Fwd: [DMRN-LIST] CMMR 2005 - paper deadline extension + all further tracks live

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CMMR 2025 'Sound, Music: Space, Place' - Extended deadline (regular papers) + all further tracks now live (tutorials, demos, workshops)

By popular request, the submission deadline for regular papers has been extended. The new deadline is 1 July at 12:00 AM Pacific Time, which is 2 July at 8:00 AM UK time.

17th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR 2025) - this year's theme is 'Sound, Music: Space, Place' hosted by UCL in East London, 3 - 7 November 2025

Conference website: https://cmmr2025.prism.cnrs.fr/
CMT submission site: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CMMR2025 

CMMR 2025 welcomes contributions focusing on the multidisciplinary intersection of sound, music, and computing.

Under this year's theme 'Sound, Music: Space, Place' we particularly encourage submissions that engage with the spatial and situated dimensions of sonic practice.

The conference is hosted by UCL's internationally renowned departments of UCL Anthropology (within the forward-thinking UCL School for the Creative and Cultural Industries) and the The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. The conference is co-organised with the CNRS-AMU PRISM laboratory (Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music).

CMMR creates an open and inclusive space dedicated to sharing a wide range of insights and innovations that bridge sound, music, and computing. CMMR 2025 will feature a diverse range of activities across the following tracks: regular papers, demonstrations, sound & music works, tutorials, and workshops. CMMR 2025 is planned to be an in-person event; all presenters are required to attend and present onsite.


Important Dates (deadlines are set at midnight Pacific Time (PT) on the specified dates.)

Regular paper deadline (extended): 1 July 2025 
Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025
Camera-ready version deadline: 12 September 2025
Author registration deadline : 21 September 2025

Demo Track deadline: 14 July 2025 
Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025

Tutorial track deadline: 15 July 2025 
Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025

Workshop Track deadline: 15 July 2025 
Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025

Sound & Music Track deadline: 25 July 2025 
Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2025

Registration
Early registration: 22 August - 6 October 2025
Normal registration: 7 October - 26 October 2025
Late registration: 27 October - 7 November 2025


Conference dates: 3 - 7 November 2025

CMMR 2025 is committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming conference environment. We especially encourage submissions from individuals traditionally underrepresented in computer music,  including women, people from the Global Majority, LGBTQIA+ communities, disabled people, non-traditional scholars (such as those in indurty or otherwise outside academia, or from interdisciplinary fields), and individuals from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and educational backgrounds. 

Further information including submission requirements can be found online. Conference logistics will follow soon.

For all enquiries, including accessibility needs, please contact us at: cmmr25@ucl.ac.uk

We look forward to your submissions!

The CMMR 2025 Organising Committee

Fwd: Special Collection in Music & Science on "Explaining music with AI" published

Dear list members,

 

We are delighted to announce the publication of a special collection in the journal, Music & Science, on the topic of 'Explaining music with AI: Advancing the scientific understanding of music through computation'. The collection has been guest edited by David Meredith, Anja Volk and Tom Collins.

 

The special collection has been published open access and is available online at

https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-mns/mns-1-explaining_music_with_ai/mns

 

The collection includes an editorial overview and seven articles as follows:

 

Perception of Chord Sequences Modeled with Prediction by Partial Matching, Voice-Leading Distance, and Spectral Pitch-Class Similarity: A New Approach for Testing Individual Differences in Harmony Perception, by Matthew Eitel, Nicolas Ruth, Peter Harrison, Klaus Frieler, and Daniel Müllensiefen.

https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043241257654

 

The Interconnections of Music Structure, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, and Predictivity, by Shuqi Dai, Huan Zhang, and Roger B. Dannenberg. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043241234758

 

End-to-End Bayesian Segmentation and Similarity Assessment of Performed Music Tempo and Dynamics without Score Information, by Corentin Guichaoua, Paul Lascabettes and Elaine Chew. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043241233411

 

Revealing Footprints of Ancient Sources in Recent Eurasian and American Folk Music Cultures Using PCA of the Culture-Dependent Moment Vectors of Shared Melody Types, by Zoltán Juhász. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043241228982

 

Melodic Differences Between Styles: Modeling Music With Step Inertia, by Matt Chiu and David Temperley. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043231225731

 

Mel2Word: A Text-Based Melody Representation for Symbolic Music Analysis, by Saebyul Park, Eunjin Choi, Jeounghoon Kim and Juhan Nam. 

https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043231216254

 

Understanding Feature Importance in Musical Works: Unpacking Predictive Contributions to Cluster Analyses, by Cameron J. Anderson and Michael Schutz.

https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043231216257

 

We hope that collection will provide a useful resource for researchers interested in using computational methods to advance our understanding of music.

 

Kind regards,

David Meredith

 

Fwd: Book Launch for Sonic Pasts - acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes

**This list is managed by Professor Evangelos Himonides, University College London (UCL). Before 2015, this list was managed by the Institute of Musical Research (IMR).** MESSAGE FOLLOWS:

Hi everyone!

Next Monday 9th June we are hosting the book launch for my book 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes' It's a hybrid event with options to attend in person in York or to join online. You can book a free ticket here.

Best wishes,

Mariana 

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Professor Mariana López
Professor in Sound Production and Post Production

Principal Investigator 'Enhancing Audio Description II'

School of Arts and Creative Technologies, University of York

Deputy Director, Humanities Research Centre, University of York

Pronouns: She/Her

Web: https://www.york.ac.uk/arts-creative-technologies/; https://marianajlopez.com/

My new book is now out: 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes'.