Subject: [AUDITORY] PhD Scholarship within the AXD team at Imperial College London From: "Picinali, Lorenzo" <l.picinali@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:30:37 +0000--_000_LNXP265MB11305D8DFAE6BA75822278DDBAA6ALNXP265MB1130GBRP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, A new PhD scholarship<https://www.axdesign.co.uk/news-posts/phd-scholarship= -available-a-neuroscientific-approach-to-creating-a-personalised-spatial-an= d-immersive-audio-experience> is available within the AXD<https://www.axdes= ign.co.uk> team at Imperial College London for a project titled "A Neurosci= entific Approach to Creating a Personalised, Spatial and Immersive Audio Ex= perience". ABSTRACT Creating audio that convincingly represents sounds in a 3D space has now st= arted to infiltrate the commercial landscape. Headphones, videogames and ci= nema are all vying to generate some level of spatialisation and immersion f= or the listener. The goal of this PhD project is to understand how individu= al differences (e.g. ear morphology) can affect the perception of spatial a= nd immersive audio by developing an objective experimental approach through= the recording and analysis of brain activity via electroencephalography, p= upillometry and behaviour. Ultimately this multidisciplinary project will d= eepen our understanding of how to design and reproduce a realistic and imme= rsive virtual sound space. This project aims to: 1. Develop objective experimental paradigms using EEG/pupillometry recor= dings to identify differences in neural activity when exposed to personalis= ed and non-personalised virtual audio. 2. Use behavioural experiments and auditory models to validate the devel= oped paradigms. 3. Investigate which aspects of personalisation are important for the pe= rception of immersive spatial audio. REQUIREMENTS In addition to the standard requirements for Imperial College (which you ca= n find at the link below), essential requirements for this post are good pr= ogramming skills (Python and/or Matlab) and good experience of using statis= tical methods (descriptive and inferential, ML is a plus), as well as an un= derstanding of the basic principles of acoustics and digital signal process= ing. Desirable requirements are experience in immersive audio and spatial a= coustics, experience in neuroscience and/or psychoacoustics, and more advan= ced programming skills (e.g. Unity, C++, etc.) If you are interested please click HERE<https://www.imperial.ac.uk/design-e= ngineering/study/phd/applying-for-a-phd-in-design-engineering/> to find mor= e information about how to apply. When you submit your application, please = cite this project title in the 'how you are planning to fund your PhD' sect= ion. UK, EU and overseas/international candidates are welcome to apply - please = note that the deadline for receiving full applications is the 8th of Januar= y 2024. Don't hesitate to contact me in case you have questions about the post, and= ...of course please share with whoever you think might be interested. Best Lorenzo -- Lorenzo Picinali Reader in Audio Experience Design<https://www.axdesign.co.uk/> Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College London Dyson Building Imperial College Road South Kensington, SW7 2DB, London E: l.picinali@xxxxxxxx http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali https://www.axdesign.co.uk/ https://www.sonicom.eu/ --_000_LNXP265MB11305D8DFAE6BA75822278DDBAA6ALNXP265MB1130GBRP_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dea= r Colleagues,</span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br= > </span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">= <span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a = href=3D"https://www.axdesign.co.uk/news-posts/phd-scholarship-available-a-n= euroscientific-approach-to-creating-a-personalised-spatial-and-immersive-au= dio-experience" id=3D"LPlnk913688" title=3D"https://www.axdesign.co.uk/news= -posts/phd-scholarship-available-a-neuroscientific-approach-to-creating-a-p= ersonalised-spatial-and-immersive-audio-experience" style=3D"margin-top: 0p= x; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D"OWAAutoLink">A new PhD scholarship</a> is available within the <a href=3D"https://ww= w.axdesign.co.uk" id=3D"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview" title=3D"https://www.axdesign= .co.uk" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D"OWAAutoLink= "> AXD</a> team at Imperial College London for a project titled "A N= euroscientific Approach to Creating a Personalised, Spatial and Immersive A= udio Experience".</span></p> <div><br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embe= ddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>ABSTRACT</i></b></span></div> <p><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">= <i>Creating audio that convincingly represents sounds in a 3D space has now= started to infiltrate the commercial landscape. Headphones, videogames and cinema are all vying to generate som= e level of spatialisation and immersion for the listener. The goal of this = PhD project is to understand how individual differences (e.g. ear morpholog= y) can affect the perception of spatial and immersive audio by developing an objective experimental approa= ch through the recording and analysis of brain activity via electroencephal= ography, pupillometry and behaviour. Ultimately this multidisciplinary proj= ect will deepen our understanding of how to design and reproduce a realistic and immersive virtual sound spa= ce.