Call for Participation

The Conference on AI and Music Creativity is an annual conference bringing together a community working on the application of AI in music practice. The AI and Music research focus is highly interdisciplinary with topics ranging from performance systems, computational creativity, machine listening, robotics, sonification, and more.

The theme of AIMC 2024 - which will take place September 9-11 at Oxford University -  is Interconnections between Music AI and other fields, where we are interested in how the Music AI community considers connections and intersections with other fields of research and practice. We encourage authors, composers, performers, and artists to examine the intersection between their work in AI and other fields - see below for indicative topics. We encourage contributions that articulate not only how other fields inform Music AI research and practice, but how Music AI contributes or may contribute to other fields.

The 2024 conference will take place at Oxford University Sep 9th to the 11th.

Submission deadline EXTENDED TO 28/03/2024

Indicative topics

We will be considering topics that examine the connections and intersections between Music AI and other fields including:

Aesthetics

• Philosophical aesthetics

• Neuroaesthetics 

• Aesthetics of Music

• Computational aesthetics

  Art

• Visual art

• Performing arts (dance, theatre, opera, music theatre, live art, etc.) 

• Intermedia and cross arts

• Art historical and theoretical perspectives

• Curatorial practices

• Conceptual and post-conceptual art

  Creativity

• Creativity research

• Computational creativity

• Neuroscience of creativity

• Creativity and play

• Human-computer co-creativity

  Cultural Studies

• Ideology and hegemony

• Critical theories of gender and race

• Science and technology studies

• Critical media theory

• Games studies

• Ethnomusicology

  Design

• Interaction design

• Systems design

• User interface design

• Information architecture

• User experience evaluation

• Computational design

  Education

• Development and learning

• Pedagogical research

• Music education

• Higher education

  Environment

• Ecology and conservation

• Environmental impact of AI

  Ethics

• Transparency and accountability

• AI and structures of power

• AI and authorship

• Datasets, copyright and bias

• AI and the future of work

• AI and personal identity

  Evolution

• Evolutionary computation

• Evolutionary and genetic algorithms

  Geography

• Human Geography

• Globalisation

• Critical Geography

  Health

• Health and well-being

• Music therapy

• Recommendation systems for mental health

  History

• Historical perspectives

• Critical historiography

• Musicology

• Digital archives

• Modelling historical artefacts

  Language

• Generative linguistics

• Formal grammars

• Computational linguistics

• Language models

  Law

• Copyright law

• AI regulation

• Data protection and privacy

  Mathematics

• Statistics

• Game and number theory

• Optimisation

• Physical models

• Computational mathematics

  Neuroscience

• Cognitive neuroscience

• Neurophysiology

• Neuroimaging

• Computational neuroscience

• Auditory neuroscience

  Psychology

• Behavioural Psychology 

• Psychology of Emotion

• Cognition

• Neuropsychology

• Social Psychology

  Society

• Sociology

• Social anthropology

• Sociology of music

• Research using social science methods

• Data mining and mapping cultural datasets

• Social media research

  Sound

• Sound Studies

• Sound Art

• Acoustics and psychoacoustics

  Systems

• Cybernetics

• Systems engineering

• Computational systems

• Information theory

• Complexity

• Control systems

Submission Tracks

AIMC 2024 is accepting three different kinds of submissions: Papers, Music, and Workshops & Tutorials. Please follow our guidelines below based on your desired participation.

All submissions will be created on pubpub.org. Full guidelines with templates available on the Submission page. The review process will be managed with CMT.

Papers

Papers are up to 5000 words, not including Abstract, Acknowledgements, Ethics Statement, or References. Please consider the list of indicative topics for the conference. We encourage multimedia embedded in the paper, so pictures, illustrations, videos, sound files and <iframes>. We also encourage links to code repositories. Submitted works should be original, i.e. not published elsewhere or under review. The word count is for the article’s main text. It does not include title, abstract, acknowledgement, ethics statement, references, or appendices.

Paper submissions should demonstrate rigorous research methodology and will be evaluated according to their novelty, academic quality, appropriateness, importance, readability, ethical standards and paper organisation.

• Authors names should be excluded from the front matter and in all references (e.g. replace with XXX XXX).

• Supplementary materials referenced in footnotes and links such as GitHub repositories should be uploaded to an anonymous account. The author’s account(s) can be used for the camera ready.

• Authors can indicate preference for presentation (15 minutes) or demo.

Workshops and Tutorials

We invite proposals for workshops and tutorials. These sessions should be interactive and focus on new technologies, systems or artistic practices. Proposals should specify the number of participants who can be accommodated and the duration (e.g. hour, half day, full day) and indicate the skills, experiences or artefacts that participants will come out with. 

Submission Details:

• Workshop or Tutorial session title

• List of contributors 

• Name/Affiliation and a 150-word biography for each contributor

• A 800-1000 word (excluding references) description (including an abstract) that should detail

• Review contextualising the practice field relevant to your work.

• Methods taken in developing the work

• The hands-on nature of the workshop/tutorial (e.g. how will this be distinct from a long presentation)

• A technical rider detailing:

• Technical equipment you will provide 

• Technical equipment which you will require

• Setup details such as tables, space requirements, power, visuals, audio.

• Proposed duration

• Any accessibility requirements.

• Other documentation (web links etc)

Music

Music submissions should relate to AI in either specific or broad terms. This includes, but is by no means limited to:

• music featuring AI as a creative tool

• music generated by AI, or using AI performance systems

• sonification

• electroacoustic music

• experimental and improvised music

• live coding and live electronic music

• beat-based music

• Algorave music

• music exploring computational creativity

• music exploring machine listening

• music with or about robotics

• music adapted from AI

• music using AI-related instruments

• music featuring AI-generated text or visuals

• any other related areas

Music which does not directly use AI but relates to it programmatically or aesthetically, or music which comments on and/or explores new perspectives on AI, is also encouraged.

Accepted submissions will be programmed at AIMC 2024 in one of three performances:

• Performance 1, a concert at the Wolfson College auditorium, will feature 1-4 professional instrumental players, optional live or fixed electronics and video. Exact instrumentation will be decided based on accepted submissions. Submissions should indicate if AIMC should provide performers.

• Performance 2, at an Oxford University performance space, will feature a flexible stage and electronics/projected visuals set-up suitable for music with more complex technical requirements. No live performers are provided, but musicians are welcome to perform their own works, or provide their own performers (this should be indicated in the submission)

• Performance 3 is a club night at the Old Fire Station. This is a very flexible space with multiple rooms and areas. The event will feature music suitable for a club night including (but not limited to) beat-based, ambient, live electronic and algorave music.

Music submissions are submitted on PubPub and should include the title, online links to recordings and/or scores, a description of how the project relates to AI and the theme of the conference including contextual information relating the piece to relevant practices. In addition, submission should indicate which performance options it is suited for, and any access, technical, or performer requirements as well as short programme notes.