Subject: [AUDITORY] UK EPSRC COG-MHEAR: Two postdoctoral research fellowships & invite to IEEE EMBC 2022 Workshop From: "Hussain, Amir" <0000016168b2549a-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:17:06 +0000--_000_LO6P265MB59193959A6A0662FD253E7E3D3FC9LO6P265MB5919GBRP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all: Please see below and help circulate as appropriate - thank you in advance. (1) The UK EPSRC funded COG-MHEAR research programme is recruiting two post= doctoral research fellows based at Edinburgh Napier University - please see= application details below. COG-MHEAR Research Fellow post 1 (for up to 39 months - closing date: 8th = May 2022): https://www.s1jobs.com/job/research-fellow-cog-mhear-63666718 COG-MHEAR Research Fellow post 2 (for up to 30 months - closing date: 22nd= May 2022): https://www.s1jobs.com/job/research-fellow-cog-mhear-63666724 (2) COG-MHEAR Workshop at IEEE EMBC 2022, Glasgow 11-15 July 2022 Don't miss our forthcoming COG-MHEAR Workshop on =93Challenges and Opportun= ities in Developing Multi-Modal, Transformative Hearing Assistive Technolog= ies=94 being held as part of the 44th Annual International Conference of th= e IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 2022, in Glasgow,= Scotland, UK, on 11th July, 2022 (https://embc.embs.org/2022/) Workshop Synopsis: Hearing loss affects at least 1.5 billion people globally and is associated= with poorer health and social outcomes. The World Health Organisation (WHO= ) estimates 83% of people who could benefit from hearing aids (HAs) do not = use them. Barriers to HA uptake are multifaceted but can include: social st= igma; cost; a lack of understanding of hearing loss interventions; and limi= tations of current HA technology. Limited research developments in speech e= nhancement have been implemented into commercially available HAs. However, = even sophisticated aids remain ineffective in very noisy environments where= human performance is known to be dependent upon input from both the aural = and visual senses. Creating multi-modal HAs that draw on the principles of normal, visually-as= sisted, hearing raises many technical and usability challenges which need t= o be tackled holistically. For example, making use of lip movements or faci= al expressions traditionally requires a video camera filming the speaker, w= hich introduces questions of privacy. Ambitious solutions to these challeng= es include exploring the use of radio signals for remote monitoring and des= igning all processing to be done on the hearing device itself to minimise l= atency and increase privacy. This interdisciplinary workshop will be facilitated by leading academic and= industry experts who will showcase a hands-on demonstration of a first of = its kind real-time, multi-modal speech enhancement prototype that can explo= it lip reading cues to effectively enhance speech in real noisy environment= s. The workshop will serve to stimulate discussions on current trends, futu= re research and innovation, clinical evaluation and commercialisation chall= enges and opportunities to transform the current HA landscape. The prototyp= e demonstrator will be made freely available as an open testbed for further= research, evaluation and benchmarking by participants, who will also benef= it from interdisciplinary networking and collaboration opportunities. You can register for our Workshop (number 29) via the EMBC website: https:/= /embc.embs.org/2022/workshops-2/ We hope to see you soon. Kindest regards Amir --- Professor Amir Hussain Programme Director: EPSRC COG-MHEAR (http://cogmhear.org) School of Computing Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh EH10 5DT Scotland, UK E-mail: A.Hussain@xxxxxxxx https://www.napier.ac.uk/people/amir-hussain This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only a= nd should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any p= erson other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the se= nder. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action ba= sed on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to= anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its = attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s)= are scanned for viruses or other defects. 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Find out more on the contactSCOTLAND website= . --_000_LO6P265MB59193959A6A0662FD253E7E3D3FC9LO6P265MB5919GBRP_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D""><style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display: non= e;">=0A= <!--=0A= p=0A= {margin-top:0;=0A= margin-bottom:0}=0A= -->=0A= </style></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Dear all:</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Please see below and help circulate as appro= priate - thank you in advance.<span></span></span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt">(1) The UK EPSRC funded COG-MHEAR research p= rogramme is recruiting two postdoctoral research fellows based at Edinburgh= Napier University</span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"> - please see = application details below.