The organizers of MCM 2026 encourage submissions of unpublished papers that use mathematical and/or computational approaches to music theory, music analysis, composition, performance, by researchers or teams of researchers from any relevant field.
In particular, we welcome submissions on any topic relating to mathematics and/or computation in music, including (but not limited to):
Mathematical and computational models of and/or approaches to logical, philosophical, and methodological aspects of mathematics and computation in music
Musicology, music theory, analysis
Composition and performance, improvisation
The perception and cognition of any aspect of musical structure
Educational aspects and implementation of Mathematical Music Theory
Musical interaction and gestures
The history of mathematics and computation in music
Applications of mathematical music theory and computational tools for musicians, musicologists and others who work with music
Study of mathematical objects derived from mathematical music theory.
Long papers (12-20 pages in the Springer LNCS style) to be presented orally
Short papers (6-10 pages in the Springer LNCS style) to be presented as a poster
Short papers (6-10 pages in the Springer LNCS style) to be presented as a communication-performance
Pre-organized panel discussions of three to four communications in any scientific/strategic theme that is pertinent for current developments within the field and scope of the conference.
Long and short papers
Long and short paper submissions should take the form of complete papers; each paper submission should include an abstract of up to 150 words. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in an edited volume in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, as were the proceedings of previous MCM conferences. These memoirs will be available in hard copy during the conference.
Paper submissions (in pdf format) and scientific queries should be sent to: mcm2026.proceedings@gmail.com with subject line MCM2026 Submission. See below for further information about what to submit.
IMPORTANT: MCM 2026 will carry out a blind peer-review of the papers submitted. Authors must send two versions of their papers:
The full version including all author names and affiliations. The name's file should contain the name of the main author. For example, TITLE-AUTHOR.
A blinded manuscript without any author's names and affiliations in the text or on the title page.
The manuscript will be reviewed by two reviewers.
IMPORTANT: Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ instructions https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines and use the proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Templates and instructions can be downloaded via the Internet Explorer. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made.
Poster size can be A0 or 70 cm x 100 cm, printed on photographic paper, and should be installed by the author.