Workshop and Summer School on "Auditory Attention and Scene Analysis"

July 21 - 23, 2014

Venue:

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst/Germany

Organizer:

  • Prof. Dr. Volker Hohmann
    Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
  • Prof. Dr. Adrian KC Lee
    University of Washington

Scientific commitee:

  • Prof. Dr. DeLiang Wang
    Prof. Dr. Dan Tollin
    Prof. Dr. Georg Klump

Funding:

Coordinated research project "The active auditory system" (SFB/TRR31), centre for hearing research Oldenburg/Hanover, and HWK.

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Volker Hohmann
Prof. Dr. Adrian KC Lee

Workshop and Summer School on "Auditory Attention and Scene Analysis"

July 21 - 23, 2014

Venue:

Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
Lehmkuhlenbusch 4
27753 Delmenhorst/Germany

Organizer:

  • Prof. Dr. Volker Hohmann
    Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
  • Prof. Dr. Adrian KC Lee
    University of Washington

Scientific commitee:

  • Prof. Dr. DeLiang Wang
    Prof. Dr. Dan Tollin
    Prof. Dr. Georg Klump

Funding:

Coordinated research project "The active auditory system" (SFB/TRR31), centre for hearing research Oldenburg/Hanover, and HWK.

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Volker Hohmann
Prof. Dr. Adrian KC Lee

Objectives:

As a successor of the workshops held 10 years ago in 2003 at HWK, Germany, in 2010 at the UCL Gatsby computational neuroscience unit, UK, and in 288 again at HWK, Germany, this workshop further promotes and facilitates interaction between researchers in speech and audio processing, psychoacoustics and neurophysiology to stimulate joint efforts towards a better understanding of acoustic information processing in challenging conditions characterized by noise and reverberation. We believe that a breakthrough in the understanding of human Auditory Scene Analysis (ASA) and Computational Auditory Scene Analysis (CASA) can only be expected by multidisciplinary collaboration. Interaction of distinguished international speakers and young scientists is fostered by organizing the meeting in a combined workshop and summer school format.

Objectives:

As a successor of the workshops held 10 years ago in 2003 at HWK, Germany, in 2010 at the UCL Gatsby computational neuroscience unit, UK, and in 288 again at HWK, Germany, this workshop further promotes and facilitates interaction between researchers in speech and audio processing, psychoacoustics and neurophysiology to stimulate joint efforts towards a better understanding of acoustic information processing in challenging conditions characterized by noise and reverberation. We believe that a breakthrough in the understanding of human Auditory Scene Analysis (ASA) and Computational Auditory Scene Analysis (CASA) can only be expected by multidisciplinary collaboration. Interaction of distinguished international speakers and young scientists is fostered by organizing the meeting in a combined workshop and summer school format.

Themes:

  • Human behavioral studies on Auditory attention / scene analysis
  • Neurophysiology of auditory attention / scene analysis using animal models
  • Human attentional network as revealed by neuroimaging
  • Computational approaches in auditory scene analysis

Themes:

  • Human behavioral studies on Auditory attention / scene analysis
  • Neurophysiology of auditory attention / scene analysis using animal models
  • Human attentional network as revealed by neuroimaging
  • Computational approaches in auditory scene analysis

Speakers:

Theme 1

  • John Middlebrooks
    (A cortical substrate for high-resolution spatial stream segregation)
  • Bernard Laback
    (Spatial cues and perceptual grouping in electric hearing)
  • Dan Tollin
    (title tba)

Theme 2

  • Maneesh Sahani
    (title tba)
  • Jennifer Bizley
    (title tba)

Theme 3

  • Alexandra Bendixen
    (EEG-based measures of auditory scene analysis)
  • Andreas Büchner/Mareike Finke
    (Processing of unexpected auditory stimuli in cochlear implant users measured by event-related potentials)
  • Edmund Lalor
    (Decoding attentional selection in multi-speaker environments using EEG<//span>)

Theme 4

  • Steve Colburn
    (Computational modelling of the spatial dependence on masker locations for speech intelligibility with various types of maskers)
  • Sue Denham
    (Computational insights from studies of multistability in auditory perception)
  • Jörg Lücke
    (Inference and learning for sensory data with non-linear features - new models
    for masking and occlusion
    )
  • Zhiyao Duan
    (Computational music audio scene analysis)

Speakers:

Theme 1

  • John Middlebrooks
    (A cortical substrate for high-resolution spatial stream segregation)
  • Bernard Laback
    (Spatial cues and perceptual grouping in electric hearing)
  • Dan Tollin
    (title tba)

Theme 2

  • Maneesh Sahani
    (title tba)
  • Jennifer Bizley
    (title tba)

Theme 3

  • Alexandra Bendixen
    (EEG-based measures of auditory scene analysis)
  • Andreas Büchner/Mareike Finke
    (Processing of unexpected auditory stimuli in cochlear implant users measured by event-related potentials)
  • Edmund Lalor
    (Decoding attentional selection in multi-speaker environments using EEG)

