General Information

JIM'97 call for papers, posters and video presentations on recent computer music researches and applications concerning any sub-field of computer music, including and not limited to :

• Formalization and representation of musical structures
• Formalization and modelling of musical knowledge
• Environments and languages for musical composition
• Automatic composing and arrangement systems
• Tools for musical analysis
• Musical editing and publishing systems
• Optical score recognition softwares
• Musical performance modelling and simulation
• Software and hardware interfaces for musical performance
• Sound synthesis systems and environments
• Musical instruments modelling
• Signal analysis and processing systems
• Sound spatialisation and acoustic modelling
• Software and hardware systems for interactive music
• Automatic recognition and extraction of musical parameters
• Musical perception modelling and simulation
• Normalization, archiving and transmission of musical information
• Real-time systems and protocols for computer music
• Reports from musical research centers

Submission procedure

Papers : papers will be at most 8 pages long and will conform to the specifications given below. Each communication will be 30 mn long, questions included. Talks will be given in French or in English. There will be no simultaneous translation. A DAT, K7, CD player, an overhead projector , a slide projector and a video projector will be made available for the communications.

Videos : videos will be submitted in VHS, using one of the PAL, SECAM or NTSC format. They will be at most 20 mn long. Each submission will be given with a half page abstract.

Posters : each poster sessions will be a half day long. Submission consists in a 2 pages abstract. Practical and technical details will be mentionned at submission time.

Proposals wil be examined by a paper selection committee (see below) that may ask for details and corrections before full acceptance.

Schedule

JIM'97 organization committee

• Dominique Fober (fober@rd.grame.fr)
• James Giroudon (giroudon@rd.grame.fr)
• Stéphane Letz (letz@rd.grame.fr)
• Yann Orlarey (orlarey@rd.grame.fr)

The JIM'97 are organized by Grame with the collaboration of the Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon, and the support of the ADERIM and the Ministery of Culture.

JIM supervision committee

• Marc Chemillier (Université de Caen)
• Myriam Desainte-Catherine (Université Bordeaux 1)
• Yann Orlarey (Grame, Lyon)
• François Pachet (IBP, Université Paris 6)
• Marie-Hélène Serra (IRCAM)

The JIM supervision committee is a permanent non profit association : ADERIM (Association pour le Développement de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Informatique Musicale), c/o Myriam Desainte-Catherine, LaBRI, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence.

Paper selection committee

The JIM'97 paper selection committee includes all the members of the JIM supervision committee and of the JIM'97 organization committee, as well as :

• Gérard Assayag (IRCAM)
• Roland Assous (U. Lyon 1)
• Claude Cadoz (ACROE)
• Joel Chadabe (EMF)
• Pierre-Alain Jaffrennou (GRAME)
• Gérard LeVot (U. Lyon 2)
• Denis Lorrain (SONUS)
• Xavier Rodet (IRCAM)
• Pierre-Yves Roland (LAFORIA)

Contributions submission

Submitted contributions must be sent before March 1, 1997. Definitive version (after acceptance) must be sent before May 1, 1997. All the contributions must be sent to :

JIM'97 - Grame
6, quai Jean Moulin
BP 1185
69202 LYON Cedex 01

Required paper format

Paper authors are required to send by March 1, 1996, a printed version of their paper in A4 format. After notification of acceptance by the paper selection committee, authors should send the final version of their paper (eventually modified according to the committee's remarks) by May 1, 1996. This final version should be sent in two forms : a printed camera-ready document, and an electronic document.

• printed document : please conform strictly to the joined document called "JIM'97 : paper format". You can download a postscript version of this document at : ftp://ftp.grame.fr/jim97/JIM97Format.uk.ps. If you have any problem to get it, send a message to jim97@rd.grame.fr and we'll send you a copy via attachment or a printed version via regular mail. WARNING : pages must not be numbered.
• electronic document (desired) : this document will be integrated in the electronic edition of the proceedings accessible through the World Wide Web. Send a 5 lines abstract, your document in HTML format (with GIF or JPEG pictures) and a Postscript version of your paper.

Send us your electronic documents on a floppy disk (Mac or PC) to the adress given above for paper submission, or by e-mail to jim97@rd.grame.fr.