• Class cancelled

• Introduction
• Introduction to the Internet (pdf) 
• Networks

• Research topics
• Research at DDMAL
• Music Databases

• Standards and Representations

Slide or HTML presentation I (10 min)

• Alex: MedlyDB
• Belen: C-Brahms and Mutopia Project
• Yueqiao: Maestro

• Classifiers (genre, instrument, mood, performer, composer, rhythm, beat tracking, etc.)

Slide or HTML presentation I (10 min)

• Tianqi: CompMusic
• John: Dig that Lick & Weimar Jazz Database

• Recognition and Analysis
• MIREX

Attend CIRMMT Workshop

• Reading Week: No class

• Transcriptions and Annotations

Slide-based presentation II (15 min)

• Tianqi: Feature extraction and dynamic programming (in the context of beat tracking)
• Belen: Neural networks (gradient-based optimization)
• Yueqiao: Transformers (self-attention and sequence learning)

• Recommendations
• Playlists
• Web services

Slide-based presentation II (15 min)

• Alex: Hidden Markov Models 

• Similarity

Slide-based presentation III (15 min)

• John: Random Forest and GBDTs
• Belen: Piano transcription
• Yueqiao: Chord recognition
• Tianqi: Music emotion recognition
• Alex: Sequential Bayesian estimation 

• Query

Slide-based presentation III (15 min)

• John: Score following

11/17

• Indexing
• Watermarks
• Usability
• Systems issues

Slide-based presentation 1V (15 min)

• Tianqi: Computational ethnomusicology
• John: Melodic similarity

Submit a draft of the final project proposal (1–2 pages) plus a partial bibliography

11/24

• Networked Environment for Music Analysis (NEMA)
• NEMA-DIY demo video
• Performance RENdering CONtest for computer systems (RENCON)

Slide-based presentation 1V (15 min)

• Course evaluation (deadline: 05/01)
  • Information
    • Video 1 (Why?) (2 min.)
  • Provide constructive feedback
    • Video 2 (How?) (3 min.)
  • Granted permission to disseminate your numerical course evaluation results (with minimum of five responses).
• Intellectual property issues
• Copyright Quiz
• Michael Moore on sharing
• RIAA on piracy
• Steve Jobs on DRM
• P2P users spend 50% more on music than non-P2P users
• Creative Commons guide
• Canada (2023: copyright extended to 70 years from 50 years after death)
  • Michael Geist on Canada’s music copyright laws (2019)
  • Supreme Court of Canada decisions on copyright (2012/07)
  • Revised CAUT Guidelines for the Use of Copyrighted Material (2013/02)
  • Copyright Law and Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights for Canadian Archivists and Records Managers (2021)
  • Michel Geist: The Canadia Government Makes its Choice (2022)
  • Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Expressions in Canada (Government of Canada)
  • Indigenous peoples and intellectual property (Goverment of Canada)
• Socio-cultural aspects

Final project presentations (5–8 min)

Submit the final project proposal (1–2 pages) with a full bibliography

Assignments

The last slide of every presentation should include a: “AI / LLM Use Statement”

Assignment #1 (Due 09/22) 10% Slide-based presentation I (10 min)

• Subscribe to the ISMIR Google Community Announcements: https://groups.google.com/a/ismir.net/forum/#!forum/community
• Read: Foundation Models for Music: A Survey: especially Sections I, II, III-A, V-A, and V-B1 (~25 pages)
• HTML- or slide-based presentation of existing Music Databases. Describe the content, history, and uses of the database, highlighting any research conducted with it (10 min). Submit the HTML pages or slides as a PDF file.

• Slide-based presentation of review of topics related to classifiers, e.g.: Feature extraction (audio or symbolic), Feature selection (with Genetic Algorithms) Neural Networks (shallow, deep, CNN, RNN, LSTM, Transformers, etc.), Support Vector Machines, Decision Trees (ID3 & C4.5), Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Gaussian Mixture Models, Hidden Markov Models, AdaBoost, and Dynamic Programming; include music information retrieval applications. Submit the slides as a PDF file.
• Written summary (2–3 pages, single spaced, single columns 1" margins) plus an annotated bibliography (short summary and evaluation) as a PDF file (use links, if avialable) (Chicago style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition) of the presentation topic.
• Before submitting the summary, ask a Chappie: “Find any issues with this assignment: grammar, spelling, etc.”

• Slide-based presentation on topics of transcription, recognition, annotation, and classification. It may include general review of transcription systems (monophonic, polyphonic, separation), Beat-box transcription, singing transcription, beat/tempo tracking using audio, beat/tempo tracking using MIDI, diarization, Goto’ works, realtme pitch tracking, piano music transcription, timbre / instrument recognition, genre classification, structural analysis, performer identification, music emotion recognition, review of a component of jMIR, etc. Submit the slides as a PDF file.
• Written summary (2–3 pages) with an extensive bibliography (Chicago style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition), which should include practically all significant papers on the subject. You do not need to annotated them but should reference each one of them in the summary paper. Before submitting ask a Chappie: “Find any issues with this assignment: grammar, spelling, etc. Also check every entry in the Bibliography is referenced in the main prose.”

• Slide-based presentation on review of topics related to similarity (melody, harmony, timbre, genre, etc.), query systems, recommendation / playlist systems, historical overviews in MIR, computational musicology / ethnomusicology, or exploratory research on topics related to your final project. Submit the slides as a PDF file.
• Written summary (2–3 pages) plus an extensive bibliography (Chicago style, Documentation II: Author-Date References: 16th edition) of the presentation topic. Before submitting ask a Chappie: “Find any issues with this assignment: grammar, spelling, etc. Also check every entry in the Bibliography is referenced in the main prose.»

Assignment #5 (Due 11/17) 5%

• A draft of the final project proposal (1–2 pages), including a tentative title, subgoals, plus a partial bibliography (Chicago style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition).

Assignment #6 (Due 12/01) 5%

• Final project presentation describing what you intend to do (5–8 min). Submit the slides as a PDF file.
• Final project proposal (1–2 pages) with the title and a full bibliography (Chicago style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition).

• Software project with description (2–3 pages) (Repository on Github) (ISMIR style)

or

• Research paper (5–10 pages) (ISMIR style)

Improving writing skills for McGill graduate students: Graphos