Kategorie: ‘Conferences’
DAGA 2026 Travel Grants
Die Gesellschaft für Technische Akustik (GfTA e.V.) möchte Studierende des IHTAs unterstützen an der kommenden Jahrestagung für Akustik DAGA 2026 teilzunehmen. Diese von der deutschen Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA) organisierten Konferenz findet vom 23. bis zum 26. März 2026 in Dresden statt. Die Tagung bietet eine spannende Möglichkeit, erste Erfahrungen bei wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen zu sammeln.
Die GfTA fördert in diesem Jahr Studierende mit einen Reisezuschuss (Travel grant) in Höhe von jeweils 200-300 €. Kandidat*innen müssen keinen wissenschaftlichen Beitrag bei der Konferenz einreichen, sollten aber zuvor noch keine DAGA-Konferenz besucht haben und an mind. einer Lehrveranstaltung am IHTA teilgenommen oder eine Abschlussarbeit angefertigt haben / aktuell anfertigen. Die Registierungsgebühr für die Konferenz entfällt für Studierende bei Erstteilnahme (für die ersten 50 Anmeldungen, grauer Kasten auf der rechten Seite der Website – „Schnupperangebot für Studierende“, Beitragsklasse 8 bei Anmeldung.).
Um Dich für diesen Travel Grant zu bewerben, schreibe eine Email an Lukas Aspöck und erkläre in ein oder zwei Sätzen, warum Du motiviert bist an einer Akustik-Konferenz teilzunehmen. Die Deadline für Bewerbungen ist der 05.12.2025, die Bekanntgabe findet bei der IHTA-Weihnachtsfeier am 19.12.2025 statt.
IHTA beim Internationalen Workshop zu „Lärm im Klassenraum: Aktuelles aus der Forschung“ in Padua
Am 12. September 2025 fand im Archivio Antico im Palazzo Bo der Universität Padua ein Workshop zum Thema „Klassenraumakustik und Lärm” (International Workshop „Classroom Noise: A Research Update”) statt.
Der Workshop zielte darauf ab, den Dialog zwischen Expert*innen in der Forschung und Fachleuten zu fördern, die sich mit Lärm in schulischen Umgebungen und dessen Auswirkungen auf Schülerinnen und Schüler sowie Lehrkräfte befassen.
Die Veranstaltung umfasste Beiträge nationaler und internationaler Experten zu Themen, die von den kognitiven Auswirkungen von Lärm auf das Lernen und das Wohlbefinden in Klassenzimmern bis hin zum Wohlbefinden von Lehrkräften und den Erfahrungen von Schülerinnen und Schülern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf reichten.
Den Abschluss des Tages bildete eine Podiumsdiskussion über Instrumente und Methoden zur Bewertung der Leistungen von Kindern unter lauten Bedingungen.
Dieser Workshop war Teil einer umfassenderen multidisziplinären Initiative zur Verbesserung der Qualität von Lernumgebungen, an der Expert*innen aus den Bereichen Akustik, Psychologie, Neurowissenschaften und Pädagogik beteiligt sind.
Janina Fels präsentierte die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse des Instituts für Hörtechnik und Akustik (IHTA). Diese beschäftigen sich mit dem Einfluss von Akustik und Lärm in Klassenzimmern auf Höranstrengung und Aufmerksamkeit bei Kindern. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf dem Einsatz von akustischer und audiovisueller virtueller Realität, mit dem Ziel, dass realitätsnahe und gleichzeitig gut kontrollierbare Studien durchgeführt werden können.
Janina Fels und Cosima Ermert beim „International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research – ISAAR 2025“
Vom 19. bis 22. August 2025 reisten Janina Fels und Cosima Ermert nach Dänemark, um das „International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research – ISAAR 2025“ in Nyborg zu besuchen.
Janina Fels hielt einen eingeladenen Vortrag zum Thema „Exploring Auditory Cognition: Connecting Real-World Contexts with Interactive Virtual Environments” und stellte dabei mehrere laufende Forschungsvorhaben vor, die sich speziell mit selektiver auditiver Aufmerksamkeit und Höranstrengung (Listening Effort) bei Kindern in Klassenräumen unter realistischen Hörbedingungen befassen.
Cosima Antonia Ermert präsentierte dazu ein Poster mit dem Titel „Listening Effort in Populated Audiovisual Scenes Under Plausible Room Acoustic Conditions”.
Einen Tag vor der ISAAR reiste Janina Fels zum „Pre-ISAAR Mini-Symposium“ beim Eriksholm Research Centre. Sie hatte die Gelegenheit, mehr über aktuelle Themen und Projekte zu erfahren und diese ausführlich zu diskutieren. Es fand eine exzellente Führung durch die Labore statt und es wurden zahlreiche hochinteressante Posterpräsentationen abgehalten. Zudem wurden eine Vielzahl neuer Ideen für zukünftige Kooperationen diskutiert.
