13th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC)

he Hamburg University of Music and Theatre in association with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, the University of Hamburg and the Leuphana University Lüneburg hosts the 13th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC) in Hamburg (Germany) from Wednesday, August 31 to Saturday, September 3, 2016.
The conference motto is S.T.R.E.A.M.
(Sound – Technology – Room – Emotion – Aesthetics – Music).
Keynote speakers are John Chowning, Trevor Pinch, Eduardo Miranda and Cat Hope. A music festival with a total of 8 concerts accompanies the conference, featuring a special concert on real-time composition/notation and animated scores as well as a concert showcasing music by John Chowning. The opening day of the conference presents the past and present of computer music in Hamburg, home of two of the earliest and most influential digital audio workstations (Cubase and Logic), and long-time residence of new music visionary György Ligeti. The conference also hosts a summer school on the topic of “Neurons and Networks” from August 26 to 30, 2016.

Paper Chair / Leiter wissenschaftliches Programm Paper chair: Rolf Grossmann We received a total of 389 submissions from 41 countries, 154 of which were paper submissions. Each submission was reviewed by at least two members of the respective Program Committee consisting of 220 internationally renowned experts. The proceedings include 32 papers accepted for oral presentation and 39 papers accepted for poster presentation (total acceptance ratio 46%), as well as the abstracts for the Hamburg showcase presentations.