Subject: [AUDITORY] SONICOM project - Research Fellow and PhD posts From: "Picinali, Lorenzo" <l.picinali@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 18:42:38 +0000--_000_VI1PR06MB56775775461996BEE913B569BAB19VI1PR06MB5677eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross-posting. The SONICOM (www.sonicom.eu<http://www.sonicom.eu>) project has now started= ! Here follows a brief summary: Immersive audio is our everyday experience of being able to hear and intera= ct with sounds around us. Simulating spatially located sounds in virtual or= augmented reality (VR/AR) must be done in a unique way for each individual= . This has been the object of extensive research in the past years; neverth= eless, several major challenges are still to be tackled in this area, which= require an improved understanding and modelling of the human spatial heari= ng mechanisms. Furthermore, the impact of immersive audio beyond perceptual= metrics such as presence and localisation is still an unexplored area of r= esearch, specifically when related with social interaction within virtual e= nvironments, entering the behavioural and cognitive realms. SONICOM will put together some of the most important research centres acros= s Europe to tackle these research challenges using a multidisciplinary appr= oach. Research will involve a mixture of digital signal processing and arti= ficial intelligence, together with psychology and perceptual modelling, exp= loring new forms, levels and dimensions of interaction within auditory-base= d immersive environments. Furthermore, in order to reinforce the idea of re= producible research and promoting future development and innovation in the = area of auditory-based social interaction, the SONICOM Ecosystem will be cr= eated and shared with the wider community, which will include auditory data= closely linked with model implementations and immersive audio rendering co= mponents. The consortium is coordinated by the Audio Experience Design team at Imperi= al College London, and composed by 7 academic institutions and 3 SMEs from = 6 different EU countries - here is a list of the various PIs and their inst= itutions: * Lorenzo Picinali<https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali/>, Mich= ele Geronazzo<https://people.uniud.it/page/michele.geronazzo> and Dan Goodm= an<https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.goodman> (Imperial College London) * Brian FG Katz<http://www.lam.jussieu.fr/Membres/Katz/index.php?page= =3Daccueil> (Sorbonne University) * Piotr Majdak<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/> (Austrian Academy of Scienc= es) * Federico Avanzini<http://homes.di.unimi.it/avanzini/> (University of = Milan) * Areti Andreopoulou<https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/AretiAndreopoulou> = (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens) * Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona<https://www.uma.es/departments/teachers/Wit4V0d= RaTdEelZTVnVZMWNzRjdhQT09/?set_language=3Den> (University of Malaga) * Alessandro Vinciarelli<https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/staff/= alessandrovinciarelli/> and Stephen Brewster<http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~step= hen/aboutme.shtml> (University of Glasgow) * Yuli Levtov<https://reactifymusic.com/> (Reactify, UK) * Andrea Rusconi <https://www.usound.com/about/> (USound, Austria) * Hugo Furtado<https://www.dreamwaves.io/> (Dreamwaves, Austria) More information about the project can be found in the temporary website (w= ww.sonicom.eu<http://www.sonicom.eu>) and on the Imperial College website (= https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/214234/personalised-immersive-audio-will-he= lp-virtual/). At Imperial College London we are already hiring a PhD student (https://www= .jobs.ac.uk/job/CDX328/phd-studentship-sonicom) and a Research Fellow (http= s://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEC272/research-fellow-in-immersive-audio). Please see the updated list of posts in the SONICOM website - https://www.s= onicom.eu/recruitment/positions-available). Finally, as already communicated in the past weeks, SONICOM is organising a= special session titled "Personalisation of Binaural Audio in Virtual and A= ugmented Reality=94 as part of the I3DA (Immersive and 3D Audio) conference= , to be held in Bologna, Italy, on the 8-10th of September 2021 (https://ww= w.i3da.eu/call-for-papers/). Feel free to get in touch in case you are interested about the project and/= or the posts. Best Lorenzo The SONICOM project has received funding from the European Union=92s Horizo= n 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no.101017743= . -- Dr Lorenzo Picinali Reader in Audio Experience Design Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College London Dyson Building Imperial College Road South Kensington, SW7 2DB, London T: 0044 (0)20 7594 8158 E: l.picinali@xxxxxxxx http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali www.imperial.ac.uk/design-engineering-school<http://www.imperial.ac.uk/desi= gn-engineering-school> --_000_VI1PR06MB56775775461996BEE913B569BAB19VI1PR06MB5677eurp_ 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"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12p= t; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">De= ar Colleagues,</span></div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12p= t; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12p= t; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <div><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-seri= f">Apologies for cross-posting.</span></div> <div><span><br> </span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-seri= f">The SONICOM (</span><span><a href=3D"http://www.sonicom.eu" title=3D"www= .sonicom.eu"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,s= ans-serif">www.sonicom.eu</span></a></span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; f= ont-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">) project has now started! Here follows a brief summary:<br> </span></div> <blockquote style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"> <div><i><span><br> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-s= erif">Immersive audio is our everyday experience of being able to hear and = interact with sounds around us. Simulating spatially located sounds in virt= ual or augmented reality (VR/AR) must be done in a unique way for each individual. This has been the object of e= xtensive research in the past years; nevertheless, several major challenges= are still to be tackled in this area, which require an improved understand= ing and modelling of the human spatial hearing mechanisms. Furthermore, the impact of immersive audio beyond perc= eptual metrics such as presence and localisation is still an unexplored are= a of research, specifically when related with social interaction within vir= tual environments, entering the behavioural and cognitive realms. </span><span> <div><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-seri= f">SONICOM will put together some of the most important research centres ac= ross Europe to tackle these research challenges using a multidisciplinary a= pproach. Research will involve a mixture of digital signal processing and artificial intelligence, together with ps= ychology and perceptual modelling, exploring new forms, levels and dimensio= ns of interaction within auditory-based immersive environments. Furthermore= , in order to reinforce the idea of reproducible research and promoting future development and innovation i= n the area of auditory-based social interaction, the SONICOM Ecosystem will= be created and shared with the wider community, which will include auditor= y data closely linked with model implementations and immersive audio rendering components.</span></div> </span></i></div> </blockquote> <div><span><br> </span></div> <div><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-seri= f">The consortium is coordinated by the Audio Experience Design team at Imp= erial College London, and composed by 7 academic institutions and 3 SMEs fr= om 6 different EU countries - here is a list of the various PIs and their institutions</span><span>:<br> </span></div> <div><span> <div style=3D"color:black; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvet= ica,sans-serif"> <ul> <li><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Hel= vetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali/= " title=3D"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/l.picinali/">Lorenzo Picinali<= /a>, <a href=3D"https://people.uniud.it/page/michele.geronazzo" title=3D"https:/= /people.uniud.it/page/michele.geronazzo"> Michele Geronazzo</a> and <a href=3D"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.go= odman" title=3D"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.goodman"> Dan Goodman</a> (Imperial College London) </span></font></li><li= ><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvet= ica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"http://www.lam.jussieu.fr/Membres/Katz/index.php= ?page=3Daccueil" title=3D"http://www.lam.jussieu.fr/Membres/Katz/index.php?= page=3Daccueil">Brian FG Katz</a> (Sorbonne University)</span></font></li><li><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://www.oe= aw.ac.at/isf/" title=3D"https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/">Piotr Majdak</a> (Aust= rian Academy of Sciences)</span></font></li><li><font size=3D"2"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"h= ttp://homes.di.unimi.it/avanzini/" title=3D"http://homes.di.unimi.it/avanzi= ni/">Federico Avanzini</a> (University of Milan)</span></font></li><li><fon= t size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,s= ans-serif"><a href=3D"https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/AretiAndreopoulou" tit= le=3D"https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/AretiAndreopoulou">Areti Andreopoulou<= /a> (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens)</span></font></li><li><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size= :11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://www.uma= .es/departments/teachers/Wit4V0dRaTdEelZTVnVZMWNzRjdhQT09/?set_language=3De= n" title=3D"https://www.uma.es/departments/teachers/Wit4V0dRaTdEelZTVnVZMWN= zRjdhQT09/?set_language=3Den">Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona</a> (University of Malaga)</span></font></li><li><font size= =3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-se= rif"><a href=3D"https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/staff/alessandrovin= ciarelli/">Alessandro Vinciarelli</a> and <a href=3D"http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/aboutme.shtml" title=3D"http:/= /www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/aboutme.shtml"> Stephen Brewster</a> (University of Glasgow)</span><span style=3D"font-size= :11pt"></span></font></li><li><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11p= t; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://reactifymus= ic.com/" title=3D"https://reactifymusic.com/">Yuli