Watch my PrivacyWeek talk at Relive

See my PrivacyWeek talk on Sag mir, was du hörst - und ich sage dir, wer du bist" at Relive until it will be archived on the Media Site of the Chaos Computer Club Germany.

I am featured in Ö1 Radiokolleg on “Maschinenmusik”, which is broadcasted next week

Next week, Ö1 Radiokolleg (by the Austrian public broadcaster ORF) devotes to the topic of music and algorithms, and their impact on the music industry. The program is called "Maschinenmusik". I am among the experts interviewed for this program which is broadcasted throughout the week. I will appear in part 2 (Tuesday) and 4 (Thursday).

My talk at PrivacyWeek 2019 is scheduled for Sun, 27 October

The program of PrivacyWeek 2019 is online! My talk with the title Sag mir, was du hörst – und ich sage dir, wer du bist! (in German) is scheduled for Sunday, 27 October 2019, 15:00 – 15:45 in room "Saal 1". Hope to see you there!

Additional talk at AIxMusic Festival on Sunday, 8 September

Besides holding a workshop on the festival's second day (Friday), I will give a talk on "Music Information Retrieval: Inside and Outside the Music" together with Peter Knees at the AIxMusic Matinée on Sunday, 8 September. Note, the talk is announced with the title "Music Inform...

Workshop at AIxMusic Festival in scope of the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival

I happily announce that I will hold a workshop with the title Recommenders and Intelligent Tools in Music Creation: Why, Why Not, and How? at AIxMusic Festival in scope of the 2019...

We had some nice media presence lately

It's great to see our scientific results being communicated to the public. Our results were well received on the media. And here we go, the list of articles on the media:

22 June 2019, Vorarlberger Nachrichten. Länderunterschiede im Musikgeschmack (in German; paywall).
21 June 2019, studium.at. More

Speaker at PrivacyWeek 2019 in Vienna

I'm happy to announce that I will give a talk at this year's PrivacyWeek 2019 – Privat, oida! organized by Chaos Computer Club Wien (C3W) in October. Stay tuned!

PLOS ONE article on global and country-specific mainstreaminess out now!

I proudly present the PLOS ONE article by Markus Schedl and me: We analyze music preferences in 47 countries with respect to what is considered mainstream in a particular country. And, of course, we evaluate recommendation approaches considering users' mainstreaminess. More

Position paper accepted for CompHCI 2019 Workshop @CHI 2019

I am proud to announce that my position paper on "The Potential of the Confluence of Theoretical and Algorithmic Modeling in Music Recommendation" has been accepted for the ACM CHI 2019 Workshop on "Computational Modeling in Human-Computer Interaction (CompHCI 2019)". The workshop is co-organized by Nikola Banovic, Antti Oulasvirta, and Per Ola Kristensson. I am looking forward to participate in t...