J. Stephen Downie
@profdownie.bsky.social
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois.
Digital Humanities-Music Information Retrieval-Library and Information Science
Digital Humanities-Music Information Retrieval-Library and Information Science
Yiting Xia showing our poster at ISMIR 2025’s Late-Breaking/Demo session!
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Yiting Xia showing our poster at ISMIR 2025’s Late-Breaking/Demo session!
MIREX poster at ISMIR 2025.
MIREX started 2005!
MIREX started 2005!
September 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
MIREX poster at ISMIR 2025.
MIREX started 2005!
MIREX started 2005!
Beautiful day in Daejeon for my favourite conference.
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Beautiful day in Daejeon for my favourite conference.
On fast and furious road trip to Brantford, ON to see my mum. Stopover in London, ON. Was able to drop by a long-standing haunt and see folks that I have know since the 80s!
September 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
On fast and furious road trip to Brantford, ON to see my mum. Stopover in London, ON. Was able to drop by a long-standing haunt and see folks that I have know since the 80s!
August 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Giving my HTRC Extracted Features lecture at ANU.
Second photo is me starting the dinner conversation at the visiting scholars supper at ANU
Was a great day, meeting new scholars and talking shop.
Second photo is me starting the dinner conversation at the visiting scholars supper at ANU
Was a great day, meeting new scholars and talking shop.
August 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Giving my HTRC Extracted Features lecture at ANU.
Second photo is me starting the dinner conversation at the visiting scholars supper at ANU
Was a great day, meeting new scholars and talking shop.
Second photo is me starting the dinner conversation at the visiting scholars supper at ANU
Was a great day, meeting new scholars and talking shop.
Very spiffy visiting scholar dinner at Australian National University.
August 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very spiffy visiting scholar dinner at Australian National University.
Prof. Bainbridge presents our poster at DH 2025 in Lisbon.
July 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Prof. Bainbridge presents our poster at DH 2025 in Lisbon.
Last Gala night for this QM2 journey.
New jacket and bowtie. Brought proper bowtie but couldn't get it tied despite watching 1,000,000 YouTube videos, so bought a clip-on on the boat.
Still no pirate sightings.
New jacket and bowtie. Brought proper bowtie but couldn't get it tied despite watching 1,000,000 YouTube videos, so bought a clip-on on the boat.
Still no pirate sightings.
July 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Last Gala night for this QM2 journey.
New jacket and bowtie. Brought proper bowtie but couldn't get it tied despite watching 1,000,000 YouTube videos, so bought a clip-on on the boat.
Still no pirate sightings.
New jacket and bowtie. Brought proper bowtie but couldn't get it tied despite watching 1,000,000 YouTube videos, so bought a clip-on on the boat.
Still no pirate sightings.
Found my parking spot.
Boston was great. Will definitely come back.
Boston was great. Will definitely come back.
July 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Found my parking spot.
Boston was great. Will definitely come back.
Boston was great. Will definitely come back.
Dressed for dinner on QM2 somewhere near Boston.
Saw no pirates today as it was very foggy.
Saw no pirates today as it was very foggy.
July 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dressed for dinner on QM2 somewhere near Boston.
Saw no pirates today as it was very foggy.
Saw no pirates today as it was very foggy.
Westside NYC looking north.
Also super spiffy.
Also super spiffy.
June 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Westside NYC looking north.
Also super spiffy.
Also super spiffy.
Westside sunset NYC.
Very spiffy.
Very spiffy.
June 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Westside sunset NYC.
Very spiffy.
Very spiffy.
Made it to St. Charles, MO.
Really hot!
Really hot!
June 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Made it to St. Charles, MO.
Really hot!
Really hot!
Bike all tucked in, in Kentucky...
June 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Bike all tucked in, in Kentucky...
Paducah achieved.
Got rather warm today.
Great riding nonetheless..
PS KY roads are consistently in good repair. IL, take some notes.