Währenddessen nahm Cosima Ermert am „Workshop in Communication in Hearing Science” von WS Audiology teil. Dieser Workshop beschäftigte sich mit dem Thema „Understanding how noise and hearing impairment affect communication”. Cosima präsentierte für das IHTA ein Poster mit dem Titel „Bringing real-life into the lab: Investigating speech in virtual auditory environments – which aspects contribute to a plausible simulated conversational situation?”.
IHTA at Forum Acusticum Euronoise 2025 in Malaga
At the end of last month, the scientific conference Forum Acusticum Euronoise successfully took place in Malaga, Spain, organized by members of the Spanish Acoustics Society (SEA). Across four days, a total number of 1250 delegates participated and presented interesting research results in the field of acoustics and noise, accompanied by an engaging social program. The Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics was represented by Lukas Aspöck and our former colleague Marco Berzborn, who altogether organized three technical sessions and contributed to five papers:
- Marco Berzborn and Michael Vorländer: Stochastic Variational Inference of Directional Decay Times in a Reverberation Room
- Lukas Aspöck, Michael Vorländer and Janina Fels: Rendering complex acoustic scenes for perception experiments
- Marco Berzborn and Michael Vorländer: Analysis of the relationship between sound field isotropy and errors in the results of Sabine’s absorption coefficient
- Lukas Aspöck, Pascal Palenda, Janina Fels and Michael Vorländer: Application of room acoustics simulation software in university teaching
- Fabian Brinkmann, Marco Berzborn, […] Anne Heimes, Simon Kersten, Pascal Palenda et al.: Open educational resources for acoustics and audio signal processing using Jupyter notebooks and pyfar
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- Entrance of conference venue in Malaga
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- Opening on Monday: Plenary lecture on underwater sounds by Ana Sirovic
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- IHTA alumni group picture
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- Marco Berzborn during one of this presentation
IHTA at ICA/ASA Meeting in New Orleans
From May 18 – May 23, 2025, the 188th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) joint with the 25th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) takes places in New Orleans, Louisiana. Seven IHTA members have traveled to the USA in order to present their latest research and to meet the international acoustics community. The following presentations will be given with contributions from our institute:
Cosima Ermert, Andrea Bönsch, Torsten Kuhlen, Janina Fels: The impact of coverbal visual cues on speech intelligibility and cognitive load in virtual reality environments
May 20, 1:40 – 2:00 pm (UTC -5), Location: SALON F/G, Presentation Number: 2pPP3
Julia Seitz, Janina Fels: How do classroom activities influence noise levels and student’s listening effort?
Poster Session, May 20, 1:20 – 4:20 pm (UTC -5), Location: STUDIO FOYER/STUDIOS 1-4, Presentation Number: 2pSC13
E.K. Ellington Scott, Lukas Aspöck, Herbie Klinger, Michael Vorländer, Jillian Willis, Jonas Braasch: A database of anechoic modern-jazz recordings for auralization
May 20, 3:20 – 3:40 pm (UTC -5), Location: GALERIE 6, Presentation Number: 2pMUa4
Simon Kersten, Henning Taschke, Michael Vorländer: On the sound pressure distribution in the inner ear during bone conduction stimulation
May 22, 1:00 – 1:20 pm (UTC -5), Location: SALON F/G, Presentation Number: 4pPPa1
Jonas Heck, Ronny Roos, Josep Llorca-Bofí, Michael Vorländer: Complex surface impedances and spherical wave approximations in image source models for outdoor auralization
May 23, 1:20-1:40 pm (UTC -5), Location: GALERIE 5, Presentation Number: 5pNS2
You can find the full conference program and abstracts on the website https://acousticalsociety.org/new-orleans-2025/.
We are looking forward to meet you in New Orleans!
IHTA Contributions to DAS|DAGA 2025
This year’s DAS|DAGA 2025 is the joint annual meeting of the Danish and German Acoustical Societies (DAS and DEGA). The conference takes place in Copenhagen from 17th to 20th of March, 2025. As usual, IHTA members will present their work on the plethora of research topics covered at IHTA. This year, the IHTA is involved in a total of 23 contributions. In addition, the IHTA has been very active in organizing special sessions and events (see below).
We are happy to invite you to our presentations and posters!
You can find the full conference program in the DAS|DAGA Web-App. Every contribution in the table below links to its entry in the web-app, where you can read its abstract and add it to your personal conference schedule.
