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Recent Advances in Music Processing

Special Session at APSIPA ASC 2026 exploring music signal processing, computational musicology, deep learning for music, interactive music systems, MIR, and AI-based music research.

📍 Hanoi, Vietnam
📅 9–12 November 2026

https://www.apsipa2026.org/call_special_session.html

Organizers:
Tetsuro Kitahara ([email protected]) &
Eita Nakamura

Deadline: 15/05/2026

#MusicTechnology #MIR #MusicInformationRetrieval #SignalProcessing #AI #ComputationalMusicology

#CFP

Recent Advances in Music Processing

Special Session at APSIPA ASC 2026 exploring music signal processing, computational musicology, deep learning for music, interactive music systems, MIR, and AI-based music research.

📍 Hanoi, Vietnam
📅 9–12 November 2026

https://www.apsipa2026.org/call_special_session.html

Organizers:
Tetsuro Kitahara ([email protected]) &
Eita Nakamura

Deadline: 15/05/2026

#MusicTechnology #MIR #MusicInformationRetrieval #SignalProcessing #AI #ComputationalMusicology

#CFP

Recent Advances in Music Processing

Special Session at APSIPA ASC 2026 exploring music signal processing, computational musicology, deep learning for music, interactive music systems, MIR, and AI-based music research.

📍 Hanoi, Vietnam
📅 9–12 November 2026

https://www.apsipa2026.org/call_special_session.html

Organizers:
Tetsuro Kitahara ([email protected]) &
Eita Nakamura

Deadline: 15/05/2026

#MusicTechnology #MIR #MusicInformationRetrieval #SignalProcessing #AI #ComputationalMusicology

#CFP

Recent Advances in Music Processing

Special Session at APSIPA ASC 2026 exploring music signal processing, computational musicology, deep learning for music, interactive music systems, MIR, and AI-based music research.

📍 Hanoi, Vietnam
📅 9–12 November 2026

https://www.apsipa2026.org/call_special_session.html

Organizers:
Tetsuro Kitahara ([email protected]) &
Eita Nakamura

Deadline: 15/05/2026

#MusicTechnology #MIR #MusicInformationRetrieval #SignalProcessing #AI #ComputationalMusicology

#CFP

Recent Advances in Music Processing

Special Session at APSIPA ASC 2026 exploring music signal processing, computational musicology, deep learning for music, interactive music systems, MIR, and AI-based music research.

📍 Hanoi, Vietnam
📅 9–12 November 2026

https://www.apsipa2026.org/call_special_session.html

Organizers:
Tetsuro Kitahara ([email protected]) &
Eita Nakamura

Deadline: 15/05/2026

#MusicTechnology #MIR #MusicInformationRetrieval #SignalProcessing #AI #ComputationalMusicology

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Music and the Extended Mind: Musical Intelligence in the 21st Century

📍 Florida State University
📅 5–6 May 2027

Conference on musical intelligence, AI, technology, creativity, and the “extended mind” in contemporary music practice.

Deadline: 07/07/2026

https://music.fsu.edu/c21mp/

#MusicTech #AI #MusicResearch #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology #DigiralMusicology #LLM #Musicology

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Music and the Extended Mind: Musical Intelligence in the 21st Century

📍 Florida State University
📅 5–6 May 2027

Conference on musical intelligence, AI, technology, creativity, and the “extended mind” in contemporary music practice.

Deadline: 07/07/2026

https://music.fsu.edu/c21mp/

#MusicTech #AI #MusicResearch #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology #DigiralMusicology #LLM #Musicology

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Music and the Extended Mind: Musical Intelligence in the 21st Century

📍 Florida State University
📅 5–6 May 2027

Conference on musical intelligence, AI, technology, creativity, and the “extended mind” in contemporary music practice.

Deadline: 07/07/2026

https://music.fsu.edu/c21mp/

#MusicTech #AI #MusicResearch #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology #DigiralMusicology #LLM #Musicology

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Music and the Extended Mind: Musical Intelligence in the 21st Century

📍 Florida State University
📅 5–6 May 2027

Conference on musical intelligence, AI, technology, creativity, and the “extended mind” in contemporary music practice.

