Re: CASA on your Mobile (Audience, Inc.) (Lloyd Watts )

Subject: Re: CASA on your Mobile (Audience, Inc.) From: Lloyd Watts <lwatts@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:07:44 -0700 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C89373.446A8527 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01C89373.446A8527" ------_=_NextPart_002_01C89373.446A8527 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 On 12 Feb 2008, there was a posting on the auditory.org discussion group about the launch of Audience, Inc.: CASA on your Mobile: Audience puts computational auditory scene analysis on a chip and markets it to handset manufacturers at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. http://www.mobilehandsetdesignline.com/products/206401565 http://audience.com/ <http://audience.com/> =20 I would like to follow up on that posting, and introduce Audience to the auditory.org community. Audience's underlying technology is based on many years of study in the fields of auditory neuroscience and in psychoacoustics, with Dr. Bregman's Auditory Scene Analysis as an important guide in our modeling of high-level grouping and sound separation processes. =20 For the more technical audience of the auditory.org group, I am giving links to a published 2002 paper and a video of a 2007 talk, that will give some additional information about the approach we have taken and progress we have made in the underlying science. =20 http://www.lloydwatts.com/wcci.pdf - a paper from 2002, outlining the vision of reverse-engineering the auditory pathway http://www.citris-uc.org/CognitiveComputing07 - a video presentation from 2007, giving real-time, high-resolution demonstrations of signals computed in the cochlea, cochlear nucleus, superior olivary complex, inferior colliculus and cortex, including spatial representations (ITD and ILD) and polyphonic pitch detection. =20 With successful deployments of our first product, we are now planning our next products and growing our Algorithm Development team. Audience has exciting opportunities for Algorithm Developers, and we would welcome the opportunity to discuss these opportunities with engineers and scientists working in the field of Computational Auditory Scene Analysis and related disciplines. =20 Audience offers competitive salaries, benefits, and stock options in a pre-IPO company. We are located in Mountain View, CA, in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.=20 =20 Please feel free to contact me for detailed job descriptions and more information about the opportunities. =20 ABOUT AUDIENCE: Audience is a voice processor company that enables clear communications anywhere with our advanced noise suppression technology based on the intelligence of the human hearing system. The Audience Voice Processor is a purpose-built DSP with highly optimized hardware and software and is applicable across a broad range of consumer products where voice needs to be intelligible in noisy environments. The company launched our first commercial product, the Audience A1010 Voice Processor, into the mobile handset market in 2008, winning many industry accolades. Please visit www.audience.com <http://www.audience.com/> for more information. =20 Thank you, Lloyd =20 Lloyd Watts Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Audience, Inc. 1330 Villa Street Mountain View, CA 94041 lwatts@xxxxxxxx <mailto:lwatts@xxxxxxxx>=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_002_01C89373.446A8527 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"State"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"Street"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"address"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <o:p> </o:p> On 12 Feb 2008, there was a posting on the = auditory.org discussion group about the launch of Audience, = Inc.:<o:p></o:p> CASA on your <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Mobile</st1:City>:  Audience puts computational auditory scene analysis on a chip and markets it