Assignment #1 (Due 01/19) 4%
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HTML presentation of existing music databases. Describe the content, history, and uses of the database (20 min.):
Assignment #2 (Due 02/02) 6% Slide-based presentation I (20 min.)
- Slide-based presentation of MPEG formats (MPEG1, MPEG4, MPEG7, MPEG21),
Ogg Vorbis / Opus, symbolic formats (MEI, MusicXML, etc.), or audio compression
techniques
- Annotated bibliography HTML page (use links, if avialable) (Chicago
style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition)
Assignment #3 (Due 2/16) 10% Slide-based presentation II (20 min.)
- Slide-based presentation of review of topics related to classifiers,
e.g.: Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, Gaussian Mixture Models,
Hidden Markov Models, AdaBoost, or Dynamic Programming; include music information retrieval applications.
- Written summary (2–3
pages) with an annontated bibliography (Chicago
style, Documentation II: Author-Date References,16th edition)
Assignment #4 (Due 03/09) 10% Slide-based presentation III (20 min.)
- Slide-based presentation on topics of trascription, recognition, annotation, and classification. It may include general review
of transcription systems (monophonic, polyphonic, separation): Beat-box
transcription, singing transcription, beat/tempo tracking using audio,
beat/tempo tracking using MIDI, blackboard polyphonic transcription,
Goto's works, historical overviews, real-time pitch tracking, piano
music transcription, timbre recognition, genre classification, review of a component of jMIR.
- Written summary (2–3 pages) with an extensive bibliography (Chicago
style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition)
Assignment #5 (Due 03/16) 5%
- Final project proposal (1–2 pages with a partial bibliography in Chicago
style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition; inlcude
sub goals)
Assignment #6 (Due 03/30) 10% Slide-based presentation IV (20 min.)
- Slide-based presentation on review of topics related to similarity, query systems, recommendation / playlist systems, or exploratory research on topics related to your
final project.
- Written summary (2–3 pages) with an extensive bibliography (Chicago
style, Documentation II: Author-Date References: 16th edition)
Assignment #7 (Due 04/06) 5%
- Final project presentation (10 min.)
- Final project abstract (1 page) with a full bibliography (Chicago
style, Documentation II: Author-Date References, 16th edition)
Final project (Due 05/05) 40%
- Software project with description (2–3 pages) (Reposit on Github)
or
- Research paper (5–10 pages) (ISMIR style)
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