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EIGHTEENTH INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
August 11, 2003.
Acapulco, Mexico.

Workshop on
methods for automatic music performance and
their applications in a public rendering contest

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----- Call For Participation -----

Rencon (Performance rendering contest for piano) is a yearly international event that just started in 2002. Its goal is to foster research on computational models of and methods for the generation of expressive musical performances. The workshop associated with a musical contest provides a forum for presenting and discussing the latest research in automatic performance rendering and, more generally, computer-based music performance research.

*Objectives & Contents

The workshop aims at providing a forum for discussing the technical topics related to performance rendering, which involve human emotion, intelligence, creativity and individuality. They therefore have a broad spectrum and constitute a challenging research theme for AI and music. Moreover, holding a musical contest is an attempt to give a practical evaluation criteria to the AI and music research so that results can be properly assessed and categorized from a common viewpoint.

What makes the workshop unique is the Performance Rendering Contest, which will feature 10 performance rendering systems that will present their generated music under some regulations. The machine performances will be evaluated based on their musical and technical merits.

Early registration is due by May 30. Registration information is now available at http://www.ijcai-03.org/1024/html/register.html.

*Program

  • 9:30--10:30 Invited Talk
    1. Peter Desain: Single trial ERP allows Detection Perceived and Imagined Rhythm
  • 10:40--11:50 Rendering System
    1. Rumi Hiraga, Roberto Bresin, Keiji Hirata, and Haruhiro Katayose: Rencon in 2002
    2. Chris Raphael Orchestra in a Box: A System for Real-Time Musical Accompaniment
    3. Haruhiro Katayose and Keita Okudaira: sfp/punin: A Performance Rendering Interface using Expression Model
  • 11:50--13:10 Lunch Break
  • 13:10--14:25 Architecture for Performance Rendering
    1. Taizan Suzuki: The Second Phase Development of Case Based Performance Rendering System "Kagurame"
    2. Mitsuyo Hashida and Haruhiro Katayose: A Study of Performance Rendering using Slurring
    3. Maarten Grachten, Josep Lluis Arcos, and Ramon Lopez de Mantaras: Tempo-Express: tempo transformations preserving musical expression
  • 14:35--15:30 Listening Comparison
    • Mitsuyo Hashida and Haruhiro katayose: Chopin's Etude Op. 10-3 "Chanson de l'adieu" for Rule-based Rendering System with Slurring Model
    • Keiji Hirata and Rumi Hiraga: Ha-Hi-Hun plays Chopin's Etude
    • Haruhiro Katayose, Mitsuyo Hashida, Kenzi Noike, and Keita Okudaira: Rendering Chopin's "Walzer Op. 64-2" and "When You Wish Upon A Star" with an Interactive Performance Rendering Interface: sfp
    • Chika Oshima and Kazushi Nishimoto: An Attempt of Performance Rendering Based on Correlation Between Duration of notes and key-release-velocity
    • Taizan Suzuki: Kagurame Phase-II
    • Tomoyasu Taguti: Rendering Chopin's Waltz No. 6 and Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 17 (1st Movement) with system MUSE; A technical note
    • Asmir Tobudic and Gerhard Widmer: Technical Notes for Musical Contest Category
  • 15:40--17:15 Analysis and Perception
    1. Asmir Tobudic and Gerhard Widmer: Learning to Play Mozart: Recent Improvements
    2. Kazushi Nishimoto and Chika Oshima: Basic Analyses on Effects of Key-release Velocity in a Piano Performance
    3. Ali Taylan Cemgil: Probabilistic Methods for Tempo and Polyphonic Pitch Tracking
    4. Keiji Hirata, Kenzi Noike, and Haruhiro Katayose: A Proposal for a Performance Data Format
  • 17:25--17:30 Commendation Ceremony
  • 17:30-- General Discussion

---- Each speaker is given 25 min. (15 min. for presentation and 10 min. for Q&A) except for (1), (2), and (11). The papers of these three presentations are unreviewed.

*Important Dates and Deadlines

Paper submission deadline: March IJCAI蓮根〆切, 2003 CLOSED
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2003
Camera-ready paper deadline: April 25, 2003
Technical notes submission deadline: April 25, 2003
Performances submission deadline: July 14, 2003
The day of the workshop: August 11, 2003

*Organizing and Program Committees

The IJCAI-03 Rencon workshop Web pages (http://shouchan.ei.tuat.ac.jp/~rencon/IJCAI-03/) will be regularly updated to include program content, schedule and so forth.

Send questions to: ijcai-03-rencon@brl.ntt.co.jp

Last updated: January 16, 2002

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