International Society for Music Information Retrieval

The International Society for Music Information Retrieval
Founded2008
TypeNon-profit organization
FocusMusic Information Retrieval (MIR)
Location
OriginsInternational Symposium for Music Information Retrieval
Area served
Worldwide
MethodConferences, publications
Websitewww.ismir.net Edit this at Wikidata

The International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) is an international forum for research on the organization of music-related data. It started as an informal group steered by an ad hoc committee in 2000[1] which established a yearly symposium - whence "ISMIR", which meant International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval. It was turned into a conference in 2002 while retaining the acronym. ISMIR was incorporated in Canada on July 4, 2008.[2]

  1. ^ Donald Byrd and Michael Fingerhut: The History of ISMIR - A Short Happy Tale. D-Lib Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 11[permanent dead link], ISSN 1082-9873.
  2. ^ "ISMIR Letters Patent. Canada, July 4, 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2013.