2nd Conference on AI Music Creativity (MuMe + CSMC)

2nd Conference on AI Music Creativity (MuMe + CSMC)
18.-22. July 2021

The second joint Conference on AI Music Creativity brings together two over
lapping research forums: The Computer Simulation of Music Creativity Confer
ence (est. 2016) and The International Workshop on Musical Metacreation (es
t. 2012). The objective of the conference is to bring together scholars and
 artists interested in the emulation and extension of musical creativity th
rough computational means and to provide them with an interdisciplinary pla
tform in which to present and discuss their work in scientific and artistic
 contexts.

The 2021 Joint Conference on AI Music Creativity will be hosted by the Inst
itute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) of the University of Music an
d Performing Arts of Graz and held online. The five-day program will featur
e paper presentations, concerts, panel discussions, workshops, tutorials, s
ound installations and two keynotes. 

Further details can be found below and on the conference website: https://a
imc2021.iem.at/ 


# Conference theme

The theme of AIMC 2021 is: Performing [with] machines. The dual meaning of 
this title hints towards an understanding of the machine as a performing ag
ent in a human-machine partnership. By putting the emphasis on creative hum
an-machine partnerships in performative contexts, this theme aims to encour
age artistic and scientific contributions that deal with the different ways
 in which musicianship, authorship and performership are challenged, extend
ed and redefined in the era of AI.


# Call for Papers

We invite submissions of full papers, work-in-progress papers and demos on 
topics related to AI Music Creativity.  For the first time, our call for pa
pers includes a “piece and paper” category, for papers link
ed with a music submission.


# Call for Music

We invite artistic submissions that deal with topics related to AI music cr
eativity, involving machines, machine learning and dealing with topics rela
ted to agency. We especially encourage and promote submissions that address
 AI from diverse technical and non-technical as well as critical angles wit
h regard to questions of gender, performance, ecology and aesthetics.


# Call for Workshops and Tutorials

We welcome the submission of workshop and tutorial proposals related to the
 conference topics. Selected workshops will be held online and take place o
n the first day of the conference (July 18th). 


# Important dates

Submission deadline: 1. April 2021
Acceptance notification deadline: 1. May 2021
Camera-ready deadline: 1. June 2021
Conference: 18.-22. July 2021


# Organizing committee

Conference chairs: Artemi-Maria Gioti and Gerhard Eckel
Music chair: Luc Döbereiner
Paper chair: Artemi-Maria Gioti
Virtual conference chair: IOhannes zmölnig
Diversity consultant: Anna Xambó
Web management: Alisa Kobzar


If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at: aimc2021@ie
m.at.