Got rather warm today.
Great riding nonetheless..
PS KY roads are consistently in good repair. IL, take some notes.
June 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Paducah achieved.
Got rather warm today.
Great riding nonetheless..
PS KY roads are consistently in good repair. IL, take some notes.
Got rather warm today.
Great riding nonetheless..
PS KY roads are consistently in good repair. IL, take some notes.
Juneteenth Holiday motorcycle tour...
1. Louisville, KY (tonight)
2. Paducah, KY (Friday)
3. St. Charles, MO (Saturday)
4. Home (Sunday)
Very nice motorcycle roads in SouthEast Illinois, Southwest Indiana, and along the Ohio (KY) and Illinois rivers, hence the route.
1. Louisville, KY (tonight)
2. Paducah, KY (Friday)
3. St. Charles, MO (Saturday)
4. Home (Sunday)
Very nice motorcycle roads in SouthEast Illinois, Southwest Indiana, and along the Ohio (KY) and Illinois rivers, hence the route.
June 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Juneteenth Holiday motorcycle tour...
1. Louisville, KY (tonight)
2. Paducah, KY (Friday)
3. St. Charles, MO (Saturday)
4. Home (Sunday)
Very nice motorcycle roads in SouthEast Illinois, Southwest Indiana, and along the Ohio (KY) and Illinois rivers, hence the route.
1. Louisville, KY (tonight)
2. Paducah, KY (Friday)
3. St. Charles, MO (Saturday)
4. Home (Sunday)
Very nice motorcycle roads in SouthEast Illinois, Southwest Indiana, and along the Ohio (KY) and Illinois rivers, hence the route.
Every once and a while, Champaign surprises you with neat vistas.
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every once and a while, Champaign surprises you with neat vistas.
Back to Illinois tomorrow.
Akihabara on a very pleasant Saturday evening
Insert melancholy face here.
So happy to be standing ici. yet sad to be heading back to the daily grind.
Au revoir.
Akihabara on a very pleasant Saturday evening
Insert melancholy face here.
So happy to be standing ici. yet sad to be heading back to the daily grind.
Au revoir.
June 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Back to Illinois tomorrow.
Akihabara on a very pleasant Saturday evening
Insert melancholy face here.
So happy to be standing ici. yet sad to be heading back to the daily grind.
Au revoir.
Akihabara on a very pleasant Saturday evening
Insert melancholy face here.
So happy to be standing ici. yet sad to be heading back to the daily grind.
Au revoir.
Had a whale of a time at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
Very impressive exhibits.
Very impressive exhibits.
June 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Had a whale of a time at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
Very impressive exhibits.
Very impressive exhibits.
Taking part in "The 1st International Workshop for Library and Information Science Digital Humanities" at Keio University today.
Great talks. So far, I have learned new things about metadata issues concerning Tibetan texts, emphera collection, and genko yoshi.
Great talks. So far, I have learned new things about metadata issues concerning Tibetan texts, emphera collection, and genko yoshi.
June 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Taking part in "The 1st International Workshop for Library and Information Science Digital Humanities" at Keio University today.
Great talks. So far, I have learned new things about metadata issues concerning Tibetan texts, emphera collection, and genko yoshi.
Great talks. So far, I have learned new things about metadata issues concerning Tibetan texts, emphera collection, and genko yoshi.
A perfect end-of-term evening in Champaign, Illinois.
May 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A perfect end-of-term evening in Champaign, Illinois.
NYC rocks.
Always amazed in the happiest way to walk around NYC.
Always amazed in the happiest way to walk around NYC.
March 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
NYC rocks.
Always amazed in the happiest way to walk around NYC.
Always amazed in the happiest way to walk around NYC.
Giving lecture today at Keio University.
Give an evening talk tomorrow.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Give an evening talk tomorrow.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
December 25, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Giving lecture today at Keio University.
Give an evening talk tomorrow.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Give an evening talk tomorrow.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.