Deadline: 07/07/2026

https://music.fsu.edu/c21mp/

#MusicTech #AI #MusicResearch #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology #DigiralMusicology #LLM #Musicology

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Music and the Extended Mind: Musical Intelligence in the 21st Century

📍 Florida State University
📅 5–6 May 2027

Conference on musical intelligence, AI, technology, creativity, and the “extended mind” in contemporary music practice.

Deadline: 07/07/2026

https://music.fsu.edu/c21mp/

#MusicTech #AI #MusicResearch #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology #DigiralMusicology #LLM #Musicology

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7th IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS² 2026)

📍 Cannes, France
📅 28–30 October 2026

Focus on networked audio, IoT, MIR, immersive sound, AI, and Internet of Musical Things. Papers, demos, performances & installations welcome.

Deadline: 30/06/2026

https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/

#InternetOfSounds #MusicTech #MIR #SoundStudies #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology

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7th IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS² 2026)

📍 Cannes, France
📅 28–30 October 2026

Focus on networked audio, IoT, MIR, immersive sound, AI, and Internet of Musical Things. Papers, demos, performances & installations welcome.

Deadline: 30/06/2026

https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/

#InternetOfSounds #MusicTech #MIR #SoundStudies #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology

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7th IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS² 2026)

📍 Cannes, France
📅 28–30 October 2026

Focus on networked audio, IoT, MIR, immersive sound, AI, and Internet of Musical Things. Papers, demos, performances & installations welcome.

Deadline: 30/06/2026

https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/

#InternetOfSounds #MusicTech #MIR #SoundStudies #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology

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7th IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS² 2026)

📍 Cannes, France
📅 28–30 October 2026

Focus on networked audio, IoT, MIR, immersive sound, AI, and Internet of Musical Things. Papers, demos, performances & installations welcome.

Deadline: 30/06/2026

https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/

#InternetOfSounds #MusicTech #MIR #SoundStudies #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology

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7th IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS² 2026)

📍 Cannes, France
📅 28–30 October 2026

Focus on networked audio, IoT, MIR, immersive sound, AI, and Internet of Musical Things. Papers, demos, performances & installations welcome.

Deadline: 30/06/2026

https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/

#InternetOfSounds #MusicTech #MIR #SoundStudies #ComputationalMusicProcessing #ComputationalMusicology

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Probabilistic Machine Learning for Audio

📍KU Leuven, Belgium

Fully funded PhD on probabilistic ML for audio, focusing on representations across cultures, sequence modelling, tokenisation, uncertainty quantification, and information retrieval for audio analysis.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60654078?lang=en

#MachineLearning #AudioResearch #MIR #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology
#DigitalMusicology
#ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Probabilistic Machine Learning for Audio

📍KU Leuven, Belgium

Fully funded PhD on probabilistic ML for audio, focusing on representations across cultures, sequence modelling, tokenisation, uncertainty quantification, and information retrieval for audio analysis.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60654078?lang=en

#MachineLearning #AudioResearch #MIR #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology
#DigitalMusicology
#ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Probabilistic Machine Learning for Audio

📍KU Leuven, Belgium

Fully funded PhD on probabilistic ML for audio, focusing on representations across cultures, sequence modelling, tokenisation, uncertainty quantification, and information retrieval for audio analysis.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60654078?lang=en

#MachineLearning #AudioResearch #MIR #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology
#DigitalMusicology
#ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Probabilistic Machine Learning for Audio

📍KU Leuven, Belgium

Fully funded PhD on probabilistic ML for audio, focusing on representations across cultures, sequence modelling, tokenisation, uncertainty quantification, and information retrieval for audio analysis.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60654078?lang=en

#MachineLearning #AudioResearch #MIR #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology
#DigitalMusicology
#ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Probabilistic Machine Learning for Audio

📍KU Leuven, Belgium

Fully funded PhD on probabilistic ML for audio, focusing on representations across cultures, sequence modelling, tokenisation, uncertainty quantification, and information retrieval for audio analysis.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60654078?lang=en

#MachineLearning #AudioResearch #MIR #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology
#DigitalMusicology
#ComputationalMusicProcessing

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Language-Centric Music Information Retrieval (Special Collection)
Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR)

Explores #MusicInformationRetrieval through language-based modelling, including NLP, multimodal systems, recommendation, and AI-driven music analysis.

