Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></spa= n></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font= -variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-te= xt-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span = style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>The official call for the collection= is here:</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMso= PlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: nor= mal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: au= to;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family= :Courier;color:black'><a href=3D"https://journals.sagepub.com/page/mns/special= -collections/explaining-music-with-ai" title=3D"https://journals.sagepub.com/p= age/mns/special-collections/explaining-music-with-ai"><span style=3D'color:#05= 63C1'>https://journals.sagepub.com/page/mns/special-collections/explaining-m= usic-with-ai</span></a></span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></= p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-var= iant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-s= ize-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span styl= e=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><= o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rg= b(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: = auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spac= ing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>We look forward to re= ceiving your submission!</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span><= /p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-va= riant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-= size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span sty= le=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'>= <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: r= gb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows:= auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spa= cing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>Kind regards,</span>= <span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D= 'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: aut= o;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-= stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:b= lack'>Dave, Anja and Tom</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span><= /p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-va= riant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-= size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span sty= le=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'>= <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: r= gb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows:= auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spa= cing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span s= tyle=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin= :0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-= align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-= width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>*= *********************************************************************</span>= <span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D= 'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: aut= o;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-= stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:b= lack'> &nb= sp; Second Call for Papers:</span><span style=3D'color= :black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-= color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start= ;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;= word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span= ><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style= =3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: au= to;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text= -stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:= black'> Special Collection on Explainin= g music with AI:</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p cl= ass=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-ca= ps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adj= ust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font= -family:Courier;color:black'>Advancing the scientific understanding of music= through computation</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><= p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-varian= t-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size= -adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'= font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p= ></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0= , 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: aut= o;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing= :0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>Deadline for submission = of full manuscripts: Wednesday 31 August 2022</span><span style=3D'color:black= '><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color:= rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widow= s: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-s= pacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span= style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'marg= in:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;tex= t-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-strok= e-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'= > Guest edited by David Meredith, Anja V= olk & Tom Collins</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-varia= nt-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-siz= e-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D= 'font-family:Courier;color:black'>******************************************= ****************************</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></sp= an></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);fon= t-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-t= ext-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span= style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:bla= ck'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-colo= r: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;wid= ows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word= -spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><sp= an style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'ma= rgin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;t= ext-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-str= oke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:blac= k'>In recent years, a huge number of publications, particularly&= nbsp; in the</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D= MsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: = normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust:= auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-fam= ily:Courier;color:black'>areas of music information = retrieval and music generation, have</span><span style=3D'co= lor:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;car= et-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:st= art;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0= px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>reported = on projects in which deep learning neural network models have</span><span st= yle=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:= 0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-a= lign:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-w= idth: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>be= en used successfully to carry out a wide variety&nbs= p; of generation,</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p c= lass=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-c= aps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-ad= just: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'fon= t-family:Courier;color:black'>regression and classification tasks = ; on musical data. This work has</span><span style=3D'color:black'= ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows= : auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-sp= acing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>significantly contr= ibuted to the arsenal of computational tools that</span><span st= yle=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:= 0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-a= lign:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-w= idth: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>we= have at our disposal, if we want to explore, organise, cr= eate or</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPl= ainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: norma= l;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto= ;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:C= ourier;color:black'>simply enjoy digital music resources.