New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Conference Programme

Friday 24th May

3:00pm - 5:00pm Conference Registration  
5:00pm - 7:15pm Drinks, appetisers, canapés  
  MLE Welcome - Rudy Berger  
  Keynote Address - Tod Machover  
8:00pm - 10:15pm  Concert at St Catherine's Church  ...see below for program details...

Saturday 25th May

8:30am - 8:50am 

Introduction - Joe Paradiso and
Sile O'Modhrain 

   MIT / Media Lab Europe, (USA, Ireland)
8:50am - 10:00am  Paper Session 1:
Sensate Surfaces 		 Chaired by Mikael Fernström  
  An Interface for Precise Musical Control Huott  
  ‘PegLegs in Music’ - Processing the Effort Generated by Levels of Expressive Gesturing in Music McElligott, Dixon, Dillon Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick / Media Lab Europe (Ireland)
  Audiopad: A Tag-based Interface for Musical Performance Patten, Recht, Ishii MIT Media Lab (USA)
  JAM-O-WORLD: Evolution of the Jam-O-Drum Multiplayer into the Jam-O-Whirl Gaming Interface Blaine, Forlines ETC - Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
10:00am - 10:15am  Break    
10:15am - 11:25am  Paper Session 2:
Haptic Feedback 		 Chaired by Sile O'Modhrain  
  Multi-instrument virtual keyboard – The MIKEY project Oboe, De Poli University of Padova (Italy)
  The vBow: Development of a Virtual Violin Bow Controller Haptic Human-Computer Interface Nichols CCRMA, Stanford University (USA)
  THE PLANK: Designing a simple haptic controller. Verplank, Gurevich, Mathews CCRMA, Stanford University (USA)
  Cutaneous Grooves: Composing for the Sense of Touch Gunther, Davenport, O’Modhrain MIT Media Lab / Media Lab Europe (USA, Ireland)
11:25am - 11:35am  Break    
11:35am - 12:45pm  Paper Session 3:
Body Electric 		 Chaired by Todd Winkler  
  Multimodal Interaction in Music Using the Electromyogram and Relative Position Sensing Tenaka, Knapp Sony Computer Science Laboratories Paris (France)
  Interdisciplinary Applications of New Instruments Baumann, Sánchez Konic Theatre, Barcelona (Spain)
  Playing on Heart-Strings: Experiences with the 2Hearts System McCaig, Fels HCT Lab, University of British Columbia (Canada)
  Tongue ’n’ Groove Vogt, McCaig, Adnan Ali, Fels University of British Columbia (Canada)
12:45pm - 1:45pm  Lunch Break    
1:45pm - 3:30pm  Open time to see running demonstrations ...see below for full details...  
3:30pm - 5:00pm  Paper Session 4:
(Un)Traditional Instruments 		 Chaired by Joe Paradiso  
  The Hyperbow Controller: Real-Time Dynamics Measurement for Violin Performance Young MIT Media Lab (USA)
  Noisegate 67 for Metasaxophone: Composition and Performance Considerations of a New Computer Music Controller Burtner VCCM, University of Virginia (USA)
  The Electronic Tabla Controller Kapur, Essl, Davidson, Cook Princeton University, New Jersey (USA)
  The Mutha Rubboard Controller: Interactive Heritage Wilkerson, Ng, Serafin CCRMA, Stanford University (USA)
  A Structured Instrument Design Approach: The Video-Organ Bongers, Harris Metronom Electronic Arts Studio, Barcelona (Spain)
6:00pm - 8:30pm  Banquet and Keynote Address - Cillian O'Briain    
9:00pm - 10:15pm  Concert at St Catherine's Church ...see below for program details...  

