Call for Participation: New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2020, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK

We would like to invite you to be part of NIME 2020 – The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. We welcome submissions of original research, both scientific and artistic. A non-exhaustive list of NIME-related topics is found below.

Topics Original contributions are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following topics:

Musical interfaces designed by/with disabled/neurodiverse musicians Musical interfaces in/as education Increasing musical choices for disabled musicians through new accessible interfaces Easier/cheaper approaches to the design of bespoke accessible instruments (that can be adapted to a user’s requirements), in a world dominated by mass production Strategies that improve the reach and replicability of one-off accessible instrument projects, particularly those that are unlikely to have full commercial potential Musical interfaces tailored to formally trained musicians Novel controllers, interfaces or instruments for musical expression Augmented, embedded and hyper instruments Technologies or systems for collaborative music-making Mobile music-making Music-related human-computer interaction and mapping strategies Sensor and actuator technologies, including haptics and force feedback devices Explorations of relationships between motion, gesture and music Evaluation and user studies of new interfaces for musical expression or commercially available “off the shelf” interfaces Musical robotics Interactive sound art and installations Performance rendering and generative algorithms Machine learning in musical performance Artificial intelligence and new interfaces for musical expression Web-based and/or telematic music performance Software frameworks, interface protocols, and data formats, for supporting musical interaction Historical, theoretical or philosophical discussions about designing or performing with new interfaces Supporting cultural diversity through musical interfaces Discussions about the artistic, cultural, and social impact of new interfaces Pedagogical perspectives or reports on student projects in the framework of NIME-related courses Practice-based research approaches/methodologies/criticism relating to the use of musical interfaces

Important Dates

24 January 2020: Paper, Poster, Music, Installation and Workshops submission deadline 31 January 2020: Final submission upload deadline (no extension) 15-22 March 2020: Notification of acceptances/rejections 22 March 2020: Early Bird Registration Opens 10 April 2020: Non-Paper Demo submission deadline 15 April 2020: Camera-ready submission and presenter registration deadline 30 April 2020: Early-bird registration deadline 21 July 2020: Pre-conference workshops 22-24 July 2020: The conference 25 July 2020: The unconference

More information about the conference can be found at nime202.bcu.ac.uk http://nime202.bcu.ac.uk/

NIME 2020 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Organising Committee