Reminder: CfP 1st International ACM Workshop on Music Information Retrieval with User-Centered and Multimodal Strategies (MIRUM) at ACM Multimedia 2011 (Cynthia Liem - EWI )

Subject: Reminder: CfP 1st International ACM Workshop on Music Information Retrieval with User-Centered and Multimodal Strategies (MIRUM) at ACM Multimedia 2011 From: Cynthia Liem - EWI <C.C.S.Liem@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:29:58 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CC245E.9860377F Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [apologies for cross-postings, please distribute] =20 *************************************************************************= *************************************************************************= CALL FOR PAPERS =20 1st International Workshop on Music Information Retrieval with = User-Centered and Multimodal Strategies (MIRUM) held in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2011, November 28 - December 1 = 2011, Scottsdale, AZ http://mirum11.tudelft.nl <http://mirum11.tudelft.nl/>=20 =20 The submission system is now open at = https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ACMMMWS2011/ *************************************************************************= *************************************************************************= =20 Music is an outstanding example of a content type with many different = representations. The symbolic notation by the composer (e.g. in a score = or a lead sheet) will only reach full manifestation when performed and = presented to listeners in the form of music audio. Next to the symbolic = and aural modality, multiple other modalities hold useful information = that will contribute to the way in which the music is conveyed and = experienced, such as visual, textual and social information. The = existence of complementary representations and information sources in = multiple modalities makes music content multimedia by definition. =20 The consumption of music is strongly guided by affective and subjective = responses: aspects that are personal and context-dependent, occur at = different conceptual specificity levels, and for which no universal, = uncompromising ground truth exists. In order for music retrieval systems = to yield satisfying results, insight into the information needs and = demands of the actual users of the systems thus becomes very important. =20 To allow comprehensive and flexible exploitation of the multifaceted = aspects of music, both the availability of complementary music-related = information in multiple modalities and the role of the human user should = be considered. At the same time, challenges such as the identification = and optimal combination of useful information from different modalities = and algorithmic approaches to user-dependent subjective assessments of = music retrieval results still are largely unsolved. These challenges are = certainly not unique to music content, but actual and prevalent in the = broad multimedia community. =20 The MIRUM workshop, held in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2011, = November 28 - December 1 2011 in Scottsdale, AZ, provides a platform at = a premier multimedia venue for discussing open challenges and presenting = state-of-the art work on music information retrieval applying = user-centered and/or multimodal strategies. The workshop explicitly aims = to initiate a cross-disciplinary idea exchange between experts in music = and multimedia information retrieval (and related fields) on the topics = including, but not limited to: =20 - Music multimedia content analysis - Visual and sensory information for music processing - Multimodal music search, retrieval and recommendation - Social networks and indexing for music applications - Music similarity measures at different specificity levels - Fusion of multimodal music information sources - Music knowledge representation and reasoning - Interactive music systems and retrieval - (Adaptive) user interaction and interfaces - User (context) models and personalization - Real-world issues (unstructured and noisy data, scalability, formats, = ...) - Evaluation methods and data understanding - Cross-domain methodology transfer =20 MIRUM welcomes technical papers and a limited number of position papers = (both max. 6 pages) with novel, thought-provoking work and ideas = relating to the workshop topics. To stimulate the cross-disciplinary = dialogue, authors from neighboring fields working on similar challenges, = who can demonstrate relevance and transferability of their work to the = music domain are encouraged to contribute to the workshop too. All = submissions must be formatted according to the ACM Proceedings style and = contain original work that is not being published or under review = elsewhere following the guidelines at = http://www.acmmm11.org/content-workshop-papers-formatting-guidelines.html= = <http://www.acmmm11.org/content-workshop-papers-formatting-guidelines.htm= l> . Each submission will undergo a double-blind reviewing process by at = least 3 PC members. All accepted papers will be published together with = the ACM MM 2011 main conference proceedings and made available through = the ACM digital library. More information can be found on the workshop = website at http://mirum11.tudelft.nl <http://mirum11.tudelft.nl/> . =20 *************************************************************************= *************************************************************************= Important