WP 5 -- Community Co-creativity and New Knowledge Generation (Hubs and Spokes)

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====='''Objectives'''=====

While WP4 focuses on dissemination of existing knowledge, WP5 has been conceived specifically in view of generating new knowledge which would aid the roadmapping process, through a series of events specifically design to achieve MIReS results. The main objective of this WP is to gather information from experts in various fields that can be relevant for writing the MIR Roadmap. We will accomplish this by organizing events with different types of communities, in different formats and addressing different topics related to the Roadmap. The main aim of the events will be to promote interdisciplinary discussions around MIR among people coming from very different backgrounds and interests.

Another important goal of this WP will be to promote networking between the different communities related to MIR and the promotion within them of the key concepts of the Roadmap. These activities will allow the MIReS roadmap to evaluate and consider what these communities are expecting from MIR research and development now and – more importantly – what will be the worth of MIR in the future in terms of relevant values (scientific, technological, economic, artistic, etc.) and enable to consequently identify future directions for MIR research topics.

Regarding the types of events, we will specially target academic and industrial events and take advantage of the most relevant conferences / event formats currently existing, thus covering the core research topics of the MIR field and the applications from different points of view: academic, industrial and artistic.


====='''Description of work and role of partners'''=====

The tasks included in this WP are designed to build better and tighter bridges between the MIR academic, industrial and artistic communities on one hand, and other relevant complementary communities on the other hand, such as e.g. hackers/freelancers, artists, students.

The foreseen conferences in WP5 will include both special sessions in already consolidated conferences and new and disruptive event formats that will be proposed where several MIR research topics and questions will be identified and shared between the participants who will not only write a position statement, but also imagine future MIR research directions.

Expected outcomes of this WP are:
* High quality contributions to the key thematic areas of the MIR roadmap
* Awareness and understanding of identified communities’ key actors with respect to MIR research topics
* Networking and community building between MIReS partners and external stakeholders in the field


'''''Task 5.1: Academic events'''''

Academic conferences will be an important public assessment point for the MIReS Coordination Action. Gathering of information will be organized in a way to promote brainstorming on specific topics with the aim to include it in the roadmap. Several academic conferences relevant to the MIR research area have been identified.


''Special sessions at ISMIR''

ISMIR (http://www.ismir.net/) is the main gathering of researchers in the field of MIR. A special event will be proposed as part of the next two ISMIR conferences with the aim to have discussions about some of the specific issues in the MIReS Roadmap and the Future of MIR.

For ISMIR 2011 we will propose to focus on "non-western music and MIR" and we are planning to invite people like: George Tzanetakis (Univ. of Victoria), Parag Chordia (Georgia Tech), and David Huron (Ohio State).

ISMIR 2012 could be focused on "Music ontologies and profiling of music communities" and we are planning to invite people like: Peter Mikas (Yahoo Research), Yves Raimond (BBC) and Frederick Giasson (Structured Dynamics). If these events cannot be organized in the context of ISMIR we will find other relevant conferences to propose them to.

In addition to the above-mentioned academic conferences, an Academic Forum on MIR and Multiculturalism will be organized at UPF in the spring-summer of 2012 where international scientists coming from diverse academic fields, including Computer Science, Musicology, Social Sciences, Music Cognition, and Human Computer Interaction will be invited. There will be a special emphasis on multiculturalism and it will be organized in collaboration with the project CompMusic (Xavier Serra's ERC Advanced Grant project which starts in July 2011). Some of the people to be invited include Baris Bozkurt, Preeti Rao, and Hema Murthy.

The MIReS Academic External Advisors Prof. Geraint Wiggins, Prof. Atta Badii and Prof. William Gaver will be valuable contributors to the events listed in Task 5.1.

Partners involved: UPF-MTG coordinates with contribution from OSGK-OFAI, QMUL and INESC PORTO.


'''''Task 5.2: Events involving industry representatives, outside experts and future users'''''

Since the field of Music Information ReSearch is expected to have a considerable impact on the multimedia market economy and related fields (entertainment, mobile services, gaming, virtual/augmented reality, etc.) several workshops involving key EU industry representatives have been envisaged with the goal of i) exploring future MIR applications and possible barriers from the industry point of view and ii) catering for quick technology transfer turnarounds.


