Auditory Computations and Neuromorphic Implementations

[Jeanny S. Ryffel]

Tutorial on
Auditory Computations and Neuromorphic Implementations

http://www.icsc.ab.ca/150-tut.htm#Dr. Shihab A. Shamma


Organizer:
Dr. Shihab A. Shamma (Chair)
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
A.V. WIlliams Bldg
University of Maryland, College Park MD 20742
sas at Glue.umd.edu

http://www.isr.umd.edu/People/faculty/Shamma.html



This session will focus on advances in auditory theory and computations for
speech, music, and other complex sounds. Topics will include the latest
findings and models for encoding of timbre and pitch of complex sounds, and
binaural localization cues and algorithms. Also addressed are issues dealing
with real-time implementations of auditory algorithms, and their
applications in various industrial and military contexts ranging from
manufacturing acoustics to MEMS interfaces and prosthetics. The session will
also include invited talks on hardware realizations of the algorithms, both
in analog VLSI and in DSP platforms.

Invited speakers to the session include:

Shihab Shamma (Chair) will provide the review talk on auditory
computations and implementations (University of Maryland, College Park)

Timothy Horiuchi (Co-Chair) - He will talk about auditory robotics, both
acoustic and for echolocation (as in bats) (University of Maryland,
College Park)

Andre van Schaik - He will adress aVLSI implementations of auditory
algorithms for pitch extraction and peripheral auditory transformations
(University of Sidney)

Ralph Etienne-Cummings will review some of the MEMS sensors and
actuators that have been used for acoustic signal processing. He will
also describe an architecture and sensor/actuator design for a highly
integrated microphone, speaker and processing electronics for ultrasonic
ranging and imaging. (The Johns Hopkins University)

Steve Greenberg - His talk will address the perception of speech and its
relation to basic auditory processes in cortex and other higher auditory
centers. (Int. Comp. Science Inst., Berkeley California)


Researchers interested in contributing to this session are requested to
submit manuscripts of up to 5,000 words to:
Shihab A. Shamma
sas at Glue.umd.edu

IMPORTANT DATES
May 15, 2000: Submission deadline
June 15, 2000: Notification of acceptance
July 30, 2000: Delivery of full papers
December 12-15, 2000: ISA'2000 congress

This session is part of the International Congress on
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS (ISA'2000)
University of Wollongong (near Sydney), Australia
December 12-15, 2000
http://www.icsc.ab.ca/isa2000.htm