to = handset manufacturers at the Mobile World Congress in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City = w:st=3D"on">Barcelona</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p= > <a href=3D"http://www.mobilehandsetdesignline.com/products/206401565" title=3D"http://www.mobilehandsetdesignline.com/products/206401565">http:= //www.mobilehandsetdesignline.com/products/206401565</a><o:p></o:p></span= > <a href=3D"http://audience.com/" title=3D"http://audience.com/">http://audience.com/</a> = <o:p></o:p></p= > I would like to follow up on that posting, and = introduce Audience to the auditory.org community.  Audience’s = underlying technology is based on many years of study in the fields of auditory neuroscience = and in psychoacoustics, with Dr. Bregman’s Auditory Scene Analysis as an important guide in our modeling of = high-level grouping and sound separation processes.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> For the more technical audience of the auditory.org = group, I am giving links to a published 2002 paper and a video of a 2007 talk, = that will give some additional information about the approach we have taken and = progress we have made in the underlying science.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href=3D"http://www.lloydwatts.com/wcci.pdf" title=3D"http://www.lloydwatts.com/wcci.pdf">http://www.lloydwatts.com/wc= ci.pdf</a> - a paper from 2002, outlining the vision of reverse-engineering the = auditory pathway<o:p></o:p> <a = href=3D"http://www.citris-uc.org/CognitiveComputing07" title=3D"http://www.citris-uc.org/CognitiveComputing07">http://www.citris= -uc.org/CognitiveComputing07</a> - a video presentation from 2007, giving real-time, high-resolution demonstrations of signals computed in the cochlea, cochlear nucleus, = superior olivary complex, inferior colliculus and cortex, including spatial representations (ITD and ILD) and polyphonic pitch = detection.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> With successful deployments of our first product, we = are now planning our next products and growing our Algorithm Development team.  Audience has exciting opportunities for Algorithm Developers, and = we would welcome the opportunity to discuss these opportunities with engineers = and scientists working in the field of Computational Auditory Scene Analysis = and related disciplines.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Audience offers competitive salaries, benefits, and = stock options in a pre-IPO company.  We are located in <st1:City = w:st=3D"on">Mountain View</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">CA</st1:State>, in the = beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the heart of <st1:place = w:st=3D"on">Silicon Valley</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Please feel free to contact me for detailed job = descriptions and more information about the = opportunities.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ABOUT AUDIENCE:   Audience is a voice processor company that enables clear communications anywhere with our advanced noise suppression technology = based on the intelligence of the human hearing system.  The Audience Voice Processor is a purpose-built DSP with highly optimized hardware and = software and is applicable across a broad range of consumer products where voice = needs to be intelligible in noisy environments. The company launched our first commercial product, the Audience A1010 Voice Processor, into the mobile = handset market in 2008, winning many industry accolades.  Please visit <a href=3D"http://www.audience.com/" = title=3D"http://www.audience.com/">www.audience.com</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thank you,<o:p></o:p> Lloyd<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Lloyd Watts<o:p></o:p> Chairman and Chief Technology = Officer<o:p></o:p> Audience, Inc.