Subject: First symposium on binaural active audition for humanoid robots (BINAAHR) From: Sylvain Argentieri <sylvain.argentieri@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:27:20 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_38B7592D-5521-4417-8946-0F191EE01610 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 [Please accept our apologies if you get multiple copies of this message] Dear colleagues, It is our great pleasure to invite you to the: = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON BINAURAL ACTIVE AUDITION FOR HUMANOID ROBOTS = (BINAAHR) February 27-29 2012 Universit=E9 Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France http://projects.laas.fr/BINAAHR = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------- SCOPE AND TOPICS: Binaural audition, i.e. hearing capability with a pair of ears in human = and animals as well as with a pair of microphones for machines, is a = rudimental function for perception and communication. To make robots, = either physical or virtual, be in symbiosis with people, they must be = endowed with the ability to localize, separate and process sounds under = noisy environments or from a mixture of sounds. This symposium focuses = on theoretical and pragmatical aspects of binaural audition. It is = organized in the framework of the French-Japanese BINAAHR (BINaural = Active Audition for Humanoid Robots) project, jointly funded by the = French National Research Agency (ANR) and by the Japan Science and = Technology Agency (JST). A two-day series of papers will be presented by = members of the BINAAHR consortium, as well as from invited external = lecturers. A full-day tutorial on the open-source robot audition = ``HARK=B4=B4 library (http://winnie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/HARK/) will = conclude the event. =20 Machine listening, or binaural active audition are first considered in = the following manner: =B7 Generic design of binaural sensors =B7 Ego-noise cancellation =B7 Active binaural sound source localization =B7 Voice detection =B7 Binaural speaker recognition =B7 Musical Interaction The symposium secondly focuses on theoretical approaches to human = binaural perception and on their outcomes in robotics. Theoretical = contributions from cognitive psychology which put forward the active and = exploratory nature of perception are outlined, as well as some = artificial perception strategies which hypothesize the interweave of = perception and action. The addressed topics are: =B7 Psychology of Perception in human hearing =B7 Geometric space perception based on the Sensorimotor = Contingencies theory =B7 Audio-visual integration and Redundancy reduction based on = Psychology of Perception based approaches ABOUT THE HARK SOFTWARE: Open source robot audition software called HARK (HRI-JP Audition for = Robots with Kyoto University) was released in 2008 as a result of more = than ten year research activities like organized sessions on robot = audition at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and = Systems (IROS 2004=962011). It provides a number of modules for = supporting many multi-channel sound cards, advanced signal processing = like sound source localization and separation, and automatic speech = recognition of separated speech. A user can make a real-time robot = audition system by connecting the prepared modules on a GUI programming = environment, Flowdesigner. HARK has been applied to many robots like = HRP-2, Robovie, SIG to show its general applicability. In February 2012, = HARK 1.1 will be released with the following new functions and = improvements. - Supported Microsoft Kinect, PlayStation Eye, ROS (HARK-ROS), 64 bit = Linux - Released new noise-robust sound source localization, tools for = generating transfer functions, packages for visualization and logging = like HARK-python, and HARK-MATLAB - Updated rich documentations =20 - Many bugfixes =20 IMPORTANT DATES: For organization issues, participants should register before February = 20th 2012. In order to encourage scientific exchanges in the field of = binaural audition and in connected areas, the registration is FREE OF = CHARGE. ORGANIZATION: The Symposium is sponsored by the Honda Research Institute Japan Co., = Ltd (HRI-JP), and organized in cooperation with - the Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Paris, France = (ISIR)=20 - the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, Toulouse, = France (LAAS-CNRS) =20 LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: Sylvain Argentieri (Universit=E9 Pierre and Marie Curie =96 ISIR) Bruno Gas (Universit=E9 Pierre and Marie Curie =96 ISIR) Jean-Luc Zarader (Universit=E9 Pierre and Marie Curie =96 ISIR) =20 CONTACT INFORMATION: More details are available on the project website = http://projects.laas.fr/BINAAHR Registration/information: binaahr@xxxxxxxx --=20 Sylvain Argentieri = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------- Ma=EEtre de Conf=E9rences / Associate Professor Institut des Syst=E8mes Intelligents et de Robotique (ISIR), CNRS UMR = 7222 Universit=E9 Pierre et Marie Curie 4 place Jussieu 75252 PARIS cedex 05 - France http://people.isir.upmc.fr/argentieri sylvain.argentieri@xxxxxxxx Tel : (+33) 1 44 27 63 55 = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------= --Apple-Mail=_38B7592D-5521-4417-8946-0F191EE01610 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>[Please accept our apologies if you get multiple copies of this = message]<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear = colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>It is our great pleasure to invite = you to = the:</div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------------------------------------------------------= --</div><div>FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON BINAURAL ACTIVE AUDITION FOR HUMANOID = ROBOTS (BINAAHR)</div><div>February 