</i></span></p> <p><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">= <i>This project aims to:</i></span></p> <ol start=3D"1" data-listchain=3D"__List_Chain_104"> <li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, C= alibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <p class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embedd= edFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12p= t; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Develop objective experimental paradigms using = EEG/pupillometry recordings to identify differences in neural activity when exposed to personalised and non-person= alised virtual audio.</i></span></p> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <p class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embedd= edFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12p= t; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Use behavioural experiments and auditory models= to validate the developed paradigms.</i></span></p> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <p class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embedd= edFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12p= t; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Investigate which aspects of personalisation ar= e important for the perception of immersive spatial audio.</i></span></p> </li></ol> <p class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embedd= edFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12p= t; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>REQUIREMENTS</i></b></span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embedd= edFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12p= t; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>In addition to the standard requirements for Im= perial College (which you can find at the link below), essential requirements for this post are good programming= skills (Python and/or Matlab) and good experience of using statistical met= hods (descriptive and inferential, ML is a plus), as well as an u= nderstanding of the basic principles of acoustics and digital signal processing. Desirable requirements are experience in im= mersive audio and spatial acoustics, experience in neuroscience and/or psyc= hoacoustics, and more advanced programming skills (e.g. Unity, C++, et= c.)</i></span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embedd= edFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12p= t; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br> </span></p> <p class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embedd= edFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12p= t; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you are interested please click<a href=3D"https= ://www.imperial.ac.uk/design-engineering/study/phd/applying-for-a-phd-in-de= sign-engineering/" id=3D"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_1" title=3D"https://www.imper= ial.ac.uk/design-engineering/study/phd/applying-for-a-phd-in-design-enginee= ring/" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=3D"OWAAutoLink"= > HERE</a> to find more information about how to apply. When you submit your application= , please cite this project title in the 'how you are planning to fund your = PhD' section.</span></p> <div><br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embe= ddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UK, EU and overseas/international candidates are= welcome to apply - please note that the deadline for receiving full applications is the 8<sup>th</sup> of= January 2024.</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embe= ddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embe= ddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Don't hesitate to contact me in case you have qu= estions about the post, and...of course please share with whoever you think might be interested.</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embe= ddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><span style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_Embe= ddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 2pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best<br> Lorenzo</span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><br> </div> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div style=3D"font-family: Tahoma;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">--<br> Lorenzo Picinali<br> Reader in <a href=3D"https://www.axdesign.co.uk/" target=3D"_blank" title= =3D"https://www.axdesign.co.uk/" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-auth=3D"N= otApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"0" id=3D"OWA98693fa0-6f10-8736-0dda-5a290f4= 814c2" class=3D"OWAAutoLink"> Audio Experience Design</a><br> Dyson School of Design Engineering<br> Imperial College London<br> Dyson Building<br> Imperial College Road<br> South Kensington, SW7 2DB, London<br> E: l.picinali@xxxxxxxx<br> <u><br> <a href=3D"http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali" target=3D"_blank" r= el=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"1"= id=3D"OWA00df2113-d6e6-7b1d-c402-f921ed98cfd2" class=3D"OWAAutoLink">http:= //www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali</a></u><br> <a href=3D"https://www.axdesign.co.uk/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener n= oreferrer" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"2" id=3D"OWA575aa6= 52-2a81-d823-bf9d-407168f58cbd" class=3D"OWAAutoLink">https://www.axdesign.= co.uk/</a></span></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Tahoma;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"><a hre= f=3D"https://www.sonicom.eu/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer"= data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" data-linkindex=3D"3" id=3D"OWA4c01b2b7-4613-fb= cd-580e-852e457a790f" class=3D"OWAAutoLink">https://www.sonicom.eu/</a></sp= an></div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_LNXP265MB11305D8DFAE6BA75822278DDBAA6ALNXP265MB1130GBRP_--