Gabriel Vigliensoni
Music artist & researcher · Montréal
Electronic music artist, performer and music technology researcher. His practice explores experimental workflows and machine learning for music-making.
Profile2nd EAIM workshop · AAAI-27
Emerging AI
Technologies
for Music.
Human agency and creativity
in collaborative AI systems
Montréal, Canada February 2027
Human agency & music AI
In person · AAAI-27, Montréal
22–23 February 2027Exact EAIM day to be announced
Call for papersSubmit on OpenReview ↗
01 / The workshop
Human creativity
at the centre.
How can we design AI music systems that strengthen human creative agency through meaningful control, interaction and collaboration?
The 2nd Workshop on Emerging AI Technologies for Music brings together researchers and practitioners to explore how AI can support and extend human creativity. Our focus spans the ways musicians, producers, composers and educators direct and shape AI systems throughout musical practice.
We welcome work on interactive generation, personalisation, multimodal interfaces, creative workflows, evaluation and computational creativity. We also invite discussion of authorship, attribution, consent, accessibility and the representation of diverse musical traditions.
EAIM 2027 builds on the inaugural workshop at AAAI-26 in Singapore. This edition keeps human intention, critical judgement and artistic responsibility central to the conversation.
02 / Contribute
Call for papers
Research, creative systems
and critical perspectives.
We invite original contributions on emerging AI technologies for music, with a particular interest in human agency and collaborative creativity.
Submissions may include theoretical work, empirical studies, system designs, evaluations or artistic explorations. Strong conceptual and analytical contributions are also welcome.
We encourage demonstrations of AI-enabled musical instruments, interactive interfaces, performance systems and tools for composition or sound design.
We particularly welcome work on controllability, interpretability, explainability, personalisation and human–AI interaction.
Topics of interest
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Music composition and generation
- Foundation models for music
- Music production workflows
- Music education and pedagogy
- Music performance systems
- Music information retrieval
- Sound design and audio production
- Music therapy applications
- Music transcription and analysis
- Singing voice synthesis
- Evaluation of music AI systems
- Music recommender systems
- Musical instrument design
- Robotic musicianship
- Optical music recognition
- Music theory and musicology
- Ethical, cultural and societal implications
- Accessibility and inclusion in music AI
Preparing your submission
- Format & length
- Papers must be 8–11 pages, excluding references, in PMLR format. Use the EAIM Overleaf template or download the template (ZIP). The PMLR volume number in the template will be provided upon acceptance.
- Anonymous review
- Submissions follow a double-blind review process. Remove author names, affiliations and any links or references that reveal author identities.
- Original work
- Papers must be original, not formally published and not concurrently submitted to another venue. Preprints are permitted; please see the FAQ for guidance. Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, may result in desk rejection.
- Use of generative AI
- Submitters are instructed to disclose in the paper’s acknowledgements or methodology section any use of generative AI tools to produce substantial portions of the writing, analysis, or figures. Authors remain fully responsible for the correctness, originality, and integrity of their submissions.
- Presentation
- At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present in person. AAAI-27 does not permit virtual presentations for workshops.
03 / Key milestones
Important dates
The EAIM submission and review timeline.
- Paper submission deadline 23:59 AoE (UTC−12)
- Review period
- After 6 November 2026
- Acceptance notifications
- By
- Camera-ready deadline Exact date TBD
- January 2027
- AAAI-27 workshop programme Exact EAIM day to be announced
- 22–23 February 2027
The workshop will take place during the AAAI-27 workshop programme in Montréal. The assigned day, room and detailed programme will be announced later.
04 / Perspectives
Keynote speakers
Voices from creative AI research,
musical practice and creator rights.
Dominic Thibault
Université de Montréal
Associate Professor and co-director of Laboratoire Formes·Ondes. He investigates human–computer interaction, digital music practices and musical creation.
Profile
Julia Werneburg
SOCAN
Legal counsel with over a decade of experience in intellectual property and creator rights. Her work covers government relations, music licensing and copyright enforcement.
ProfileTalk titles and abstracts will be announced with the programme. Photo credits and sources are listed in the website credits.
05 / The people behind EAIM
Organising committee
Queen Mary University of London
& Singapore University of Technology and Design
PhD researcher at the Centre for Digital Music. His research explores neuro-symbolic music composition, musical structure and controllability. Lead organiser of EAIM 2026 and main contact for EAIM 2027.
PhD researcher at the Centre for Digital Music and Associate Lecturer at the Creative Computing Institute, University of the Arts London. His work has been exhibited at Sónar+D and IRCAM Forum.
