Course Schedule

Week 1 - Data-driven research in music cognition

Friday, January 13
Introduction; course overview; course logistics
Project ideas and scope

Homework 1 assigned

Week 2 - Current research

Friday, January 20
Discussion of current literature in the field
Review of publicly available datasets for music research

Homework 2 assigned

Week 3 - Audio

Friday, January 27
Lecture and discussion with special guest Steve Tjoa (musicinformationretrieval.com)

Homework 3 assigned
Project meetings with instructor

Week 4 - Discovery

Friday, February 3
Lecture and discussion with special guests from Shazam

Homework 4 assigned

Week 5 - Neuroscience

Friday, February 10
Lecture and discussion with special guest Nick Gang (CCRMA)

HW5: Prepare annotated bibliography and study design

Week 6 - Bibiliography and design

Friday, February 17
Project discussions: Literature review and study design

No HW6

Week 7 - MIR in Practice

Friday, February 24
Lecture and discussion with special guest Cameron Turner (The Data Guild)
Lecture and discussion with special guest Oriol Nieto (Pandora)

HW7: Prepare preliminary draft and analysis/results presentations

Week 8 - Methods and analysis

Friday, March 3
CCRMA Open House
Presentations of project analyses and interim findings
Lecture and discussion with special guest Ryan Groves (Melodrive)

Week 9 - Creativity

Friday, March 10
(If needed) Finish presentations of project analyses and interim findings
Lecture and discussion with special guests from Magenta (Google Brain)

Prepare for final presentations
Paper drafts due TBD

Week 10 - Final presentations

Friday, March 17
Final project presentations—tentatively scheduled for 12:00-3:00pm, CCRMA Seminar Room

Finals - Final papers

Final papers are due by the end of the scheduled Final Exam time (3:15pm Friday, March 24)