J. Stephen Downie

Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Co-Director of the HathiTrust Research Center
PhD, Library and Information Science, University of Western Ontario
Other professional appointments
Faculty Affiliate, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Research focus
Biography
J. Stephen Downie is associate dean for research and a professor at the School of Information Sciences, and the Illinois codirector of the HathiTrust Research Center. He has been an active participant in the digital libraries and digital humanities research domains. He is best known for helping to establish an vibrant music information retrieval research community. Since 2005, he has directed the annual Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX). He also was a founder of the International Society Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) and its first president.
VIDEO: Interview with Downie taped in Shanghai, China
Courses currently teaching
- Summer 2022 - Independent Study - IS189JSD
- Summer 2022 - Independent Study - IS389JSD
- Fall 2022 - Doctoral ProSeminar - IS529AC
- Fall 2022 - Doctoral ProSeminar - IS529OA
- Spring 2023 - Independent Study - IS189JSD
- Spring 2023 - Independent Study - IS389JSD
- Spring 2023 - Doctoral ProSeminar - IS529A
- Spring 2023 - Doctoral ProSeminar - IS529OA
Office hours
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