About
Hackathons and hack days have proven to be an effective way for entrepeneurs and hobbyists to spend a concentrated period of time doing preliminary work on a new project. However, most hackathons have an emphasis on prototyping commercial applications using technology from the companies who sponsor the event. HAMR (Hacking Audio and Music Research) is an event series which applies the hackathon model to the development of new techniques for analyzing, processing, and synthesizing audio and music signals.The goal of HAMR@ISMIR 2018 is to provide a space for individuals from various institutions, backgrounds, and experience levels to test out novel ideas as opposed to finishing a polished project and paper. As the name suggests, this iteration of HAMR will be held in conjunction with the 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference in hopes of fostering intercollegiate collaborations between conference attendees. HAMR@ISMIR2018 will take place at the Deezer headquarters in Paris immediately before ISMIR on September 21st-22nd, 2018.
Prizes
HAMR hammers will be awarded by popular vote in the following categories:
- Best Code
- Best Documentation
- Best Hack/Research Direction
Call for participation
Individuals and groups are invited to spend September 21st-22nd working on novel research in any of the following areas:- Music informatics
- Audio, speech and music signal processing
- Machine listening
- Environmental sound analysis
- Computer music
- Computational auditory perception/cognition
Tentative Schedule
Friday, September 21st
9:30 AM - Coffee10:00 AM - Introductory remarks, project pitches
10:30 AM - Hacking begins
1:00 PM - Tutorials, lunch served
6:00 PM - Hacking ends for the night (officially, at least)
Saturday, September 22nd
9:30 AM - Hacking restarts, coffee12:15 PM - Lunch served
5:00 PM - Hacking ends, presentations begin
6:00 PM - Prizes awarded, HAMR ends, drinks/food nearby