Research output

Publications

Book chapters, conference papers, and talks on computational score analysis, timbre and rhythm research, music encoding, and machine learning for musicology.

ORCID record

Published

  1. 2026

    Polyakov, E. (2026). FFTimbre: Exploration of Timbre by Analysis and Synthesis Using Python, Ableton, and Large Language Models. In: Innovation in Music: Current Research Perspectives (pp. 121–134). Focal Press / Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003475675-11.

    DOI
  2. 2026

    Polyakov, E. (2026). Understanding and Emulating Time: Analyzing and Simulating Musical Microrhythm Timing with the beat_it Toolbox. In: Innovation in Music: Sound and Place. Focal Press / Routledge.

    Publisher
  3. 2025

    Polyakov, E. (2025). Encoding the New Frontier: Adapting MEI and Verovio for Post-Tonal and Spectral Notations. Music Encoding Conference 2025 Book of Abstracts. DOI: 10.17613/20s0d-gq678.

    DOI
  4. 2024

    Pfleiderer, M.; Polyakov, E.; Nadar, C. (2024). Analyze! Development and integration of software-based tools for musicology and music theory. In: Innovation in Music: Technology and Creativity. Routledge.

  5. 2021

    Polyakov, E. (2021). Articles on George Crumb, loudspeaker orchestras, orchestras and new media, and recording technology. In: Lexikon des Orchesters. Laaber-Verlag.

  6. 2020

    Polyakov, E. (2020). Computerbasierte Analyse und visuelle Repräsentationsformen der Musik. Dissertation, University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.

  7. 2019

    Polyakov, E. (2019). “Immer ungenau und mangelhaft.” In: Proceedings of ‘Rimsky-Korsakov at 175’. St. Petersburg.

In press

  1. forthcoming

    Polyakov, E. (forthcoming). “Evaluation of Modern Computer-Aided Sheet Music Analysis Methods in a Practical Context.” In: GMTH Proceedings.

Under review

  1. submitted

    Polyakov, E. “Large Language Models as Access Layers for a Cloud-Based Music Workflow: An Exploratory Case Study.” Submitted to Proceedings of Innovation in Music 2026 (InMusic26).

Talks and conference contributions

  1. 2026

    Computergestützte Musikanalyse in der Cloud

    GfM annual conference, Frankfurt am Main, 29 September–2 October 2026

    Workshop · accepted
  2. 2026

    CAMAT_v2: Cloud-Based Tools for Collaborative Music Score Analysis

    ICCCM26, Würzburg, 21–23 September 2026

    Poster · accepted
  3. 2026

    Beyond the Black Box: Democratizing Musical Analysis and Creative Workflows via LLM-Empowered Cloud-Based Jupyter Setups

    InMusic26, Aalborg, Denmark, 18–20 June 2026

    Talk · presented
  4. 2025

    How Machines Listen

    25th Annual Congress of the Society for Music Theory (GMTH), Lübeck, 17–19 October 2025

    Talk
  5. 2025

    Challenges of Computer-Assisted Score Analysis

    Society for Music Research (GfM) annual conference, Weimar, 6–9 October 2025

    Symposium organisation
  6. 2025

    Binary score representations — an interactive method for motif, chord, function, and texture search in symbolic score representations

    GfM annual conference, Weimar, 6–9 October 2025

    Talk
  7. 2025

    Understanding and Emulating Time: Analyzing and Simulating Musical Microrhythm Timing with the beat_it Toolbox

    Innovation in Music 2025, Bath (UK), 20–22 June 2025

    Talk
  8. 2025

    Encoding the New Frontier: Adapting MEI and Verovio for Post-Tonal and Spectral Notations

    Music Encoding Conference 2025, London, 3–6 June 2025

    Poster
  9. 2024

    AI for Music Theory

    24th Annual Congress of the Society for Music Theory (GMTH), Cottbus, 4–6 October 2024

    Workshop
  10. 2024

    How Constant Is Your Beat? Computer-Assisted Analysis of Beat and Tempo Fluctuations from Acousmatic Music to Minimal Techno with the beat_it Toolbox

    Rhythm under the Microscope: Microrhythm and Groove in Popular Music, mdw Vienna, 25–27 September 2024

    Talk
  11. 2024

    Exploring Electroacoustic Music Analysis with Multimodal Large Language Models

    GfM annual conference, HfM Cologne, 11–14 September 2024

    Talk
  12. 2023

    Reconstruct and Decompose: Extracting and Sonifying Rhythmic, Melodic and Spectral Patterns for Analytical and Creative Use

    GMTH annual conference, Freiburg, 22–24 September 2023

    Talk
  13. 2022

    Evaluation of computer-assisted music score analysis methods within the Fellowship project Computer-assisted music analysis at music university Weimar

    GMTH annual conference, Salzburg, 30 September–2 October 2022

    Workshop
  14. 2022

    Analyze! Development and integration of software-based tools for musicological and music theoretical needs

    Innovation in Music Conference 2022, Stockholm, 17–19 June 2022 — with M. Pfleiderer and C. Nadar

    Talk
  15. 2019

    Immer ungenau und mangelhaft — description of instrumental tone colours in Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Principles of Orchestration’ in the context of current developments in computer-based timbre analysis

    Rimsky-Korsakov at 175, St. Petersburg, 18–21 March 2019

    Talk
  16. 2017

    Self-similarity matrix in the context of computer-based timbre analysis and its use in teaching

    Symposium: Popular Music and its Theories, GMTH annual congress, Graz, 17–19 November 2017

    Talk