Deadline: 01/09/2026

https://transactions.ismir.net

#MIR #MusicTech #AI #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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Language-Centric Music Information Retrieval (Special Collection)
Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR)

Explores #MusicInformationRetrieval through language-based modelling, including NLP, multimodal systems, recommendation, and AI-driven music analysis.

Deadline: 01/09/2026

https://transactions.ismir.net

#MIR #MusicTech #AI #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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Language-Centric Music Information Retrieval (Special Collection)
Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR)

Explores #MusicInformationRetrieval through language-based modelling, including NLP, multimodal systems, recommendation, and AI-driven music analysis.

Deadline: 01/09/2026

https://transactions.ismir.net

#MIR #MusicTech #AI #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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Language-Centric Music Information Retrieval (Special Collection)
Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR)

Explores #MusicInformationRetrieval through language-based modelling, including NLP, multimodal systems, recommendation, and AI-driven music analysis.

Deadline: 01/09/2026

https://transactions.ismir.net

#MIR #MusicTech #AI #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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Language-Centric Music Information Retrieval (Special Collection)
Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR)

Explores #MusicInformationRetrieval through language-based modelling, including NLP, multimodal systems, recommendation, and AI-driven music analysis.

Deadline: 01/09/2026

https://transactions.ismir.net

#MIR #MusicTech #AI #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Human–AI Collaboration Through Robotic Musicianship

📍University of Canberra, Australia

Funded PhD exploring human–AI interaction through robotic musicianship. Interdisciplinary project spanning AI, robotics, HCI/HRI, music technology, and performance, focusing on trust, fluency, and group dynamics in human–robot ensembles.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://richardsavery.com/phd-recruitment

#AI #MusicTechnology #PhD #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Human–AI Collaboration Through Robotic Musicianship

📍University of Canberra, Australia

Funded PhD exploring human–AI interaction through robotic musicianship. Interdisciplinary project spanning AI, robotics, HCI/HRI, music technology, and performance, focusing on trust, fluency, and group dynamics in human–robot ensembles.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://richardsavery.com/phd-recruitment

#AI #MusicTechnology #PhD #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Human–AI Collaboration Through Robotic Musicianship

📍University of Canberra, Australia

Funded PhD exploring human–AI interaction through robotic musicianship. Interdisciplinary project spanning AI, robotics, HCI/HRI, music technology, and performance, focusing on trust, fluency, and group dynamics in human–robot ensembles.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://richardsavery.com/phd-recruitment

#AI #MusicTechnology #PhD #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Human–AI Collaboration Through Robotic Musicianship

📍University of Canberra, Australia

Funded PhD exploring human–AI interaction through robotic musicianship. Interdisciplinary project spanning AI, robotics, HCI/HRI, music technology, and performance, focusing on trust, fluency, and group dynamics in human–robot ensembles.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://richardsavery.com/phd-recruitment

#AI #MusicTechnology #PhD #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob | #PhDStudentship

PhD – Human–AI Collaboration Through Robotic Musicianship

📍University of Canberra, Australia

Funded PhD exploring human–AI interaction through robotic musicianship. Interdisciplinary project spanning AI, robotics, HCI/HRI, music technology, and performance, focusing on trust, fluency, and group dynamics in human–robot ensembles.

Deadline: 30/04/2026

https://richardsavery.com/phd-recruitment

#AI #MusicTechnology #PhD #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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ACM TORS Special Issue: Music Recommender Systems
Special issue on algorithmic, user-centred, and industry perspectives on music recommendation. Topics include evaluation, user behaviour, bias, transparency, and cultural impact.

