Call for papers: ISMIR 2002 - 3rd Int'l Conf. on Music Information Retrieval

[Michel Fingerhut]

[This CFP is crossposted to several mailing lists. Apologies for duplicate reception]

        ISMIR 2002 - 3rd International Conference
              on Music Information Retrieval
                http://ismir2002.ircam.fr/
                    October 13-17, 2002
         Ircam - Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

   Call for Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Panels and Exhibits

The annual ISMIR Conference is the first established international forum for those involved in the tremendous growth of
music-related contents available digitally, locally or remotely, through networks.

This area presents vast challenges for those who need to organize and structure, provide tools to search and retrieve, and use them
efficiently: music representation, when it exists, is multi-dimensional and time-dependent; audio instantiations are voluminous
objects requiring particular care for storage and transmission while preserving quality; descriptive information about what is
musically significant addresses a large spectrum of internal and external characteristics, from acoustic to musicological ones;
intellectual property rights about what can be made available and how are complex, involve a variety of individuals and
organizations, and vary from country to country.

All of these concerns are of interest to education, academia, entertainment and industry. This conference thus aims at providing a
place for the exchange of news, issues and results, by bringing together researchers and developers, educators and librarians,
students and professional users, working in fields that may contribute significantly to this multidisciplinary domain, by presenting
original theoretical or practical work in peer-reviewed contributions (papers, posters), serve as a discussion forum (panels),
provide in-depth information in specific domains (tutorials), and show current products (exhibit).

Detailed information about the conference and its organization is available on its Web site (http://ismir2002.ircam.fr/).

Domains and Topics of Interest
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ISMIR 2002 solicits original contributions in the following domains (this is a non-exclusive list), as they apply to music
information retrieval:

* Algorithms and methods for classification, clustering, probabilistic modelling, association analysis
* Artificial intelligence
* Data mining
* Expert systems
* Formal models of music
* Knowledge representation, discovery and acquisition
* Machine learning
* Pattern recognition
* Perception and cognition
* Soft computing (neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation)

Typical topics of interest, inasmuch as they relate to music information retrieval, are:

* Formal models of music and their digital representations
* Music digital libraries (design, use)
* Music indexing and metadata (authoring and generation)
* Music recognition (printed, audio)
* Music representation, coding, language modelling
* Musical styles and genres
* Music similarity metrics (perceptual criteria such as pitch, rhythm, timbre; musical criteria such as form, genre, etc.)
* Query languages for music IR (expressiveness, complexity)
* Routing and filtering for music and music queries
* Standards (metadata schema, XML, MPEG, Dublin Core, *MARC, Z39.50...) and other metadata or protocols for music information
retrieval (CDDB, ...)
* User interfaces
* Socio-cultural aspects
* Systems issues (performance, compression, scalability, databases, architecture, distributed search, multi-agent systems, mobile
applications)
* Validation (user needs and expectations, evaluation of music IR systems, building test collections, experimental design and
metrics)
* Intellectual property rights issues (nationally and internationally)
* Business models and experience

General information on the conference is available on its Web site (http://ismir2002.ircam.fr/) and will be regularly posted in the
music-ir mailing list (information on subscription available on the conference site).

General information for submissions
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* Submissions should be formatted according to the provided template (http://ismir2002.ircam.fr/TemplateA4.doc).
* Submissions should be sent electronically in Word or PDF to the appropriate email address before the specified deadline (see
below).
* All submissions will be peer-reviewed.

Papers
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Authors are invited to submit papers, which they will present in 30-minute sessions (20 minutes for presentation, 10 for Q&A).

* Papers should not exceed 3000 - 5000 words (approximately 10 pages).
* Papers should include 150-200 words abstract.
* Submission must consist of original contributions (not previously published, and not currently being considered for publication
elsewhere).
* Papers will be peer-reviewed.
* Submissions must be received by April 19, 2002.
* To submit, send your paper via email (ismir-papers at ircam.fr).

In the event there are more excellent papers than can fit into the conference program, we may request some paper submissions become
poster sessions

Poster Sessions
===============

Poster sessions will consist of printed posters - exact sizes to be announced - available throughout the conference in a nearby
space.

* Submission should consist of an extended abstract 750 -1,000 words (2 pages maximum, including references, to be included in
conference proceedings)
* Internet connection will be provided for each poster session
* You are encouraged to bring a laptop computer
* Submissions must be received by April 19, 2002
* To submit, send your poster proposal via email (ismir-posters at ircam.fr).

Tutorials
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The first afternoon of the conference (10/13/2002) will consist of tutorials covering a single topic in detail, lasting 3 hours
(plus a break).

* Submissions should consist of a 3-5 page abstract including:
  1. Biography of the presenter(s)
  2. The objectives
  3. An outline
  4. Course material
* Submissions should specify the intended audience and its expected level.
* Submissions must be received by February 18, 2002.
* To submit, send your tutorial proposal via email (ismir-tutorials at ircam.fr).

Panels
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The last morning of the conference (10/17/2002) will consist of panels meant to foster discussion on a specific topic of interest to
the community, as well as real-world implementations and experience reports.

* Submissions should consist of a 1-2 page abstract including:
  1. Biography of the moderator.
  2. The topic and issues to be discussed.
  3. The intended and expected audience.
* Submissions must be received by February 18, 2002.
* To submit, send your panel proposal via email (ismir-panels at ircam.fr).

Exhibits
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Throughout ISMIR 2002, space will be available for publishers, booksellers, software and systems sellers and other companies
interested in exhibiting their products.

* Deadline for full applications is September 30, 2002.
* Interested exhibitors should request information and/or apply via email (ismir-exhibits at ircam.fr) .