Call for papers
Music making and listening are a clear example of human activities that are above all
interactive and social. On the one hand, however, nowadays mediated music making and
listening is usually still a passive, non-interactive, non-context sensitive, and non-social
experience. The current electronic technologies have not yet been able to support and
promote these essential aspects. On the other hand, new mediated forms of sharing music
experience in a social context with local or remote users or as a part of a community are
emerging. At the same time, an increasing need is observed for paradigms for embodied
and active experience of music where non-verbal communication channels, and in
particular movement and gesture, play a central role.
This workshop focuses on computational models and techniques for analysis and
processing of social behaviour in small and large ensemble musical performance and
audience experience. These are taken as an ideal test-bed for the development of models
and techniques for measuring creative social interaction and related emotions in an
ecologically valid framework. In particular, the focus is on exploring interpersonal
interaction in (i) musician-musician, (ii) conductor-musicians, and (iii) musician-listener
scenarios.
Topics
The workshop focuses on the social signals and their features that are most significant for
a qualitative and quantitative analysis of social behaviour and experience in music
including the emotional dimension. We encourage papers and demos addressing
fundamental research issues including, but not limited to, the following topics:
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theoretical approaches to social behaviour in music
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experimental methodologies for analysis of social behaviour in music
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computational models of social behaviour in music
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analysis of social signals in music
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synchronization of human behaviour in music
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analysis of social roles in performers and listeners groups
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analysis of attention and salience in social music experiences
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multimodal interfaces for active and social music experience
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cooperative social environments for participative music experience
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multi-user systems and application for social music experience
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social communication of emotions in performers and listeners
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