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From: hiraga@ulis.ac.jp (Yuzuru Hiraga)
Subject: [CFP] IJCAI'97 Workshop on AI and Music
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		    2nd CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

			IJCAI-97 Workshop
   
  Specialized topic: "Issues in AI and Music -- Evaluation and Assessment --"

	to be held in the context of the International Joint Conference on 
		Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-97)

		 Date: Aug. 23 (full day)
		Place: Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan


The field of AI and Music (i.e. AI research aimed at music as its
specific target) is currently expanding both in its width and depth,
with increasing number of contributions dealing with various
aspects of music.
This trend is further supported by advances in multi-media systems,
and growing interest in subjective/artistic aspects of human activity.
Music as a research topic is gaining recognition in the AI community
at large, as can be seen from the series of workshops on music held in
major AI conferences (e.g., AAAI-88, IJCAI-89, ECAI-90, ECAI-92,
AAAI-94, and IJCAI-95).

The field can be seen to be growing towards its maturity,
and that instead of being a collection of individual pioneering work,
is entering the stage of establishing itself as a sound research field.
That is, to provide common grounds for mutual information exchange
and evaluation, thus cumulating the contributions which will be of
value to both inside and outside of the field.

In view of this situation, this workshop will focus on the issue
of evaluation and assessment of research results in AI and Music.
The aim is to develop a framework of research evaluation so that
the obtained results can be properly assessed and categorized from
a common viewpoint.  This addresses a broad range of issues, starting,
at the informal end, from cultivating a general ethical attitude;
to the development of concrete evaluation methodology, criteria,
and procedures.  The workshop will focus mainly on technical issues,
although discussion on more foundational issues is also within its scope.


*** TOPICS OF INTEREST ***

Specific topics to be discussed include (but are not limited to)
the following:
  - General issues
    - significance and difficulties of evaluation
    - merits and demerits of evaluation
    - what is to be/can be evaluated
    - action program, authorization
  - Individual practice
    - criteria of a "sound" presentation
    - assessment of existing work
    - comparison of related works
  - "Subjective/Objective" duality
    - distinction and characterization of subjective/objective aspects
    - subjective aspects of music
    - objective aspects of music
  - Methodology
    - viewpoints of evaluation (methodical, performance, etc.)
    - specific topics and forms of evaluation
    - enhancing objectivity of evaluation
    - formalization/systematizing of evaluation methods
    - evaluation methodology in AI, Psychology, and other related fields
  - Common workgrounds
    - terminology
    - common problem sets, benchmarks
    - corpora, data archives, standard formats
    - (multimedia & network) support for sharing research results
    - forums for discussion and critical reviewing


*** PLANNED PROGRAM ***

The workshop will be a full-day workshop on Aug. 23.  It will feature
brief, individual talks presenting the speakers' experiences,
positions and views, panel discussions, and open discussion.  Since
the topic of the workshop is prospective by nature, plenty of time
will be reserved for open discussions.

The position papers of the attendees will be printed beforehand
as IJCAI-97 working notes, and will be handed out at the workshop.


*** EXPECTED ATTENDEES ***

The expected attendees are active researchers in AI and Music
who have special interest in evaluation issues.
Besides these, those from other disciplines (e.g. Musicology and
Music Psychology) are welcome to present distinctive views and
critical comments.

Attendees are expected to actively contribute in the workshop,
by presenting a talk and/or taking part in the discussions.


*** SUBMISSION FOR PARTICIPATION ***

Provisional attendees are requested to submit their position papers
(extended abstracts), together with other submission material.
Submissions will be reviewed by the organizing committee.
Participation is limited to at most 30 attendees, so if the
number of submissions exceeds this limit, selection will be made
on a competitive basis.

Submission can be made by either e-mail or postal mail (e-mail preferred,
described below).  
All submission material must be written in English.
Submissions should be made individually for each attendee;
co-authored submissions are generally not recommended.
The material to be submitted are:

	* Information sheet: include the following:
	  * Paper title 
	  * keywords 
	  * Attendee's name, affiliation
	  * return postal address
	  * e-mail address, fax number (if any)

	* Position paper (extended abstract)
	  Up to 4 pages.
	  Arrange it in camera-ready, full paper form (with title,
	  author name at the head), so that it is directly printable
	  as working notes if necessary.
	  Papers are preferred to be in A4 size paper (297mm X 210mm).
	  If letter size paper must be used, format it in a proportion
	  suitable for A4 size printout.