Sunday 26th May

9:00am - 10:40am  Paper Session 5:
Tools and Teaching 		 Chaired by Marcelo Wanderley  
  A low-cost sonar interface for unobtrusive man-machine interfacing Taelman IPEM, Ghent University (Belgium)
  AtoMIC Pro : a Multiple Sensor Acquisition Device Fléty IRCAM, Paris (France)
  Creating a Context for Musical Innovation: A NIME Curriculum D’Arcangelo New York University (USA)
  The Beatbug Network – A Rhythmic System for Interdependent Group Collaboration Weinberg, Aimi, Jennings MIT Media Lab / CRITE, Trinity College Dublin (USA, Ireland)
10:40am - 10:55am  Break    
10:55am - 12:35pm  Paper Session 6:
Novel Controllers 		 Chaired by Atau Tanaka  
  Creating Sustained Tones with the Cicada’s Rapid Sequential Buckling Mechanism Smyth, Smith CCRMA, Stanford University (USA)
  Tooka: Explorations of Two Person Instruments Fels, Vogt HCT Lab, University of British Columbia (Canada)
  The Termenova: A Hybrid Free-Gesture Interface Hasan, Paradiso, Yu MIT Media Lab (USA)
  A digital emulator of the photosonic instrument Arfib, Dudon LMA-CNRS, Marseille / Atelier d'Exploration Harmonique, Le Thoronet (France)
  Afasia: the Ultimate Homeric One-man-multimedia-band Jorda Music Technology Group,
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (Spain)
12:35pm - 1:45pm  Lunch Break    
1:45pm - 2:55pm  Paper Session 7:
Content Mapping 		 Chaired by Michael Lyons  
  Introducing Composed Instruments : Technical and Musicological Implications Schnell, Battier IRCAM, Paris (France)
  MetaMuse: Metaphors for Expressive Instruments Gadd, Fels HCT Lab, University of British Columbia (Canada)
  The importance of parameter mapping in electronic instrument design Hunt, Wanderley, Paradis Music Technology Group, University of York / McGill University, Montreal (Canada)
  Interactive Systems Design: A KANSEI-based Approach Camurri, Trocca, Volpe Lab InfoMus – DIST, University of Genova (Italy)
3:00pm - 3:30pm Closing Keynote Address - Joel Chadabe    
3:30pm - 3:45pm  Closing Remarks - Paradiso and Wanderley    
4:00pm - 5:00pm  Open Discussion on Organization of NIME 2003 in Montreal
Chaired by Marcelo Wanderley  


Demonstrations at NIME 2002

In addition to demonstrations from some paper presenters, the following demonstrations will be running at NIME 2002 on Saturday afternoon.

Circular Optical Object Locator Hankins, Merrill, Robert  CCRMA, Stanford University (USA)
The Musical Box Garden Ferris, Bannon Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick (Ireland)
Musical Navigatrics: New Musical Interactions with Passive Magnetic Tags Pardue, Paradiso MIT Media Lab (USA)
A two-handed controller with angular fundamental frequency control and sound color navigation Kessous LMA-CNRS, Marseille (France)
A Scanned Synthesis virtual instrument Couturier LMA-CNRS, Marseille (France)
The Virtual Bodhran – The Vodhran Moynihan, Marshall, Rath Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick / Universitá degli Studi di Verona, Italy (Ireland, Italy)
Music Software Interfacing and 3D Navigation Porcher, Wynnychuk, Brajovic, Platas Su-Studio, Barcelona (Spain)
Interactive Gesture Music Performance Interface Ng ICSRiM, University of Leeds (England)
IXI Software Thor IXI Software
Amorphoscapes, Soundtoys Stanza Stanza (UK)
Interactive Dance Winkler Brown University, Rhode Island (USA)
Hardware Department / Skins Bernard University of Dundee (Scotland)
Adaptive Hyperinstruments: Applying Evolutionary Techniques to Sound Synthesis and Performance Mandelis University of Sussex (England)
The Termenova: A Hybrid Free-Gesture Interface Hasan, Paradiso, Yu MIT Media Lab (USA)
'Gestation' Installation Paine Activated Space (Australia)
Tooka: Explorations of Two Person Instruments Fels, Vogt HCT Lab, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Playing on Heart-Strings: Experiences with the 2Hearts System McCaig, Fels HCT Lab, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Cutaneous Grooves: Composing for the Sense of Touch Gunther, Davenport, O'Modhrain MIT Media Lab / Media Lab Europe (USA, Ireland)
Audiopad: A Tag-based Interface for Musical Performance Patten, Recht, Ishii MIT Media Lab (USA)
Sensor Chair Griffith, O'Modhrain University of Limerick / Media Lab Europe (Ireland)


NIME 2002 - Concert 1

8pm - Friday 24th May
Photosonic Disk Performance 

Jacques Dudon and Daniel Arfib 
Collide 

Butch Rovan
De-Na-Zin 

Jurgen Simpson
Interval

 
'Con fus ion'

Michel Waisvisz
Situated Trio

David Wessel and Matt Wright


NIME 2002 - Concert 2

9pm - Saturday 25th May
Noisegate 67 

Matthew Burtner
scanalsa9

Chrysa Prestia
Suite for M 

Leonello Tarabella
Tibet

Atau Tanaka
Paradise

Yolande Harris and Bert Bongers

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Last Updated on 07/05/02
By Ciaran Casey