We are looking forward to meet you there!
| Monday, March 17 | ||||
| Simon Kersten, Michael Vorländer | Physical Mechanisms Underlying the Occlusion Effect | Precolloquium: Hearing Acoustics: Models, algorithms and applications | 12:25 | Room 20 |
| Tuesday, March 18 | ||||
| Rouben Rehman, Simon Kersten, Janina Fels | An Experimental Setup for the Estimation and Emulation of Bone and Air Conducted Components of One’s Own Voice | Methods for Technical and Perceptual Evaluations of Hearing Devices 1 | 14:20 | Room 19 |
| Kristin Ohlmann, Simon Kersten, Michael Vorländer, Birger Kollmeier | Perceptual Estimation of the Bone Conduction Path for One’s Own Voice | Psychoacoustics (Poster) | 15:20 | Hall E, Poster Island H |
| Cornelius Frankenbach, Carsten Herzog, Julia Seitz, Janina Fels | Comparing Localization Accuracy With Generic, Estimated, and Individual HRTFs Using Dynamic Binaural Synthesis | Binaural Technologies | 16:40 | Room 5 |
| Julia Seitz, Janina Fels | A Questionnaire Suitable to Assess Listening Effort in Children and Adults | Noise Effects in Children | 17:40 | Hall B - Sydhavn (B4M4) |
| Wednesday, March 19 | ||||
| Nils Rummler, Gülnihan Atay, Josep Llorca-Bofí, Michael Vorländer | RAVEN Benchmark Using the Loudspeaker Orchestra | Virtual Acoustics 2 | 8:40 | Room 5 |
| Lara Stürenburg, Lukas Aspöck, Janina Fels | Investigating the Perception of a Heat Pump in Different Audio-Visual Settings | Effects of Noise & Noise Policy | 10:00 | Hall B - Sydhavn (B4M4) |
| André Kruh-Elendt, Christian Laufs, Jonas Heck, Janina Fels, Moritz Lippold, Christoph Klanten, Andreas Herweg | Evaluation of Stress in Response to Traffic Noise Using Virtual Reality | Effects of Noise & Noise Policy | 10:20 | Hall B - Sydhavn (B4M4) |
| Thomas Deutsch, Luigi Falanga, Iring Koch, Janina Fels | Spatial Release From Masking With and Without Simulated Hearing Loss: Comparison of Different Spatial Audio Reproduction Methods | Audiological and Medical Acoustics | 11:00 | Room 19 |
| João Fatela, Anne Heimes, Michael Vorländer | Efficient Acoustic Radiosity Modelling for Precise Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Patterns | Virtual Acoustics 2 | 11:20 | Room 5 |
| Marco Berzborn, Michael Vorländer | Stochastic Inference of Directional Decay Times in a Reverberation Room | Room Acoustics 2 | 15:00 | Aud 15 |
| Lukas Aspöck, Chalotorn Möhlmann, Philipp Schäfer, Hanna Potulski, Vanessa Overhage, Thomas Gries, Christa Reicher, Janina Fels | Acoustic Simulation and Auralizations to Investigate the Impact of Textile Building Façades in Urban Environments | Effects of Noise & Noise Policy (Poster) | 15:20 | Hall E, Poster Island D |
| Gülnihan Atay, Josep Llorca-Bofí, Michael Vorländer | Audio-Visual Perception of Loudness in Concert Halls | Room Acoustics (Poster) | 15:20 | Hall E, Poster Island B |
| Manan Lamba, Simon Kersten, Stephan D. Ewert, Michael Vorländer, Birger Kollmeier | Perceived Level Differences at Equal Loudness in Headphone-Based Comparisons of Virtual Room Acoustics and Diotic Stimuli | Room Acoustics (Poster) | 15:20 | Hall E, Poster Island B |
| Alexander Raake, Stephan Fremerey, Carolin Breuer, Larissa Leist, Maria Klatte, Janina Fels | Evaluation of Audiovisual Scene Analysis in Virtual Reality Classroom Scenarios | AUDICTIVE 1 - Auditory Cognition in Interactive Virtual Environments | 16:20 | Room 6+7 |
| Carolin Breuer, Larissa Leist, Stephan Fremerey, Alexander Raake, Maria Klatte, Janina Fels | Exploring the Impact of Room Acoustics on Auditory Selective Attention | AUDICTIVE 1 - Auditory Cognition in Interactive Virtual Environments | 17:40 | Room 6+7 |
| Thursday, March 20 | ||||
| Cosima A. Ermert, Jonathan Ehret, Chinthusa Mohanathasan, Andrea Bönsch, Torsten W. Kuhlen, Sabine J. Schlittmeier, Janina Fels | Influence of (Non) Intelligible Background Speech on Memory and Listening Effort in Conversational Situations | AUDICTIVE 2 - Auditory Cognition in Interactive Virtual Environments | 8:40 | Room 6+7 |
