1. abstract		Automatic Synchronization of Musical Data: A Mathematical Approach Vlora Arifi, Michael Clausen, Frank Kurth, and Meinard Mueller, The University of Bonn
2. abstract		Modeling Rhythmic Motif Structure with Fuzzy Logic and Machine Learning Tillman Weyde, The University of Osnabrück
3. abstract		Melody as a Significant Musical Feature in Repertory Classification Wei Chai, MIT Media Lab
4. abstract		Automating Motivic Analysis through the Application of Perceptual Rules Oliver Lartillot and Emmanuel Saint-James, IRCAM
5. abstract		Towards a Measure of Cognitive Distance in Melodic Similarity Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Stanford University
6. abstract		Transportation Distances and Their Application in Music-Notation Retrieval Frans Wiering, Rainer Typke, and Remco C. Veltkamp, The University of Utrecht
7. abstract		Spontaneous User Behavior in "Vocal" Queries for Music-Information Retrieval Micheline Lesaffre, Dirk Moelants, and Marc Leman, The Univeristy of Ghent
8. abstract		Cognitive Adequacy in the Measurement of Melodic Similarity: Algorithmic vs. Human Judgements Daniel Muellensiefen and Klaus Frieler, The University of Hamburg