Hi All
Please note that two PhD positions are now open for applications:
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The common description is shown below, but please check the websites for further details of each project.
Sincerely
Søren
InHEAR Project
“Hearables” – in-ear headphones with built-in microphones and signal processing capability – offer new opportunities to reproduce audio content in a way that adapts and responds to the listening context, e.g. background noise
and personal preferences. The InHEAR project (Intelligent Hearables with Environment-Aware Rendering) will develop new algorithms to maximise the listener’s experience regardless of their listening context. The project is a collaboration between the University
of Surrey, Bang & Olufsen and Aalborg University. You have a genuine opportunity to influence future generations of B&O products as well as to produce world-leading publishable and patentable research.
About us
The IoSR is a leading centre for research in psychoacoustic engineering. Our work combines elements of acoustics, digital signal processing, psychoacoustics (theoretical and experimental), psychology, sound synthesis, software
engineering, statistical analysis and user-interface design, with an understanding of the aesthetics of sound and music. Our world-class facilities include industry-specification sound-recording studios and edit suites, and an ITU-R BS.1116 standard critical
listening room equipped with a 22.2-channel reproduction system, and the Surrey Sound Sphere supporting multichannel sound field capture and reproduction. You will work closely with another student based in the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing
(CVSSP), and with colleagues in research and development at B&O.
How to apply
Applications should be made through the PhD course page: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/postgraduate/sound-recording-phd.
Applications for April 2020 will be processed straight away in view of an earlier start if possible. If in doubt, please contact us. Please use your research statement to explain how your skills meet the person specification outlined above.
Funding Notes
The studentship is for 42 months full-time study commencing between January—April 2020.
In addition to covering UK/EU tuition fees and a tax-free stipend of £15k/year, you will have access to a generous travel budget (to support attendance at academic conferences, for example) and support to undertake research at Bang & Olufsen’s headquarters
in Denmark.