</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><span style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 25= 5, 255); display: inline !important;">COG-MHEAR Research Fellow post 1 (for= up to 39 months - closing date: 8<span><sup>th</sup> May 2022</= span>):</span><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><a href=3D"https://www.s1jobs.com/job/resear= ch-fellow-cog-mhear-63666718" id=3D"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_1">https://www.s1j= obs.com/job/research-fellow-cog-mhear-63666718</a><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview_1 _EReadonl= y_1" style=3D"" dir=3D"auto"> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size= : 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); = display: inline !important;">COG-MHEAR Research Fellow post 2 (for up to 30= months - closing date: 22<span><sup>nd</sup> </span></span><spa= n style=3D"margin:0px; font-size:13.3333px">May 2022</span><span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px; background-color: rgb(255,= 255, 255); display: inline !important;">):</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <a href=3D"https://www.s1jobs.com/job/research-fellow-cog-mhear-63666724" i= d=3D"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_2"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">https://www.s1j= obs.com/job/research-fellow-cog-mhear-63666724</span></a><br> </div> <div class=3D"_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview_2 _EReadonl= y_1" style=3D"" dir=3D"auto"> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <div><span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><br> </span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">(2) COG-MHEAR Workshop at IEEE EMBC 202= 2, Glasgow 11-15 July 2022</span><br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"> </div> <br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Don't miss our forthcoming COG-MHEAR Worksho= p on =93Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Multi-Modal, Transformat= ive Hearing Assistive Technologies=94 being held as part of the 44th Annual= International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 2022, in Glasgow, Scotl= and, UK, on 11th July, 2022 (<a href=3D"https://embc.embs.org/2022/">https:= //embc.embs.org/2022/</a>)</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt"><strong style=3D"box-sizing:border-box; font= -weight:bolder">Workshop Synopsis:</strong></span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><b><br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box= "> </b></span><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Hearing loss affects at least 1= .5 billion people globally and is associated with poorer health and social = outcomes. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates 83% of people who c= ould benefit from hearing aids (HAs) do not use them. Barriers to HA uptake are multifaceted but can include: s= ocial stigma; cost; a lack of understanding of hearing loss interventions; = and limitations of current HA technology. Limited research developments in = speech enhancement have been implemented into commercially available HAs. However, even sophisticated aids remain i= neffective in very noisy environments where human performance is known to b= e dependent upon input from both the aural and visual senses.</span><br sty= le=3D"box-sizing:border-box"> <br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"> <span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Creating multi-modal HAs that draw on the = principles of normal, visually-assisted, hearing raises many technical and = usability challenges which need to be tackled holistically. For example, ma= king use of lip movements or facial expressions traditionally requires a video camera filming the speaker, whi= ch introduces questions of privacy. Ambitious solutions to these challenges= include exploring the use of radio signals for remote monitoring and desig= ning all processing to be done on the hearing device itself to minimise latency and increase privacy.</span>= <br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"> <br style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt">This interdisciplinary workshop will be faci= litated by leading academic and industry experts who will showcase a hands-= on demonstration of a first of its kind real-time, multi-modal speech enhan= cement prototype that can exploit lip reading cues to effectively enhance speech in real noisy environments.= The workshop will serve to stimulate discussions on current trends, future= research and innovation, clinical evaluation and commercialisation challen= ges and opportunities to transform the current HA landscape. The prototype demonstrator will be made freely a= vailable as an open testbed for further research, evaluation and benchmarki= ng by participants, who will also benefit from interdisciplinary networking= and collaboration opportunities.</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt">You can register for our Workshop (number 29= ) via the EMBC website: <a href=3D"https://embc.embs.org/2022/workshop= s-2/">https://embc.embs.org/2022/workshops-2/</a> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">We hope to see you soon.</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Kindest regards</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Amir</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">---</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Professor Amir Hussain</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Programme Director: EPSRC COG-MHEAR (= http://cogmhear.org)</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">School of Computing</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Edinburgh Napier University </sp= an></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Edinburgh EH10 5DT</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Scotland, UK</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">E-mail: A.Hussain@xxxxxxxx <= /span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><a href=3D"https://www.napier.ac.uk/p= eople/amir-hussain">https://www.napier.ac.uk/people/amir-hussain</a><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir=3D"auto"> <span style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><br> </span></div> <table width=3D"100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"=3D"0"" bo= rder=3D"0" align=3D"left" style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, san-serif= ; font-size:10pt;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"padding: 5px;"> <p>This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) onl= y and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by an= y person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the= sender. 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