M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technolog y
(Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU)
A Three ­Day Workshop
On
Application of Machine Learning for Music Data Analytics
Under Technical Education Quality Improvement Program
(TEQIP­II)
20th ­ 22nd May 2015
Resource Personal from
Organized by
Department of Information Science and Engineering
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Vidya Soudha, MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru – 560 054
www.msrit.edu
M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technolog y
(Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU)
Dr. M.S. Ramaiah
(1922­1997)
Hon’ble Founder Chairman
M.S. Ramaiah Institutions
(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Govt. of Karnataka)
MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru­ 560 054, Ph: 080­23600822, 23608445; Fax: 23603124 / 23607512,
Web: www.msrit.edu
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M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MSRIT)is a Self Financing Institution Established In Bangalore in
the year 1962 by the industrialist and philanthropist, Late Dr. M S Ramaiah. MSRIT, as well as 17 other reputed institutions
offering Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Hotel, and Business Management and Legal Education are managed by the Gokula
Education Foundation(GEF). The mission statement of GEF is “To deliver education and health for the betterment of
mankind”. MSRIT has an ISO9001:2008 certification from BVQI.. NBA has accredited all eligible Engineering Departments
offering Bachelor degree programmes. MSRIT is one of the few institutes with faculty student ratio of 1: 15 and achieves
excellent academic results as indicated by the significant number of VTU ranks bagged every year. The institute is a participant
of the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), an initiative of the Government of India. All the
departments have competent faculty, over 98% of them being postgraduates or PhD holders. Some of the distinguished
features of MSRIT are: State of the Art Laboratories, Individual computing facility to all faculty members, Campus wide
networking connecting all 2000 systems to the net. All research departments are active with sponsored projects and more
than 130 scholars are pursuing PhD. The Centre for Advanced Training and Continuing Education, Centre for Research and
Industrial Consultancy, and Entrepreneurship Development Cell are set up on campus. MSRIT has a strong Placement and
Training Department with a committed team, a fully equipped Sports Department, Large Air­conditioned Library with over
80,000 books with subscription to more than 300 International and National Journals. The Digital Library subscribes to
several online e­journals like IEEE, JET etc. MSRIT is a member of DELNET, and AICTE INDEST Consortium. MSRIT has a
modern auditorium, several hi­tech conference halls, all air­conditioned with video conferencing facilities. It has excellent
hostel facilities for boys and girls. MSRIT Alumni have distinguished themselves by occupying high positions in India and
abroad and are in touch with the Institute through an active Alumni Association. MSRIT obtained Academic Autonomy for all
its UG and PG programmes in the year 2007.
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MSRIT, along with other institutions managed by the GEF, is situated on a sprawling 85 acres campus locatedin the heart of
the city, and is only 7 kilometres from Bangalore City Railway Station/Central Bus Stand and is 25 kilometres from Bangalore
International Airport.
About the Workshop:
Music has always been appreciated 'qualitatively' by the listeners. Is it possible to 'quantitatively' analyse the musical
data? Is it possible for a machine to 'learn' these musical analytics techniques of how to recognize a 'raga', 'taala' and
what makes a combination of 'swaras' musical? Is it possible for a machine to find digital signatures of musical stalwarts
such as 'Thyagaraja' and quantitatively give proof of how one composer has influenced the work of another composer?
Objective: This workshop aims to introduce the participants to the extremely interesting domain of analysing musical
data, specifically South Indian classical music, using computers. Our brain is instantly able to recall the lyrics, tune and
composition details of a song the moment we hear it. In Carnatic music, we are able to identify which 'taala'(rhythm)
the song being rendered belongs to, which 'raga'(scale) it is etc. It is indeed intriguing to study how our brain is able to
recognise between a musical note and a non­musical note among the various permutations of the seven basic 'swaras',
used in any 'raga', namely, 'sa','ri','ga','ma','pa','da','ni'.
Music has always been appreciated 'qualitatively' by the listeners. Is it possible to
'quantitatively' analyse the musical data? Is it possible for a machine to 'learn' these
musical analytics techniques of how to recognize a 'raga', 'taala' and what makes a
combination of 'swaras' musical? Is it possible for a machine to find digital signatures
of musical stalwarts such as 'Thyagaraja' and quantitatively give proof of how one
composer has influenced the work of another composer?
