Workshop dedicated to ASA, CASA and Machine Listening (Satellite of DAFx'11 conference Sept. 23) (Mathieu Lagrange )


Subject: Workshop dedicated to ASA, CASA and Machine Listening (Satellite of DAFx'11 conference Sept. 23)
From:    Mathieu Lagrange  <mathieu.lagrange@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 8 Aug 2011 17:20:34 +0200
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--Apple-Mail-22--497814273 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dear all, this is my great pleasure to announce a workshop about ASA, CASA and = Machine Listening topics as a satellite workshop of the DAFx conference = that is organized by Ircam in September (http://dafx11.ircam.fr). More details can be found below and by following this link (abstracts = and bios): = http://anasynth.ircam.fr/home/blogs/lagrange/casa-workshop-dafx Confirmed speakers: Trevor Agus (Perceptual learning of novel sounds) Josh McDermott (Sound texture perception via statistics of the auditory = periphery) Jon Barker (Probabilistic frameworks for Scene understanding) Boris Defreville (Machine listening in everyday life) Those presentations will be followed by a panel that will attempt to = address some of the raised issues and to answer to the questions of the = audience. If you have some questions or ideas about that should be discussed = during the panel, please share them as comments on the above cited = webpage. Also, if you can not attend the workshop and would like it to = be streamed over the internet, please send me a request, this might be = feasible.=20 Best regards, Mathieu Lagrange CNRS Researcher (anasyn team @xxxxxxxx Ircam) mathieu.lagrange@xxxxxxxx Phone: ++33-1-4478 4871 | Fax: ++33-1-4478 1540 //////////////////// DETAILED INFORMATIONS ////////////////// =46rom ASA to CASA, what does the "C" stand for anyway?=20 Satelite Workshop of the DAFx Conference organized by Mathieu Lagrange = and Luis Gustavo Martins at Ircam, Paris. September 23 2011 (Afternoon) =20 Auditory Scene Analysis (ASA) is the process by which the human = auditory system organizes sound into perceptually meaningful elements. = Inspired by the seminal work of Al Bregman (1990) and other researchers = in perception and cognition, early computational systems were built by = engineering or computer scientists such as David Mellinger (1991) or Dan = Ellis (1996). =20 Strictly speaking, a CASA or a =93machine listening=94 system is a = computational system whose general architecture or key components design = are motivated by facts taken from ASA. Though, ASA being a Gestaltist = theory that focuses on the description and not on the explanation of the = studied phenomenon, computational enthusiasts are left with a largely = open field of investigation. =20 Perhaps this lack of definition did not fit into the way we do research = nowadays, since papers strictly tackling this issue are relatively = scarce. Though, informal discussions with experts in the sound and = musical audio processing areas confirm that making sense of strongly = polyphonic signals is a fundamental problem that is interesting both = from the methodological and application point of views. Consequently, we = (organisers of this workshop) believe that there are fundamental = questions that need to be raised and discussed in order to better pave = the way of research in this field. =20 Among others, those questions are: =46rom ASA to CASA: only insights ? Is the knowledge transfer from ASA to CASA only qualitative ? Are there other approaches in scientific fields such as biology, = cognition, etc. that are also potentially meaningful for building = powerful computational systems ? What is CASA ?=20 Is CASA a goal in itself ? Can it be decomposed into well defined tasks ? Is CASA worth pursuing ? What are the major locks in contemporary CASA ? How does it relates to other sound processing areas such as Blind Source = Separation (BSS) or Music Information Retrieval (MIR) ? =20 This workshop aims at bringing to the audience some background and new = topics on ASA and CASA. Questions such as the ones cited above will then = be raised and discussed with the help of the invited speakers. We are delighted to have 4 confirmed invited speakers (in order of = appearance): Trevor Agus (ENS) Josh McDermott (NYU) Jon Barker (Sheffield Univ.) Boris Defreville (Orelia) The workshop will take place at Ircam, as a satellite event of the DAFx = conference, on Friday Sept. 23. The tentative schedule is the following: 14h00: Welcome talk (Mathieu Lagrange) 14h30: Auditory Scene Analysis Trevor Agus (Perceptual learning of novel sounds) Josh McDermott (Sound texture perception via statistics of the = auditory periphery) 15h30: Coffe Break 16h00: Machine Listening Jon Barker (Probabilistic frameworks for Scene understanding) Boris Defreville (Machine listening in everyday life) 17h00: Questions Panel 18h00: End of the workshop --Apple-Mail-22--497814273 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div>this is my great pleasure to = announce a workshop about ASA, CASA and Machine Listening topics as a = satellite workshop of the DAFx conference that is organized by Ircam in = September (<a = href=3D"http://dafx11.ircam.fr/">http://dafx11.ircam.fr</a>).