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Call For Papers

The Call for Papers is now closed.

If you would like to submit a paper please email a one page abstract to (opens in a new window)mustwork16@ucd.ie before Friday 13th May. Please indicate in you submission if you would prefer to give an oral or poster presentation. All papers will be peer reviewed before being considered for acceptance. Accepted papers (both for poster and oral presentation) will be invited to submit a full length 8 page paper for inclusion in online proceedings one month after the workshop. Details of submission format will be given in June.


Works in progress that are yet incomplete or still in development are welcome. Priority will be given to submissions that are likely to stimulate productive conversations and debate among attendees. New techniques to music technology or technology applied in a creative manner for the first time are particularly encouraged.

Submission Format:

1 Page Abstract

Please include: Title, Author(s), Affiliation


Original research submissions are welcome from all areas that can be related to technology in music including, but not limited to:

Computer Music:

  • Algorihtmic Composition
  • Computer aided music
  • Software instruments
  • Music Generation, harmonisation, melody construction
  • Machine Learning techniques applied to music/sound
  • Music mining (data mining in music)
  • Computationally creative systems
  • Software games that create/use music
  • Creative programming

Audio Technology:

  • Speech/Speaker/Audio analysis
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Microphone design
  • Audio equipment
  • Future possibilities in audio production
  • Digital Audio effects

Music Analytics:

  • Recommender systems
  • Music Information Retrieval, query by humming
  • Information systems
  • Musical trends
  • Analytics of the music business
  • Musical perception, musical preference, musical psychology

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