IRZU – the Institute for Sonic Arts Research in Ljubljana, Slovenia, will host the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2012 in Ljubljana from the 9th to 15th September 2012. We encourage the submission of papers examining any topic related to computer music and digital audio, including: aesthetic, compositional, educational, musicological, perceptual, scientific and technical aspects.
Paper Topics

We encourage the submission of papers examining any topic related to computer music and digital audio, including: aesthetic, compositional, educational, musicological, perceptual, scientific and technical aspects.

For the 2012 ICMC we would specially like to encourage the submission of papers connected to the conference theme of "non-cochlearity", within which we would like to open the questions of conceptualizing music and connecting sonic image to language, and meaning. We would like to analyze the role and the possibilities of new technologies to compensate for the lack of articulation/expression potential that is inherently present in the musical language. Besides this global theme however, the submission topics, are very broad – as usual – and include following themes:
Theory and Philosophy
Aesthetics
Artificial Intelligence and Music
Spatialisation Techniques
Live Coding
Mobile Music Computing
Networked Music Performance
Digital Audio Signal Processing
Interaction and Improvisation
New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Languages for Computer Music
Music Information Retrieval
Representation and Models for Computer Music
Software and Hardware Systems
Computer Systems in Music Education
Piece+Paper
History of Electro-acoustic Music
Composition Systems / Techniques
Algorithmic Composition
Analysis/Synthesis
Studio Reports
Unconference
Important Dates

Submissions open 4th January 2012
Deadline for submission of papers is: 15th February 2012
Notification of selected papers will be announced on 1st May 2012
Final 'Camera-Ready' paper deadline: 1st June 2012
Registration deadline: 10th June 2012
Submission Requirements

Please review all of the detailed requirements below before submitting your paper.

Please make sure that you use A4 (210mm by 297mm or 8.27" by 11.69") paper layout. We strongly recommend that you use the Word or LaTeX template files to format your paper correctly for submission:

MS Word Template
LaTeX Template

Papers should be submitted in PDF format. Please make sure that all author information is removed from the submitted paper in order to provide fairness and transparency in the reviewing process.
Submission Types

Please submit PDFs with all author information removed for blind review for the following presentation categories:
Short Paper

4 pages maximum in Proceedings, 15 minutes lecture presentation + 5 minutes for questions.
Long Paper

8 pages maximum in Proceedings, 25 minutes lecture presentation + 5 minutes for questions.
Poster

4 pages maximum in Proceedings
Demonstration

4 pages maximum in Proceedings

Papers should be a substantial contribution to the field and must be accompanied by a written submission, which may be up to 4 (short) or 8 (long) pages including images and references. Posters and demonstrations are a forum for discussion of work-in-progress and/or significant or important results that are better suited for more interactive presentation. They must be accompanied by a written paper submission of up to 4 pages in length including images and references. Posters will be presented on a single A2 size sheet during a poster session. Demonstrations will be presented during a poster session. All submissions will be subject to blind review by an international panel. One of the authors must present the work at the conference (and pay the registration fee by 10th June 2012) for it to appear in the proceedings. In exceptional circumstances, the paper chair may propose a more suitable format than the one proposed (i.e. long rather than short paper, demonstration rather than poster).