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[[Image:MIRESflowchart.png|600px|right]] == '''Introduction''' == For the purpose of this Roadmap we consider Music Information Research (MIR) as a field that covers all the research topics involved in the understanding and modelling of music and that use information processing methodologies. We view this research to be very much within the field of Information Technologies thus with the major aim of developing methods and technologies with which to process musically relevant data and develop products and services with which to create, distribute and interact with music information. This Roadmap aims at identifying research challenges of relevance to the MIR community. The document should also be of relevance to the policy makers that need to understand the field of information technologies, identifying the state of the art in music information technology research and the relevant research problems that should be worked on. The Roadmap has been elaborated by the researchers involved in the MIReS project. They have been responsible to get input and feedback from the different MIR stakeholders. Many events have been organised to gather information from experts throughout the elaboration of the Roadmap. This document is the result of a very participative process in which many people have been involved. The task of the writers of the document has mainly been an editorial one, trying to capture and summarise what the different stakeholders expressed as being relevant for the future of the field. There have been some European initiatives with similar aims. It is specially relevant to mention the S2S² Coordination Action, within which a [http://smcnetwork.org/roadmap Roadmap] was elaborated and published in 2007. That Roadmap covered the whole Sound and Music Computing field, thus it had a broader perspective than MIR and it also went beyond research issues. A more recent and also relevant document has been the discussion paper entitled [http://www.esf.org/human "Musicology (Re-) Mapped"] promoted by the European Science Foundation and published in 2012. This paper covered the field of Musicology from a modern perspective and discussed some of the current research trends, some of which overlap with MIR. It is also relevant to mention the [http://avmediasearch.eu/public/files/Chorus+_MusicThinkTank-Report_TheFutureOfMusicSearchAccessAndConsumption_final.pdf report] on the 3rd CHORUS+ Think-Tank that took place at MIDEM 2011 and addressed the future of music search, access and consumption from an industrial perspective. This Roadmap focuses on presenting and discussing research challenges, thus it does not aim to cover organisational, industrial, or educational aspects. No attempt is made to predict the future of research in MIR; we believe that this is not possible. The challenges have been identified by studying and using the current state of the art in MIR and related disciplines. We are very much aware that many of the great technological and scientific discoveries result from disruptive changes and developments, and these are impossible to predict using this approach. The challenges have been grouped into four sections, each one reflecting a different emphasis and perspective: technological, user, sociocultural, and exploitation. The technological perspective is the more traditional one used in MIR, reflecting the core scientific and technical challenges. The other three sections aim to examine the field from non-traditional perspectives, thus emphasising important, though often ignored views, which can give us important insights into our research. =='''Technological perspective'''== Music Information Research focuses on the processing of digital data related to music. This includes gathering and organisation of machine-readable musical data, development of data representations, and methodologies to process and understand that data, taking into account domain knowledge and bringing expertise from relevant scientific and engineering disciplines. ==='''[[Musically relevant data]]'''=== {{:Musically relevant data}} [[Musically relevant data#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Musically relevant data: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Music representations]]'''=== {{:Music representations}} [[Music representations#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Music representations: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Data processing methodologies]]'''=== {{:Data processing methodologies}} [[Data processing methodologies#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Data processing methodologies: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Knowledge-driven methodologies]]'''=== {{:Knowledge-driven methodologies}} [[Knowledge-driven methodologies#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Knowledge-driven methodologies: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Estimation of elements related to musical concepts]]'''=== {{:Estimation of elements related to musical concepts}} [[Estimation of elements related to musical concepts#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Estimation of elements related to musical concepts: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Evaluation methodologies]]'''=== {{:Evaluation methodologies}} [[Evaluation methodologies#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Evaluation methodologies: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] <!-- ==='''[[Music content analysis]]'''=== {{:Music content analysis}} [[Music content analysis#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Music content analysis: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] === '''[[Interface and interaction aspects]]''' === {{:Interface and interaction aspects}} [[Interface and interaction aspects#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Interface and interaction aspects: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Evaluation of research results]]'''=== {{:Evaluation of research results}} [[Evaluation of research results#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Evaluation of research results: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] --> =='''User perspective'''== Music Information Research considers the user perspective, both in order to understand the user roles within the music communication chain and to develop technologies for the interaction of these users with music data. MIR aims to capture, process and model the data gathered through user interaction and develop methodologies for the design of new musical devices in order to enable new interaction possibilities between users and these devices. ==='''[[User behaviour]]'''=== {{:User behaviour}} [[User behaviour#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[User behaviour: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[User interaction]]'''=== {{:User interaction}} [[User interaction#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[User interaction: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] =='''Socio-cultural perspective'''== Music Information Research involves the understanding and modeling of music-related data in its full contextual complexity. Music is a communication phenomenon that involves people and communities immersed in specific social and cultural context. MIR aims at processing musical data that captures the social and cultural context and at developing data processing methodologies with which to model the whole musical phenomenon. ==='''[[Music-related collective influences, trends and behaviours]]'''=== {{:Music-related collective influences, trends and behaviours}} [[Music-related collective influences, trends and behaviours#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Music-related collective influences, trends and behaviours: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Multiculturality]]'''=== {{:Multiculturality}} [[Multiculturality#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Multiculturality: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] <!-- ==='''[[Social aspects]]'''=== {{:Social aspects}} [[Social aspects#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Social aspects: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Culture specificity]]'''=== {{:Culture specificity}} [[Culture specificity#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Culture specificity: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] --> =='''Exploitation perspective'''== Music Information Research is relevant for producing exploitable technologies for organising, discovering, retrieving, delivering, and tracking information related to music. These technologies should enable improved user experience and commercially viable applications and services for digital media stakeholders. ==='''[[Music distribution applications]]'''=== {{:Music distribution applications}} [[Music distribution applications#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Music distribution applications: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Creative tools]]'''=== {{:Creative tools}} [[Creative tools#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Creative tools: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Other exploitation areas]]'''=== {{:Other exploitation areas}} [[Other exploitation areas#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Other exploitation areas: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] <!-- ==='''[[Music industry applications]]'''=== {{:Music industry applications}} [[Music industry applications#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Music industry applications: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Artistic applications]]'''=== {{:Artistic applications}} [[Artistic applications#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Artistic applications: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Research and educational applications]]'''=== {{:Research and educational applications}} [[Research and educational applications#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Research and educational applications: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] ==='''[[Creative industries applications]]'''=== {{:Creative industries applications}} [[Creative industries applications#State of the art|<ins>''State of the art''</ins>]] | [[Creative industries applications: Challenges|<ins>''Challenges''</ins>]] --> =='''Conclusions'''== This document has been conceived in order to identify current opportunities and challenges within the field of Music Information Research. The aim has been to open up the current views that drive the MIR field by taking into account science, industry and society. A review of the state of the art of the field has been conducted and the challenges have been identified by involving a variety of stakeholders. The proposed challenges have great potential for future impact on both academia and industry. In addition to the scientific and engineering points of view, the challenges have focused on social and industrial perspectives, thus aligning the Roadmap with [http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020 Horizon 2020], the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. By involving a variety of experts and points of view we hope to have provided a useful overview of the interest and expanding scope of the MIR field. The open discussions that have been organised in diverse forums have already made a very positive impact upon the MIR community. From here on the success of this initiative will be reflected by the number of students and researchers that read and use this document to make decisions about the direction of their research, especially when deciding which research challenges to address. The proposed research challenges, as well as the knowledge and the network built during the coordination process should also be relevant for policy makers, facilitating future gazing and the establishment of key Music Information Research funding strategies.

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