Showing papers by "J. Stephen Downie published in 2013"

K-pop genres: a cross-cultural exploration

Abstract: Current music genre research tends to focus heavily on classical and popular music from Western cultures. Few studies discuss the particular challenges and issues related to non-Western music. The objective of this study is to improve our understanding of how genres are used and perceived in different cultures. In particular, this study attempts to fill gaps in our understanding by examining K-pop music genres used in Korea and comparing them with genres used in North America. We provide background information on K-pop genres by analyzing 602 genre-related labels collected from eight major music distribution websites in Korea. In addition, we report upon a user study in which American and Korean users annotated genre information for 1894 K-pop songs in order to understand how their perceptions might differ or agree. The results show higher consistency among Korean users than American users demonstrated by the difference in Fleiss’ Kappa values and proportion of agreed genre labels. Asymmetric disagreements between Americans and Koreans on specific genres reveal some interesting differences in the perception of genres. Our findings provide some insights into challenges developers may face in creating global music services.

Capturing the workflows of music information retrieval for repeatability and reuse

Abstract: Many solutions for the reuse and re-purposing of Music Information Retrieval (MIR) methods, and the tools implementing those methods, have been introduced over recent years. Proposals for achieving interoperability between systems have ranged from shared software libraries and interfaces, through common frameworks and portals, to standardised file formats and metadata. Here we assess these solutions for their suitability to be reused and combined as repurposable components within assemblies (or workflows) that can be used in novel and possibly more ambitious ways. Reuse and repeatability also have great implications for the process of MIR research: the encapsulation of any algorithm and its operation--including inputs, parameters, and outputs--is fundamental to the repeatability and reproducibility of an experiment. This is desirable both for the open and reliable evaluation of algorithms and for the advancement of MIR by building more effectively upon prior research. At present there is no clear best practice widely adopted by the field. Based upon our analysis of contemporary systems and their adoption we reflect as to whether this should be considered a failure. Are there limits to interoperability unique to MIR, and how might they be overcome? Beyond workflows how much research context can, and should, be captured? We frame our assessment within the emerging notion of Research Objects for reproducible research in other domains, and describe how their adoption could serve as a route to reuse in MIR.

HathiTrust research center: computational access for digital humanities and beyond

Abstract: Academic libraries are increasingly looking to provide services that allow their users to work with digital collections in innovative ways, for example, to analyze large volumes of digitized collections. The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) is a large collaborative that provides an innovative research infrastructure for dealing with massive amounts of digital texts. In this poster, we report on the technical progress of the HTRC as well as on the efforts to build a user community around our cyberinfrastructure.

Infometrics and Music Information Retrieval

Abstract: The use of informetric analyses has had profound effects on the development of powerful information retrieval systems. The informetric properties of melodies represented as simple collections of intervallic n=grams exhibit some remarkable similarities to the well-known informetric properties of text. Understanding these similarities can play a vital role in the creation of a successful. . .

Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries

Abstract: Welcome to the 13th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries -- JCDL 2013 It has been our pleasure to work with the Program Committee and with our colleagues on the Organizing Committee to build a program for this year's conference consistent with JCDL's long-standing reputation for high quality JCDL remains the premier international forum for exploring research, practice, and social issues in digital libraries The Program Committee has selected a diverse array of papers, panels, posters and demonstrations that illustrate both the breadth and depth of ongoing digital library scholarship Some themes explored in this year's 13 sessions of full and short papers are familiar from JCDLs of the recent past (eg, Digital Preservation, Metadata, Name Entity Extraction) and some themes are new this year, reflecting emerging and shifting foci of interest (eg, Information Ranking, Information Clustering, Specialist DLs, Historical DLs) Presentations of the papers included in this proceedings volume will be complemented by 36 posters and 10 demonstrations showcasing a broad range of innovative research and practical digital library applications The extended abstracts for these Posters and Demonstrations are also included in this proceeding volume This year's Poster & Demonstration Reception on the second evening of the main conference (Wednesday) will be preceded the ever-popular 'Minute-Madness' session As in past years, reception attendees will vote to determine the winner of the Best Poster Award Additionally this year, the Vannevar Bush Best Paper Award and the Best Student Paper Award will be presented at the Poster Reception This year's program also includes three panel sessions Wednesday's panel, chaired by Dan Cohen (Digital Public Library of America), will feature JCDL 2013 keynote speakers Jill Cousins, Cliff Lynch and David De Roure Distinguished panels also have been assembled to discuss Managing Big Data and Big Metadata: Contributions from Digital Libraries (Tuesday) and to tackle the issues surrounding Volume, Variety, and Velocity: Big Data Collection and Curation in Cultural Heritage Repositories (Thursday) Of course the essential pre-requisite for a conference of this quality and breadth is high quality submissions that span the full range of digital library scholarship Again this year JCDL received a wealth of quality submissions Each paper was read and rated by 3 reviewers Each paper was then read by 2 additional meta-reviewers who reconciled first level reviews and formulated a recommendation for the Program Committee as a whole During a day and a half in-person meeting in Chicago, the Program Committee made final selections For this year's conference 28 of 95 full paper submissions (29%) and 22 of 72 short paper submissions (31%) were accepted We wish to recognize the accomplishment of accepted paper authors and to acknowledge the many others who submitted strong paper proposals An additional 13 papers submitted, a mix of both full and short, were converted to and accepted as Posters or Demonstrations on the advice of the Program Committee Finally, we wish to thank Program Committee members for again meeting the challenge of reviewing a large number of papers both quickly and well; this conference would not be possible without their dedication and generous contribution of effort