| Lukas J. Vollmer, Leonie Schmitz, Karin Loh, Janina Fels | Cue-Related Evoked Potentials Capture Auditory Attention Switches | AUDICTIVE 2 - Auditory Cognition in Interactive Virtual Environments | 9:20 | Room 6+7 |
| Pascal Palenda, Christoph Kirsch, Stephan D. Ewert, Michael Vorländer | Validation of a Simplified Higher-Order Diffraction Model in Urban Environments | Outdoor Sound Propagation 1 | 9:20 | Hall B - Nørrebro (B3M1) |
| Christoph Kirsch, Pascal Palenda, Michael Vorländer, Stephan D. Ewert | A Toolbox for Filter-Based First- and Higher-Order Edge Diffraction Modeling | Outdoor Sound Propagation 1 | 9:40 | Hall B - Nørrebro (B3M1) |
| Moritz Bender, Jamilla Balint, Janina Fels | A Study on Voice Quality and Vocal Fatigue of Lecturers in Lecture Halls | Speech Processing 1 | 10:40 | Room 19 |
| Anne Heimes, Densil Cabrera, Michael Vorländer | Determination of Bidirectional Scattering Coefficients From Measured Scattering Patterns | Outdoor Sound Propagation 2 | 14:00 | Hall B - Nørrebro (B3M1) |
| Chalotorn Möhlmann, Lukas Aspöck, Janina Fels | Auralization of Vehicle Pass-By Using Impulse Responses of Dynamic Urban Environments | Outdoor Sound Propagation 2 | 15:20 | Hall B - Nørrebro (B3M1) |
| Jonas Heck, Josep Llorca-Bofí, Michael Vorländer, Janina Fels | Efficient Modeling of Urban Traffic Scenarios for Virtual Reality | Virtual Acoustics 3 | 15:40 | Room 5 |
| Organized Sessions | ||||
| Noise Effects in Children | Julia Seitz, Kerstin Persson Waye | Tuesday, 18.03.2025 | 16:00 - 18:20 | Hall B - Sydhavn (B4M4) |
| AUDICTIVE 1 - Auditory Cognition in Interactive Virtual Environments | Janina Fels, Carolin Breuer | Wednesday, 19.03.2025 | 16:00 - 18:00 | Room 6+7 |
| AUDICTIVE 2 - Auditory Cognition in Interactive Virtual Environments | Thursday, 20.03.2025 | 08:40 - 11:00 | ||
| Junge DEGA Events | ||||
| Icebreaker | junge DEGA Jonas Heck, Tabea Breitkreutz, Lara Stürenburg | Monday, 17.03.2025 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Balcony 1, in front of Auditorium 10-12 (Plenary hall) |
| Pub night | Monday, 17.03.2025 | 20:00 - 23:00 | The Moose (Sværtegade 5, 1118 København K) | |
| Speed Dating — Meet the Acousticians | Tuesday, 18.03.2025 | 17:40 - 18:20 | Hall B - Nordhavn (B3M10) | |
| Research in short(s) & Power-Point-Karaoke | Wednesday, 19.03.2025 | 16:00 - 17:20 | Room 20 | |
| Mentoring-Café | Wednesday, 19.03.2025 | 17:20 - 18:00 | Room 18 | |
| Other Events | ||||
| Frauen@DEGA Meeting | Karin Loh, Cleopatra Christina Moshona | Thursday, 20.03.2025 | 12:30 - 14:00 | Room 5 |
| Hands-On Workshop: PYFAR - Python Packages for Acoustics Research | IHTA (RWTH Aachen University), Audio Communication Group (TU Berlin), Department of Engineering Acoustics (TU Berlin), Institute of Communications Engineering (TH Köln) | Thursday, 20.03.2025 | 12:30 - 14:00 | Room 6+7 |
DAGA 2025 Travel Grants
Die Gesellschaft für Technische Akustik (GfTA e.V.) möchte Studierende des IHTAs unterstützen an der kommenden Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAS / DAGA 2025) teilzunehmen. Diese wird 2025 gemeinsam von der dänischen Akustikgesellschaft (Danish Acoustical Society – DAS) und der deutschen Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA) organisiert und findet vom 17. bis zum 20. März 2025 in Kopenhagen statt. Die Konferenz bietet eine sehr spannende Möglichkeit, erste Erfahrungen bei wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen zu sammeln.
Die GfTA fördert in diesem Jahr zwei Studierende mit einen Reisezuschuss (Travel grant) in Höhe von jeweils 300 €. Kandidat*innen müssen keinen wissenschaftlichen Beitrag bei der Konferenz einreichen, sollten aber zuvor noch keine DAGA-Konferenz besucht haben und an mind. einer Lehrveranstaltung am IHTA teilgenommen oder eine Abschlussarbeit angefertigt haben / aktuell anfertigen. Die Registierungsgebühr für die Konferenz entfällt für Studierende bei Erstteilnahme (für die ersten 50 Anmeldungen, siehe ’special student offer‘ auf der Website).