27-29 2012</div><div>Universit=E9 = Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France</div><div><a = href=3D"http://projects.laas.fr/BINAAHR">http://projects.laas.fr/BINAAHR</= a></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------= --------------------------------------------------------------------------= </div><div><br></div><div>SCOPE AND TOPICS:</div><div>Binaural audition, = i.e. hearing capability with a pair of ears in human and animals as = well as with a pair of microphones for machines, is a rudimental = function for perception and communication. To make robots, = either physical or virtual, be in symbiosis with people, they = must be endowed with the ability to localize, separate and process = sounds under noisy environments or from a mixture of sounds. This = symposium focuses on theoretical and pragmatical aspects of = binaural audition. It is organized in the framework of = the French-Japanese BINAAHR (BINaural Active Audition for Humanoid = Robots) project, jointly funded by the French National Research = Agency (ANR) and by the Japan Science and Technology Agency = (JST). A two-day series of papers will be presented by members of = the BINAAHR consortium, as well as from invited = external lecturers. A full-day tutorial on = the open-source robot audition ``HARK=B4=B4 library (<a = href=3D"http://winnie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/HARK/">http://winnie.kuis.kyoto-u= .ac.jp/HARK/</a>) will conclude the event.<br> <br>Machine = listening, or binaural active audition are first considered in the = following manner:<br>=B7 Generic design of binaural = sensors<br>=B7 Ego-noise = cancellation</div><div>=B7 Active binaural = sound source localization<br>=B7 Voice = detection<br>=B7 Binaural = speaker recognition<br>=B7 Musical = Interaction<br><br>The symposium secondly focuses on theoretical = approaches to human binaural perception and on their outcomes in = robotics. Theoretical contributions from cognitive psychology which = put forward the active and exploratory nature of perception = are outlined, as well as some artificial perception strategies = which hypothesize the interweave of perception and action. The = addressed topics are:<br>=B7 Psychology of Perception = in human hearing<br>=B7 Geometric space = perception based on the Sensorimotor Contingencies = theory<br>=B7 Audio-visual integration and Redundancy = reduction based on Psychology of Perception based = approaches<br><br></div><div>ABOUT THE HARK SOFTWARE:</div><div>Open = source robot audition software called HARK (HRI-JP Audition for = Robots with Kyoto University) was released in 2008 as a result = of more than ten year research activities like organized = sessions on robot audition at IEEE/RSJ International Conference = on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2004=962011). It = provides a number of modules for supporting many multi-channel = sound cards, advanced signal processing like sound source = localization and separation, and automatic speech recognition of = separated speech. A user can make a real-time robot audition system = by connecting the prepared modules on a GUI programming = environment, Flowdesigner. HARK has been applied to many robots = like HRP-2, Robovie, SIG to show its general applicability. In = February 2012, HARK 1.1 will be released with the following = new functions and improvements.</div><div>- Supported Microsoft = Kinect, PlayStation Eye, ROS (HARK-ROS), 64 bit Linux</div><div>- = Released new noise-robust sound source localization, tools for = generating transfer functions, packages for visualization and = logging like HARK-python, and HARK-MATLAB</div><div>- Updated rich = documentations = <br>- Many = bugfixes</div><div> </div><div>IMPORTANT DATES:<br>For organization = issues, participants should register before February = 20th 2012. In order to encourage scientific exchanges in the = field of binaural audition and in connected areas, the registration = is FREE OF CHARGE.<br><br></div><div><div>ORGANIZATION:</div><div>The = Symposium is sponsored by the Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd = (HRI-JP), and organized in cooperation with</div><div><div>- = the Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Paris, France = (ISIR) </div><div>- the Laboratory for Analysis and = Architecture of Systems, Toulouse, = France (LAAS-CNRS)</div></div></div><div> </div><div>LOCAL= ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:<br>Sylvain Argentieri (Universit=E9 Pierre and = Marie Curie =96 ISIR)<br>Bruno Gas (Universit=E9 Pierre and Marie Curie = =96 ISIR)<br>Jean-Luc Zarader (Universit=E9 Pierre and Marie Curie =96 = ISIR)<br> </div><div>CONTACT INFORMATION:<br>More details are = available on the project website <a = href=3D"http://projects.laas.fr/BINAAHR">http://projects.laas.fr/BINAAHR</= a></div><div>Registration/information: <a = href=3D"mailto:binaahr@xxxxxxxx">binaahr@xxxxxxxx</a><br><br></div= ><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"><div>-- </div></div><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div>Sylvain = Argentieri<br>------------------------------------------------------------= -----------------------------------------</div><div>Ma=EEtre de = Conf=E9rences / Associate Professor<br>Institut des Syst=E8mes = Intelligents et de Robotique (ISIR), CNRS UMR 7222<br>Universit=E9 = Pierre et Marie Curie<br>4 place Jussieu<br>75252 PARIS cedex 05 - = France<br><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://people.isir.upmc.fr/argentieri">http://people.isir.upmc.fr/= argentieri</a><br><a = href=3D"mailto:sylvain.argentieri@xxxxxxxx">sylvain.argentieri@xxxxxxxx</a><= br></div><div>Tel : (+33) 1 44 27 63 = 55<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------------</div></div></span></div></div></div></sp= an></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_38B7592D-5521-4417-8946-0F191EE01610--