[AUDITORY] MMSP 2017 - special session on audio processing (Nikos Stefanakis )

Subject: [AUDITORY] MMSP 2017 - special session on audio processing From: Nikos Stefanakis <nstefan@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 15:51:36 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_FE82C520AA56074DB03C5440DBED45EEB0E5D483tinosmobilentua_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable IEEE 19th International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP) October 16-18 2017, University of Bedfordshire (London), UK website: https://www.beds.ac.uk/mmsp2017 Call for papers This year's MSSP workshop will host a special session on audio, with partic= ular focus on User Generated Content (UGC). We invite submissions in the ar= ea of UGC, encouraging innovative research methods in the area of automatic= organization of UGC, with focus on automatical discovery, matching, groupi= ng and synchronization of overlapping audio (or video) files of the same ev= ent. Additionally, we invite complete or visionary papers in the area of collabo= rative processing of UG audio recordings, where, given a collection of over= lapping UG audio streams, the articles propose strategies for combining the= available content with the goal to improve the overall acoustic representa= tion of the captured event. Some possible topics along these directions are: - Automatic UGC organization - Multi-microphone sound scene analysis - Mixing of geographically spread UG audio recordings - Multichannel sound reproduction based on UGC - Sound source/scene enhancement and source/scene separation - Foreground suppression and privacy preservation - Combination of UGC with professional content To support potential contributions in these topics, we provide two open-acc= ess audio datasets with user generated audio recordings in PCM format. In p= articular, we visited and captured parts of a musical performance and parts= of a crowded football match, and the audio files are available at https://= doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.164175 while in an accompanying paper (https://doi.o= rg/10.5281/zenodo.167311) we describe how the recordings were generated in = each event. Specifically, to facilitate the different research directions, = we provide the content in two different forms: * As an unorganized collection, where the available audio streams are s= tored in a single folder and each audio file preserves its original duratio= n and channel format (mono or stereo) * As an organized collection, where the audio files are matched and gro= uped into specific folders, and moreover, a silent region of proper duratio= n is added at the beginning of each audio file so that all files in the sam= e folder are synchronized with one another. In addition to the above UGC-related topics, submissions on established mul= ti-microphone signal processing areas are also encouraged, including but no= t limited to: - Ad-hoc microphones and microphone arrays - Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks (WASNs) - Multi-microphone processing for spatial audio and immersive sound reprodu= ction The deadline for the paper submission is on 1st of June 2017. Further details related to the particular special session will be available= at https://www.beds.ac.uk/mmsp2017/special-session-proposals For any questions related to the event, please get in touch with us in the = following addresses: Nikos Stefanakis (nstefana@xxxxxxxx<mailto:nstefana@xxxxxxxx>) Athanasios Mouchtaris (mouchtar@xxxxxxxx<mailto:mouchtar@xxxxxxxx>) Paris Smaragdis (paris@xxxxxxxx<mailto:paris@xxxxxxxx>) --_000_FE82C520AA56074DB03C5440DBED45EEB0E5D483tinosmobilentua_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-7" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html dir=3D"ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 7"> <style type=3D"text/css" id=3D"owaParaStyle"></style> </head> <body fpstyle=3D"1" ocsi=3D"0"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: = 13px;"> <div style=3D""> </div> <div>IEEE 19th In= ternational Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processi= ng (MMSP)</div> October 16-18 2017, University&nbs= p;of Bedfordshire (London), UK  website: <a href=3D"https://www.beds.ac.uk/mmsp2017" target=3D= "_blank">https://www.beds.ac.uk/mmsp2017</a> Call for papers</= span> This year's MSSP workshop will host a special session on audio, with partic= ular focus on User Generated Content (UGC). We invite submissions in the area of UGC, encouraging innovat= ive research methods in the area of automatic organization of UGC, with focus on automatical discovery, matchin= g, grouping and synchronization of overlapping audio (or video) files of th= e same event. Additionally, we invite c= omplete or visionary papers in the area of collaborative processing=  of UG audio recordings, where, given a collection of overlapping UG audio streams, the articles propose strategie= s for combining the available content with the goal to improve the overall = acoustic representation of the captured event. Some possible topics alon= g these directions are: - Automatic UGC organizat= ion - Multi-microphone sound = scene analysis - Mixing of geographicall= y spread UG audio recordings - Multichannel sound repr= oduction based on UGC - Sound source/scene enha= ncement and source/scene separation - Foreground suppression = and privacy preservation - Combination of UGC with= professional content To support potential contributions in the= se topics, we provide two open-access audio datasets with user generated au= dio recordings in PCM format. = In particular, we visited and captured parts of a musical performance and par= ts of a crowded football match, and the audio files are available at <= /span>https://doi.or= g/10.5281/zenodo.164175 while in an accompanying paper (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.167311) we descri= be how the recordings were generated in each event. Specifically, to facili= tate the different research directions, we provide the content in two diffe= rent forms: <ul style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <li>As an unorganized collection, where the available audio streams = are stored in a single folder and each audio file preserves its original du= ration and channel format (mono or stereo)</li><li>As an organized collection, where the audio files are matched and grouped = into specific folders, and moreover, a silent region of proper duration is = added at the beginning of each audio file so that all files in the same fol= der are synchronized with one another.</li></ul> In addition to the above U= GC-related topics, submissions on established multi-microphone signal proce= ssing areas are also encouraged, including but not limited to: - Ad-hoc microphones and microphone arrays</sp= an> - Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks (WASNs)</s= pan> - Multi-microphone processing for spatial audio and immersive soun= d reproduction The deadline for=  the paper submission is on 1st of = June 2017. Further details related to the particular special ses= sion will be available at <a href=3D"https://www.beds.ac.uk/mmsp2017/special-s= ession-proposals" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"font-family: Arial, sans-serif= ;">https://www.beds.ac.= uk/mmsp2017/special-session-proposals</a> For any questions related to the event, please get in touch with us in the = following addresses: Nikos Stefanakis (<a href=3D"mailto:nstefana@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank"= >nstefana@xxxxxxxx<= /span></a>) Athanasios Mouchtaris (<a href=3D"mailto:mouchtar@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_b= lank">mouchtar@xxxxxxxx= h.gr</a>) <div style=3D"">Paris Smaragdis (<a href=3D"mailto:paris@xxxxxxxx= .edu" target=3D"_blank">paris@xxxxxxxx</a>)&nbsp= ;</div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_FE82C520AA56074DB03C5440DBED45EEB0E5D483tinosmobilentua_--

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