Kategorie: ‘Events’
Michael Vorländer tritt in den Ruhestand ein
Nach einer langjährigen Phase intensiver Forschung im Bereich der akustischen virtuellen Realität und der technischen Akustik ging Michael Vorländer am 28. Februar 2025 nach fast 30 Jahren als Professor für Technische Akustik an der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen offiziell in den Ruhestand.
Trotzdem ist er weiterhin aktiv an laufenden Projekten und Dissertationen am Institut für Hörtechnik und Akustik (IHTA) der RWTH Aachen beteiligt. Darüber hinaus wird Vorländer neben seinen Beiträgen zur Akustik-Community auf nationaler Ebene auch weiterhin eine aktive Rolle auf internationaler Ebene spielen, und zwar als Präsident der Acoustical Society of America von Mai 2025 bis Mai 2026.
Heute haben wir ihn im IHTA mit einer kleinen internen Abschiedsfeier und einem goldenen Doktorhut verabschiedet. Michael Vorländer hat der Akustik-Community, insbesondere dem IHTA, einen bedeutenden Beitrag geleistet!
Wir danken ihm von Herzen für seine Arbeit und wünschen ihm für seinen neuen Lebensabschnitt alles Gute.
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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 |
GfTA Studienpreise 2024 für Matthias Tillmann und Rouben Rehman
Auf der Weihnachtsfeier des IHTA wurde von der Gesellschaft für Technische Akustik e.V. (GfTA) je ein Preis für eine herausragende Bachelorarbeit und eine herausragende Masterarbeit vergeben. Die Preisträger sind dieses Jahr Matthias Tillmann und Rouben Rehman. Wir sagen natürlich herzlichen Glückwunsch!
- Matthias Tillmann
Bachelorarbeit zum Thema: „Der Einfluss realistischer audiovisueller Störquellen auf die selektive auditive Aufmerksamkeit“ im Lehrstuhl für Hörtechnik und Akustik betreut durch: Carolin Breuer und Janina Fels - Rouben Rehman
Masterarbeit zum Thema: “Vergleich von VR- und webbasierten Hörexperimenten zur Wahrnehmung in komplexen auralisierten Umgebungen” im Lehrstuhl für Technische Akustik betreut durch Josep Llorca-Bofi und Michael Vorländer
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- Beste Bachelorarbeit: Preisträger Matthias Tillmann mit Lukas Aspöck, Foto: Janina Fels
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- Beste Masterarbeit: Preisträger Rouben Rehman mit Lukas Aspöck, Foto: Janina Fels
GfTA Alumni Talks: Unternehmensgründung in der Akustik
GfTA Alumni Talks, Foto: Janina Fels
Am 05.12. fanden am IHTA zum ersten Mal die GfTA-Alumni Talks statt. Dieses neue Format der GfTA soll den Austausch zwischen ehemaligen und aktuellen IHTAliener*innen fördern und einen generationenübergreifenden Austausch zwischen Mitarbeiter*innen ermöglichen.
In lockerer Atmosphäre werden interessante Karrierewege in der Akustik beleuchtet.
Dieses Mal stand die Selbstständigkeit im Mittelpunkt: Die beiden IHTA-Alumni und Firmengründer Roman Scharrer (KLANG:technologies) und Michael Makarski (Four-Audio und IFAA) berichteten von ihren Erfahrungen im Studium, der Promotion und der Unternehmensgründung.
Michael Makarski (links) und Roman Scharrer (rechts) berichten von ihrer beruflichen Laufbahn. Foto: Janina Fels
Anschließend gab es bei Glühwein und Kinderpunsch noch reichlich Gelegenheit, Geschichten aus der damaligen und aktuellen Zeit am Institut auszutauschen. Besonders gefreut haben wir uns über den hohen Anteil an Studierenden im Publikum!
Im Namen des GfTA-Vorstandes möchten wir uns ganz herzlich bei Roman und Michael für diese Möglichkeit bedanken! Wir freuen uns schon auf die nächsten GfTA-Alumni-Talks im kommenden Jahr.
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.
junge DEGA Herbstworkshop 2024 in Leipzig & Mittweida
From 24 to 27 October, the “junge DEGA Herbstworkshop” (autumn workshop) took place in Leipzig and Mittweida, with the participation of two IHTA staff members and three students.
Junge DEGA is a section of the German Acoustical Society (DEGA) and partner of the Young Acousticians Network (YAN) of the European Acoustics Association (EAA). Its mission is to connect students, PhDs and young professionals in the domain of acoustics. The group organizes special sessions and panel discussions during the Annual German Conference on Acoustics (DAGA), providing information on research opportunities and job entry. