Subject: [AUDITORY] Funding Opportunity From: "Voran, Stephen" <svoran@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:45:28 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_DM5PR0901MB243815A13A48AF2FD669BC88E9510DM5PR0901MB2438_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My colleagues at NIST have asked me to advertise this funding opportunity. = It includes a component of Quality of Experience in Speech Communications,= so there may be a potential fit for some on this list: PSCR is seeking applications from eligible applicants for activities to mea= sure the impact of impairments to mission critical voice (MCV) systems and = quantify the quality of experience (QoE) for first responders. Award recipi= ents will help achieve this by creating test devices and infrastructure to = simulate these impairments, develop a test capability/methodology for human= testing, and apply these tests to a diverse pool of first responders repre= senting multiple disciplines, regions, and demographics while performing cr= itical tasks in realistic operating conditions. This research data will be = key in quantifying the impact on real users of public safety mission critic= al push-to-talk (MCPTT) systems and their corresponding QoE More at: https://www.nist.gov/ctl/pscr/funding-opportunities/grants-and-cooperative-= agreements/psiap-mcv-qoe Thanks, Steve Voran Electrical Engineer Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Boulder, Colorado, USA 303-497-3839 --_000_DM5PR0901MB243815A13A48AF2FD669BC88E9510DM5PR0901MB2438_ 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-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" 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=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">My colleagues at NIST have asked me to advertise thi= s funding opportunity. It includes a component of Quality of Experien= ce in Speech Communications, so there may be a potential fit for some on th= is list:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br> PSCR is seeking applications from eligible applicants for activities to mea= sure the impact of impairments to mission critical voice (MCV) systems and = quantify the quality of experience (QoE) for first responders. Award recipi= ents will help achieve this by creating test devices and infrastructure to simulate these impairments, develop a t= est capability/methodology for human testing, and apply these tests to a di= verse pool of first responders representing multiple disciplines, regions, = and demographics while performing critical tasks in realistic operating conditions. This research data will = be key in quantifying the impact on real users of public safety mission cri= tical push-to-talk (MCPTT) systems and their corresponding QoE<o:p></o:p></= p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">More at:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">https://www.nist.gov/ctl/pscr/funding-opportunities/= grants-and-cooperative-agreements/psiap-mcv-qoe<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Steve Voran<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Electrical Engineer<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Institute for Telecommunication Sciences<o:p></o:p><= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Boulder, Colorado, USA<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">303-497-3839<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_DM5PR0901MB243815A13A48AF2FD669BC88E9510DM5PR0901MB2438_--