''Music Hack Day''

A Music Hack Day (http://musichackday.org/) will be organized in Barcelona as a satellite event of the popular Sonar Festival (http://sonar.es) in June 2012. A Music Hack Day is a non-conventional event where the most relevant international music companies provide the community of software developers free access to the most innovative market tools in order to conceptualise, create and present their applications. It is an event of a great
interest to industry and a perfect venue to explore the future potential of industry deployment of innovative music search and discovery technologies. The Music Hack Day in 2012 will emphasize a stronger collaboration with the events of Sonar, thus promoting topics related with the international electronic music scene. These events will be organised by BMAT and UPF-MTG, with input from MIReS Industry Advisors like Mark Levy from Last.fm,
James Sopper from Slicethepie.com and Rowena Goldman from the BBC.


''Trend-spotting industry MIR event''

The aim of this event is horizon-scanning and insight into worldwide industry trends related to music search and discovery, for inclusion into roadmap foresight planning. The trend-spotting industry MIR event will be organised by STRO and BMAT in conjunction with Brand-M.biz (http://www.brand-m.biz/ and http://brand-e.biz/bands.html) and will involve representatives from major EU and international music companies, and broadcasting and telecoms companies with a vested interest in the future of music media search. The partners will involve MIReS Industry Advisors Mark Levy from Last.fm and James Sopper from Slicethepie.com and MIReS Media and Broadcasting Industry Advisor Rowena Goldman. Brand-e.biz regularly rely on a series of industry sponsors for their events.


''EU Associate Countries Digital Music and Hack Day Event''

An event is proposed in conjunction with participants from the following EU Associate countries: Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Turkey and Albania. The aim of this event is to gather information from emerging markets for applications of music search and discovery and contribute to the roadmapping foresight. This event will be organised in Croatia by STRO and BMAT in conjunction with the multimedia agency Kreativni (http://www.kreativni.hr/) and will be open not only to academics but to hackers and music audiences representing the public at large. Sponsorship from a large regional media and telecoms company will be sought to contribute to the funding of the event.

Partners involved: Coordination by STRO with BMAT and UPF-MTG


'''''Task 5.3: Events involving artists and musicians'''''

Creative insight into the discipline will be sought through ‘art meets science’ events, gathering input from artists working with interactive technologies and music performers from different cultural backgrounds. These events will encourage exchange of ideas with artists and musicians, and expand the Music Information ReSearch stakeholders network.


''EU Music Search and Discovery Creative Workshop''

A workshop around creativity will be proposed as part of the Networked Electronic Media constituency in 2012 (venue to be determined) organised under the aegis of the European Commission (DG Information Society and Media). This workshop will address topics such as Media-related applications, Content creation, Content search and Media presentation and will involve participation from creative digital natives, young innovators and cross-disciplinary artists. The workshop will be run by STRO in conjunction with MIReS Advisor Rowena Goldman, BBC Creative Partnerships Executive and Consultant to NEM 2011.


''MIR and Creation Workshop''

This workshop to be hosted at IRCAM will focus on the applications of MIR for artistic creation and professional production.


''MIR Multicultural workshop''

This workshop will focus on multicultural Music Information ReSearch as an inside event at IRCAM or as a workshop linked to an external conference. The goal of this workshop is to gather artists from both western and non-western culture in order to share their respective vision of the MIR field.

Partners involved: Coordination by UPF-MTG, with IRCAM, INESC PORTO and STRO.


'''''Task 5.4: Reports and proceedings, and presentation to the EU Media Search Cluster'''''

All contributions gathered from different communities involved in conferences, workshops, roundtables and other events will be collected into a summary which will directly influence the MIReS roadmap. In addition, proceedings from the above conferences and reports from the outlined activities will also constitute deliverables for this WP (see below), and will be presented at the Concertation meetings of the EU Media Search Cluster scheduled in 2012.

Partners involved: Coordination by UPF-MTG with contribution by all partners.


====='''Deliverables'''=====

''Deliverable 5.1: Intermediary summary of all events organised''

Intermediary summary of all events organised [month 9]


''Deliverable 5.2: Final summary of all events organised''

Final summary of all events organised [month 12]


''Deliverable 5.3: Final Summary of the contributions''

Summary of the contributions to the MIR roadmap generated from the events [month 13]


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