CFP - ISMIR 2003; Deadline for Tutorial proposals

["Susan Emilie Manus" <sman@xxxxxxx>]

A reminder that the deadline for submitting tutorial  proposals is March
7th (see below under "Tutorials").   Also, an honorarium will be
provided to successful  candidates.

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ISMIR 2003 - 4th International Conference on Music  Information
Retrieval
http://ismir2003.ismir.net/
October 26-30, 2003
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA
and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Call for Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Panels and  Exhibits
====================================================== ==

The annual ISMIR Conference is the first established  international
forum for those involved in work on accessing digital  musical
materials. It reflects the tremendous growth of  music-related data
available either locally or remotely through networks  and the
consequent need to search this content and retrieve  music and musical
information efficiently and effectively.

This area presents vast challenges for those who need  to organize and
structure musical data, provide tools to search and  retrieve, and use
these tools efficiently. Music representation needs to  be multi-
dimensional and time-dependent; audio data is  voluminous, requiring
particular care in storage and transmission while  preserving quality;
the need for descriptive information about what is  musically
significant addresses a large spectrum of internal and  external
characteristics, from acoustic to musicological and  cultural
features;
intellectual property rights issues (about what can be  made available
to whom 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 contribute
significantly to this multidisciplinary domain, to  present original
theoretical or practical work in peer-reviewed  contributions (papers,
posters). It will also serve as a discussion forum  (panels), provide
introductory and in-depth information in specific  domains
(tutorials),
and show current products (exhibits).

Detailed information about the conference and its  organization is
available on its Web site  (http://ismir2003.ismir.net/).

Domains and Topics of Interest
==============================

ISMIR 2003 solicits original contributions in the  following domains,
as they apply to music information retrieval(this is a  non-exclusive
list):

* Algorithms and methods for classification,  clustering,
  probabilistic modelling, association analysis
* Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning
* Databases and data mining
* Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and systems design
* Intellectual property rights issues
* Knowledge representation, discovery and acquisition
* Music perception and cognition
* Music representation and formal models of music
* Soft computing (neural networks, fuzzy systems,  evolutionary
  computation)
 
Typical topics of interest, inasmuch as they relate to  music
information retrieval, are:

* Automatic summarization, citing, excerpting,  downgrading,
  transformation (including associated intellectual  property issues)
* Business models and experience
* Formal models of music and their digital  representations
* Intellectual property rights issues (nationally and 
internationally),
  digital rights management, identification and  traceability
* Music digital libraries and archives,
  content management systems and frameworks for music
* Music indexing and metadata (authoring and  generation)
* Music recognition (printed, audio)
* Music representation, coding, language modelling
* Music similarity metrics (perceptual criteria such  as pitch,
rhythm,
  timbre; musical criteria such as form, genre, etc.)
* Musical styles and genres
* Query languages for music IR (expressiveness,  complexity)
* Real-time applications of automated music  identification and
  recognition, such as score following, automatic  accompaniment
* Routing and filtering for music and music queries
* Semantic Web and musical digital objects:  intelligent agents,
  ontologies, topic maps, metadata, indexation, markup  languages
* Socio-cultural aspects
* Standards (RDF, XML, INDECS, MPEG, Dublin Core,  *MARC, Z39.50...)
and
  other metadata or protocols for music information  handling and
  retrieval (CDDB, ...)
* Systems issues (performance, compression,  scalability, databases,
  architecture, distributed search, multi-agent  systems, mobile
  applications)
* User interfaces and usability
* Validation (user needs and expectations, evaluation  of music IR
  systems, building test collections, experimental  design and
metrics)

General information on the conference is available on  its Web site
(http://ismir2003.ismir.net/) and will be regularly  posted in the
music-ir mailing list (information on subscription  available on the
conference site).

Paper Submissions
=================

* Paper submissions are not to exceed 8 pages  (including references
  and appendices) and must be formatted according to  the following
  guidelines:
  page size: "US letter", font size: 10pt or larger,  single column
  layout, all page margins at least 2.5cm (or 1 inch).
* Papers should include a 150-200 words abstract
  and a list of 2-5 keywords related to their content.
* Submission must consist of original contributions  (not previously
  published, and not currently being considered for  publication
  elsewhere).
* To submit, send your paper as an uncompressed PDF  file (strongly
  preferred) or MS Word file via email to  ismir2003-papers@xxxxxxxxx
* Submissions must be received by April 25, 2003.
* Authors will be notified about the acceptance of  their submissions
  by June 27, 2003.
* Accepted papers will be allocated up to 8 pages in  the ISMIR 2003
  proceedings and 25min presentation time at the ISMIR  2003
conference.
* Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide  camera-ready
  copies of their papers that are formatted according  to a template
that
  will be made available to them with the notification  of acceptance.
* For each accepted paper, at least one author has to  register for the
     
  ISMIR 2003 conference.

Posters
=======

Posters provide an excellent opportunity for  presenting preliminary
or
intermediate results or work that is primarily  targeted towards a
small subset of the ISMIR community.

* Submission should consist of an extended abstract of
  750-1,000 words (2 pages maximum, including a list  of 2-5 keywords
  related to their content and references).
* Extended abstracts must be formatted according to  the following
  guidelines: page size: "US letter", font size: 10pt  or larger,
single 
  column layout, all page margins at least 2.5cm (or 1  inch).
* To submit, send your poster abstract as an  uncompressed PDF file
  (strongly preferred) or MS Word file via email to
  ismir2003-posters@xxxxxxxxx
* Submissions must be received by April 25, 2003. 
* Authors will be notified about the acceptance of  their submissions
by 
  June 27, 2003.
* Accepted posters will be presented at a plenary  poster session
during 
  the ISMIR 2003 conference; authors will be informed  about the space

  available for each poster with their notification of  acceptance.
* Authors are encouraged to bring laptop computers to  supplement
their
  poster presentations with system demonstrations; we  hope to provide
  wireless internet access for the poster session.
* Accepted posters will also be allocated up to 2  pages for the
  extended abstract in the ISMIR 2003 proceedings;
  authors will be asked to provide camera-ready copies
  of their extended abstracts that are formatted  according to a
template 
  that will be made available to them with the  notification of
acceptance.
* For each accepted poster, at least one author has to  register for
the 
  ISMIR 2003 conference.

Tutorials
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The first afternoon of the conference (Oct 26, 2003)  will consist of
a
parallel session of tutorials each concentrating on a  single topic
presented either at an introductory level or in depth,  lasting 3
hours
(plus a break).
                                                                       
       
* Submissions should consist of a 3-5 page abstract  including:
  1. Intended audience and objectives of the tutorial
  2. Tutorial outline
  3. Overview of materials made available to the  attendees
  4. Biography of the presenter(s)
* Submissions must be received by March 7, 2003.
* To submit, send your tutorial proposal via email
  to ismir2003-tutorials@xxxxxxxxx  
                                          
Panels
======

A roster of special panels is planned. These panels  are 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. The topic and issues to be discussed.
  2. The intended and expected audience.
  3. Biography of the moderator(s).
* Submissions must be received by March 7, 2003.
* To submit, send your panel proposal via email to 
ismir2003-panels@xxxxxxxxx
                                                                       
     
Exhibits                                                               
     
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Throughout ISMIR 2003, space will be available for  publishers,
booksellers, software merchants, service providers,  systems vendors
and any other companies interested in exhibiting their  products.

* Deadline for full applications is September 30,  2003.
* Interested exhibitors should request information  and/or apply via 
  email to ismir2003-exhibits@xxxxxxxxx