📍 Journal (ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems)

📅 2026

Deadline: 07/05/2026

https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tors/pdf/TORS_CfP_SI_MRS.pdf

#MusicTech #MIR #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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ACM TORS Special Issue: Music Recommender Systems
Special issue on algorithmic, user-centred, and industry perspectives on music recommendation. Topics include evaluation, user behaviour, bias, transparency, and cultural impact.

📍 Journal (ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems)

📅 2026

Deadline: 07/05/2026

https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tors/pdf/TORS_CfP_SI_MRS.pdf

#MusicTech #MIR #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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ACM TORS Special Issue: Music Recommender Systems
Special issue on algorithmic, user-centred, and industry perspectives on music recommendation. Topics include evaluation, user behaviour, bias, transparency, and cultural impact.

📍 Journal (ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems)

📅 2026

Deadline: 07/05/2026

https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tors/pdf/TORS_CfP_SI_MRS.pdf

#MusicTech #MIR #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#CFP

ACM TORS Special Issue: Music Recommender Systems
Special issue on algorithmic, user-centred, and industry perspectives on music recommendation. Topics include evaluation, user behaviour, bias, transparency, and cultural impact.

📍 Journal (ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems)

📅 2026

Deadline: 07/05/2026

https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tors/pdf/TORS_CfP_SI_MRS.pdf

#MusicTech #MIR #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#CFP

ACM TORS Special Issue: Music Recommender Systems
Special issue on algorithmic, user-centred, and industry perspectives on music recommendation. Topics include evaluation, user behaviour, bias, transparency, and cultural impact.

📍 Journal (ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems)

📅 2026

Deadline: 07/05/2026

https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/tors/pdf/TORS_CfP_SI_MRS.pdf

#MusicTech #MIR #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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MHDW 2026 – 15th Mining Humanistic Data Workshop

Interdisciplinary workshop on data mining, AI, and computational methods applied to humanistic data (linguistic, historical, musical, social, educational). Topics include machine learning, knowledge discovery, visualisation, and music information retrieval.

📍 Chania, Greece & Online
📅 16–19 July 2026

Deadline: 19/04/2026

https://conferences.cmodlab-iu.edu.gr/mhdw2026/

#DigitalHumanities #DataMining #MusicInformationRetrieval #ComputationalMusicology

#AcademicJob

Research Fellow in Music Science

📍Western Sydney University, Australia

5-year fixed-term Research Fellow (Level B) at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development. Research on music cognition using computational, mathematical, behavioural and/or neuroscience approaches.

Deadline: 24/03/2026

https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydneyUniversity/6000000000886955-research-fellow-in-music-science

#MusicCognition #MusicScience #ComputationalMusicology #PostDoc

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AIMC 2026 – Artificial Intelligence Music Creativity

Theme: The Generative Turn. Examines how AI-driven systems reshape music creation, performance, listening, authorship, labour, and value in an age of hyper-reproduction.

📅 16–18 September 2026

Deadline: 04/04/2026

https://aimc2026.org/home

#AI #MusicAndAI #ComputationalCreativity #DigitalMusic #Musicology #DigitalMusicology #ComputationalMusicology

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Music and Data (University of California Press)
Thematic / special issue proposals

Proposals exploring music–data relations across global contexts: algorithms, AI, platforms, metadata, archives, data justice, infrastructures, and critical computational methods.

No fixed deadline (rolling proposals)

https://online.ucpress.edu/mad

#MusicAndData #Musicology #Ethnomusicology #SoundStudies #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

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Music and Data (University of California Press)
Thematic / special issue proposals

Proposals exploring music–data relations across global contexts: algorithms, AI, platforms, metadata, archives, data justice, infrastructures, and critical computational methods.

No fixed deadline (rolling proposals)

https://online.ucpress.edu/mad

#MusicAndData #Musicology #Ethnomusicology #SoundStudies #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#CFP

Music and Data (University of California Press)
Thematic / special issue proposals

Proposals exploring music–data relations across global contexts: algorithms, AI, platforms, metadata, archives, data justice, infrastructures, and critical computational methods.

