<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><b>Special Issue on Deep Learning for Music and Audio</b></div><div style="text-align:center">in Springer's Neural Computing and Applications (Impact factor: <span style="font-size:12.8px">2.505</span>)</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><b>Extended submission deadline: </b>November 30th</div><div> </div><div><b>Description and covered topics</b></div><div> </div><span style="font-size:12.8px">There has been tremendous interest in </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> across many fields of study. Recently, these techniques have gained popularity in the field of </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">. Projects such as Magenta (Google's Brain Team's </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> generation project), Jukedeck </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> others testify to their potential. Following the recent success of the First International Workshop </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">on</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (</span><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdorienherremans.com%2Fdlm2017&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEA9I6W1mbCRvphGJhEGF66A3qj-w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">DLM2017</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">) joint with IJCNN, this </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">special</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">issue</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> aims to offer a venue </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> publishing the latest state-of-the art in the field of </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"></span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Audio</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">While humans can rely </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">on</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> their intuitive understanding of musical patterns </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> the relationships between them, it remains a challenging task </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> computers to capture </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> quantify musical structures. Recently, researchers have attempted to use </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> models to learn features </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> relationships that allow us to accomplish tasks in </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> transcription, </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">audio</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> feature extraction, emotion recognition, </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> recommendation, </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> automated </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> generation.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The goal of this </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">special</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">issue</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> is to provide a forum </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> advancing the state-of-the-art in </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> techniques in the field of </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Audio</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">. High quality papers are welcomed, including but not limited to topics listed below:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> feature extraction </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> semantic modeling </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">audio</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Modeling hierarchical </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> long term </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> structures using </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">learning</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Modeling ambiguity </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> preference in </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Applications of </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> networks </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">audio</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> such as </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">audio</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> transcription, voice separation, </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> recommendation </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> etc.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Novel architectures designed </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">audio</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">- Software frameworks </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> tools </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> in </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">audio</span> <br></div><div> </div><div><b>About the journal</b></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Neural Computing & Applications is an international journal which publishes original research </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> other information in the field of practical applications of neural computing </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> related techniques such as genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> neuro-fuzzy systems.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">All items relevant to building practical systems are within its scope, including contributions in the area of applicable neural networks theory, supervised </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> unsupervised </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> methods, algorithms, architectures, performance measures, applied statistics, software simulations, hardware implementations, benchmarks, system engineering </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> integration </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> case histories of innovative applications.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Original Articles will be high-quality contributions, representing new </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> significant research, developments or applications of practical use </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> value.  They will be reviewed by at least two referees. </span><br></div><div> </div><div><b>Guest editors:</b></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Prof. Dr. D. Herremans, Singapore University of Technology </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Design</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Prof. Dr. C.H. Chuan, University of North Florida</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div> <br></div><div><b>Submission deadline:</b> November 30th</div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please use the submission system of the journal </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> your submissions </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">and</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> i</span><u style="font-size:12.8px">ndicate the <span class="gmail-il">special</span> <span class="gmail-il">issue</span> during submission </u><span style="font-size:12.8px">at </span><a href="https://www.springer.com/journal/521/submission" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://www.springer.com/journ<wbr>al/521/submission</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Any </span><i style="font-size:12.8px"><b>inquiries</b></i><span style="font-size:12.8px"> can be directed at Prof. Dorien Herremans through dorien_herremans [a] sutd dot edu [] com</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Join the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Deep</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Learning</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-size:12.8px">Music</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> mailing list at </span><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/icdlm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">https://groups.google.com/foru<wbr>m/#!forum/icdlm</a><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Dorien Herremans, PhD</div><div>Assistant Professor</div><div><a href="http://dorienherremans.com">http://dorienherremans.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Singapore University of Technology and Design</div><div>Information Technology and Design Pillar</div><div>Office 1.202-17</div></div>