Um Dich für diesen Travel Grant zu bewerben, schreibe eine Email an Lukas Aspöck und erkläre in ein oder zwei Sätzen, warum Du motiviert bist an einer Akustik-Konferenz teilzunehmen. Die Deadline für Bewerbungen ist der 11.12.2024, die Bekanntgabe findet bei der IHTA-Weihnachtsfeier am 13.12.2024 statt.
Aachen Acoustics Colloquium 2024
Currently the 15th Aachen Acoustics Colloquium is taking place at Parkhotel Quellenhof in Aachen. This year’s scientific program includes 26 interesting contributions (2 Keynotes, 18 presentations and 6 poster presentations) about current research within the area of automotive acoustics, accompanied by a technical exhibition from various companies and research institutes. A detailed overview of the program can be found in this PDF.
Our institute is part of the organizing team of this event, which is attended by around 190 persons (~170 in-person and 22 online). On Tuesday morning, Michael Vorländer chaired the session „Infotainment in the vehicle“ including a very interesting keynote presentation by Hermann Ney on the current progress in speech and language technology. In the following session about numerical methods and simulations, our research assistant Christian Dreier held a presentation titled „Speed-dependent directivity patterns of road traffic sound sources“.
Additionally at the exhibition, our Institute presented current progress of research projects, e.g., the BalSaM project, in form of interactive demonstrations.
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- Hosting team of the AAC: Lutz Eckstein (ika), Klaus Genuit (HEAD acoustics), Michael Vorländer (IHTA) and Stefan Pischinger (fev). Photo: Stefan Hense.
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- Christian Dreier during his presentation. Photo: Stefan Hense.
World Congress of Audiology 2024 in Paris
Last week, Julia Seitz attended the World Congress of Audiology 2024 in Paris. The conference spanned a variety of topics in audiology, from auditory implants and hearing aids to cognition and noise exposure. On the topic of cognition, Julia Seitz presented her poster „Exploring Listening Effort in Adults: A Study Using an Overlapping Dual-Task Paradigm in Multi-Talker Babble Noise“ at the conference.
Photo by Julia Seitz
Inter-Noise 2024 in Nantes
This year’s Inter-noise conference took place from August 25th to 29th in Nantes, France. More than 1500 delegates participated in this conference and presented interesting research in the field of acoustics and noise. Highlights of the conference included a plenary talk by Arnaud Can and Pierre Aumond (Joint Research Unit in Environmental Acoustics at Gustave Eiffel University, Nantes, France) on advanced characterization of urban sound environments and a keynote lecture about the child perspective on noise exposure and health effects, held by Kerstin Persson Waye from Gothenburg University, Sweden, who is also collaborating with IHTA in the Equal-Life project.
Members of IHTA travelled to the conference and presented the following research papers:
- Chalotorn Möhlmann: Validation measurement of vehicle pass-by models for dynamic urban environments (results of the BaLSaM project)
- Marco Berzborn: Inference of the acoustic properties of transversely isotropic porous materials
- Lara Stürenburg: Loudness and preference judgments for noises of a heat pump (results of the LowNoise project)
- Joao Fatela (Guest researcher from the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy):
An experimental setup to investigate relevant validation parameters for the auralization of commercial aircraft flyovers in complex urban contexts
Directly after the closing ceremony of the conference, the satellite workshop “Unlocking the Potential of Open Research Software in Acoustics at Inter-Noise 2024” started. This event was organized by Maarten Hornikx and Huiqing Wang, from the Building Acoustics team of Eindhoven University of Technology, and included interesting exchanges and presentation on the development, maintenance, documentation and distrubtion of acoustics-related open-source software. As one of four invited speakers, Lukas Aspöck held a presentation about IHTA’s auralization software Virtual Acoustics. The slides of this presentation are available for download (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Next to insightful overview presentations by Maarten Hornikx and Huiqing Wang, further successful research software was presented: Pyroomacoustics by Eric Bezzam, NoiseModelling by Pierre Aumond and SoundScapy by Andrew Mitchell, along with many examples of challanges and best practices for open research and open-source software development. Many thanks to Maarten and his team for the invitation and the organization of this exciting event.
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- Entrance of the InterNoise venue. Photo: Lukas Aspöck
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- Exhibition area at Internoise. Photo: Simon Bianchetti.
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- Internoise 2024 Macarons. Photo: Lukas Aspöck
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- Kerstin Persson Waye at her keynote presentation. Photo: Simon Bianchetti.
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- Jam Session @ InterNoise. Photo: Lukas Aspöck
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- Lara during her presentation. Photo: Lara Stürenburg.
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- Chalotorn during his presentation. Photo: Carolin Schliephake.
