DEDICATION ~~~ This work is dedicated to my brother Stephen Alwin (1986-2010) who lives on in reactivations of networks in my brain. ~~~ iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the following people for their support and influence over the years: A doctoral program requires patient family members and for that I'm very thankful for the patience and support of my husband David Eagleman. I'...

This chapter argues that the branch of AI known as Machine Learning (ML) can make useful contributions to music research, if employed in a thoughtful way. After giving a brief introduction to machine learning and discussing some general methodological questions, the article presents an ongoing project by the author as an example of a substantial and highly non-trivial application of machine lea...