ICCCM 2026
Overview
The Fourth International Conference on Computational and Cognitive Musicology (ICCCM 2026) will take place at Centre for Philology and Digitality at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, on September 21-23, 2026. Following editions in Athens (2023), Utrecht (2024), and Aalborg (2025), ICCCM 2026 invites researchers to explore the intersection of musicology, computational methods and cognitive science in advancing our understanding of music in all its facets.
This conference is a part of the Digital Musicology Study Group of the International Musicological Society (IMS).
Conference Theme: “Studying Music Across Time, Space, and Cultures”
This year’s theme specifically encourages submissions addressing the diversity of music in its historical, geographical, and cultural dimensions. We welcome submissions involving computational and/or cognitive methods (in a broad sense) that deepen our understanding of music.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Computational modeling of musical evolution over time
- Computational ethnomusicology
- Cognitive theories of musical structure implemented computationally
- Computational approaches to the study of music perception and cognition
- Automatic music transcription
- Computational music analysis
- Digital representation of musical information
- Development and use of digital corpora for musicological research
- Health-related applications of music computing
- Teaching computational and digital musicology
- User experience design for musicological tools
ICCCM focuses on fundamental research rather than application-driven perspectives. Its small size and informal atmosphere make it especially welcoming to early-stage researchers, who have been a significant presence at past editions.
Keynote:
We are happy to announce that the keynote will be given by Artemi-Maria Gioti, composer and researcher at Mozarteum Salzburg.
Venue:
The ICCCM 2026 will take place at Centre for Philology and Digitality at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany.
Accommodation:
Nearby Hotels offering a special group rate (check-in 20.09. or 21.09.2026, check-out 23.09.2026):
- Hotel Melchiorpark (within walking distance to the conference venue) for 122,00 Euro per night.
Please book with the keyword “ICCCM” per phone call +49 931 35 90 40-0 or email reservierung@hotel-melchiorpark.de (Mrs. Hofmann).
- Hotel Moxy Wuerzburg for 119.00 EUR per night
Use this link to book your group rate at Moxy.
For any assistance with booking the accommodation or travelling, please contact Natalia Fahmer (natalia.fahmer@uni-wuerzburg.de).
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Conference Chairs:
Christof Weiß (christof.weiss@uni-wuerzburg.de)
Fabian C. Moss (fabian.moss@uni-wuerzburg.de)
CMT Acknowledgment: The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
Supporters:
- Universitätsbund Würzburg e.V.
- Vogel Stiftung Dr. Eckernkamp
- Institut für Musikforschung
- Zentrum für Philologie und Digitalität (ZPD)





