Connectionists: Kosice Neuroscience Workshop, 15 - 17 April, 2024

[Norbert Kopco]

FINAL CALL

*The 5th workshop on*

*Cognitive neuroscience of auditory and cross-modal perception*

*15-17 April 2024, Košice (pronounced KOH-shih-tse), Slovakia*


      https://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop-2024


      Objectives:

  * This workshop will include advanced research talks (and introductory
    lectures) on a range of topics related to the /*neural processes of
    auditory, visual and cross-modal perception*/.
  * The main focus of this year’s workshop will be on /*spatial audio
    virtualization and gamification for hearing assessment and
    enhancement*/.
  * The talks will illustrate the /*multidisciplinary character of
    cognitive neuroscience research*/, covering behavioral,
    neuroimaging, and modeling approaches, as well as applications of
    the research in auditory prosthetic devices.
  * The workshop is aimed at /*early-stage and advanced students and
    young researchers*/, and it will provide ample opportunities for
    direct interactions between the lecturers and the attendees.

The workshop will follow up on our previous workshops 
<https://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop>.


      Format:

1/2-day sessions, including invited talks, contributed talks, and 
posters focusing on the topics of *Spatial Audio Virtualization and 
Gamification for Hearing Assessment and Enhancement (general)*, as well 
as *other topics in computational and cognitive neuroscience*. (Also, 
non-scientific program – outings to tourist destinations near Kosice – 
will be organized on the days before and/or day after the workshop.)


      Guest speakers and SAV consortium <https://pcl.upjs.sk/sav/>
      speakers (tentative):

G. Christopher Stecker 
<https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/faculty/christopher-stecker>, 
Boys Town National Research Hospital 
<https://www.boystownhospital.org/research>, “The roles and bases of 
auditory spatial awareness” Antje Ihlefeld, Meta 
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/antje-ihlefeld/>, “Spatial Audio and fNIRS” 
Lauren Calandruccio, Case Western Reserve University 
<https://case.edu/artsci/sparlab/> “Listening in noise in multiple 
languages: considerations for enhancing the efficiency of speech 
recognition testing” Eleni Vlahou 
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eleni-Vlahou>, University of 
Thessaly <https://www.uth.gr/en>, “Exploring Spatial Auditory Attention 
in Gamified Cocktail Party Settings” Mathieu Lavandier 
<https://mathieulavandier.wordpress.com/>, ENTPE – University of Lyon 
<https://www.entpe.fr/> “Modelling speech intelligibility in noise: from 
differences in SRTs to full psychometric functions?” Robert Baumgartner 
<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ari/our-team/baumgartner-robert>, 
<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/>Austrian Academy of Sciences 
<https://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop-2019-talks#Bernhard_Laback>, “Short-term 
adaptation of spatial hearing.” Bernhard Laback, Austrian Academy of 
Sciences <https://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop-2019-talks#Bernhard_Laback>, 
“Dilation of Auditory Space by Short-Term Context” Piotr Majdak, 
Austrian Academy of Sciences 
<https://pcl.upjs.sk/workshop-2019-talks#Piotr_Majdak>, “Introduction to 
the framework for auditory modeling based on Bayesian inference” Anja 
Pahor <https://ff.um.si/oseba/anja-pahor/>, Univerza v Mariboru 
<https://www.um.si/>, “Development and validation of mobile measures of 
executive function.” Frederick Gallun 
<https://www.ohsu.edu/people/frederick-j-gallun-phd>, Oregon Health and 
Science University <https://www.ohsu.edu/>, “Does Psychoacoustics Have 
to be Boring? Exploring Gamification of Auditory Testing” Jorg Buchholz 
<https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/jorg-buchholz>, Macquarie 
University <https://www.mq.edu.au/>, Australia Jyrki Ahveninen 
<https://researchers.mgh.harvard.edu/profile/13092800/Jyrki-Ahveninen>, 
Mass General Research Institute / Harvard Medical School 
<https://researchers.mgh.harvard.edu/profile/13092800/Jyrki-Ahveninen>, 
“Multimodal studies on attention and crossmodal influences in auditory 
networks” Virginia Best 
<https://www.bu.edu/sargent/profile/virginia-best/>; Boston University 
<https://www.bu.edu/>, “When and why do hearing aids disrupt sound 
externalization?” Aaron Seitz 
<https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/aaron-seitz/>, Northeastern 
University <https://www.northeastern.edu/>, “New games to train speech 
in competition; from psychoacoustics to music.” Norbert Kopco, P. J. 
Šafárik University in Košice <https://pcl.upjs.sk/noro/>, “Other topics 
in SAV: Attention and distance in real and virtual environments”


      Organizers:

Norbert Kopco, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice 
<https://pcl.upjs.sk/noro/>
Frederick Gallun <https://www.ohsu.edu/people/frederick-j-gallun-phd>, 
Oregon Health and Science University <https://www.ohsu.edu/>
Robert Baumgartner 
<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ari/our-team/baumgartner-robert>, Austrian 
Academy of Sciences <https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/>
Mathieu Lavandier <https://mathieulavandier.wordpress.com/>, ENTPE - 
University of Lyon <https://www.entpe.fr/>


      Registration:

The workshop is open to all interested students/scientists. Registration 
is free of charge but required. To register, please send an email to 
kogneuro at gmail.com stating your full name and affiliation and the dates 
on which you are planning to attend. All accepted abstracts will be 
published on the workshop website and in the abstract book. No 
proceedings will be published. In case you would like to have a 
presentation please send us an abstract (up to 200 words; also indicate 
whether you prefer poster or oral presentation) no later than *March 21, 
2024*.


      Acknowledgement:

The project has received funding from the HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01 call 
(MSCA Staff Exchanges) of the research and innovation programme of 
Horizon Europe under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions grant agreement 
N° 101129903. <https://pcl.upjs.sk/sav/>


-- 
doc. Norbert Kopco, Ph.D.
Assoc Professor / Senior Researcher:
Inst of Computer Sci, Faculty of Science, Safarik Univ, Kosice, Slovakia
Visitor: Hearing Research Center, Boston University &
Martinos Ctr for Biomed Imaging, Harvard Med School - Mass Gen Hospital
P: +16175759556, Skype: nkopco,norbert.kopco at upjs.sk,http://pcl.upjs.sk/noro  
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