<o:p></o:p> <st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address = w:st=3D"on">1330 Villa = Street</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City = w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"></st1:City><st1:place w:st=3D"on"></st1:place>Mountain = View</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode = w:st=3D"on">94041</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <a = href=3D"mailto:lwatts@xxxxxxxx" title=3D"mailto:lwatts@xxxxxxxx">lwatts@xxxxxxxx</= span></a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <img border=3D0 width=3D153 = height=3D34 id=3D"_x0000_i1025" = src=3D"cid:image001.jpg@xxxxxxxx"><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>= <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> ------_=_NextPart_002_01C89373.446A8527-- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C89373.446A8527 Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="image001.jpg" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: <image001.jpg@xxxxxxxx> Content-Description: image001.jpg Content-Location: image001.jpg /9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD/2wBDAAoHBwgHBgoICAgLCgoLDhgQDg0NDh0VFhEYIx8lJCIf IiEmKzcvJik0KSEiMEExNDk7Pj4+JS5ESUM8SDc9Pjv/2wBDAQoLCw4NDhwQEBw7KCIoOzs7Ozs7 Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozs7Ozv/wAARCAAiAJkDASIA AhEBAxEB/8QAHwAAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtRAAAgEDAwIEAwUFBAQA AAF9AQIDAAQRBRIhMUEGE1FhByJxFDKBkaEII0KxwRVS0fAkM2JyggkKFhcYGRolJicoKSo0NTY3 ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWm p6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uHi4+Tl5ufo6erx8vP09fb3+Pn6/8QAHwEA AwEBAQEBAQEBAQAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtREAAgECBAQDBAcFBAQAAQJ3AAECAxEEBSEx BhJBUQdhcRMiMoEIFEKRobHBCSMzUvAVYnLRChYkNOEl8RcYGRomJygpKjU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElK U1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6goOEhYaHiImKkpOUlZaXmJmaoqOkpaanqKmqsrO0tba3 uLm6wsPExcbHyMnK0tPU1dbX2Nna4uPk5ebn6Onq8vP09fb3+Pn6/9oADAMBAAIRAxEAPwD2WsTU fGGiaZKYZ7wPIvVIhuI/pVPx5rMulaII7dyk102wMOqr3x/nvXnujHRbMNqevyN9mjcIkKjc0z9e noK7KOHUoe0nsefXxU41VRprXzPVNL8TaRrD+XZ3itL/AM82+VvyPWtWsnRLjRtZ0uC90yKJrYn5 MRhShHb2Na1c07X0O2HNb3n9wUV5Z8VPEt0mo22l6bI6tZYurhoyflOflBx2/wARXoPh7V4te0O0 1KI8TRgsP7rdx+dOVNqKl3GpJuxpUViaJ4t0vxBqF5Y2LSmayOJd6bR1I4PfpTtP8VaZqeu3ejW7 S/arMZl3JheuODU8suw7o2aK4+6+JWkw6tJp9raXt+YDiaS2i3qmOv1xXLeBryO+8U+KJjczNaSw SOG3HKqWPIB6HFWqUrNsnnV7I9XSRJF3Rurr0ypyKdXEfDqTRNP8MXlxY6lcT2kc7PLNdrs2cDt6 Ypr/ABV0s75rfTdRuLONsPdRw/IPek6crtIfMranc0Vhz+MNGh8NjxAJ2lsSQN0a5YEnGMetZF18 UtBgjSaOG9nt2xumSA7EJ7E+tJU5PZA5JHZ0Vj3firR7LQE1ya6H2OVQY2AyXz2A9ayNP+I2n3jx NNp2oWdrOwSO6mhxGSTxk9s+tChJq9h8yOvornfEXjbS/DtzHZyLNdXsoyltbLufHv6VDofj3TNZ vn054LmxvlUsLe5TazgenqaOSVr2DmV7HUUVm6PrtrrRnFtHcRtbkBxNEU5PTGetaVS01oxnH/Ej TpbrRobuJS32RyXA7Kep/QV5lJDbXtoLa6aRAr745YwCVPcEdxXvbosiMjqGVhggjIIrkNR+G+m3 U7S2lzJZ7jkoFDKPp6V3YfEQjDkmeXisLVdX21Hc85juXsrWKzsJ544YskfOQzsTyTivUtHmfw74 I+26pI5aKJpn8xskZ5A5/Co9H8A6ZpdwtxM73kqHK+YAFB9cVq+IdAtfEum/2feyTJAXDMIm2lsd j7Uq9enO0I7FYTD1YSdSo9WeVaBe6jLDq2oXXhe+1NtbBBmjA2hD2GffH5VqfCjVZ9M1O78M36PA 5PmxRyjDK38Q/LBr0+ztIbCzhtLdNkMKBEX0AFYt/wCDNMvvEkGvl54r2Hbho3wGx6j6cVk6sZJp o7eRqzRxvwsP/FYeIx33dP8AgbVHoLOPiF4uaA5kFtJsI9a6a8+G2mXGtS6pa399YSTnMq20u0Nn r9M1f0PwTpHh7VJ9QsfO8ydNjLI+4Yzmh1I6vugUXojmfgv5B0S/YYNwbgeYf4sY4/rWZ4RAHizx iFAA8mbGOn3jXUS/DXTl1WW+0/Ub7ThOcyxW0m1Wz1HtV3RvAmkaFNey2bXGb2IxSCSTdwfT3pup H3nfcFF6LseZ6b5//CndT8ndj7cPMx/cwM5/Suh8KaV4n1HwfBHpmtaalhLGyGFrYsy54IY+tdpo fhHS9C0i40qBHmtbhi0izHdnIwRWGnwusrWZzp2tapYwSHLQwzYFN1Yu68xKDVjmNS8Pv4b+GWsW Talb3oF2h/cZxG3GQfet3U40X4JqFRQPsiHgd8jmujn8GaRP4ZPh8JJHaMwZirfOzZzknuTVifw1 Y3HhgeHnaX7IIxHkN82B71Dqp2v3uVyP8Dx/WC3/AAiHg9Z8/Yi0nmemfM5/SvarhNOOjlLoQ/YP KG4PjZt7f0rMbwTo0vhiPw/NE8trFkxszfOhyTkH8az7H4d2tqYYrnV9QvbOBg0dpNJ+7yOmR3A9 KJzjNb2tcFFo4iGPUpPi1qEdle29neFmFvJcpvUpgbQB9Olb194O12XxHpusav4g05biKZEiKxFD Ic/dHqa6TxJ4F0rxJcR3crS2t5EAFuLdtrYHTP0pNG8D2ul36X91qF7qdzECIWu5Nwiz1IHr71Tq q1127C5GdNgDoKKKK5TUKKKKACiiigAooooAKKKKACiiigAooooAKKKKACiiigAooooAKKKKAP/Z ------_=_NextPart_001_01C89373.446A8527--

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