dates =20 Paper submission: June 19, 2011 Notification of acceptance: July 30, 2011 Camera-ready paper submission: September 5, 2011 ACM Multimedia 2011: November 28 - December 1 2011 =20 *************************************************************************= *************************************************************************= Workshop organization =20 Cynthia Liem, Delft University of Technology Douglas Eck, Google Inc. Meinard M=FCller, Saarland University & MPI Informatik George Tzanetakis, University of Victoria =20 *************************************************************************= *************************************************************************= Program committee =20 Elaine Chew, University of Southern California Ching-Hua Chuan, University of North Florida Simon Dixon, Queen Mary, University of London Sebastian Ewert, University of Bonn Rebecca Fiebrink, Princeton University Takuya Fujishima, Yamaha Corporation Masataka Goto, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and = Technology Fabien Gouyon, INESC Porto Jason Hockman, McGill University Paul Lamere, The Echo Nest Gert Lanckriet, University of California, San Diego Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington Matthias Mauch, last.fm Lie Lu, Dolby Sound Technology Research Markus Schedl, Johannes Kepler University Linz Bj=F6rn Schuller, TU M=FCnchen Joan Serr=E0, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Arjen de Vries, Delft University of Technology/Centre for Mathematics = and Computer Science Ye Wang, National University of Singapore *************************************************************************= *************************************************************************= =20 --- Cynthia Liem MSc PhD Student =20 Multimedia Information Retrieval (D-MIR) Lab Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands Room 10.060 =20 Telephone: +31 (0)15 27 85812 Website: http://dmirlab.tudelft.nl/users/cynthia-liem = <http://dmirlab.tudelft.nl/users/cynthia-liem>=20 E-mail: c.c.s.liem@xxxxxxxx <mailto:c.c.s.liem@xxxxxxxx>=20 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01CC245E.9860377F Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word = 14 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=3DNL link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1>[= apologies for cross-postings, please distribute]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>*= *************************************************************************= ************************************************************************<= br>CALL FOR = PAPERS<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>1= st International Workshop on Music Information Retrieval with = User-Centered and Multimodal Strategies (MIRUM)<= br>h= eld in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2011, November 28 – = December 1 2011, Scottsdale, AZ<o:p></o:p><= a href=3D"http://mirum11.tudelft.nl/" target=3D"_blank">http://mirum11.tudelft.nl</a><= o:p></o:p><= o:p> </o:p>T= he submission system is now open at <a = href=3D"https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ACMMMWS2011/">https://cmt.rese= arch.microsoft.com/ACMMMWS2011/</a><o:p></o:p>*= *************************************************************************= ************************************************************************<= /span><o:p></o:p>&= nbsp;<o:p></o:p>M= usic is an outstanding example of a content type with many different = representations. The symbolic notation by the composer (e.g. in a score = or a lead sheet) will only reach full manifestation when performed and = presented to listeners in the form of music audio. Next to the symbolic = and aural modality, multiple other modalities hold useful information = that will contribute to the way in which the music is conveyed and = experienced, such as visual, textual and social information. The = existence of complementary representations and information sources in = multiple modalities makes music content multimedia by = definition.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>T= he consumption of music is strongly guided by affective and subjective = responses: aspects that are personal and context-dependent, occur at = different conceptual specificity levels, and for which no universal, = uncompromising ground truth exists. In order for music retrieval systems = to yield satisfying results, insight into the information needs and = demands of the actual users of the systems thus becomes very = important.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>T= o allow comprehensive and flexible exploitation of the multifaceted = aspects of music, both the availability of complementary music-related = information in multiple modalities and the role of the human user should = be considered. At the same time, challenges such as the identification = and optimal combination of useful information from different modalities = and algorithmic approaches to user-dependent subjective assessments of = music retrieval results still are largely unsolved. These challenges are = certainly not unique to music content, but actual and prevalent in the = broad multimedia community.