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NIME 06 - 2nd Call for Participation

6th International Conference on NEW INTERFACES FOR MUSICAL EXPRESSION

IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, Paris France in collaboration with the MINT/OMF of the Sorbonne University

Conference and Concerts: June 5-7 2006 Workshops: June 4 & 8 2006 Special Session: June 8 2006

http://nime06.ircam.fr/ nime06@ircam.fr

We encourage contributions of the following kinds:

• Papers/Reports/Posters (with optional demos)
• Live performances
• Interactive installations

Complete guidelines and the on-line submission interface are now
available on the NIME 06 website at http://nime06.ircam.fr/.

WORKSHOPS, SPECIAL SESSION AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS

June 4:

• Workshop on Choreographic Computations: Motion Capture and Analysis

for Dance

• Workshop on Improvisation with Computers

June 8, morning:

• NIME 06 Special Session on the Violin Family

(submissions welcome following the same procedure as other NIME papers)

June 8, afternoon:

• I-MAESTRO workshop on Tools for Technology Enhanced Music Education

(http://www.i-maestro.org/)

• Music and Gesture - Presentation of artistic projects at IRCAM (in

French)

June 1st to June 17th:

• Agora & Resonances - IRCAM Music Festival and Music Technology

Convention (see http://www.ircam.fr/99.html?event=338&L=1)

NIME 06 organized visits and off-concerts including jam sessions are
planned.

IMPORTANT DATES (Attention: new deadline for performances and installations)

Submission deadlines

• January 31st 2006: Installations and Performances
• January 31st 2006: Papers and Posters

Notification of acceptance

• February 28th 2006: Installations and Performances
• March 15th 2006: Papers and Posters

Registration deadlines

• April 15th 2006: Early Registration (reduced fee)

Final paper submission deadline

• April 15th 2006: Complete Camera-ready Papers and Abstracts

PAPERS/POSTERS AND DEMOS

We invite the submission of research papers, reports, posters, and
demos on topics related to new interfaces for music performance including, but
not restricted to:

• Novel controllers and interfaces for musical expression
• Novel controllers for collaborative performance
• Novel musical instruments
• Augmented/hyper instruments
• Interfaces for dance and physical expression
• Interactive sound and multimedia installations
• Interactive sonification
• Sensor and actuator technologies
• Haptic and force feedback devices
• Interface protocols and data formats
• Gesture and music
• Perceptual & cognitive issues
• Interactivity design and software tools
• Musical mapping strategies
• Performance analysis and machine learning
• Performance rendering and generative algorithms
• Experiences with novel interfaces in education and entertainment
• Experiences with novel interfaces in live performance and composition
• Surveys of past work and stimulating ideas for future research
• Historical studies in twentieth-century instrument design
• Reports on students projects in the framework of NIME related courses
• Artistic, cultural, and social impact of NIME technology

Accepted presentation types are:

• Full Paper (6 pages in proceedings, oral presentation)
• Short Paper (4 pages in proceedings, oral presentation)
• Poster (2 or 4 pages in proceedings)
• Papers for the Special Session

Special Session We encourage the submission of papers to be presented in a special
session at June 8th. In this session we would like to bring together
all relevant recent research and know-how concerned by the violin
family and related musical digital interfaces. The purpose of this special session is to create an opportunity for
in-depth discussions on a topic of wide-ranging interest to several
of the NIME themes. Papers for the special session will be subject to
the same review process as the other submissions.

Demos Although brief demonstrations can be shown during paper sessions,
NIME 06 will give the possibility to schedule demo presentations in
dedicated demo sessions. The submission procedure will allow to
choose an explicit demo option for any paper or poster submission. The simplest demo submission would take the form of a short poster
summarizing the scientific/technical aspects, acquired experiences
and/or the context of the development.

For presentations of commercial products and companies not associated with a conference submission, there will be exhibit booths. Please contact Vincent.Puig[at]ircam[fr].

LIVE PERFORMANCES

An evening concert during the conference will be dedicated to live
performances hilighting creative use of interactive instrument
technology.

We welcome proposals for performances to be featured in the NIME 06 concert.

Please refer to the NIME 06 web page for detailed submission
requirements.

INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS

Various spaces in and around the conference venue are reserved for
interactive sound and multimedia installations.

We welcome proposals for interactive installations to be presented during the conference. We particularly encourage installations that
could run during the entire period of Agora/R?sonances from June 1 to
June 17.

While some of the spaces are closed rooms, others are open spaces
such as entrance or stairs which encourage site-specific installations. Please refer to the NIME 06 web page for detailed submission
requirements and descriptions of the provided installation spaces.

COMMITTEE

Conference Chairs Norbert Schnell (IRCAM) Frederic Bevilacqua (IRCAM)

Paper and Poster Chair Michael Lyons (ATR Kyoto)

Performance and Installation Chair Atau Tanaka (Sony CSL Paris)

Demo Chair Emmanuel Fl?ty (IRCAM)

Proceeding Editor Marc Battier (MINT-OMF Sorbonne)

Administrative coordinator Sylvie Benoit (IRCAM)

NIME Steering Committee Ivan Poupyrev Michael Lyons Tina Blaine Atau Tanaka Joe Paradiso Marcelo Wanderley Sile O'Modhrain Sidney Fels Yoichi Nagashima