International Conference on Auditory Display 2002 Call for Participation, reminder...

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                        ICAD2002
                CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The 8th International Conference on Auditory Display
Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan
2nd - 5th of July 2002
http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/icad2002
icad2002@mic.atr.co.jp

ICAD 2002 will be held from the 2nd - 5th of July 2002 at Advanced
Telecommunication Research
Institute, Japan. ATR is located in the Keihanna-Gakkentoshi 'science
city' south of Kyoto. It is closer to Nara, the ancient capital of Japan
and many places rich in history and scenery. A perfect place in which to
celebrate 10 years of ICAD!

ICAD is a forum for presenting research on the use of sound to display
data, monitor systems, and
provide enhanced user interfaces for computers and virtual reality
systems. It is unique in its
singular focus on auditory displays, and the array of perception,
technology, design and
application areas that these encompass. Like its predecessors, ICAD 2002
will be a single-track
conference. Attendance is open to all, with no membership or affiliation
requirements.

PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS will explore the following areas of
interest...


* sonification
* 3D/immersive sound
* perceptual aspects of 3D sound
* psychoacoustics and perception
* auditory displays in games and entertainment
* auditory displays in PDA's, wearable computing and embedded systems
* sound synthesis and digital signal processing
* audio in assistive technologies
* auditory icons and earcons
* aesthetics of sonification and 'musification'
* auditory display and art

SPECIAL SESSIONS

"New attempts for 3D Auditory Displays"

"Optimal Encoding of Information for a Human Listener"

"Virtual Acoustic Rendering Technology"

"Subjective Evaluation of Spatial Sound Reproduction"


SATELLITE WORKSHOPS

Renkon: Workshop on Performance Rendering Systems: Today and Tomorrow,
July 6, 2002. at ATR.
http://media.sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp/~katayose/icad_rencon.html

CREST workshop on Computational Models in auditory Processing 8-9July
2002 at ATR.
http://media.sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp/CREST2002/

ART WORKS AND MUSIC
There will be an installation work by Coscilia (composers and artists,
Lulu Ong and Damien Lock from Singapore).
There will be a concert of traditional and modern works for Shakuhachi
and 'Cyber-Shakuhachi' and Koto


OPEN MIC SESSIONS
In the tradition of previous ICAD's, ICAD 2002 will also include at
least one open mic session
for impromptu presentations on work in progress, insights to share etc.
Presentation time-limits
will be enforced using assorted portable sonification devices (feel free
to bring your own
along).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair: Ryohei Nakatsu (ATR)
Nakatsu@atr.co.jp
Technical Program Chair: Prof. Hideki Kawahara (Wakayama
University/CREST/ATR)
kawahara@sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp
Local Arrangement Chair: Prof. Haruhiro Katayose (Wakayama
University/ATR)
katayose@sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp
Local Arrangement Vice Chair: Ms. Sanae Wake (Osaka University)
wake@inolab.sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
Workshop and special session chair: William L Martens
wlm@u-aizu.ac.jp
Publication Chair: Prof. Kazushi Nishimoto (JAIST/ATR/PRESTO, JST)
knishi@acm.org
Demo and Exhibition Chair: Dr. Naotoshi Osaka (NTT CS Labs./ATR)
osaka@brl.ntt.co.jp
Demo and Exhibition Co-Chair: Mr. Rodney Berry (ATR)
rodney@atr.co.jp
Secretariat:    Dr. Tadao Maekawa (ATR)
                maekawa@atr.co.jp
                Mr. Rodney Berry (ATR)
                rodney@atr.co.jp
                Ms. Akiko Masuda
                masuda@atr.co.jp

Correspondence should be addressed to:

                                 ICAD2002 Secretariat,
                                 ATR Media Integration and
                                 Communications Laboratories,
                                 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho,
                                 Kyoto 619-0288, JAPAN
                                 Phone: +81-774-95-1449
                                 Fax: +81-774-95-1408
                                 icad2002@mic.atr.co.jp