[AUDITORY] Web Audio Conference 2019 - 3rd Call for Submissions & Pre-submission Draft Feedback (Gerard Roma )

Subject: [AUDITORY] Web Audio Conference 2019 - 3rd Call for Submissions & Pre-submission Draft Feedback From: Gerard Roma <g.roma.lists@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 10:36:24 -0300 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --000000000000d4335e058ad00ae0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" *Apologies for cross-postings* # Fifth Annual Web Audio Conference - 3rd 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. ## Pre-submission Draft Feedback Given that this year's conference theme is Diversity in Web Audio, we would like to welcome everyone to submit. We have launched a pre-submission draft feedback process to make people feel more confident, supported and welcome regarding submitting. This call is addressed to those individuals who are independent from academic institutions (deadline: June 9, 2019). More info available at: https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019/pre-submission-draft-feedback ## 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 --000000000000d4335e058ad00ae0 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 - 3= rd Call for Submissions<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family= :Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-s= tyle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baselin= e;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href=3D"https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019">https://ww= w.ntnu.edu/wac2019</a> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam= ily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fon= t-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:base= line;white-space:pre-wrap">The fifth Web Audio Conference (WAC) will be hel= d 4-6 December, 2019 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology = (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. WAC is an international conference dedicated t= o web audio technologies and applications. The conference addresses academi= c research, artistic research, development, design, evaluation and standard= s concerned with emerging audio-related web technologies such as Web Audio = API, Web RTC, WebSockets and Javascript. The conference welcomes web develo= pers, music technologists, computer musicians, application designers, indus= try engineers, R&D scientists, academic researchers, artists, students = and people interested in the fields of web development, music technology, c= omputer music, audio applications and web standards. The previous Web Audio= Conferences were held in 2015 at IRCAM and Mozilla in Paris, in 2016 at Ge= orgia 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.<= /p> <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">The= internet has become much more than a simple storage and delivery network f= or audio files, as modern web browsers on desktop and mobile devices bring = new user experiences and interaction opportunities. New and emerging web te= chnologies and standards now allow applications to create and manipulate so= und in real-time at near-native speeds, enabling the creation of a new gene= ration of web-based applications that mimic the capabilities of desktop sof= tware while leveraging unique opportunities afforded by the web in areas su= ch as social collaboration, user experience, cloud computing, and portabili= ty. The Web Audio Conference focuses on innovative work by artists, researc= hers, students, and engineers in industry and academia, highlighting new st= andards, tools, APIs, and practices as well as innovative web audio applica= tions for musical performance, education, research, collaboration, and prod= uction, with an emphasis on bringing more diversity into audio.<= 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">## Pre-= submission Draft Feedback <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">Given that this year's conference theme i= s Diversity in Web Audio, we would like to welcome everyone to submit. We h= ave launched a pre-submission draft feedback process to make people feel mo= re confident, supported and welcome regarding submitting. This call is addr= essed to those individuals who are independent from academic institutions (= deadline: June 9, 2019). More info available at: <a href=3D"http= s://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019/pre-submission-draft-feedback" style=3D"text-decor= ation:none"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85= ,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-v= ariant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space= :pre-wrap">https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019/pre-submission-draft-feedback</span= ></a> <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">## Theme and Topics <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam= ily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fon= t-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:base= line;white-space:pre-wrap">The theme for the fifth edition of the Web Audio= Conference is Diversity in Web Audio. We particularly encourage submission= s focusing on inclusive computing, cultural computing, postcolonial computi= ng, and collaborative and participatory interfaces across the web in the co= ntext of generation, production, distribution, consumption and delivery of = audio material that especially promote diversity and inclusion. = <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">Furthe= r areas of interest include: <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fo= nt-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:4= 00;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-alig= n:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Web Audio API, Web MIDI, Web RTC and oth= er existing or emerging web standards for audio and music.<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-dec= oration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Development to= ols, practices, and strategies of web audio applications.<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-dec= oration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Innovative aud= io-based web applications.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam= ily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fon= t-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:base= line;white-space:pre-wrap">* Web-based music composition, production, deliv= ery, and experience.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ar= ial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-styl= e:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;w= hite-space:pre-wrap">* Client-side audio engines and audio processing/rende= ring (real-time 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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-al= ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Cloud/HPC for music production and liv= e performances.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;c= olor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:nor= mal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-= space:pre-wrap">* Audio data and metadata formats and network delivery.</sp= an><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">* S= erver-side audio processing and client access.<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">* Frameworks for audio synth= esis, processing, and transformation.<span style=3D"font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-wei= ght:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical= -align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Web-based audio visualization and/o= r sonification.<span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;c= olor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:nor= mal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-= space:pre-wrap">* Multimedia integration.<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-based live coding and colla= borative environments for audio and music generation.<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">* Web standards and u= se of standards within audio-based web projects.<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">* Hardware and tangible in= terfaces and human-computer interaction in web applications.<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">* Codecs and s= tandards for remote audio transmission.<span style=3D"font-size:= 11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-w= eight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertic= al-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">* Any other innovative work related= to web audio that does not fall into the above categories. <= 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">## Submissi= on Tracks <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;col= or:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre-wrap">We welcome submissions in the following tracks: papers, talks= , posters, demos, performances, and artworks. All submissions will be singl= e-blind peer reviewed. The conference proceedings, which will include both = papers (for papers and posters) and extended abstracts (for talks, demos, p= erformances, and artworks), will be published open-access online with Creat= ive Commons attribution, and with an ISSN number. A selection of the best p= apers, as determined by a specialized jury, will be offered the opportunity= to publish an extended version at the Journal of Audio Engineering Society= . <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">**Papers**: Submit a 4-6 page paper to be given as an oral presentati= 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= -variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e-wrap">**Talks**: Submit a 1-2 page extended abstract to be given as an or= al presentation. <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ar= ial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-styl= e:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;w= hite-space:pre-wrap">**Posters**: Submit a 2-4 page paper to be presented a= t a poster session. <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family= :Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-s= tyle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baselin= e;white-space:pre-wrap">**Demos**: Submit a work to be presented at a hands= -on demo session. Demo submissions should consist of a 1-2 page extended ab= stract including diagrams or images, and a complete list of technical requi= rements (including anything expected to be provided by the conference organ= izers). <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-spac= e:pre-wrap">**Performances**: Submit a performance making creative use of w= eb-based audio applications. Performances can include elements such as audi= ence device participation and collaboration, web-based interfaces, Web MIDI= , WebSockets, and/or other imaginative approaches to web technology. Submis= sions must include a title, a 1-2 page description of the performance, link= s to audio/video/image documentation of the work, a complete list of techni= cal requirements (including anything expected to be provided by conference = organizers), and names and one-paragraph biographies of all performers.</sp= an> <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"= >**Artworks**: Submit a sonic web artwork or interactive application which = makes significant use of web audio standards such as Web Audio API or Web M= IDI in conjunction with other technologies such as HTML5 graphics, WebGL, a= nd Virtual Reality frameworks. Works must be suitable for presentation on a= computer kiosk with headphones. They will be featured at the conference ve= nue throughout the conference and on the conference web site. Submissions m= ust 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.<b= r><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgrou= nd-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;= text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">**Tutori= als**: If you are interested in running a tutorial session at the conferenc= e, please contact the organizers directly. <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">## Important Dates</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">March= 26, 2019: Open call for submissions starts. <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">June 16, 2019: Submissions= deadline. <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">September 2, 2019: Notification of acceptances and rejection= s. <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">September 15, 2019: Early-bird registration deadline. <br= ><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgroun= d-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;t= ext-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">October 6= , 2019: Camera ready submission and presenter registration deadline.= <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);ba= ckground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:n= ormal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">De= cember 4-6, 2019: The conference. <span style=3D"font-size:11= pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-wei= ght:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical= -align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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.= <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);ba= ckground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:n= ormal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">##= Templates and Submission System <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">Templates and information about the su= bmission system are available on the official conference website: <a href= =3D"https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019">https://www.ntnu.edu/wac2019</a></= p> <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">= Best wishes,<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 WAC 2019 Committee</div> --000000000000d4335e058ad00ae0--

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