PhD researcher in the Artificial Intelligence and Music programme. His research explores new interaction methods for audio synthesis in collaboration with Ableton.
Professor of Computational Creativity, AI and Games. His research investigates systems that take on creative responsibilities in generative music, art and science.
Associate Professor and head of the Audio, Music, and AI (AMAAI) Lab. Previously a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London.
Last year’s programme committee (EAIM 2026)
The following members served on the EAIM 2026 programme committee:
- Dorien Herremans Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Keshav Bhandari Queen Mary University of London
- Abhinaba Roy Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Simon Colton Queen Mary University of London
- Mathieu Barthet Queen Mary University of London
- Jaeyong Kang Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Jan Melechovsky Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Berker Banar Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford
- Benjamin Hayes Sony CSL, Paris
- Shuoyang Zheng Queen Mary University of London
- Zixun Guo Queen Mary University of London
- Jordie Shier Queen Mary University of London
- Marco Pasini Queen Mary University of London
- Sungkyun Chang Queen Mary University of London
- Tongyu Lu Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Soumya Sai Vanka Queen Mary University of London
- Renhang Liu Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Dimos Makris Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Maojia Song Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Weisheng Jin Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Anuradha Chopra Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Aditya Bhattacharjee Queen Mary University of London
- Jingwei Zhao National University of Singapore
- Viet Toan Dinh Université de Lille
- Alexandre D'Hooge Université de Lille
- Louis Bradshaw Queen Mary University of London
- Francesca Ronchini Polytechnic University of Milan
The EAIM 2027 programme committee members will be announced later.
Previously at EAIM
Explore the first edition.
The inaugural workshop took place at AAAI-26 in Singapore on 26 January 2026. Read the research in PMLR Volume 303, with work on music generation, controllability, interaction and human–AI creativity.
06 / Before you get in touch
A few useful
answers.
Registration, submissions
and attending the workshop.
How do I register for the workshop?
Registration is managed directly by AAAI. Please use the official AAAI-27 registration page for registration options, fees and deadlines.
The EAIM organisers do not control registration, prices, payments or refunds, and cannot make exceptions to AAAI’s registration policies. Please direct these questions to AAAI registration at aaaireg@aaai.org.
Do I need to register for the main conference as well?
AAAI offers workshop-only registration as well as workshop add-ons for technical programme registrants. Workshop-only registration does not include access to the main technical programme. Please check AAAI’s current options and fees directly.
Can I attend without submitting a paper?
Yes. You can attend EAIM without submitting a paper. Please register through AAAI, which manages workshop registration.
When and where will EAIM take place?
EAIM will take place in Montréal, Canada, during the AAAI-27 workshop programme on 22–23 February 2027. The exact EAIM day, room and timetable have not yet been announced. Please check this page for updates before making workshop-specific plans.
Can I present remotely?
No. AAAI-27’s workshop policy requires in-person participation and does not permit virtual presentations. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the work in person.
Where do I submit, and what format should I use?
Submit through the EAIM 2027 OpenReview portal. Prepare an anonymous paper of 8–11 pages, excluding references, in PMLR format. Use the EAIM Overleaf template or download the template (ZIP). The PMLR volume number in the template will be provided upon acceptance. Please read the submission instructions and important dates before submitting.
Do I need a working system or demonstration?
No. We welcome strong theoretical, conceptual and analytical contributions, alongside empirical studies, system designs and artistic explorations. Submissions should make a clear contribution relevant to the workshop themes.
Is PMLR publication confirmed, and can I choose a non-archival submission?
Publication in PMLR is still under discussion. If confirmed, we expect accepted papers to be archival publications in accordance with PMLR guidelines. A non-archival option has not been confirmed. We will update this page once the publication arrangements are agreed.
The previous edition’s proceedings are available in PMLR Volume 303.
Can I post a preprint while my paper is under double-blind review?
Yes. You may post a preprint on arXiv or a similar platform while your submission is under review. Please use a preprint template that makes no reference to PMLR, or adapt the submission template to remove all PMLR references. The version submitted to EAIM must remain anonymous and comply with our double-blind review requirements.
Who can help with visas and travel?
Use AAAI’s official visa invitation guidance and accommodation and travel information. Please contact AAAI for conference registration and invitation-letter queries.
Still have a workshop question?
Get in touch.
Please read the FAQ above first. For questions about the CFP,
scope or programme, contact Keshav Bhandari.
k.bhandari@qmul.ac.uk
For registration queries, please contact AAAI.