The Ninth International Conference on Music Information Retrieval will take place September 14-18, 2008 (Sunday through Thursday), at Drexel University in Philadelphia.  ISMIR is widely recognized as the premier venue for technology designed to access, analyze, and/or manage large collections and archives of musical information.

The expansion of the music information retrieval (MIR) community reflects the enormous challenges and opportunities presented by the recent and tremendous growth in available music and music-related data.  ISMIR provides a forum for the exchange of ideas between representatives of academia, industry, entertainment, and education, including researchers, developers, educators, librarians, students, and professional users, who contribute to this broadly interdisciplinary domain.

Alongside presentations of original theoretical research and practical work, ISMIR provides introductory and in-depth tutorials, and a venue for the showcase of current MIR-related products and systems.

Important dates:

• April 2, 2008: Submission of papers, tutorials and panels (extended as of 3/19)
• June 4, 2008: Notification of acceptance
• June 25, 2008: Camera-ready submissions
• July 24, 2008: Submission of abstracts for late breaking/demo session

Check the ISMIR website for more information.