Summary of recent research work
Our research team has recently published several critical papers on generative and creative AI topics. Here is a brief summary of a selection of them, with links. Enjoy reading!
Study on Green MIR nominated for best paper at ISMIR
Our recent paper, “Green MIR?: Investigating computational cost of recent music-Ai research in ISMIR” was nominated for the best paper award at ISMIR 2024 in San Francisco. In this work, we study the environmental footprint of automatic music generation (AMG) and computing-heavy music analysis at the ISMIR conferences 2017–2023. Our results demonstrate a widespread lack […]
Presentation at Ethnomusicology conference in Cork
Our paper “Ethnographic Considerations and Critical Reflections on the Impacts of AI on Traditional Irish Music”, authored by Anna-Kaisa Kaila and colleagues at the MUSAiC team, Elin Kanhov and Bob L. T. Sturm, will be presented at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology & International Council for Traditional Music Ireland Joint-Annual Conference in Ireland University College […]
Panel on AI and Music at Museum of Artificial Intelligence
As part of the monthly MUSAiC meetups and in collaboration with Museum of Artificial Intelligence, Kaila moderated a panel discussion on AI and Music in Stockholm on February 21, 2024. The panelists included Avid Fayaz (KTH AI Society), Marit Woody (Music Publishers Association), Ernst Nathorst-Böös (Framtidigt, Reason Studios), Örjan Strandberg (SKAP) and Martin Tibblin (STIM, […]
Opus Magasin on AI and music
Kaila and Sturm were featured in an article on AI and music in the December issue of the classical music magazine Opus Magasin (no. 121).
Presentation at AIMC
Provocation paper authored by Kaila, Holzapfel and Sturm: “Are we solving the wrong problems – and doing harm in the process?“ was presented at the AI, Music and Creativity Conference in Sussex, UK. Recording of the talk is available at KTH Play.
MUSAiC Festival 2022 in Stockholm
We spent three days devoted to analysing, criticising and broadening the AI transformation of music at the MUSAiC Festival in Stockholm.