These questions can be answered by understanding the realm of machine learning,
specifically neural networks. This workshop will provide answers to these questions
by having speakers from the realm of music, neuro­science (medicine) as well as
machine learning. A set of demonstrations of projects done in the area of musical data
analytics is arranged. There will also be a field visit to Radel Electronics Pvt Ltd, a
pioneer in manufacturing musical instruments.
About the Presenters:
Dr Shantala Hegde is a clinical psychology consultant in Adult Psychiatry Unit of NIMHANS. Currently she is engaged
in research work in the area of music­cognition and neuromusicology. She is presently leading several projects in the
area of music cognition and neuromusicology funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Aspects such as the pitch
perception and identification of Ragas of the Indian Classical music using electrophysiological parameters (EEG/ERP),
appraisal of emotion induced via music, specifically Indian Classical music are being examined under these projects.
Dr.N. Raghu is a Programme Executive & a graded music composer at All India Radio. His specialities include voice
trainer, broadcast media training, radio play, scriptwriting, radio media planning, music composing, Kannada light
music and musicological research. His publications include among others 'RASAMSHA ­ A New Hypothesis in Indian
Music', 'PRAJAVANI', a weekly column about 'Voice Culture for Media Enthusiasts' (Specific to Kannada Language). He
has won many National Awards for his radio plays and productions.
Mr.Vijay Raghava S R completed his Masters Degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, New York.
He is currently working at National Instruments, Bangalore, as staff software engineer and is doing his research in
Carnatic Music Information Retrieval using neural networks. He comes from a family of musicians and has many
musical concerts and publications to his credit.
Other eminent speakers from Indian Institute of Science(IISc) and International Institute of Information
Technology, Bangalore (IIIT­B).
Chief Patrons
Convener
Dr Vijaya Kumar BP
Prof. Pushpalatha M N
Asst. Professor, Dept of ISE
Prof. Jagadeesh Sai D
Dr. M.R. Jayaram
Dr. S.Y. Kulkarni
Chairman, GEF
Principal, MSRIT
Professor& Head, Dept. of ISE
Sri. M.R. Seetharam
Dr. N V R Naidu
FDP Coordinators
Vice­Chairman ­ GEF
Director­ MSRIT
Vice Principal, MSRIT
Sri. M.R. Ramaiah
Dr. T. V. Suresh Kumar
Secretary­ GEF,
Director­ MSRIT
Registrar (Academic),MSRIT
Sri S. M. Acharya
Sri Ramesh Naik
Chief Executive­GEF (Engg.)
Registrar (Administration), MSRIT
Asst. Professor, Dept of ISE
Dr. Mydhili K Nair
Associate. Professor, Dept. of ISE
Prof. Deepthi K
Asst. Professor, Dept. of ISE
Prof. Lincy Mathews
Asst. Professor, Dept of ISE
Address for Communication/Registration
Deepthi k
Lincy Mathews
Assistant Professor
Ph: 8861401452
Email:deepthi80k@gmail.com
Assistant Professor
Ph: 9620483083
Email: lincymm99@gmail.com
Department of Information Science and Engineering
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technolog y
MSR Nagar, Bangalore 560 054
WHO CAN ATTEND THE WORKSHOP
This workshop is open for all teaching faculties and research scholars with an inclination towards combining
music and technology.
REGISTRATION
The registrants are required to submit the scanned copy of the filled application approved by the
principal of the respective college's to the above­mentioned address.
Note:
• The number of participants is limited to 60.
• The selected participants will be informed by email/phone on or before 18/05/2015
• No TA/DA will be paid by the host institution
• Participants should make their own arrangements for accommodation.
IMPORTANT DATES
• Last date for receipt of completed application: 16th May 2015
• Confirmation for participants through e­mail: 18th May 2015
• Workshop starts with registration on 20th May 2015 at 8:30 am.m
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
M.S. Ramaiah Nagar, MSRIT Post, Bengaluru ­ 560 054, Karnataka, INDIA
Phone : +91 80 2360 0822, 2360 6934
Fax : +91 80 2360 3124
Web : www.msrit.edu