Department of Music

The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression gathers researchers and musicians from all over the world to share their knowledge and late-breaking work on new musical interface design. The conference started out as a workshop at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in 2001. Since then, an annual series of international conferences have been held around the world, hosted by research groups dedicated to interface design, human-computer interaction, and computer music.

The theme of the 2018 international conference is “Mirrored Resonances.” In part, it reflects a shared conference format shared between two institutions seeking to bridge a physical divide through technology. More importantly, it is designed to encourage expressions of human-computer interaction that exceed simply sharing audio-visual content. Similarly, the theme hints at the tighter integration among arts and sciences, music and engineering. We see the theme serving as the foundation for an integrative approach that will engage artists and engineers alike.

The live stream at Open Grounds in Charlottesville, VA will feature the conference papers by guest composers and performers from the international NIME community following the conference co-hosted by UVA and Virginai Tech in in Blacksburg, Va.

Paper sessions are:

Monday, June 4th
9-10:30 am
1:30 – 3pm
3:30-5pm

Tuesday, June 5th
9-10:30am
11-12:30pm
2-3:30pm
4-5:30pm