-------- Original Message -------- Subject: invitation to contribute, Musicnetwork Open Workshop, Vienna july 2005 Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 22:26:33 +0200 From: MUSICNETWORK disita@OBOE.DSI.UNIFI.IT Reply-To: musicnetwork@dsi.unifi.it To: SIGMM-MEMBERS@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG
Dear Sigmm Members
Due to popular demand, the contribuition submission deadline for the MUSICNETWORK open workshop has been extended to 30th May 2005 !
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Vienna, 4-5th July
Integration of Music in Multimedia Applications CALL FOR PROPOSAL
http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org/ http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org/events/doc_eventi/38_5th-Open-Worksho...
Deadline for submission: 30 May 2005
With the support of the European Commission, the MUSICNETWORK project has been created to explore the applications and integration of interactive multimedia technologies for Music, enabling inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations and networking, bridging many important sectors, including cultural, commercial, industrial, research and academic.
The theme of the 5th Open Workshop is the Integration of Music in Multimedia applications, including: music education, music management in libraries, entertainment, cognition and perception, multimedia standards, distribution and protection, business and transaction model, valorisation of cultural heritage, electronic consumer applications, mobile applications for education and entertainment and others.
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The 5th Open Workshop is structured around the following sessions.
-- Applications and Technical papers. Chairs: Andrea Khol (MICA, khol@mica.at), Francesco Spadoni (RIGEL, spadoni@rigel.li.it). This session focuses on end-user applications and/or innovative technologies, particularly on current applications, case-studies, applications scenarios, latest development, as well as future directions, innovative technologies. Proposals on Industrial presentations of music applications or expert/research papers are welcome.
-- MPEG SMR, Symbolic Music Representation, State of the art report. Chairs: Paolo Nesi (DSI, nesi@dsi.unifi.it) and Giorgio Zoia (EPFL, Giorgio.Zoia@epfl.ch). The idea of this section is to provide support to industries and groups that intent to exploit the MPEG SMR Technology http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org/mpeg-ahg/
-- Imaging and Interactivity session. Chairs: Kia Ng (ICSRiM – University of Leeds, kia@comp.leeds.ac.uk) and David Crombie (FNB, dcrombie@fnb.nl). The main focus of this session is to explore interactive and imaging technologies for music and edutainment. Key topics include (but not limited to): interactive music scores, score following, rendering, virtual and augmented music instruments for easy access to music making, scientific data visualization for music, and music imaging including optical music recognition, digitiSation, and preservation.
-- Exposition Area, Demonstrations and papers. Chairs: Giuseppe Nicotra (ARCA, nicotra@dodiesis.com), Michel Girer (LISTESSO, info@listesso.com). This session welcome exposition proposals on all the topics of the previous section. Proposals may be related to commercial products or Research Results ready to be exploitable from the industry. The proposals have to be provided by submitting a description of the application tool, or submitting a CD or by allowing a download from a WWW site. The proposal has to include a description of the space and resources required to present the demonstration (e.g. tables, power, poster space, time, etc.), the names of the person/people that will present the application, their short biography (10 lines), and the material that will be made available for the attendees of the exposition.
-- Tutorials/Survey on Music/Multimedia Technologies. Chairs: Jerome Barthelemy (IRCAM, Jerome.Barthelemy@ircam.fr), Nicola Mitolo (DSI, mitolo@dsi.unifi.it). For this section, we welcome tutorial and review proposals. Proposal must provide a short description of the Tutorial/Survey describing the state of the art of a sector or of a specific technology and discuss the context of the tutorial and a short biography (20 lines) of the speaker. Please confirm if the tutorial has been presented elsewhere, the duration of the tutorial, the number of slides, the technical support needed, etc.
FREE registration is available via the WWW site of the MUSICNETWORK: http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org/events/nuova_prenotazione.php?evento_...
Different types of contributions are welcome: • Tutorials/Surveys (4 to 8 pages of proposal) • Application and Technical Papers (2 to 10 pages) • Exposition and Demonstrations (1 page summary) • MPEG SMR Symbolic Music Representation: (2 pages summary)
Important Dates: • Submission Deadline: 30 May 2005 • Notification of acceptance: 10 June 2005 • Full paper submission: 15 June 2005 • Workshop: 4th–5th July 2005
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Please also note that the CFP for indutrial presentations at AXMEDIS 2005 conference is still open: http://www.AXMEDIS.org/axmedis2005 Send an email to: Paolo NesiL: Nesi@dsi.unifi.it or to Kia Ng: k.c.ng@leeds.ac.uk
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