We are thrilled to share a series of recent contributions and presentations from IDMIL researchers at CHI, NIME, and Eurohaptics 2026:

CHI 2026

Barcelona, Spain | April 13–17

Workshop Presentation: Ziyue presented at the Body Transformation Experiences workshop.

Piao, Z., Cossette, I., Wanderley, M. M. Reconciling Kinesthetic Mismatches: A Somatic Alignment Mindset for Musical Body Transformation.

NIME 2026

London, UK | June 23–26

Full Paper (collaborating with Yamaha): Piao, Z., Wada, Y., Corssette, I., Wanderley, M. M., Maezawa, A. Exploring Breathing-Music Coupling: Using the Breathing Mirror for Somatic Reflection in Piano Performance.

Workshop Organization: Piao, Z., Chen, K. Respiratory Musical Interfaces (RMIs) in NIME.

Workshop Organization: Frisson, C., Wanderley, M. M. Workshop on Haptic Musical Artifacts: Availability, Replicability, Sustainability of Force-Feedback Devices.

Eurohaptics 2026

Siena, Italy | July 6–9

Demo Presentation: Danilo Pesevic, Isaac Ng, Maxwell Gentili-Morin, Marcelo M. Wanderley, and Christian Frisson. Experiencing different 1 Degree-of-Freedom rotary actuators across iterations of TorqueTuners in musical applications

Poster Presentation: Piao, Z., Frisson, C., Van Kerrebroeck, B., Wanderley, M. M. Assessing the Impact of Force Feedback in Musical Knobs on Performance and User Experience.