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- Lukas during the research software workshop. Photo: Enkela Alimadhi
FENS Forum 2024 in Vienna
Last week, our colleague Natálie Brožová, along with her Research Training Group “MultiSenses – MultiScales” colleagues Moritz Nesseler and Melissa Lober, attended the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2024 in Vienna. The event spanned a broad spectrum of neuroscience topics, from computational approaches to experimental studies, including the neuroscience of multisensory integration.
The forum featured a diverse program with notable keynote lectures from global leaders in the field. Highlights included „Moving Beyond Barriers“ by Professor Viviana Gradinaru, who has pioneered optogenetics and systemic gene delivery to the brain, and „Allostasis as the Brain’s Most Basic Function“ by Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, which delved into recent discoveries about brain architecture and its corresponding computational affordances.
Additionally, the Nobel laureate Eric Kandel awarded his prize and highlighted the significant contributions of Mackenzie Mathis and Alexander Mathis, known for their work on neural mechanisms of behavior. Their talk demonstrated how both specialized and general neural networks are advancing our understanding of behavior.
This year’s forum welcomed more than 7,000 neuroscientists, creating an incredibly lively atmosphere that fostered new insights and potential collaborations!
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- Photo: Natálie Brožová
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- Photo: Natálie Brožová
POSTER 2024 Conference in Prague
This month, the 28th International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering POSTER 2024 took place, organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU Prague. This event was an excellent opportunity for two of our students to gain their first experiences at an international conference and present work they have done in their Bachelor thesis or as student workers.
In addition to the scientific exchange, a very rich cultural program was provided, for which we would like to thank Professor Blazek for his enormous efforts.
In the Best Poster Award, Jana Berger and her co-author Julia Seitz were awarded third place in the session “Natural Science” for their contribution “How effortful is listening with different background noises?”.
Robert Schmitt and his co-author Carolin Breuer achieved second place in the session “Communications” with their work on “The Influence of Realistic Background Noise on Auditory Selective Attention”.
We congratulate on behalf of the IHTA! More photos are available on the conference website.
Posterpreis bei der DAGA 2024
Bei der diesjährigen in Hannover stattgefundenen Jahrestagung für Akustik DAGA 2024 erhielt unsere wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Lara Stürenburg den Preis für das beste Poster, ausgewählt von einer Jury aus fachlich versierten Mitgliedern der DEGA. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
Der dazugehörige Beitrag mit dem Titel Herausforderungen bei Messungen von Lüftungsgeräuschen in einem reflexionsfreien Halbraum ist gemeinsam mit allen anderen Beiträgen der Konferenz im online frei zugänglichen Tagungsband veröffentlicht.
Cognitive neuroscience of auditory and cross-modal perception 2024
Last week, our colleagues Carolin Breuer and Natálie Brožová presented their work at the 5th workshop on Cognitive neuroscience of auditory and cross-modal perception in Kosice, Slovakia. The workshop was focused on neural processes of auditory, visual, and cross-modal perception with a special focus on spatial audio virtualization and gamification for hearing assessment and enhancement. Featuring 16 invited talks as well as contributed posters and presentations, the workshop allowed for a very familiar atmosphere that encouraged exchanges among attendees. These participants came from diverse fields such as acoustics, neuroscience, biology, and psychology, to name just a few.
Natálie Brožová presented her recent study on “Investigating the Neural Basis of Audiovisual Cross-modal Correspondences and Their Influence on Perceptual Decision-Making” which is part of the interdisciplinary Research Training Group “MultiSenses – MultiScales”.
Carolin Breuer presented a poster investigating visual priming on auditory selective attention in Virtual Reality which is an extension of a previous study presented at DAGA 2023 and was conducted as part of the ECoClass-VR project related to the priority program AUDICTIVE.
