Making Sense of Sound

Workshop on Sounds and Sound Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems

20/21 February 2012, Plymouth UK

How much can we learn about what is going on in the world simply by listening?

http://helen.pion.ac.uk/the-meaning-of-sound-2012

Note: Submission of abstracts is closed; there are a few places left. Send email to Lucy Davies: lucy.davies4@plymouth.ac.uk if you are interested in participating.

Living organisms constantly generate sonic cues about their presence as they move and interact with the world around them. What can we tell about their behaviour or state of mind through the sounds they emit or modulate as they act and interact with the environment?

This workshop will discuss many aspects of sound processing, including sound perception in natural systems (humans and animals), the use of sounds to probe the environment (bio-sonar), computational modelling of auditory processing, and the development of bio-inspired real-time sound processing systems.

Submissions are invited that address, but are not restricted to, the following topics:

Listening in time
Listening in the real world
Listening to movement
Neural basis for auditory perception
Bio-inspired hardware devices and systems

Submissions may take the form of a talk, poster or demo; please indicate your preferred medium.

Deadlines:

Abstract : 31 December 2011
Registration : 31 January 2012

Invited Speakers

Andreas Andreou (Johns Hopkins University)
Tjeerd Andringa (Groningen University)
Guy Brown (Sheffield University)
Maria Chait (Ear Institute, UCL)
Elisabetta Chicca (University of Bielefeld)
Susan Denham (Plymouth University)
Julio Georgiou (University of Cyprus)
Alexander Gutschalk (Heidelberg University)
Georg Klump (Oldenburg University)
Katrin Krumbholz (MRC Institute of Hearing Research)
Nicol Harper (Oxford University)
Maneesh Sahani (Gatsby Institute, UCL)
Thomas Wennekers (Plymouth University)
Istvan Winkler (Institute for Psychology, Hungary)

Programme

A list of Talks, Posters and Demos can be found HERE (PDF).

Conference venue

Conference venue will be the Plymouth Marine Aquarium http://www.national-aquarium.co.uk/ and locations at the University of Plymouth.

There will be a conference dinner at the Aquarium Feb the 20th, and a public evening talk at Feb 21 by Andreas Andreou: "Mind from matter; a journey through sound"

Participating in this workshop is free and there is some financial support for those students or postdocs needing it.

Abstracts: Submission of abstracts is no longer possible

Workshop websites with additional information:

http://www.pion.ac.uk/the-meaning-of-sound-2012
http://scandle.eu

Please send any further enquiries to Lucy Davies: lucy.davies4@plymouth.ac.uk

Support:

This workshop is funded by the European Community through grant ICT-231168-SCANDLE --- "SCANDLE: acoustic SCene ANalysis for Detecting Living Entities"