CALL FOR PAPERS
\n1st AISB Symposium on Music and Unconventional Computing
\nPart of: AISB Annual Convention 2013<\/p>\n
University of Exeter, UK The convention is organised by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB). Chairs: Prof Andy Adamatzky, Programme Committee: Research into unconventional, or nature-inspired, computing aims to uncover novel principles of efficient information processing and computation in physical, chemical and biological systems, to develop novel non-standard algorithms and computing architectures, and also to implement conventional algorithms in non-silicon, or wet, substrates. Computers have been programmed to produce sounds as early as the beginning of the 1950\u00d5s. Nowadays, the computer is ubiquitous in many aspects of music, ranging from software for musical composition and production, to systems for distribution of music on the Internet. Therefore, it is likely that future developments in Computer Science will have an impact in music technology.<\/p>\n This workshop will discuss ways in which unconventional modes of computation may provide new directions for future developments in Computer Music.<\/p>\n TOPICS OF INTEREST: * How can we make music with unconventional modes of computation?<\/p>\n * Is there any advantage of using unconventional computation (UC) in music as opposed to conventional von Neumann-based architectures?<\/p>\n * Are there any particular musical problems that could be performed with UC better than with conventional computers?<\/p>\n * Can we go beyond mere application of UC in music and build a musical machine that would be able to perform actual computations?<\/p>\n * Would the above machine be useful for applications other than music?<\/p>\n * What might the field UC benefit from using music as a domain for research into new modes of computations?<\/p>\n * What would musicians gain from gaining a better understanding of UC?<\/p>\n Based on existing works on music and UC, we would expect to see papers on topic such as:<\/p>\n * Sonification or musification of non-standard computation(s) PROCEEDINGS: Each delegate will receive a memory stick containing the proceedings of all the symposia.<\/p>\n Selected papers from the symposium will be published in the International Journal of Unconventional Computing.<\/p>\n Subject to a sufficient number of high-quality papers submitted we might publish collection of extended papers as a book in Springer Series on Emergence, Complexity and Computation.<\/p>\n IMPORTANT DATES AND SUBMISSIONS: PAPER FORMAT:
\nApril 2nd-5th 2013
\nhttp:\/\/emps.exeter.ac.uk\/
\nhttp:\/\/www.aisb.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nProf Eduardo Miranda
\nInterdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR)
\nPlymouth University, UK.
\neduardo DOT miranda AT\u00a0plymouth.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUnconventional Computing Centre
\nUniversity of the West of England, UK.
\nandrew DOT adamatzky AT\u00a0uwe.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAlexis Kirke, University of Plymouth, UK
\nChristof Teuscher, Portland State University, USA
\nCristian S. Calude, University of Auckland, New Zealand
\nDuncan Williams, University of Plymouth, UK
\nJon McCormack, Monash University, Australia
\nJonathan W. Mills, Indiana University, USA
\nMartyn Amos, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
\nPeter Beyls, St Lukas University College of Art and Design, Belgium
\nSusan Stepney, University of York, UK
\nTim Blackwell, Goldsmith College, UK
\nVladimir Privman, Clarkson University, USA<\/p>\n
\nSince this is an emerging field, the organizers do not wish to prescribe a limited topic of interest. We welcome proposals addressing questions such as:<\/p>\n
\n* Cellular automata music and sound
\n* Parallelism and highly distributed processing
\n* Music technology using in vitro neural networks
\n* BCI for using EEG as non-linear processor
\n* Chemical computing
\n* Subatomic musical instruments
\n* Making music with interactive nonlinear media
\n* Physarum polycephalum
\n* Harnessing the non-algorithmic openness of physical systems
\n* Wetware-silicon interfacing<\/p>\n
\nThere will be separate proceedings for each symposium, produced before the convention.<\/p>\n
\nDeadline: Midnight, UK time, of 14th January 2013
\nNotification of acceptance: 11th February 2013
\nFinal versions for inclusion in proceedings: 4th March 2013.
\nPlease send your paper attached to an email to the chairs.
\nIf the file is larger than 5MB please send a link for downloading.
\nSee also:\u00a0http:\/\/cmr.soc.plymouth.ac.uk\/
\nPlease follow the guidelines of the International Journal of Unconventional Computing to format your paper. There is no page limit, but it is highly recommended that papers should not exceed 4,000 words.<\/p>\n