Levtov</a> (Reactify, UK= )</span></font></li><li><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; fon= t-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://www.usound.com/ab= out/">Andrea Rusconi </a>(USound, Austria)</span></font></li><li><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D= "font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href=3D"https= ://www.dreamwaves.io/" title=3D"https://www.dreamwaves.io/">Hugo Furtado</a= > (Dreamwaves, Austria)</span></font></li></ul> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,He= lvetica,sans-serif">More information about the project can be found in the = temporary website </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-f= amily:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">(</span><span><a href=3D"http://www.son= icom.eu" title=3D"www.sonicom.eu"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-famil= y:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">www.sonicom.eu</span></a></span><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">)</span></spa= n><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> and on the Imperial College website (</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"= ><a href=3D"https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/214234/personalised-immersive-a= udio-will-help-virtual/" id=3D"LPlnk"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-f= amily:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/214234/= personalised-immersive-audio-will-help-virtual/</span></a></span><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">).</span></f= ont></div> <div class=3D"_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview _EReadonly_= 1"></div> </div> <div style=3D"color:black; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvet= ica,sans-serif"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"color:black; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvet= ica,sans-serif"> <br> <div><u><b><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif">At Imperial College London we are already hiring = a PhD student (</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><a href=3D"https://www= .jobs.ac.uk/job/CDX328/phd-studentship-sonicom" id=3D"LPlnk"><span style=3D= "font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.jobs= .ac.uk/job/CDX328/phd-studentship-sonicom</span></a></span><span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">) and a Research Fellow (<span style=3D"color:black; font-size:12pt"><a href= =3D"https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEC272/research-fellow-in-immersive-audio" t= arget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;= background-color:white">https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEC272/research-fellow-= in-immersive-audio</span></a></span>). <br> </span></font></b></u></div> <div><u><b><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br> </span></font></b></u></div> <div><u><b><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please see the updated list of posts in the SONIC= OM website - </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><a href=3D"https://www.sonicom.eu/rec= ruitment/positions-available" id=3D"LPlnk505956"><span style=3D"font-size:1= 1pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.sonicom.eu/recru= itment/positions-available</span></a></span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; = font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">).</span></font></b></u></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><br> </span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><br> </span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,He= lvetica,sans-serif">Finally, as already communicated in the past weeks, SON= ICOM is organising a special session titled "<span><font size=3D"2"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Pers= onalisation of Binaural Audio in Virtual and Augmented Reality=94</span></font></span>= as part of the I3DA (Immersive and 3D Audio) conference, to be held in Bol= ogna, Italy, on the 8-10th of September 2021 (<a href=3D"https://www.i3da.e= u/call-for-papers/" title=3D"https://www.i3da.eu/call-for-papers/">https://= www.i3da.eu/call-for-papers/</a>). <br> </span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,He= lvetica,sans-serif"><br> </span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,He= lvetica,sans-serif">Feel free to get in touch in case you are interested ab= out the project and/or the posts.</span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><br> </span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,He= lvetica,sans-serif">Best</span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt"><br> </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-se= rif">Lorenzo</span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,He= lvetica,sans-serif"><br> </span></font></div> <div><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,He= lvetica,sans-serif"><br> </span></font></div> <div><i><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri= ,Helvetica,sans-serif">The SONICOM project has received funding from the Eu= ropean Union=92s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant= agreement no.101017743. </span></font></i><br> </div> <div class=3D"_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview_1 _EReadonl= y_1"></div> <br> </div> </span></div> </div> <div> <div id=3D"Signature"> <div> <div></div> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:12pt; 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