Submission Checklist

• Create an account with Microsoft CMT and review submission instructions on the AIMC CMT site.
• Please use the Latex or Word templates for paper submissions, including papers accompanying tutorial/workshop and music.
• Ensure all necessary supporting material is accessible to reviewers.
• For papers:
  • Submit your abstract by the paper abstract submission deadline.
  • Submit your full paper by the submission deadline.
  • Take all reasonable efforts to anonymize paper submissions, including any supporting material.
• For music:
  • Submit your recording, companion paper, and rider by the submission deadline.
• For tutorials and workshops:
  • Submit your paper and technical rider by the submission deadline.

• Call Opens: 1st Nov. 2024
• Paper Abstract Submission Deadline: 4th April 2025
• Paper, Music, Tutorial Submission Deadline: 11th April 2025
• Notifications to Authors: 30th May 2025
• Camera-Ready Deadline: 14th July 2025
• Proceedings Online, Conference Begins: 10th Sept. 2025

All deadlines are until midnight on the specified date, anywhere on Earth (AoE timezone).

AIMC 2025 welcomes contributions of academic papers, musical works, and workshop & tutorial proposals relevant to the conference topics. All submissions must be made by the given deadline following the instructions provided below. Submissions will be accepted or rejected following a thorough double-blind peer review process for papers and a single-blind peer review process for music and workshop/tutorial submissions.

Papers presenting original research are invited on any of the conference topics. Paper submissions must demonstrate an appropriate research methodology and will be evaluated according to their relevance, originality, academic quality, significance, readability, ethical standards and paper organisation.

Format: Please prepare your paper using the Word and Latex templates provided here.

Length: Each paper should not exceed 5000 words in length (not including abstract, figure captions, acknowledgements, ethics statement, references or appendices).

Abstract: Papers must include an abstract of up to 150 words which clearly articulates the contribution to knowledge of the paper.

Multimedia: We encourage rich use of multimedia to augment your paper, either embedded or available via links: pictures, illustrations, videos, audio files and software. We also encourage links to code repositories. Submitted works should be original, i.e. not published elsewhere and not currently under review.

Ethics Statement: We encourage authors to include an Ethics Statement at the end of their paper that shows that relevant ethics approval has been given for human research, and covers other relevant issues such as permission to use any input data for the training of AI systems. You may also include an Acknowledgement section to acknowledge and funding or support, plus any number of Appendices.

Anonymity: For double-blind review, initial paper submissions should remove authors and take reasonable efforts to conceal the identity of the authors. This includes using anonymous URLs to share any supporting material.

AIMC 2025 accepts submissions of musical pieces to be performed during the conference concerts.
Submitted musical pieces should relate to AI in either specific or broad terms.
This includes, but is not limited to:

• Music featuring AI as a creative tool
• Music generated by AI, or using AI performance systems
• Sonification through AI
• Live coding and live electronic music
• Algorave music
• Music exploring computational creativity
• Music exploring machine listening
• Music with or about robotics
• Music adapted from AI
• Music using AI-related instruments
• Music featuring AI-generated text or visuals

This year’s conference theme is “The Artist in the Loop”: performances that either address the theme or reflect on it will be particularly welcome, but any musical submission related to AI will be considered. The selected performances will be performed during the conference concerts. We foresee two concerts, one in a classical theatre/auditorium setting and a second one in an open performance space. Both venues will have stereo amplification and mixing on site. A digital piano (Roland FP-10) will be available upon request, and we will try to accommodate further requests whenever possible, but the performers should bring any further instruments/equipment they require and foresee their own setup.

The proposed musical pieces must be submitted through Microsoft CMT, as a recording (.mp3 or .mp4 in case of video, or a link to the performance) accompanied by:

• A companion paper of 800/1000 words (excluding title, abstract, and references) using the Word or Latex templates provided here. This paper, which will be published in the proceedings, should include:
  • Title
  • Abstract (max 150 words)
  • References to the practice field relevant to your performance
  • Methods taken in developing the work, and/or a motivation of how it relates to AI or the theme of the conference
• A technical rider detailing:
  • List of contributors, with name/affiliation and a short bio for each contributor (150 words max)
  • Technical equipment you will provide
  • Setup details such as tables, space requirements, power, visuals, audio
  • Documentation of previous performances or demonstration of ability to implement the proposed work
  • Accessibility requirements (if applicable)

The paper accompanying the piece will be part of the conference proceedings and should be formatted using the Word or Latex templates provided here. The technical rider will only be used for organizational purposes and has no fixed template.

NOTE: due to the constraints of the conference timing, proposed performances should be shorter than 15 minutes and should have minimal setup time. Complex and time-consuming setup requirements may result in rejection.

We invite proposals for workshops and tutorials. These sessions should be interactive and focus on new technologies, systems, or artistic practices. Proposals should specify the maximum number of participants, and the duration (e.g., hour, half day, full day). We strongly encourage proposals to indicate the skills, experiences, or artefacts that the participants will acquire.

The submissions will be subject to single-blind peer review, with a final joint decision of the tutorial and conference chairs, depending on the quality of the proposed activity as well as limits imposed by the conference schedule. Contributors may be requested to slightly adapt their proposals to better fit the schedule and/or organizational requirements.

Submissions should include:

• A paper of 800-1000 words (excluding title, abstract, and references) using the Word or Latex templates provided here. This paper, which will be published in the proceedings, should describe the activity, including:
  • Workshop or Tutorial session title
  • Abstract (max 150 words)
  • Review contextualizing the practice field relevant to your work
  • Methods taken in developing the work
  • The hands-on nature of the workshop/tutorial (i.e., how will this be distinct from a long presentation)
• A technical rider detailing:
  • List of contributors, with name/affiliation and a short bio for each contributor (150 words max)
  • Equipment you will provide
  • Equipment which you will require (including setup detail such as tables, space requirements, power, Audio/Video...)
  • Proposed duration
  • Any accessibility requirement
  • Any other relevant documentation (e.g. web links)

The paper will be published in the proceedings and should be formatted using the Word or Latex templates provided here. The technical rider will only be used for organizational purposes and has no fixed template.

A description of the reviewing process is provided here.