Bayesian Modeling for Musicology
Welcome
The goal of this international 3-day workshop is to understand the fundamentals of Bayesian modeling and to apply them to a simple but well-defined musicological research questions. Rephrasing research questions in terms of probabilistic models entails a change of mindset and reflections about which elements are relevant to the topic at hand as well as their mutual relationships. As getting hands-on experience with computational modeling is as important as understanding of basic theoretical underpinnings, this workshop aims at serving as an introduction for novices in statistical modeling but with a strong musicological background.
Speakers
Assistant Professor in Generative AI in the Arts | Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics | Univerzita Karlova, Prague, CZ
Assistant Professor for Digital Music Philology and Music Theory | Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg DE
Agenda
The workshop takes places from 1-3 February 2024 in room 02.002 of the ZPD.
Thursday, 1 February:
14:00: Welcome and introduction (Fabian Moss)
14:15-16:00: "Fundamentals of Bayesian Modeling" (Christoph Finkensiep)
16:00-16:30: Coffee Break
16:30-18:00: "Probabilistic Programming I: Writing down your model" (Christoph Finkensiep)
Friday, 2 February:
09:00-10:00: Project Presentations
09:00-09:15: "Modeling polymetrics. Towards the development of a computational model for identifying metric ambiguities in Hugo Distler's works" (Lucas Hofmann)
09:20-09:35: "A quantitativ study on the text-critical analysis of variants in music prints in the 19th century using digital methods" (Adrian Nachtwey)
09:40-09:55: "Searching for Suitable Statistical Models for the Transmission and Structure of Medieval Chant" (Tim Eipert)
10:00-12:30: "Probabilistic Programming II"
12:30-13:30: Lunch
13:30-18:00: "Hackathon: Transforming a research question into code"
18:00-19:00: "Bayesian Models for Gregorian Chant" (Jan Hajič jr.)
Saturday, 3 February:
09:00-10:00: "Thoughts on Sampling" (Christoph Finkensiep)
09:00-12:30: Hands-On Block
12:30-13:30: Lunch
13:30-15:00: Presentation of Intermediate Results (3x 20+10)
15:00-15:30: Coffee break
15:30-17:30: Hands-On Block
17:30-18:30: Conclusion: What's next? (Fabian Moss)
Participants
Speakers
Christoph Finkensiep (Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL)
Jan Hajič jr. (Univerzita Karlova, Prague, CZ)
Participants
Adrian Nachtwey
Organization
If you are interested in participating, please write me an email explaining why before 10 January 2024.
Impressions
Venue
The workshop takes place in room 02.002 in the Zentrum für Philologie und Digitalität (ZPD) of Würzburg University. Inaugurated in 2023, ZPD a the central academic institution of the University of Würzburg, bridging the gap between the humanities, computer science and the digital humanities. Its purpose is to provide the best possible support and further development of humanities research in the digital age.
