More than 250 researchers and musicians from around the world are gathered this week on LSU’s flagship campus in Baton Rouge for an international conference focused on human-computer interaction and how it affects musical performances. The four-day conference is called the New Interfaces for Musical Expression, or NIME, and it attracts musicians, tech professionals and others from the digital-cultural sphere.
“It’s huge that we are hosting this conference,” says Jesse Allison, a professor of experimental music and digital media at LSU. “This is about inventing the musical instruments of the future.”
Allison and his colleague, Steve Beck, were instrumental in attracting the 15-year-old conference to LSU. Last year it was held in London, and in 2013 it was held in Seoul, South Korea. That Baton Rouge and LSU would play host this year is significant for several reasons, not the least of which is the prestige factor.
“It raises the bar for LSU and Baton Rouge quite a bit,” Allison says.
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