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Un mes irrepetible / A unique month

Yes, last month has been so unique for me that I wanted to share it with a post.

ISMIR 2014

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From October 27th to November 1st, I attended the 15h International Conference of Music Information Retrieval in Taipei, Taiwan. ISMIR is by far my favorite conference, where I meet most of my colleagues, get to know the advancements in the field, and get fresh ideas for my research. This year, it was a busy edition for me. We presented some work related to the PHENICX project, where we try to apply MIR techniques for classical music, in particular for symphonic repertoire and within the context of a concert, so including real-time description. In addition, we had several meetings of the society board, where I take part as a member. Finally, I was co-authoring a poster on the robustness of low-level features, another one on melodic similarity of flamenco music, in the scope of our COFLA project, and presenting a demo of our MIR.EDU library for music education! A lot for a single week!

proxy  It was a great conference: amazing city and landscape, very good organization, nice presentations and research outcomes, and good perspectives for next year in Málaga, Spain.

After coming back from ISMIR, I had my tenured defense on November 5th. After some years working at UPF and a long waiting period due to economic restrictions, I got tenured assistant professor thanks to the Serra Hunter program of the Catalan government. I am really happy for that!

One week later, this Wednesday, I attended a workshop in Madrid that the Spanish Association of Symphonic Orchestras (AEOS) and BBVA foundation devoted, in its first day, to the new challenges and opportunities that technology offers for orchestras. I presented the PHENICX project, including use cases and the technologies that the different partners are researching and developping, integrated in our prototype. You can find here my slides and complementary material. It has already appeared in press.

Although we are not far from summer, I now feel I need some rest!

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Symposium on audio and multimedia signal processing, CMNE 2011

I am co-organizing, together with Rui Pedro Paiva (University of Coimbra) a symposium in Audio and Multimedia Signal Processing that I hope will be a nice event. The conference (CMNE) is targeted towards master and PhD students presenting their new ideas and advancements on the field, and is willing to foster collaborations between Spain and Portugal. I attach the call for papers here, I hope it will be a success, mainly for researchers from Spain and Portugal! In addition, it takes place in the wonderful city of Coimbra in Portugal. 

This is the first time I am writing a call for papers in English, Spanish and Portuguese, I hope there are not big mistakes!

ENGLISH
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The forthcoming Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering – CMNE 2011 will take place in Coimbra (Portugal), from 14-17 June, and is organized by the APMTAC - Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional in association with SEMNI – Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería, as a result of a longstanding collaboration between the two Institutions.

This initiative should lead to a deepening of the collaboration and scientific understanding of Spain and Portugal within the Numerical Methods framework.

CMNE 2011 (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011) will be the ideal forum to air the most recent advances and future trends in numerical and computational methods in Engineering. It is open to students and experts interested in their development and application.  (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/brochura_CMNE2011.pdf).

Mini-symposium in "Audio and Multimedia Signal Processing": co-organized by Rui Pedro Paiva (Univ. Coimbra) and Emilia Gómez (Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona).

Topics: Music Information Retrieval (focusing on audio signal processing) and other areas related to audio and multimedia signal processing.

We encourage the submission of works by master and PhD students even in a preliminary phase. 

Abstract submission:
Abstract should have a maximum length of 250 words. A template is available at http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/pt/area_autores.htm, as well as indications for abstract submission.

Deadlines:
- Abstract submission: 30th of November, 2010.
- Notification of acceptance: 30th of January, 2011.
- Final paper submission: 31st of March, 2011. 

CMNE2011 Executive Comission

     António Tadeu                       António Rodríguez-Ferran
     Isabel Figueiredo                   Ignasi Colominas
     Luís Filipe Menezes               Jesus M.Blanco
     APMTAC                              SEMNI 

P.S. Appologies for cross-posting.

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El próximo Congresso de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería - CMNE 2011 tendrá lugar en Coimbra, del 14 a 17 de Junio de 2010, cimentando una extensa colaboració entre la APMTAC - Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional y la SEMNI - Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería.

Esta iniciativa permitirá profundizar la colaboración y el entendimiento científico entre España y Portugal, en el ámbito de los métodos numéricos en ingeniería.

El CMNE 2011 (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011) constituirá, por tanto, un fórum de discursión de los avances más recientes y direcciones futuras de los métodos numéricos y computacionales en ingeniería, abierto a investigadores, estudiantes y profesionales interesados en su desarrollo y aplicación (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/brochura_CMNE2011.pdf).

Mini-simposyum en "Procesado de señal audio y multimedia":
Convidamos a todos los colegas interesados en enviar un resumen de trabajo para representar en éste mini-symposium, co-organizado por Rui Pedro Paiva (Univ. Coimbra) y Emilia Gómez (Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona).

Temas del Symposium:
Se dará particular importancia a trabajos en el área de Music Information Retrieval (en especial sub-áreas más relacionadas con el procesado de señales audio). Serán también considerados trabajos en otras áreas de procesado de audio y multimedia.