</span><span style=3D= 'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;= caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align= :start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width= : 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> = </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText= style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orpha= ns: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webki= t-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;= color:black'>However, the majority of such models are =E2=80=9Cblack box=E2=80=9D = models that have</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p cl= ass=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-ca= ps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adj= ust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font= -family:Courier;color:black'>thousands or even millions of= free parameters, whose values are</span><span style= =3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm= ;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-alig= n:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-widt= h: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>deter= mined through training on, typically, large amounts of data. The</span= ><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style= =3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: au= to;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text= -stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:= black'>computing pioneer, John von Neumann, allegedly joked, =E2=80=9CWith f= our free</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoP= lainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: norm= al;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: aut= o;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:= Courier;color:black'>variables I can fit an elephant and with fi= ve I can make him wiggle</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></= span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);f= ont-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit= -text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><sp= an style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>his trunk=E2=80=9D (Freeman= Dyson, 2004, =E2=80=9CA meeting with Enrico Fermi=E2=80= =9D,</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainTe= xt style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orp= hans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-web= kit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courie= r;color:black'>Nature, 427:297). Such considerations prompt us t= o question whether</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span><= /p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-va= riant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-= size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span sty= le=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>such black-box deep learning models mak= e a significant contribution to</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p><= /span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);= font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webki= t-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><s= pan style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>our scientific understandi= ng of music, musical processes and musical</span><span style=3D'color:bl= ack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;wi= dows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;wor= d-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>behaviour.</spa= n><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText styl= e=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: a= uto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-tex= t-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color= :black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p clas= s=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps= : normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjus= t: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-f= amily:Courier;color:black'>For this special collection, we seek high&n= bsp; quality contributions that</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p><= /span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);= font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webki= t-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><s= pan style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>report on recent research = in which any computational method has been</span><span style=3D'color:bl= ack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;wi= dows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;wor= d-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>used to a= dvance our understanding of how and why music is created,<= /span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText = style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphan= s: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit= -text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;c= olor:black'>communicated and received. We are particularly interested in shi= ning a</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPla= inText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal= ;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;= -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Co= urier;color:black'>light on computational methods that hav= e perhaps not received the</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p>= </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0,= 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto= ;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:= 0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>attention they dese= rve because of the dominance of deep learning in</span><span sty= le=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0= cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-al= ign:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-wi= dth: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>rec= ent years. At the same time, contributions in which deep learnin= g</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainTex= t style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orph= ans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webk= it-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier= ;color:black'>and other neural network models have&n= bsp; been shown to advance the</span><span style=3D'color:bl= ack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;wi= dows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;wor= d-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>scientific unde= rstanding of music are also very welcome.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o= :p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb= (0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: a= uto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spaci= ng:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'> </span><span sty= le=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0= cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-al= ign:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-wi= dth: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>Sub= missions may address any aspect of musical behaviour, incl= uding,</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPla= inText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal= ;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;= -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Co= urier;color:black'>but not limited to, &n= bsp; composition, improvisation, performance,</span><span = style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margi= n:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text= -align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke= -width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>= listening, musical gestures and dance. Contributions may also focus on</span= ><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style= =3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: au= to;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text= -stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:= black'>any aspects of music, e.g., rhythm, harmony, = melody, counterpoint,</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-varia= nt-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-siz= e-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D= 'font-family:Courier;color:black'>instrumentation or timbre. We&= nbsp; likewise set no constraints on the</span><span style= =3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm= ;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-alig= n:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-widt= h: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>consi= dered music=E2=80=99s style, genre, period or place of origin. However= ,</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainTex= t style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orph= ans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webk= it-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier= ;color:black'>the reported work must have adopted a computational appr= oach that has</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class= =3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps:= normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust= : auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-fa= mily:Courier;color:black'>led to an advancement in our scientific understand= ing of music.</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class= =3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps:= normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust= : auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-fa= mily:Courier;color:black'> </span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p>= </span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)= ;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webk= it-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><= span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>We are also keen to cover= a variety of application areas where music</span><span style=3D'color:b= lack'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-co= lor: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;w= idows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;wo= rd-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>is put to = ; use, not only for pure entertainment or artistic purposes,</span><sp= an style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'ma= rgin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;t= ext-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-str= oke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-family:Courier;color:blac= k'>but also, for example, in healthcare, in rituals and ce= remonies, in</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D= MsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: = normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust:= auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style=3D'font-fam= ily:Courier;color:black'>meditation, in film soundtracks or video game= s, or even, for example,</span><span style=3D'color:black'><o:p></o:p></span><= /p><p class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'margin:0cm;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-va= riant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-= size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span sty= le=3D'font-family:Courier;color:black'>in politics or advertising. 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