Theme 4

  • Steve Colburn
    (Computational modelling of the spatial dependence on masker locations for speech intelligibility with various types of maskers)
  • Sue Denham
    (Computational insights from studies of multistability in auditory perception)
  • Jörg Lücke
    (Inference and learning for sensory data with non-linear features - new models
    for masking and occlusion
    )
  • Zhiyao Duan
    (Computational music audio scene analysis)

Preliminary Program

Monday, July 21, 2014

                               Session 1
10:00 – 10:30      Welcome (plus tea and coffee)
10:30 – 11:15      J. Middlebrooks: A cortical substrate for high-resolution spatial
                               stream segregation
11:15 – 12:00      B. Laback: Spatial cues and perceptual grouping in electric hearing
12:00 – 13:30      Lunch
                               Session 2
13:30 – 14:15      D. Tollin: tba
14:15 – 15:00      M. Sahani: Temporal weighting of auditory spatial cues
15:00 – 15:30      Coffee break
                               Session 3
15:30 – 16:15      J. Bizley: The role of auditory-visual temporal coherence in
                               stream segregation
16:15 – 17:00      E. Lalor: Decoding attentional selection in multi-speaker environments
                               using EEG
17:00 – 18:00      Discussion
18:30                     Welcome Dinner

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

                               Session 4
10:00 – 10:45      M. Finke: Processing of unexpected auditory stimuli in cochlear implant
                               users measured by event-related potentials
10:45 – 11:30      A. Bendixen: EEG-based measures of auditory scene analysis
11:30 – 12:00      Coffee break
                               Session 5
12:00 – 13:00      Short presentations
                               T. Andringa (Groningen), T. Koelewijn (Amsterdam),
                               D. Oberfeld-Twistel (Mainz), L. Riecke (Maastricht),
                               C. Wirtz (Starnberg), S. Zirn (Freiburg) 
13:00 – 14:00      Lunch
                               Session 6
14:00 – 14:45      S. Colburn: Computational modelling of the spatial dependence on 
                                masker locations for speech intelligibility with various types of maskers
14:45 – 15:30      S. Denham: Computational insights from studies of multistability 
                               in auditory perception
15:30 – 16:00      Coffee break
                               Session 7
16:00 – 18:00      Poster session
18:00 – 18:30      Discussion
18:30                     Dinner

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

                               Session 8
10:00 – 10:45      J. Lücke: Inference and learning for sensory data with non-linear
                               features - new models for masking and occlusion
10:45 – 11:30      Z. Duan: Computational music audio scene analysis
11:30 – 12:00      Coffee Break
                               Session 9
12:00 – 13:00      Discussion
13:00 – 14:00      Lunch
14:00                    End of workshop

Preliminary Program

Monday, July 21, 2014

                               Session 1
10:00 – 10:30      Welcome (plus tea and coffee)
10:30 – 11:15      J. Middlebrooks: A cortical substrate for high-resolution spatial
                               stream segregation
11:15 – 12:00      B. Laback: Spatial cues and perceptual grouping in electric hearing
12:00 – 13:30      Lunch
                               Session 2
13:30 – 14:15      D. Tollin: tba
14:15 – 15:00      M. Sahani: Temporal weighting of auditory spatial cues
15:00 – 15:30      Coffee break
                               Session 3
15:30 – 16:15      J. Bizley: The role of auditory-visual temporal coherence in
                               stream segregation
16:15 – 17:00      E. Lalor: Decoding attentional selection in multi-speaker environments
                               using EEG
17:00 – 18:00      Discussion
18:30                     Welcome Dinner

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

                               Session 4
10:00 – 10:45      M. Finke: Processing of unexpected auditory stimuli in cochlear implant
                               users measured by event-related potentials
10:45 – 11:30      A. Bendixen: EEG-based measures of auditory scene analysis
11:30 – 12:00      Coffee break
                               Session 5
12:00 – 13:00      Short presentations
                               T. Andringa (Groningen), T. Koelewijn (Amsterdam),
                               D. Oberfeld-Twistel (Mainz), L. Riecke (Maastricht),
                               C. Wirtz (Starnberg), S. Zirn (Freiburg) 
13:00 – 14:00      Lunch
                               Session 6
14:00 – 14:45      S. Colburn: Computational modelling of the spatial dependence on 
                                masker locations for speech intelligibility with various types of maskers
14:45 – 15:30      S. Denham: Computational insights from studies of multistability 
                               in auditory perception
15:30 – 16:00      Coffee break
                               Session 7
16:00 – 18:00      Poster session
18:00 – 18:30      Discussion
18:30                     Dinner

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

                               Session 8
10:00 – 10:45      J. Lücke: Inference and learning for sensory data with non-linear
                               features - new models for masking and occlusion
10:45 – 11:30      Z. Duan: Computational music audio scene analysis
11:30 – 12:00      Coffee Break
                               Session 9
12:00 – 13:00      Discussion
13:00 – 14:00      Lunch
14:00                    End of workshop