<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><span id="m_7999439678070148557inbox-inbox-docs-internal-guid-2dcfaf58-cceb-01f4-00d8-a3145d500a36" class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">======================</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">2nd CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">======================</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">((( MUME 2017 )))</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">5th International Workshop on Musical Metacreation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://musicalmetacreation.org" style="text-decoration:none" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">http://musicalmetacreation.org</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">June 19-20, 2017, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA.</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">MUME 2017 is to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology in conjunction with the Eighth International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2017.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc2017/" style="text-decoration:none" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">http://computationalcreativity.net/iccc2017/</span></a></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">=== Important Dates ===</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Workshop submission deadline: March 10, 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Notification date: April 20th, 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Camera-ready version: April 28th, 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Workshop dates: June 19-20, 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family: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e:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">-Presentations of POSITION PAPERS and WORK-IN-PROGRESS PAPERS (5 pages maximum)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">-Presentations of DEMONSTRATIONS (3 pages maximum).</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">All papers should be submitted as complete works. Demo systems should be tested and working by the time of submission, rather than be speculative. We encourage audio and video material to accompany and illustrate the papers (especially for demos). We ask that authors arrange for their web hosting of audio and video files, and give URL links to all such files within the text of the submitted paper.</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Submissions do not have to be anonymized, as we use single-blind reviewing. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three program committee members. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">   </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Workshop papers will be published as MUME 2017 Proceedings and will be archived with an ISBN number. Please use the updated MuMe paper template to format your paper. Also, please feel free to edit the licence entry (at the bottom left of the first page of the new template). The MUME 2017 latex and Word template is available at:</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg"><br class="m_7999439678070148557inbox-inbox-kix-line-break gmail_msg"></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg"><br class="m_7999439678070148557inbox-inbox-kix-line-break gmail_msg"></span><a href="http://musicalmetacreation.org/buddydrive/file/mume2017_templates/" style="text-decoration:none" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">http://musicalmetacreation.org/buddydrive/file/mume2017_templates/</span></a></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Submission should be uploaded using MUME 2017 EasyChair portal: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mume2017" style="text-decoration:none" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mume2017</span></a></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">For complete details on attendance, submissions and formatting, please visit the workshop website:</span><a href="http://www.musicalmetacreation.org" style="text-decoration:none" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg"> </span></a><a href="http://musicalmetacreation.org" style="text-decoration:none" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">http://musicalmetacreation.org</span></a></p><br class="gmail_msg"><h4 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Questions & Requests</span></h4><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">======================================</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Please direct any inquiries/suggestions/special requests to the Workshop Chair, Philippe Pasquier (<a href="mailto:pasquier@sfu.ca" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">pasquier@sfu.ca</a>).</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Workshop Organizers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">===================</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Pr. Philippe Pasquier (Workshop Chair)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Simon Fraser University, Canada</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://metacreation.net/" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://metacreation.net/</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg"><a href="https://www.kadenze.com/programs/generative-art-and-computational-creativity" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://www.kadenze.com/programs/generative-art-and-computational-creativity</a></span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Pr. Arne Eigenfeldt</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">School for the Contemporary Arts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Simon Fraser University, Canada</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Dr. Oliver Bown</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Design Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">The University of Sydney, Australia</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Kıvanç Tatar (MUME Administration and Publicity Assistant) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">School of Interactive Arts and Technology, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.</span></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">----------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://musicalmetacreation.org" style="text-decoration:none" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">http://musicalmetacreation.org</span></a></p><br class="gmail_msg"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" class="gmail_msg"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:raleway;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="gmail_msg">======================</span></p></span></div></div>