Group Picture of KogNeuro Workshop 2024
Poster Session during KogNeuro Wkroshop 2024
IHTA goes DAGA 2024
Again, IHTA is joining DAGA in Hannover with interesting contributions from March, 19th, to March, 21th, 2024. We are delighted to invite to our presentations and posters. In total, IHTA members will be represented with 19 contributions (15 presentations and 4 posters):
| Dienstag, 19.03.2024 | |||
| Thomas Deutsch, Luigi Falanga, Iring Koch, Janina Fels | Sound Localization Performance with and without Simulated Hearing Loss: Comparison of Different Spatial Audio Reproduction Methods | 13:40 | Raum 7/9 |
| Simon Kersten, Franck Sgard, Michael Vorländer | Impact of the Ear Canal Motion on the Occlusion Effect for Bone-Conducted Stimulation | 14:20 | Raum 7/9 |
| Christian Dreier, Michael Vorländer | Air traffic auralization: Modeling and synthesis of drones | 15:00 | Blauer Saal |
| Philipp Schäfer, Pascal Palenda, Lukas Aspöck, Michael Vorländer | Plug-and-play tutorials for the auralization of complex scenarios using an open-source simulation framework (Poster) | 15:20 | Poster-Forum |
| Hark Braren, Janina Fels | Wie gut können Kinder Schallquellen lokalisieren? (Poster) | 15:20 | Glasgang, Posterbereich D |
| Lukas J. Vollmer, Frederike Rust, Janina Fels | Intuitive Pitch-to-Digit Associations Do Not Support Verbal Short-Term Memory | 16:00 | Roter Saal |
| Melchior Käppel, Marco Berzborn, Michael Vorländer | Untersuchungen zu Ambisonics-Decodern für irreguläre Lautsprecherarrays im Nahfeld | 16:00 | Blauer Saal |
| Natálie Brožová, Lukas Vollmer, Christoph Kayser, Björn Kampa, Janina Fels | Audiovisual Cross-modal Correspondences and Their Influence on Perceptual Decision Making | 16:20 | Roter Saal |
| Anne Heimes und Michael Vorländer | A new scattering metric for auralization in urban environments | 17:20 | Blauer Saal |
| Julia Seitz, Karin Loh, Janina Fels | Assessing Listening Effort in Primary School Children: A Dual-Task Approach | 17:40 | Raum 7/9 |
| Niklas Mika, Pascal Palenda, Jonas Heck, Michael Vorländer | Incorporating complex surface impedance into auralization filters based on Image Sources | 17:40 | Blauer Saal |
| Jonas Heck, Josep Llorca-Bofí, Christian Dreier, Michael Vorländer | Does ambient sound enhance outdoor auralization? | 18:00 | Blauer Saal |
| Mittwoch, 20.03.2024 | |||
| Chalotorn Möhlmann, Pascal Palenda, Michael Vorländer, Janina Fels | Comparing Simulated and Measured Urban Traffic Noise | 09:00 | Blauer Saal |
| Pascal Palenda, Philipp Schäfer, Michael Vorländer | Open-source exchange format for sound paths in interactive simulation | 17:00 | Runder Saal |
| Donnerstag, 21.03.2024 | |||
| Chinthusa Mohanathasan, Jonathan Ehret, Andrea Bönsch, Cosima A. Ermert, Janina Fels, Torsten W. Kuhlen, Sabine J. Schlittmeier | The Role of Talker Visibility on Memory and Listening Effort during Conversations | 08:40 | FMS B |
| Carolin Breuer, Robert Schmitt, Larissa Leist, Stephan Fremerey, Alexander Raake, Maria Klatte, Janina Fels | Exploring the Impact of Realistic Classroom Noise on Auditory Selective Attention | 10:20 | FMS B |
| Lara Stürenburg, Philipp Ostmann, Lukas Aspöck, Dirk Müller und Janina Fels | Herausforderungen bei Messungen von Lüftungsgeräuschen in einem reflexionsfreien Halbraum (Poster) | 11:00 | Glasgang, Posterbereich D |
| Lukas Aspöck, Melchior Käppel, Carolin Breuer, Jonathan Ehret, Andrea Bönsch, Isabel S. Schiller, Sabine J. Schlittmeier, Torsten W. Kuhlen, Janina Fels | Real-Time Auralization for a VR-based Investigation of Background Sounds in a Classroom Scenario (Poster) | 11:00 | Glasgang, Posterbereich A |
| Alexander Raake, Stephan Fremerey, Carolin Breuer, Larissa Leist, Maria Klatte, Janina Fels | Towards using Audiovisual Scene Analysis to Evaluate Cognitive Performance in Classroom Scenarios | 15:20 | FMS B |
An overview of all contributions and updated information can be found in the DAGA 2024 App.
We are looking forward to seeing you at DAGA 2024!
Aachen Acoustics Colloquium 2023
Next week the 14th Aachen Acoustics Colloquium will take place at Parkhotel Quellenhof in Aachen. On Tuesday, November, 28th and Wednesday, November, 29th, the scientific program includes 22 interesting presentations about current research within the area of automotive acoustics, accompanied by a technical exhibition from various companies and research institutes. A detailed overview of the program can be found in this PDF.
Our Institute contributes to two presentation to this conference:
- Mark Müller-Giebeler: “FE-Based Inverse Approach to Determine Complex Acoustic Material Parameters in Alpha Cabins”
- Chalotorn Möhlmann: “Holistic Approach for Aurally Accurate Road Traffic Noise Reduction by Adaption of Traffic Routes and Infrastructure Planning” (together with Carolin Schliephake, part of the BalSaM project)
Registration for the on-site participation this event is no longer available, but the registration for online participation is still possible on the AAC website.