	* Required equipment sheet
	  List required equipment for presentation and/or demonstrations.
	  Make clear whether the equipment is to be brought
	  by the attendee, or to be prepared by the organizers.
	  Please note that we may not be able to fulfill all requests.

	  The power supply in Nagoya, Japan is 100V 60Hz AC.
	  Commonly available video format is VHS NTSC (other formats
	  like PAL and SECAM may not be readily available).

The position paper must clearly state what topic on evaluation
is to be discussed by the attendee, presenting the views and discussion
at length.  Note that this is not to be a presentation of
individual research results, although reference to and evaluation of
existing work (either by the attendee or by others) is welcome.

Some (if not all) of the accepted attendees will be appointed to
give individual talks, and will be asked to submit a full-length
paper (of up to 6 pages) for the working notes.
Others may also update their submitted papers upon acceptance.
But please note that we are working on a tight schedule (see below).
The submitted paper will be used for the working notes printing by default.

* DETAILS OF POSTAL SUBMISSION

Include 4 copies each of the submission material.
Mark one copy of the position paper as the master copy.
The print must be in legible type.
If possible, set the formatting proportion to fit A4 size paper,
with a minimum 1 inch (2.5cm) margin on all four sides.
Use a minimum 10 point size for characters.
Double column format preferred.

Put a backing cardboard sheet in the envelope so that the material
does not get bent during delivery.

Please note that the submissions must be RECEIVED by the below deadline(s).
Expect a 1-week delivery period from North America or major European
countries.  However, note that delivery may be considerably delayed
according to region or season.

* DETAILS OF E-MAIL SUBMISSION

Preferably arrange all submission material in one file.
Acceptable forms are:
+ Plain text
  Arrange the paper in pre-formatted style, with
  max. 80 chars/line and 66 lines/page.
+ PostScript files or uuencoded DVI files
  Put only the file body in the e-mail.
  To avoid printing problems, use only the minimal, standard
  features of TeX/LaTeX.
  Do not use any extensions (file attachments etc.), nor any
  encoding/compressing tools (except for uuencode for DVI files).
  If EPS files are to be used, the submission must be in PostScript form.
  See above for other formatting requirements.

Any other forms are liable to be not printable, so should be sent
as hard copies by postal mail.
Please check your e-mail regularly after submitting.  If we can't print
the files, we would request for re-submission in a different form.


*** IMPORTANT NOTICE ***

IJCAI regulations require that participants should register for the
main IJCAI-97 conference.  In addition, IJCAI charges a fee of US$ 50
for workshop participation.  For information about IJCAI-97,
please point at the IJCAI-97 WWW page (http://ijcai.org/ijcai-97).  

PLEASE NOTE: attendees who have not registered for IJCAI-97
will not be admitted to the workshop.  

*** IMPORTANT DATES ***

  Submissions due by:				March  1, 1997
  Notification of acceptance:			April  1, 1997
  Camera-ready version of final paper due:	April 25, 1997
  Date of the workshop:			       August 23, 1997
  IJCAI-97 conference:			    August 23-29, 1997


*** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ***

	Roger Dannenberg	Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
	Peter Desain		Nijmegen University (Netherlands)
	Yuzuru Hiraga		Univ. of Library and Information Science
				(Japan)
	Keiji Hirata		NTT Basic Research Laboratories (Japan)
	Henkjan Honing		University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

* CONTACT ADDRESS

All submissions and inquiries are to be sent to:

	Dr. Keiji Hirata
		NTT Basic Research Laboratories
		3-1, Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, 
		Kanagawa, 243-01 Japan
		tel: +81-462-40-3658
		fax: +81-462-40-4721
		hirata@nefertiti.brl.ntt.co.jp
		http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/people/hirata

  You can also see Call For Participation via WWW at
  http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/people/hirata/ijcai97_ws_aim.html

