CS 195

Week 7 Activity: Colloquium talk (on Zoom)

This week, Pomona College hosts a talk by Doug Turnbull, from Ithaca College. The talk begins at 4:15 PM on Thursday on Zoom.

For students enrolled in CS Colloquium (CS 195):

  • If you’re in Section 1, we expect you to attend the event when it occurs (synchronously).
  • If you’re in Section 2, we hope to record the event and post it for you to watch asynchronously.

Local Music (Recommendation) is Important

Abstract

There are talented musicians all around us. They play amazing live shows at small venues in every city all around the world. Yet music services like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and TicTok do a poor job of helping listeners discover these artists for a variety of commercial, social, and technical reasons. In this talk, we argue that supporting local music scenes is important and that we can use music recommender systems to help promote local artists and live music events. We then describe recent research that investigates popularity bias in music recommendation. We conclude by introducing three applications—Localify.org, MegsRadio.fm, and Porchfest.live—each developed to help people discover local music.

About Doug Turnbull

Doug Turnbull is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Ithaca College. His research focuses on music information retrieval, humane technology, and recommender systems. He is currently working on Localify.org which explores using music event recommendations and playlist generation to support local music communities. More information about his research can be found at dougturnbull.org.

When and How to Attend

  • Thursday, February 29
    • Location: Zoom (click the button and use the password shown below) Zoom Please log in to see the Zoom link and passcode
      • Meeting ID: 859 7187 6913
      • Passcode: recursion
  • Talk runs from 4:15–5:30 PM

Recording for Section 2

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This video is provided for students in Section 2 of CS 195 (and students in Section 1 who had to miss the talk due to extenuating circumstances). This is a private video, so please do not share it with others.

(Unfortunately, the video was started slightly late, so the opening introductory remarks are missing.)

Required Assessment

To receive full credit for attending this colloquium, complete the assessment:

Please do so at your soonest convenience, within 24 hours of seeing the talk.

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