International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics 2023 in Athens
From September 28th to 30th, the Institute of Acoustics has held the 11th International Conference on Auditorium Acoustics at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens, Greece. Jonas Heck and Josep Llorca-Bofí as well as our alumnus Ingo Witew presented their research in the field of concert halls and room acoustics:
- Jonas Heck, Josep Llorca-Bofí and Michael Vorländer: Concert Halls in Virtual Reality – From Audio-visual Perception to a Common Vocabulary
- Ingo Witew and Michael Vorländer: Measurements in room acoustics – How good are we at it?
On the first conference day, Jonas Heck and Josep Llorca-Bofí organized a round table to discuss the importance of descriptive vocabulary which can be used to depict the perception in concert halls. The poster „Concert Halls in Virtual Reality – From Audio-visual Perception to a Common Vocabulary“ was accompanied by a demonstration of a recent experiment in virtual reality. It was very well received by the delegates who selected it for the first poster prize.
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- Small auditorium, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Foto: Josep Llorca-Bofí
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- Poster award recipients, Foto: Sergio de las Heras
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- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Foto: Jonas Heck
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- Big auditorium, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Foto: Jonas Heck
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- Demonstration of experiments in virtual reality, Foto: Sergio de las Heras
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- Demonstration of experiments in virtual reality, Background: Poster, Foto: Josep Llorca-Bofí
DAGA 2024 Travel Grants
Die Gesellschaft für Technische Akustik (GfTA e.V.) möchte Studierende des IHTAs unterstützen an der kommenden Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA 2024) teilzunehmen. Diese findet vom 18. bis zum 21. März 2024 in Hannover statt und bietet eine sehr spannende Möglichkeit, erste Erfahrungen bei wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen zu sammeln.
Die GfTA fördert in diesem Jahr zwei Studierende mit einen Reisezuschuss (Travel grant) in Höhe von jeweils 250€. Kandidat*innen müssen keinen wissenschaftlichen Beitrag bei der Konferenz einreichen, sollten aber zuvor noch keine DAGA-Konferenz besucht haben und an mind. einer Lehrveranstaltung am IHTA teilgenommen oder eine Abschlussarbeit angefertigt haben / aktuell anfertigen.
Um Dich für den Travel grant zu bewerben, schreibe eine Email an Lukas Aspöck und erkläre in ein oder zwei Sätzen, warum Du motiviert bist an einer Akustik-Konferenz teilzunehmen. Die Deadline für Bewerbungen ist der 14.12.2023, die Bekanntgabe findet bei der IHTA-Weihnachtsfeier am 19.12.2023 statt.
Research trip to Santiago de Chile
From October 10th to October 13th 2023, Lukas Aspöck participated in the workshop “Digital transformation in the development of rehabilitation sciences: the current challenge to use state-of-the-art technology” on behalf of the Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics.
The workshop was held in Santiago de Chile and Valparaíso and was mainly hosted and organized by the Universidad San Sebastián. The program included many interesting presentations by national and international researchers related to machine learning, virtual reality and the development of sensors and tools which can be applied within different fields of rehabilitation and related research. As part of the workshop, the researchers also visited various facilities, ranging from laboratories and workshops for speech therapy and audiology to a healthcare unit for physical rehabilitation and the research and technology transfer center AC3E of the Federico Santa María Technical University.
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- Visit at the AC3E research center, Valparaiso Photo: Sandra Rojas
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- The organisation team of the event Photo: Lukas Aspöck
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- Lukas during his presentation Photo: Rhoddy Viveros
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- Speech lab in AC3E center in Valparaiso Photo: Lukas Aspöck
Lukas contributed to the event by giving a 60-minute presentation with the topic “Virtual reality environments for research in acoustics and audiology”. The slides of this presentation are available here.
Many thanks to our former colleague Rhoddy Viveros for the organization and the invitation to this event. Thanks also to the rest of the organization team, which was led by Carla Contreras and also included Sandra Rojas, Matías Zañartu and Cristhian Mendoza. The event was funded by the Chilean National Research and Development Agency (International Linkage FOVI220126).
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung 2023
Im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung 2023 in Saarbrücken fand am 5. Oktober 2023 ein Marktplatz aktueller Forschung statt, in der Methoden und Werkzeuge für die digitale Musikforschung präsentiert werden konnten. Im Zuge der Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Stefan Morent von der Universität im Projekt „Sacred Sound – Sacred Space“ demonstrierten unsere Mitarbeitenden Carolin Breuer und Pascal Palenda die Möglichkeiten, Räume akustische zu simulieren und auralisieren, in virtuelle Räume hinzusingen oder zu musizieren, sowie Räume in der Virtuellen Realität mit Hilfe eines Head-Mounted-Displays interaktiv akustisch-visuell erlebbar zu machen.
Stand bei der Jahrestagung für Musikforschung. Foto: Martin Albrecht-Hohmaier
