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Dear Auditory List,
I still have a fully funded (stipend and tuition) PhD opportunities available at the University of Sydney in the area of auditory sensory augmentation. Looking for someone interested in psychoacoustics, augmented reality, using deep networks for sound synthesis…
Please send me an email with cover letter, CV, and transcript to apply
(craig.jin (at) sydney.edu.au)
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The Computing and Audio Research Lab at the University of Sydney, Australia has a fully-funded PhD position open in augmented reality for the visually impaired, in partnership with ARIA LLC.
Applicants with a strong background in Psychoacoustics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar programs are encouraged to apply.
Project ARIA, Augmented Reality in Audio, seeks to endow the visually impaired with a richer sense of their surroundings using a wearable augmented reality device. Building on technologies from robotics, augmented reality,
and spatialised audio display, ARIA will deliver next-generation auditory sensory augmentation with the potential to improve the quality of life for millions of people affected by vision impairment worldwide.
There are multiple PhD projects available in Project ARIA. This Sensory Augmentation-focused project will advance the auditory sensory augmentation technologies required for the ARIA wearable device to perform reliably
and efficiently in a breadth of usage scenarios.
We take a broad view of auditory sensory augmentation as comprised of three parts: (1) sensors and machine artificial intelligence extract information for a targeted objective; (2) this information is rendered via the
auditory channel as sound; (3) we enable efferent feedback control via hand/wrist or other sensors. Experiments are run using motion capture and the latest AR/VR/XR equipment. The challenges are to convey navigation, social, or symbolic information via the
auditory channel in perceptually consistent and meaningful ways.
The project's aims include:
- Establishing a psychoacoustic simulation environment to support rapid development and evaluation of novel auditory sensory augmentation paradigms
- Adapting computational imaging technologies to propose novel methods for auditory sensory augmentation
- Characterising and calibrating auditory sensory augmentation paradigms via simulation, controlled lab experiments, and user trials
- Developing auditory sensory augmentation algorithms to best make use of incoming machine vision sensor information
- Supporting development of the high-level sensory augmentation algorithms and the full sensory augmentation pipeline
---Research Environment---
Embedded in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, the Computing and Audio Research Lab (CARLab) is focused on auditory sensory augmentation, machine hearing, and morphoacoustics (morphoacoustics.org). We
employ audio signal processing and machine learning techniques to develop new concepts and understandings that will provide new technologies for auditory sensory augmentation and machine hearing.
CARLab offers specialised acoustic facilities (anechoic chambers, semi-anechoic chamber, loudspeaker arrays, linear and spherical microphone arrays, AR/VR/XR platforms). You will have access to mechanical and electronics
workshops and a pool of technical staff to help realise your research ambitions. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with Project ARIA’s engineers and make use of their extensive development and testing facilities. The University of Sydney offers
a rich academic setting in a world-class city, and CARLab has strong ties to a network of nearby and international academic and industrial collaborators.
---Offering---
A fully funded 3-year PhD scholarship covering tuition fees and a stipend covering living expenses, with extension to 3.5 years contingent on availability of funding.
---About You---
Successful candidates will have:
- A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Interest in developing novel auditory sensory augmentation systems and working with AR/VR/XR simulation environments
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience with one or more of psychoacoustics, computer science, software engineering, audio signal processing, sound design and engineering
- Hands-on experience with Python, Matlab, C++, and one or more video game simulation environments would be an asset
CRAIG JIN | Head of the Computing and Audio Research Laboratory https://sydney.edu.au/engineering/people/craig.jin.php https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-jin-2a04b115/ Member of The
University of Sydney Nano Institute THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY |