[AUDITORY] Web Audio Conference 2019 - 1st Call for Submissions (Gerard Roma )

Subject: [AUDITORY] Web Audio Conference 2019 - 1st Call for Submissions From: Gerard Roma <g.roma.lists@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:42:57 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --000000000000c1abc90585139fff Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" *Apologies for cross-postings* # Fifth Annual Web Audio Conference - Call for Submissions https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019 The fifth Web Audio Conference (WAC) will be held 4-6 December, 2019 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. WAC is an international conference dedicated to web audio technologies and applications. The conference addresses academic research, artistic research, development, design, evaluation and standards concerned with emerging audio-related web technologies such as Web Audio API, Web RTC, WebSockets and Javascript. The conference welcomes web developers, music technologists, computer musicians, application designers, industry engineers, R&D scientists, academic researchers, artists, students and people interested in the fields of web development, music technology, computer music, audio applications and web standards. The previous Web Audio Conferences were held in 2015 at IRCAM and Mozilla in Paris, in 2016 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, in 2017 at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London in London, and in 2018 at TU Berlin in Berlin. The internet has become much more than a simple storage and delivery network for audio files, as modern web browsers on desktop and mobile devices bring new user experiences and interaction opportunities. New and emerging web technologies and standards now allow applications to create and manipulate sound in real-time at near-native speeds, enabling the creation of a new generation of web-based applications that mimic the capabilities of desktop software while leveraging unique opportunities afforded by the web in areas such as social collaboration, user experience, cloud computing, and portability. The Web Audio Conference focuses on innovative work by artists, researchers, students, and engineers in industry and academia, highlighting new standards, tools, APIs, and practices as well as innovative web audio applications for musical performance, education, research, collaboration, and production, with an emphasis on bringing more diversity into audio. ## Theme and Topics The theme for the fifth edition of the Web Audio Conference is Diversity in Web Audio. We particularly encourage submissions focusing on inclusive computing, cultural computing, postcolonial computing, and collaborative and participatory interfaces across the web in the context of generation, production, distribution, consumption and delivery of audio material that especially promote diversity and inclusion. ## Further areas of interest include: * Web Audio API, Web MIDI, Web RTC and other existing or emerging web standards for audio and music. * Development tools, practices, and strategies of web audio applications. * Innovative audio-based web applications. * Web-based music composition, production, delivery, and experience. * Client-side audio engines and audio processing/rendering (real-time or non real-time). * Cloud/HPC for music production and live performances. * Audio data and metadata formats and network delivery. * Server-side audio processing and client access. * Frameworks for audio synthesis, processing, and transformation. * Web-based audio visualization and/or sonification. * Multimedia integration. * Web-based live coding and collaborative environments for audio and music generation. * Web standards and use of standards within audio-based web projects. * Hardware and tangible interfaces and human-computer interaction in web applications. * Codecs and standards for remote audio transmission. * Any other innovative work related to web audio that does not fall into the above categories. ## Submission Tracks We welcome submissions in the following tracks: papers, talks, posters, demos, performances, and artworks. All submissions will be single-blind peer reviewed. The conference proceedings, which will include both papers (for papers and posters) and extended abstracts (for talks, demos, performances, and artworks), will be published open-access online with Creative Commons attribution, and with an ISSN number. **A selection of the best papers, as determined by a specialized jury, will be offered the opportunity to publish an extended version at the Journal of Audio Engineering Society.** **Papers**: Submit a 4-6 page paper to be given as an oral presentation. **Talks**: Submit a 1-2 page extended abstract to be given as an oral presentation. **Posters**: Submit a 2-4 page paper to be presented at a poster session. **Demos**: Submit a work to be presented at a hands-on demo session. Demo submissions should consist of a 1-2 page extended abstract including diagrams or images, and a complete list of technical requirements (including anything expected to be provided by the conference organizers). **Performances**: Submit a performance making creative use of web-based audio applications. Performances can include elements such as audience device participation and collaboration, web-based interfaces, Web MIDI, WebSockets, and/or other imaginative approaches to web technology. Submissions must include a title, a 1-2 page description of the performance, links to audio/video/image documentation of the work, a complete list of technical requirements (including anything expected to be provided by conference organizers), and names and one-paragraph biographies of all performers. **Artworks**: Submit a sonic web artwork or interactive application which makes significant use of web audio standards such as Web Audio API or Web MIDI in conjunction with other technologies such as HTML5 graphics, WebGL, and Virtual Reality frameworks. Works must be suitable for presentation on a computer kiosk with headphones. They will be featured at the conference venue throughout the conference and on the conference web site. Submissions must include a title, 1-2 page description of the work, a link to access the work, and names and one-paragraph biographies of the authors. **Tutorials**: If you are interested in running a tutorial session at the conference, please contact the organizers directly. ## Important Dates March 26, 2019: Open call for submissions starts. June 16, 2019: Submissions deadline. September 2, 2019: Notification of acceptances and rejections. September 15, 2019: Early-bird registration deadline. October 6, 2019: Camera ready submission and presenter registration deadline. December 4-6, 2019: The conference. At least one author of each accepted submission must register for and attend the conference in order to present their work. A limited number of diversity tickets will be available. ## Templates and Submission System Templates and information about the submission system are available on the official conference website: https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019 Best wishes, The WAC 2019 Committee --000000000000c1abc90585139fff Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)= ;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-varian= t:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"= >*Apologies for cross-postings* <span style=3D"font-size:11pt= ;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weigh= t:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-a= lign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"># Fifth Annual Web Audio Conference - C= all for Submissions<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ari= al;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style= :normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;wh= ite-space:pre-wrap"><a href=3D"https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019">https://www.nt= nu.edu/wac2019</a> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:= Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-st= yle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline= ;white-space:pre-wrap">The fifth Web Audio Conference (WAC) will be held 4-= 6 December, 2019 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTN= U) in Trondheim, Norway. WAC is an international conference dedicated to we= b audio technologies and applications. The conference addresses academic re= search, artistic research, development, design, evaluation and standards co= ncerned with emerging audio-related web technologies such as Web Audio API,= Web RTC, WebSockets and Javascript. The conference welcomes web developers= , music technologists, computer musicians, application designers, industry = engineers, R&D scientists, academic researchers, artists, students and = people interested in the fields of web development, music technology, compu= ter music, audio applications and web standards. The previous Web Audio Con= ferences were held in 2015 at IRCAM and Mozilla in Paris, in 2016 at Georgi= a Tech in Atlanta, in 2017 at the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary Univ= ersity of London in London, and in 2018 at TU Berlin in Berlin.<= br><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgro= und-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal= ;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The int= ernet has become much more than a simple storage and delivery network for a= udio files, as modern web browsers on desktop and mobile devices bring new = user experiences and interaction opportunities. New and emerging web techno= logies and standards now allow applications to create and manipulate sound = in real-time at near-native speeds, enabling the creation of a new generati= on of web-based applications that mimic the capabilities of desktop softwar= e while leveraging unique opportunities afforded by the web in areas such a= s social collaboration, user experience, cloud computing, and portability. = The Web Audio Conference focuses on innovative work by artists, researchers= , students, and engineers in industry and academia, highlighting new standa= rds, tools, APIs, and practices as well as innovative web audio application= s for musical performance, education, research, collaboration, and producti= on, with an emphasis on bringing more diversity into audio. <= p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><= span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-= color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex= t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">## Theme an= d Topics <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;colo= r:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal= ;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-spa= ce:pre-wrap">The theme for the fifth edition of the Web Audio Conference is= Diversity in Web Audio. We particularly encourage submissions focusing on = inclusive computing, cultural computing, postcolonial computing, and collab= orative and participatory interfaces across the web in the context of gener= ation, production, distribution, consumption and delivery of audio material= that especially promote diversity and inclusion. <span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tra= nsparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decorat= ion:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">## Further areas of = interest include: <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:A= rial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-sty= le:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;= white-space:pre-wrap">* Web Audio API, Web MIDI, Web RTC and other existing= or emerging web standards for audio and music.<span style=3D"fo= nt-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparen= t;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:non= e;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Development tools, practi= ces, and strategies of web audio applications.<span style=3D"fon= t-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none= ;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Innovative audio-based web= applications.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;co= lor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norm= al;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-s= pace:pre-wrap">* Web-based music composition, production, delivery, and exp= erience.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rg= b(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;fon= t-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:p= re-wrap">* Client-side audio engines and audio processing/rendering (real-t= ime or non real-time).<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:= Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-st= yle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline= ;white-space:pre-wrap">* Cloud/HPC for music production and live performanc= es.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0= ,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-var= iant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wr= ap">* Audio data and metadata formats and network delivery.<span= style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo= r:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-de= coration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Server-side a= udio processing and client access.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;= font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight= :400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-al= ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Frameworks for audio synthesis, proces= sing, and transformation.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font= -style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:basel= ine;white-space:pre-wrap">* Web-based audio visualization and/or sonificati= on.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0= ,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-var= iant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wr= ap">* Multimedia integration.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-= family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;= font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:b= aseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Web-based live coding and collaborative env= ironments for audio and music generation.<span style=3D"font-siz= e:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font= -weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vert= ical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Web standards and use of standa= rds within audio-based web projects.<span style=3D"font-size:11p= t;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weig= ht:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-= align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Hardware and tangible interfaces and= human-computer interaction in web applications.<span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpare= nt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:no= ne;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Codecs and standards for= remote audio transmission.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fa= mily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fo= nt-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bas= eline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Any other innovative work related to web audi= o that does not fall into the above categories. <span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tran= sparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decorati= on:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">## Submission Tracks<= /span> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0= ,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-var= iant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wr= ap">We welcome submissions in the following tracks: papers, talks, posters,= demos, performances, and artworks. All submissions will be single-blind pe= er reviewed. The conference proceedings, which will include both papers (fo= r papers and posters) and extended abstracts (for talks, demos, performance= s, and artworks), will be published open-access online with Creative Common= s attribution, and with an ISSN number. **A selection of the best papers, a= s determined by a specialized jury, will be offered the opportunity to publ= ish an extended version at the Journal of Audio Engineering Society.**</spa= n> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);= background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant= :normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">= **Papers**: Submit a 4-6 page paper to be given as an oral presentation.</s= pan> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0= );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-varia= nt:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap= ">**Talks**: Submit a 1-2 page extended abstract to be given as an oral pre= sentation. <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;co= lor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norm= al;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-s= pace:pre-wrap">**Posters**: Submit a 2-4 page paper to be presented at a po= ster session. <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial= ;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:n= ormal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;whit= e-space:pre-wrap">**Demos**: Submit a work to be presented at a hands-on de= mo session. Demo submissions should consist of a 1-2 page extended abstract= including diagrams or images, and a complete list of technical requirement= s (including anything expected to be provided by the conference organizers)= . <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0= ,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-v= ariant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-= wrap">**Performances**: Submit a performance making creative use of web-bas= ed audio applications. Performances can include elements such as audience d= evice participation and collaboration, web-based interfaces, Web MIDI, WebS= ockets, and/or other imaginative approaches to web technology. Submissions = must include a title, a 1-2 page description of the performance, links to a= udio/video/image documentation of the work, a complete list of technical re= quirements (including anything expected to be provided by conference organi= zers), and names and one-paragraph biographies of all performers.</p= > <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backg= round-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm= al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">**Art= works**: Submit a sonic web artwork or interactive application which makes = significant use of web audio standards such as Web Audio API or Web MIDI in= conjunction with other technologies such as HTML5 graphics, WebGL, and Vir= tual Reality frameworks. Works must be suitable for presentation on a compu= ter kiosk with headphones. They will be featured at the conference venue th= roughout the conference and on the conference web site. Submissions must in= clude a title, 1-2 page description of the work, a link to access the work,= and names and one-paragraph biographies of the authors. <spa= n style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-col= or:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-d= ecoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">**Tutorials**:= If you are interested in running a tutorial session at the conference, ple= ase contact the organizers directly. <span style=3D"font-size= :11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-= weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;verti= cal-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">## Important Dates <= p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><= span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-= color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex= t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">March 26, 2= 019: Open call for submissions starts. <span style=3D"font-= size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;v= ertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">June 16, 2019: Submissions dea= dline. <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:= rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;f= ont-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space= :pre-wrap">September 2, 2019: Notification of acceptances and rejections.</= span> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-vari= ant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra= p">September 15, 2019: Early-bird registration deadline. <sp= an style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-co= lor:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-= decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">October 6, 20= 19: Camera ready submission and presenter registration deadline.= <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgr= ound-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:norma= l;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Decemb= er 4-6, 2019: The conference. <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;f= ont-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:= 400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-ali= gn:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At least one author of each accepted subm= ission must register for <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font= -style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:basel= ine;white-space:pre-wrap">and attend the conference in order to present the= ir work. A limited <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ari= al;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style= :normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;wh= ite-space:pre-wrap">number of diversity tickets will be available.</= p> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);back= ground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:nor= mal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">## T= emplates and Submission System <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;= font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight= :400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-al= ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Templates and information about the subm= ission system are available <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-f= amily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;f= ont-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:ba= seline;white-space:pre-wrap">on the official conference website: <a href=3D= "https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019">https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019</a><= br> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);bac= kground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:no= rmal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bes= t wishes,<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:r= gb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;fo= nt-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:= pre-wrap">The WAC 2019 Committee</div> --000000000000c1abc90585139fff--

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