MUSIC-AI 2007 intends to continue a series of events related to artificial intelligence and music that have been held either in conjunction with artificial intelligence conferences or international music-related conferences. The presence of such events and the increasing number of contributions they receive indicates that the application of artificial intelligence techniques to the development of music processing systems is an active, exciting and significant area of research which has become an established field of research that is recognized by both the AI and music communities.

The workshop concentrates around the topic of content-based music processing and will welcome contributions describing artificial intelligence approaches in this context. The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers who are using artificial intelligence in musical applications, providing the opportunity to promote, present and discuss ongoing work in the area. MUSIC-AI 2007 is planned to last one full day, and will feature paper presentations, panel discussions and open discussions. Accepted contributions will be available from the workshop web page as soon as possible in order to encourage active discussion during the workshop.

We invite original and unpublished contributions describing approaches to music processing using artificial intelligence techniques including, but not limited to cognitive modeling, data mining and classification, expert systems, generative systems, grammars, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, hidden Markov models, intelligent agents, inductive logic programming, knowledge representation, knowledge-based systems, machine learning, neural networks, constraint satisfaction, and planning. You are cordially invited to submit papers on Artificial Intelligence and music, including (but not limited to):


Sound Synthesis and Analysis
Formal Music Analysis
Music Information Retrieval
Knowledge Representation and Computational Models
Printing and Optical Recognition of Music
Psychoacoustics and Music Perception

Cognitive Modeling
Aesthetics, Philosophy and Criticism of Music
Adaptive Systems and Music Education
Algorithmic Composition
Interactive Performance Systems

Digital Audio Signal Processing
Software and Hardware Systems

Research papers, case studies, lessons learned, status reports, and discussions of practical problems in AI-based music processing applications are all welcome submissions. Submissions will be reviewed by program committee members on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity; and those accepted will be published in the workshop proceedings. The possibility of publishing expanded versions of a selection of the best papers of the workshop is being pursued by the organising committee.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: Monday, September 25,2006.
Acceptance notification: Monday, October 23, 2006.
Final versions due: Monday, November 6, 2006.