ICMC Boston 2025 Call for Submissions
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we are excited to share with you the details of ICMC 2025 and its call for submissions.
This year's edition honors David Wessel, founder of ICMC [50 years ago!] and extremely influential figure in many other research communities.
This means that we are particularly interested in contributions that blend music with scientific and technological innovation.
You can find all the details at the end of this email.
Assistant Professor of Music Technology
College of Arts Media and Design
The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2025 will be held in Boston, USA from June 8-14, 2025. We invite submissions in all areas related to computer and electronic music. This year’s conference theme is “Curiosity, Play, Innovation - A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Creativity in Music, Science, and Technology,” honoring 50 years of ICMC and the legacy of its founder, David Wessel.
All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Accepted papers will be published in the official conference proceedings. Additionally, all accepted works will be featured in a program booklet distributed to conference attendees and available online.
ICMC 2025 will be held in a hybrid format. Paper authors who cannot physically attend may present remotely. Due to the technical requirements and experiential nature of other submissions, contributors in the other categories must attend the conference in person in Boston.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline for Papers, Innovation Showcase: January 15, 2025
Submission Deadline for Music, Installations, Soundwalks: February 1, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2025
Camera-ready Deadline: May 15, 2025
Conference Dates: June 8-14, 2025
All submission deadlines are AoE [Anywhere on Earth].
ICMC 2025 welcomes submissions on all topics related to computer music, including but not limited to:
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
Algorithmic Composition
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Music
Audio Analysis and Music Information Retrieval
Augmented and Virtual Reality in Music
Computer-aided Music Education
Digital Audio Effects and Signal Processing
Distributed and Networked Music Systems
Electronic and Digital Musical Instruments
Game Audio and Interactive Sound Design
Generative Music Systems
Historical Perspectives on Computer Music
Human-Computer Interaction in Music
Live Coding and Real-Time Systems
Mobile and Web Music Technology
Music Cognition and Perception
Music Representation and Notation
Physical Modeling and Sound Synthesis
Robotics and Music
Spatial and Immersive Audio
Sonification and Auditory Display
Studio Reports and Infrastructure
Movement, Sensor, and Gesture-based Sound Actions
We especially encourage submissions that address the conference theme of Curiosity, Play, and Innovation in computer music, as well as those that reflect on the 50-year history of ICMC and its impact on the field. This year at ICMC, calls for contributions are organized in the following categories:
For any questions regarding the submission and the conference in general, please contact:
General Chair: Anthony De Ritis(a.de...@northeastern.edu)
Music Chair: John Mallia (john....@necmusic.edu)
Papers and Innovation Showcase Chairs:
Akito van Troyer (avant...@berklee.edu)
Victor Zappi (v.z...@northeastern.edu)
Installations and Soundwalks Chair:
Amber Vistein (amber....@emerson.edu)
Main call: https://icmc2025.sites.northeastern.edu/call-for-submissions/
We look forward to your contributions and celebrating 50 years of creativity and innovation in computer music at ICMC Boston 2025!