IJCAI-95 Workshop on AI & Music

[Gerhard Widmer]

In view of a recent issue of "Connection Science" on the topic
"Music and Creativity" the following announcement may be of
interest to the connectionst community:



                   SECOND AND LAST CALL FOR PAPERS !!!
        
        IJCAI-95 WORKSHOP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MUSIC
    (Specialized topic: "AI MODELS OF STRUCTURAL MUSIC UNDERSTANDING")

                    to be held in the context of the
  International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-95)
                        Montreal, Quebec



Artificial Intelligence and Music (AIM) has become a stable
field of research which is recognized both in the music and the AI communities
as a valuable and promising research direction. In the AI arena, there
has been a series of international workshops on this topic at major
AI conferences (e.g., AAAI-88; IJCAI-89; ECAI-90; ECAI-92).
The most recent indications of the growing recognition of AIM in
the AI community were the special track on "AI and the Arts" at the
AAAI-94 conference (in which the majority of papers dealt with AI & Music)
and a real-time interactive music performance at AAAI-94's Art Exhibit.

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss, in an informal setting, current
topics and results in research on Artificial Intelligence and Music,
in particular problems and approaches related to AI models of structural
music understanding.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Previous workshops on AI & Music were rather broad in scope.
Given the advances in research that have taken place in the meantime,
we are now in a position to define a highly focused theme for this
workshop, which will provide for a coherent and focused scientific
discussion. The specialized topic of the IJCAI-95 workshop on AI and
Music --- "AI Models of Structural Music Understanding" --- refers to
all aspects of structured music perception and processing that are amenable
to computer modelling, e.g., beat induction, structure recognition and
abstraction, real-time perception and pattern induction, as well as to
research on the role of these abilities in various domains of musical
competence (listening, composition, improvisation, performance, learning).

The following short list of issues exemplifies the types of topics to
be discussed:

- AI models of musical structure perception
- AI models of perception of / representation of / reasoning about musical time
- empirical investigations with AI programs based on structural music theories
- real-time vs. non-real-time models of music comprehension
- music understanding and creativity

Contributions by workshop participants should both have a substantial
AI component and be well-founded in music theory and musicology.

PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

To maintain a genuine workshop atmosphere, participation is limited to
at most 30 persons. Participants will be selected by the organizing
committee (see below), based on submitted papers.

Participants will be expected to actively contribute to the workshop
by either presenting a talk or taking part in panel and/or open discussions.

Researchers interested in participating in the workshop are invited to
submit extended abstracts (up to 5 pages) on completed or ongoing research
related to the above-mentioned topics. Submissions may be sent by e-mail
(self-contained LaTex or PostScript files) or as hardcopies (in triplicate)
to the workshop organizer (address see below).
E-mail submission is highly encouraged.

The submissions will be reviewed by members of the organizing committee.
Accepted papers will be published in the form of official IJCAI-95 workshop
notes. Participants selected for giving a talk at the workshop will be
asked to submit a full-length paper for the workshop notes
(deadlines see below).

If you want to demonstrate an operational AIM system, please contact
the workshop organizer and supply detailed information about type
of system, equipment required, etc. We cannot guarantee at this
point that system demonstrations will be possible at the workshop,
but we will try to do our best.

*** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***

IJCAI regulations require that participants register for the main IJCAI-95
conference. In addition, IJCAI charges a fee of US$ 50,- for workshop
participation. For more information about IJCAI-95, please contact the
IJCAI Conference Management at

  American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
  445 Burgess Drive
  Menlo Park, CA 94025
  Tel: +1 - 415 - 328-3123
  Fax: +1 - 415 - 321-4457
  e-mail: ijcai at aaai.org

or consult the IJCAI WWW page (http://ijcai.org/).

For more information about the workshop, please contact the workshop 
organizer (address see below).

IMPORTANT DATES:

   Abstracts/papers due by:                  March 18, 1995
   Notification of acceptance:                April 8, 1995
   Camera-ready version of final paper due:  April 24, 1995
   Date of workshop:                  Monday, Aug. 21, 1995
   Main IJCAI-95 conference:             Aug. 21 - 25, 1995


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Roger Dannenberg
  Computer Science Department
  Carnegie Mellon University
  Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Bruce Pennycook
  Faculty of Music
  McGill University
  Montreal, Canada

Geber Ramalho
  LAFORIA-CNRS                          
  Universite' Paris VI
  Paris, France

Brian K. Smith
  School of Education and Social Policy &
  The Institute for the Learning Sciences
  Northwestern University
  Evanston, IL, USA

Gerhard Widmer
  Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence
  University of Vienna
  and
  Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
  Vienna, Austria


WORKSHOP ORGANIZER:

Please send abstracts/papers or any questions to

Gerhard Widmer
  Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
  Schottengasse 3
  A-1010 Vienna
  Austria
  Phone: +43 - 1 - 53532810
  Fax:   +43 - 1 - 5320652
  e-mail: gerhard at ai.univie.ac.at