No fixed deadline (rolling proposals)

https://online.ucpress.edu/mad

#MusicAndData #Musicology #Ethnomusicology #SoundStudies #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#CFP

Music and Data (University of California Press)
Thematic / special issue proposals

Proposals exploring music–data relations across global contexts: algorithms, AI, platforms, metadata, archives, data justice, infrastructures, and critical computational methods.

No fixed deadline (rolling proposals)

https://online.ucpress.edu/mad

#MusicAndData #Musicology #Ethnomusicology #SoundStudies #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#CFP

Music and Data (University of California Press)
Thematic / special issue proposals

Proposals exploring music–data relations across global contexts: algorithms, AI, platforms, metadata, archives, data justice, infrastructures, and critical computational methods.

No fixed deadline (rolling proposals)

https://online.ucpress.edu/mad

#MusicAndData #Musicology #Ethnomusicology #SoundStudies #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob

Senior Researcher / Lecturer (f/m/x) in Computational Musicology
University of Cologne, Institute of Musicology (Germany)

Four-year fixed-term research & teaching position in data-driven and computational approaches to musicology, contributing to the institute’s empirical and digital research profile.

📍 Cologne
Start: April 2026
Deadline: 08/02/2026

https://jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibung/renderFile/2413?propertyName=flyer

#ComputationalMusicology #Musicology #MusicTech #DigitalHumanities

#AcademicJob

Lecturer in Computational Musicology

Teaching & research in data-driven, quantitative and ML-based musicology (e.g. corpus/audio analysis, performance analysis, music reception). Contributes to empirical & digital profiling of the institute.

📍 University of Cologne, Institute of Musicology (Germany)

Deadline: 08/02/2026

https://jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibung/renderFile/2413?propertyName=flyer

#ComputationalMusicology #Musicology #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob

Lecturer in Computational Musicology

Teaching & research in data-driven, quantitative and ML-based musicology (e.g. corpus/audio analysis, performance analysis, music reception). Contributes to empirical & digital profiling of the institute.

📍 University of Cologne, Institute of Musicology (Germany)

Deadline: 08/02/2026

https://jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibung/renderFile/2413?propertyName=flyer

#ComputationalMusicology #Musicology #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob

Lecturer in Computational Musicology

Teaching & research in data-driven, quantitative and ML-based musicology (e.g. corpus/audio analysis, performance analysis, music reception). Contributes to empirical & digital profiling of the institute.

📍 University of Cologne, Institute of Musicology (Germany)

Deadline: 08/02/2026

https://jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibung/renderFile/2413?propertyName=flyer

#ComputationalMusicology #Musicology #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob

Lecturer in Computational Musicology

Teaching & research in data-driven, quantitative and ML-based musicology (e.g. corpus/audio analysis, performance analysis, music reception). Contributes to empirical & digital profiling of the institute.

📍 University of Cologne, Institute of Musicology (Germany)

Deadline: 08/02/2026

https://jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibung/renderFile/2413?propertyName=flyer

#ComputationalMusicology #Musicology #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#AcademicJob

Lecturer in Computational Musicology

Teaching & research in data-driven, quantitative and ML-based musicology (e.g. corpus/audio analysis, performance analysis, music reception). Contributes to empirical & digital profiling of the institute.

📍 University of Cologne, Institute of Musicology (Germany)

Deadline: 08/02/2026

https://jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibung/renderFile/2413?propertyName=flyer

#ComputationalMusicology #Musicology #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalMusicProcessing

#CFP

Digital Libraries for Musicology (DLfM 2026)

📍 Thessaloniki
📅 02/07/2026

A venue for research on digital libraries & musicology: music encodings, MIR, archives, interfaces, metadata, workflows & computational analysis. Satellite event of IAML 2026.

Deadline: 23/01/2026

https://dlfm.web.ox.ac.uk/2026-cfp

#Musicology #DigitalMusicology #DigitalLibraries #SoundStudies #MIR #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing