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- ↑ "MCM 2007, National Institute for Music Research, Berlin, Germany".
- ↑ "MCM 2009, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA".
- ↑ "MCM 2011, IRCAM, Paris, France".
- ↑ "MCM 2013, McGill University, Montreal, Canada".
- ↑ "MCM 2015, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom".
- ↑ "MCM 2017, Universidad Nacional Autónoma di México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico".
- ↑ "Journal of Mathematics and Music".