</div><div><b= r></div><div>More details can be found below and by following this link = (abstracts and bios):&nbsp;<a = href=3D"http://anasynth.ircam.fr/home/blogs/lagrange/casa-workshop-dafx">h= ttp://anasynth.ircam.fr/home/blogs/lagrange/casa-workshop-dafx</a></div><d= iv><br></div><div>Confirmed speakers:</div><div><br></div><div>Trevor = Agus (Perceptual learning of novel sounds)</div><div><br></div><div>Josh = McDermott (Sound texture perception via statistics of the auditory = periphery)</div><div><br></div><div>Jon Barker (Probabilistic frameworks = for Scene understanding)</div><div><br></div><div>Boris Defreville = (Machine listening in everyday = life)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Those presentations will = be followed by a panel that will attempt to address some of = the&nbsp;raised&nbsp;issues and to answer to the questions of the = audience.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have some questions or ideas = about that should be discussed during the panel, please share them as = comments on the above cited webpage. Also, if you can not attend the = workshop and would like it to be streamed over the internet, please send = me a request, this might be = feasible.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Best = regards,</div><div><br></div><div><div>Mathieu Lagrange</div><div>CNRS = Researcher (anasyn team @xxxxxxxx Ircam)</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:mathieu.lagrange@xxxxxxxx">mathieu.lagrange@xxxxxxxx</a></d= iv><div>Phone: ++33-1-4478 4871 | Fax: ++33-1-4478 = 1540</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></di= v><div>//////////////////// DETAILED INFORMATIONS = //////////////////</div><div><br></div><div>=46rom ASA to CASA, what = does the "C" stand for anyway?&nbsp;</div><div>Satelite Workshop of the = DAFx Conference organized by Mathieu Lagrange and Luis Gustavo Martins = at Ircam, Paris.</div><div><br></div><div>September 23 2011 = (Afternoon)</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Auditory Scene = Analysis (ASA) &nbsp;is the process by which the human auditory system = organizes sound into perceptually meaningful elements. Inspired by the = seminal work of Al Bregman (1990) and other researchers in perception = and cognition, early computational systems were built by engineering or = computer scientists such as David Mellinger (1991) or Dan Ellis = (1996).</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Strictly speaking, a CASA or a = =93machine listening=94 system is a computational system whose general = architecture or key components design are motivated by facts taken from = ASA. Though, ASA being a Gestaltist theory that focuses on the = description and not on the explanation of the studied phenomenon, = computational enthusiasts are left with a largely open field of = investigation.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Perhaps this lack of = definition did not fit into the way we do research nowadays, since = papers strictly tackling this issue are relatively scarce. Though, = informal discussions with experts in the sound and musical audio = processing areas confirm that making sense of strongly polyphonic = signals is a fundamental problem that is interesting both from the = methodological and application point of views. Consequently, we = (organisers of this workshop) believe that there are fundamental = questions that need to be raised and discussed in order to better pave = the way of research in this field.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Among = others, those questions are:</div><div><br></div><div>=46rom ASA to = CASA: only insights ?</div><div>Is the knowledge transfer from ASA to = CASA only qualitative ?</div><div>Are there other approaches in = scientific fields such as biology, cognition, etc. that are also = potentially meaningful for building powerful computational systems = ?</div><div>What is CASA ?&nbsp;</div><div>Is CASA a goal in itself = ?</div><div>Can it be decomposed into well defined tasks ?</div><div>Is = CASA worth pursuing ?</div><div>What are the major locks in contemporary = CASA ?</div><div>How does it relates to other sound processing areas = such as Blind Source Separation (BSS) or Music Information Retrieval = (MIR) ?</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>This workshop aims at bringing to the = audience some background and new topics on ASA and CASA. Questions such = as the ones cited above will then be raised and discussed with the help = of the invited speakers.</div><div><br></div><div>We are delighted to = have 4 confirmed invited speakers (in order of = appearance):</div><div><br></div><div>Trevor Agus (ENS)</div><div>Josh = McDermott (NYU)</div><div>Jon Barker (Sheffield Univ.)</div><div>Boris = Defreville (Orelia)</div><div><br></div><div>The workshop will take = place at Ircam, as a satellite event of the DAFx conference, on Friday = Sept. 23. The tentative schedule is the = following:</div><div><br></div><div>14h00: Welcome talk (Mathieu = Lagrange)</div><div>14h30: Auditory Scene = Analysis</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre; "> </span>Trevor Agus (Perceptual learning = of novel sounds)</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre; "> </span>Josh McDermott (Sound texture = perception via statistics of the auditory = periphery)</div><div><br></div><div>15h30: Coffe Break</div><div>16h00: = Machine Listening</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre; "> </span>Jon Barker (Probabilistic = frameworks for Scene understanding)</div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: pre; "> </span>Boris = Defreville (Machine listening in everyday = life)</div><div><br></div><div>17h00: Questions Panel</div><div>18h00: = End of the workshop</div><div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-22--497814273--


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