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>T= he MIRUM workshop, held in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2011, = November 28 – December 1 2011 in Scottsdale, AZ, provides a = platform at a premier multimedia venue for discussing open challenges = and presenting state-of-the art work on music information retrieval = applying user-centered and/or multimodal strategies. The workshop = explicitly aims to initiate a cross-disciplinary idea = exchange between experts in music and multimedia = information retrieval (and related fields) on the topics including, but = not limited to:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>-= Music multimedia content analysis - Visual and sensory information = for music processing - Multimodal music search, retrieval and = recommendation - Social networks and indexing for music = applications - Music similarity measures at different specificity = levels - Fusion of multimodal music information sources - Music = knowledge representation and reasoning - Interactive music systems = and retrieval - (Adaptive) user interaction and interfaces - User = (context) models and personalization - Real-world issues = (unstructured and noisy data, scalability, formats, …) - = Evaluation methods and data understanding - Cross-domain methodology = transfer<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>M= IRUM welcomes technical papers = and a limited number of position = papers (both max. 6 pages) with novel, thought-provoking = work and ideas relating to the workshop topics. To stimulate the = cross-disciplinary dialogue, authors from neighboring = fields working on similar challenges, who can demonstrate relevance and = transferability of their work to the music domain are encouraged to = contribute to the workshop too. All submissions must be = formatted according to the ACM Proceedings style and contain original = work that is not being published or under review elsewhere following the = guidelines at <= a = href=3D"http://www.acmmm11.org/content-workshop-papers-formatting-guideli= nes.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.acmmm11.org/content-workshop-papers-formatting-gu= idelines.html</a>.= Each submission will undergo a double-blind reviewing process by at = least 3 PC members. All accepted papers will be published together with = the ACM MM 2011 main conference proceedings and made available through = the ACM digital library. More information can be found on the workshop = website at <= a href=3D"http://mirum11.tudelft.nl/" target=3D"_blank">http://mirum11.tudelft.nl</a>.= <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>*= *************************************************************************= ************************************************************************<= o:p></o:p>I= mportant dates<= o:p></o:p>&= nbsp;<o:p></o:p>P= aper submission: June 19, 2011 Notification of acceptance: July 30, = 2011 Camera-ready paper submission: September 5, 2011 ACM = Multimedia 2011: November 28 – December 1 = 2011<o:p></o:p>&= nbsp;<o:p></o:p>*= *************************************************************************= ************************************************************************<= o:p></o:p>W= orkshop organization<= o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>C= ynthia Liem, Delft University of Technology Douglas Eck, Google = Inc. Meinard M=FCller, Saarland University & MPI = Informatik George Tzanetakis, University of Victoria<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>*= *************************************************************************= ************************************************************************<= o:p></o:p>P= rogram committee<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>E= laine Chew, University of Southern California Ching-Hua Chuan, = University of North Florida Simon Dixon, Queen Mary, University of = London Sebastian Ewert, University of Bonn Rebecca Fiebrink, = Princeton University Takuya Fujishima, Yamaha Corporation Masataka = Goto, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and = Technology Fabien Gouyon, INESC Porto Jason Hockman, McGill = University Paul Lamere, The Echo Nest Gert Lanckriet, University = of California, San Diego Jin Ha Lee, University of = Washington Matthias Mauch, last.fm Lie Lu, Dolby Sound Technology = Research Markus Schedl, Johannes Kepler University Linz Bj=F6rn = Schuller, TU M=FCnchen Joan Serr=E0, University Pompeu Fabra, = Barcelona Arjen de Vries, Delft University of Technology/Centre for = Mathematics and Computer Science Ye Wang, National University of = Singapore<o:p></o:p>*= *************************************************************************= ************************************************************************<= o:p></o:p><o:p> </= o:p>---<o:p></o:p>Cynthia Liem MSc<o:p></o:p>PhD Student<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Multimedia Information Retrieval (D-MIR) Lab<o:p></o:p>Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer = Science<o:p></o:p>Delft University of Technology (TU = Delft)<o:p></o:p>Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, Delft, The = Netherlands<o:p></o:p>Room 10.060<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Telephone: +31 (0)15 27 85812<o:p></o:p>Website: <a = href=3D"http://dmirlab.tudelft.nl/users/cynthia-liem">ht= tp://dmirlab.tudelft.nl/users/cynthia-liem</a><o:p></o:p>E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:c.c.s.liem@xxxxxxxx">c.c.s.liem@xxxxxxxx</a><o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </= o:p></div></body></html> ------_=_NextPart_001_01CC245E.9860377F--

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