MIR’s multidisciplinarity provides rich and flexible foundations to address many interesting music technology research questions. How can we increase interaction with researchers from musicology, psychology, and other relevant fields given the current status of MIR? What shared goals should we collectively aim for? Come discuss with session chairs Magdalena Fuentes, Andrew Demetriou, and Jaehun Kim.

Many MIR tools used commonly (think chromas, beat histograms) are inspired by our knowledge of how western music is produced. Are they valid for all types of music existing out there? Are some analysis tools universal? Can learned representation avoid such cultural biases and how can we achieve that? Come discuss with session chairs Elena Epure and Manuel Moussallam.

Each WiMIR Meet-up Session will be an informal Q&A-type drop-in event akin to an “office hour”. In these sessions, participants will have the opportunity to talk with a notable woman in the field.

Each WiMIR Meet-up Session will be an informal Q&A-type drop-in event akin to an “office hour”. In these sessions, participants will have the opportunity to talk with a notable woman in the field.