# New Interfaces for Musical Expression

New Interfaces for Musical Expression, also known as NIME, is an international conference dedicated to scientific research on the development of new technologies and their role in musical expression and artistic performance.

## History

The conference began as a workshop (NIME 01) at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in 2001 in Seattle, Washington, with the concert and demonstration sessions being held at the Experience Music Project museum. Since then, international conferences have been held annually around the world:
NIME Location by Year :
| Year | Host Institution | City | Country |
| 2001 | ACM CHI'01 and Experience Music Project | Seattle | USA |
| 2002 | Media Lab Europe | Dublin | Ireland |
| 2003 | McGill University | Montreal | Canada |
| 2004 | Shizuoka University of Art and Culture | Hamamatsu | Japan |
| 2005 | University of British Columbia | Vancouver | Canada |
| 2006 | IRCAM | Paris | France |
| 2007 | Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York University's Music Technology Program and the Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts | New York City | USA |
| 2008 | Infomus Lab at the University of Genova | Genoa | Italy |
| 2009 | Carnegie Mellon School of Music | Pittsburgh | USA |
| 2010 | University of Technology, Sydney | Sydney | Australia |
| 2011 | University of Oslo | Oslo | Norway |
| 2012 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | USA |
| 2013 | Graduate School of Culture Technology at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) | Daejeon;Seoul | South Korea |
| 2014 | Goldsmiths University | London | UK |
| 2015 | Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge | USA |
| 2016 | Griffith University | Brisbane | Australia |
| 2017 | Aalborg University | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia | Blacksburg | USA |
| 2019 | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | Porto Alegre | Brazil |
| 2020 | Royal Birmingham Conservatoire | virtual conference, due to COVID-19 | virtual conference, due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | NYU Shanghai | Shanghai; virtual | China |
| 2022 | University of Auckland | Auckland; virtual | New Zealand |
| 2023 | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana | Mexico City; virtual | Mexico |

## Areas of application

The following is a partial list of topics covered by the NIME conference:
* Design reports on novel controllers and interfaces for musical expression
* Performance experience reports on live performance and composition using novel controllers
* Controllers for virtuosic performers, novices, education and entertainment
* Perceptual & cognitive issues in the design of musical controllers
* Movement, visual and physical expression with sonic expressivity
* Musical mapping algorithms and intelligent controllers
* Novel controllers for collaborative performance
* Interface protocols for musical control (e.g. Open Sound Control)
* Artistic, cultural, and social impact of new performance interfaces
* Real-time gestural control in musical performance
* Mapping strategies and their influence on digital musical instrument design
* Sensor and actuator technologies for musical applications
* Haptic and force feedback devices for musical control
* Real-time computing tools and interactive systems
* Pedagogical applications of new interfaces - Courses and curricula

## Other related conferences

Other similarly themed conferences include
* International Computer Music Conference (ICMC);
* ACM Multimedia
* Sound and music computing (SMC)