NIME 2006 - Call for Participation

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NIME 2006 - 2nd Call for Participation
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6th International Conference on
NEW INTERFACES FOR MUSICAL EXPRESSION

IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, Paris France

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

http://nime06.ircam.fr/
[email protected]

We encourage contributions in the following formats:
* Papers/Reports/Posters/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/.

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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 Violin-inspired Interfaces
(submissions welcome following the same procedure as other NIME papers)

June 8, afternoon:
* I-MAESTRO workshop on Tools for Technology Enhanced Music Education
* 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?event38&L=1)

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

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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

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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

Submission 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)

Special Session on Violin-inspired Interfaces
We encourage the submission of papers to be presented in a Special Session
on June 8th.
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].


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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.

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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/Resonances 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.

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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 Flety (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

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