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 2023 is Intelligent Performance Systems, where we are interested in how AI is applied in real-time artistic performance. This includes physical musical instruments, software, as well as interactive installations. Our focus is on how artists engage creatively with intelligent objects that contribute to the way we perform and think music. With this theme we seek artistic and scientific contributions on the topics of creativity, autonomy, authenticity, agency, epistemic tools and human-machine co-creativity. How do intelligent tools change the way we think and perform our music? What is the role of intelligent instruments in performance?
Indicative topics
Hybrid Attendence
AIMC2023 will be a hybrid conference. Scientific submissions can be presented in-person or remotely. Performances/demos/installations will be in-person for authors, but will also be streamed for remote audiences.
Submission Information
Full submission instructions will be available in early February.
All submissions will be received through the pubpub submission system and peer review will be open through OpenReview.net. The peer-review of scientific papers will be double-blind, meaning that the submission should be anonymous and the names of the peer-reviewers will not be revealed. Artistic tracks will be single blind, and should not be anonymised. Create your account at https://www.pubpub.org/.
The proceedings will be Open Access, with Creative Commons attribution, and with an ISBN number. Each individual paper will receive a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Full papers must be submitted (not abstracts) using the pubpub website.
All multimedia elements will be embedded within the pubpub document. We strongly encourage the use of multimedia as part of your submission.
Submission Tracks
Scientific Papers
Papers are either long (5000 words) or short (3000 words). 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.
30th August - AI Music Theatre (music with visual / theatrical / multimedia / performative elements - for example could include use of robots, puppets, video, dance, objects, spoken word, etc)
31st August- AI Concert (sound focused, could include computer music, electro acoustic music, AI augmented instruments, improvisation, etc.)
1st Septempter - Algorave (focusing on livecoding systems that engage with AI)
Submission Details:
Title of submitted performance
List of author/artist(s) (please use the in-built PubPub feature for this)
Name/Affiliation/Short bio for each performer
A description (maximum 1000-words, including an abstract) that should detail:
Review contextualizing the practice field relevant to your performance
Methods taken in developing the work
Include documentation of previous performances or demonstration of ability to implement the proposed work
A technical rider detailing
Technical equipment you will provide and what you may require (to see whether we can support the work within our resources)
Setup details such as tables, space requirements, power, visuals, audio.
Access requirement (if applicable)
Other documentation of the work (this can include web links to other sites)
Please indicate which concert theme you feel your work fits best
Installations
We are specifically welcoming submissions that demonstrate the application of AI in the form of interactive artefacts or installations.
Submission Details:
Title of submitted installation
List of author/artist(s) (please use the in-built PubPub feature for this)
Name/Affiliation/Short bio for each contributor
A 1000-word (excluding references) description (including an abtract) that should detail
Review contextualizing the practice field relevant to your installation.
Methods taken in developing the work
Include documentation of previous installations or demonstration of ability to implement the proposed installation
A technical rider detailing
Technical equipment you will provide and what you may require (to see whether we can support the work within our resources)
Setup details such as tables, space requirements, power, visuals, audio.
Access requirement (if applicable)
Other documentation of the work (this can include web links to other sites)
Demos
Demos can be submitted independently but the committee might also suggest to paper authors to run a demo along with the paper presentation.
Submission Details:
Title of submitted work
List of author/artist(s) (please use the in-built PubPub feature for this)
Name/Affiliation/Short bio for each contributor
A 1000-word (excluding references) description (including an abtract) that should detail
Review contextualizing the practice field relevant to your installation.
Methods taken in developing the work
A technical rider detailing:
Technical equipment you will provide and what you may require
Setup details such as tables, space requirements, power, visuals, audio.
Access requirement (if applicable)
Other documentation of the work (this can include web links to other sites)
Workshops and Tutorials
Workshop and tutorial proposals should specify the number of people that can be accommodated and the duration (e.g. hour, half day, full day). These sessions will focus on new technologies, systems or artistic practices and will be located in spaces across the University of Sussex campus.
Submission Details:
Title of submitted workshop or tutorial
List of organisers
Name/Affiliation/Short bio for each contributor
A 1000-word (excluding references) description (including an abtract) that should detail
Review contextualizing the practice field relevant to your installation.
Methods taken in developing the work
A technical rider detailing:
Technical equipment you will provide and what you may require
Setup details such as tables, space requirements, power, visuals, audio.
Access requirement (if applicable)
Other documentation of the work (this can include web links to other sites)
Organisers should indicate if it will be possible to run the session in hybrid format with remote participants (this is not a requirement though).
Doctoral Consortium
The consortium will offer participants the opportunity to share nascent cutting-edge research in the interdisciplinary field of music and AI. Researchers whose work involves performance systems are encouraged to make a submission to give a paper, a demonstration, or a short performance. The colloquium is organised by Sussex and Iceland University of the Arts doctoral researchers, with support from key researchers in the field. The colloquium will serve as an ideal platform for practice based researchers to discuss research questions, methods, and get feedback on work-in-progress.
* Doctoral Consortium paper format is the same as the Scientific Paper format, except shorter (2000-3000 words) and not anonymous.
This consortium will take place in Sussex Humanities Lab on Day 1.
Alt-AIMC [call to follow in 2023]
Alt-AIMC will be a jury-reviewed submission track for late breaking research, work-in-progress reports, and thought-provoking or disruptive ideas.
Ethics Statement
All submissions should include an ethics statement. This section might include information (where appropriate) about:
Information regarding sources of funding
Potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial)
Whether the research involved informed consent from participants
Approaches taken to address accessibility
Ensuring the health, and safety of participants
The potential societal, social or environmental impact of your work.
Submission and Review Instructions
AIMC submissions will be using PubPub, a multimedia platform for publication. All submissions will require a PubPub account. Please ensure you are logged into your account when you begin the submission process. Our templates offer formatting guidelines as well as tips for how to use this platform. For detailed instructions about editing and formatting Pubs, please refer to this link. For additional help, you can visit help.pubpub.org, or email help@pubpub.org. Detailed submission procedures will be announced on this page shortly.
The OpenReview system will be used for submission and review. During the submissions process, authors will add links to their PubPub documents to their OpenReview submission, along with a PDF exported from PubPub.
Important Dates (2023)
March 7th – Deadline for submitting abstracts on PubPub (all tracks except alt-AIMC)
March 15th – Full Submission deadline (all tracks, except alt-AIMC)
May 1st-15th – OpenReview discussion period
May 20th – Early bird registration opens
June 1st – Author notifications and deadline for alt-AIMC submissions
July 15th – Camera ready deadline and registration deadline
July 25th – Alt-AIMC notifications
30th Aug - 1st Sept – conference, release of the conference proceedings