Se incentiva la presentación de trabajos de estudiantes de máster y doctorado, incluso en su fase preliminar.

Envío de Resúmenes:
Los resúmenes deben tener un máximo de 250 palabras, encontrándose disponible un template CMNE 2011 en  http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/pt/area_autores.htm (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/pt/area_autores.htm), así como las instrucciones para su envío electrónico.

Fechas:
- Fecha límite de envío de resúmenes: 30 de Noviembre de 2010.
- Comunicación de aceptación: 30 de Enero de 2011.
- Envío de artículo en su versión final: 31 de Marzo de 2011. 

Comisión Directiva del CMNE2011

     António Tadeu                       António Rodríguez-Ferran
     Isabel Figueiredo                   Ignasi Colominas
     Luís Filipe Menezes               Jesus M.Blanco
     APMTAC                               SEMNI 

P.S. Pedimos disculpas por la recepción de la presente información por duplicado.

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O próximo Congresso de Métodos Numéricos em Engenharia - CMNE 2011 decorrerá em Coimbra, de 14 a 17 de Junho, cimentando uma franca colaboração entre a APMTAC - Associação Portuguesa de Mecânica Teórica, Aplicada e Computacional e a SEMNI - Sociedad Española de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería.
Pretende-se que ele permita o aprofundamento da colaboração e entendimento científico entre Portugal e Espanha, no âmbito dos métodos numéricos em engenharia.
O CMNE 2011 (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011 (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011)) constituirá, pois, um fórum de discussão dos avanços mais recentes e direcções futuras dos métodos numéricos e computacionais em engenharia, aberto a investigadores, estudantes e profissionais interessados no seu desenvolvimento e aplicação.  Descarregue a brochura do CMNE 2011, em PDF (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/brochura_CMNE2011.pdf (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/brochura_CMNE2011.pdf) ).

Mini-simpósio em "Processamento de sinal aúdio e multimédia":
Convidam-se todos os colegas interessados a submeter o resumo de um possível trabalho para apresentação no mini-simpósio "Processamento de sinal aúdio e multimédia" deste congresso, co-organizado por Rui Pedro Paiva (Univ. Coimbra) e Emilia Gómez (Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona).

Tópicos do Simpósio:
Será dada particular importância a submissões na área de Music Information Retrieval (em especial nas sub-áreas com maior envolvência de processamento de sinais áudio). Serão também consideradas submissões noutras áreas de processamento de sinal áudio e multimédia.

Público-Alvo:
São incentivadas submissões de trabalhos de estudantes de doutoramento e mestrado. São encorajados trabalhos ainda em fase preliminar.

Submissão de Resumos:
Os resumos poderão ser preparados com um máximo de 250 palavras, encontrando-se disponível para download o template do CMNE 2011 em  http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/pt/area_autores.htm (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/cmne2011/pt/area_autores.htm) , bem como as instruções para a sua submissão electrónica.

Datas:
- Data‑limite para submissão de resumos: 30 de Novembro de 2010.
- Comunicação da aceitação: 30 de Janeiro de 2011.
- Entrega da versão final do artigo: 31 de Março de 2011.

A Comissão Directiva do CMNE2011

     António Tadeu                       António Rodríguez-Ferran
     Isabel Figueiredo                   Ignasi Colominas
     Luís Filipe Menezes                 Jesus M.Blanco
     APMTAC                               SEMNI

P.S. Pedimos desculpa caso tenha recebido a presente informação em duplicado

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CBMI call for papers

I belong to the technical programme committee of the 9th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing.  It’s an interesting event taking place in Madrid this June!

Selected papers will appear, after extension and peer-review, in a special issue of Multimedia Tools and Applications.

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INFLA 2010

Last week I attended a small conference on flamenco research in Seville: INvestigacion y FLAmenco (INFLA 2010). It’s the second edition of an interdisciplinary conference on flamenco research, and one of the few existing ones devoted to flamenco music. I took part as a organizer and scientific committee member.

There were presentations related to flamenco research from a varied set of disciplines including (ethno)musicology, literature, medicine, computer science and music education. In addition, the conference included two concerts as side activities of the Flamenco Bienal, one of the most relevant flamenco events in Seville. Researchers came mainly from Spain but also from USA, France and Mexico. The conference was in spanish.

It was an enriching event, although there were many different approaches and methodologies followed, it’s sometimes difficult to understand everything. I particulary enjoyed a talk on a practical approach to flamenco music in primary education. The author has developped a blog for teaching flamenco in primary education, which includes a set of activities and teaching material.

I also liked a talk on flamenco dancing and interaction between flamenco performers. Finally, I was very interested on a study on the use of semiotic analysis to study the origin and evolution of the “petenera” style, by JM Hernández Jaramillo and Lénica Reyes. They have developed a computational model that analyses scores. I hope they will publish this work soon.

We also had a presentation of the COFLA project by Paco Gómez.

I hope there will be more editions of this conference, I will definitively contribute to it!

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