About the Society

The International Society for Music Information Retrieval is a non-profit organization seeking to advance the access, organization, and understanding of music information. As a field, music information retrieval focuses on the research and development of computational systems to help humans better make sense of this data, drawing from a diverse set of disciplines, including, but by no means limited to, music theory, computer science, psychology, neuroscience, library science, electrical engineering, and machine learning.

More formally, the objects of the corporation are:

Foster the exchange of ideas between and among members whose activities, though diverse, stem from a common interest in music information retrieval.
Stimulate research, development, and improvement in teaching in all branches of music information retrieval.
Encourage publication and distribution of theoretical, empirical, and applied studies.
Cooperate with representatives of other organizations and disciplines toward the furtherance of music information retrieval.
Support and encourage diversity in membership and the disciplines involved as a fundamental aspect of the society.

ISMIR was incorporated in Canada on July 4, 2008. It was previously run by a Steering Committee.

Organizing Documents

Past Business Meeting Presentations

Descriptions of individual board members’ responsibilities are found in this document.´

Officers (2024–2025)

President: Zhiyao Duan, University of Rochester, USA
President-elect: Justin Salamon, Adobe Research, USA
Secretary: Emmanouil Benetos, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Treasurer: Bob Sturm, KTH, Sweden
Member-at-large: Claire Arthur, Georgia Tech, USA
Member-at-large: Carlos Cancino-Chacón, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Member-at-large: Elio Quinton, Universal Music Group, UK
Student member: Shuqi Dai, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Tech Lead: Ajay Srinivasamurthy, Amazon AGI, India

Officers (2022–2023)

President: Geoffroy Peeters, Télécom ParisTech, France
President-elect: Zhiyao Duan, University of Rochester, USA
Secretary: Emmanouil Benetos, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Treasurer: Bob Sturm, KTH, Sweden
Member-at-large: Blair Kaneshiro, Stanford University, USA
Member-at-large: Justin Salamon, Adobe Research, USA
Member-at-large: Christof Weiss, University of Würzburg, Germany
Student member: Alia Morsi, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Officers (2020–2021)

President: Meinard Müller, International Audio Laboratories Erlangen, Germany
President-elect: Geoffroy Peeters, Télécom ParisTech, France
Secretary: Audrey Laplante, Université de Montréal, Canada
Treasurer: Bob Sturm, KTH, Sweden
Member-at-large: Estefanía Cano, AudioSourceRE, Ireland
Member-at-large: Blair Kaneshiro, Stanford University, USA
Member-at-large: Mark Sandler, Queen Mary University of London, GB
Student member: Andrew Demetriou, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Officers (2018–2019)

President: Emilia Gómez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
President-elect: Meinard Müller, International Audio Laboratories Erlangen, Germany
Secretary: Eric J. Humphrey, Spotify, USA
Treasurer: Bob Sturm, KTH, Sweden
Member-at-large: Geoffroy Peeters, IRCAM, France
Member-at-large: Blair Kaneshiro, Stanford University, USA
Member-at-large: Douglas Turnbull, Ithaca College, USA
Student member: Iris Yuping Ren, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

Officers (2016–2017)

President: Fabien Gouyon, Pandora, USA
President-elect: Emilia Gómez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Secretary: Eric J. Humphrey, Spotify, USA
Treasurer: Xiao Hu, University of Hong Kong, China
Member-at-large: Amélie Anglade, Germany
Member-at-large: Meinard Müller, International Audio Laboratories Erlangen, Germany
Member-at-large: Geoffroy Peeters, IRCAM, France
Student member: Andy Sarroff, Dartmouth College, USA

Officers (2014–2015)

President: Simon Dixon, Queen Mary University of London
President-elect: Fabien Gouyon, Pandora, USA
Secretary: Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington, USA
Treasurer: Xiao Hu, University of Denver, USA
Member-at-large: J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Member-at-large: Meinard Müller, International Audio Laboratories Erlangen, Germany
Member-at-large: Anja Volk, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Student member: Eric J. Humphrey, New York University, USA

Officers (2012–2013)

President: Tim Crawford, Goldsmiths University of London
President-elect: Simon Dixon, Queen Mary University of London
Secretary: Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington, USA
Treasurer: Xiao Hu, University of Denver
Member-at-large: J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Member-at-large: Meinard Müller, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany
Member-at-large: Frans Wiering, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Student member: Thierry Bertin-Mahieux, Columbia University, USA

Officers (2010–2011)

President: J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
President-elect: Tim Crawford, Goldsmiths University of London
Secretary: Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington, USA
Treasurer: George Tzanetakis, University of Washington, USA
Member-at-large: Douglas Eck, University of Montreal/Google, USA
Member-at-large: Masataka Goto, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Member-at-large: Meinard Müller, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Germany
ISMIR Archivist (ex officio): Michael Fingerhut, IRCAM, France

Past Steering Committee Members

David Bainbridge, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Donald Byrd, Indiana University, USA
Elaine Chew, University of Southern California, USA
Jon Dunn, Indiana University, USA
Michael Fingerhut, IRCAM, Paris, France
Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Holger Hoos, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
Kjell Lemström, University of Helsinki, Finland
Beth Logan, Intel Corporation
Connie Mayer, University of Maryland, USA
Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria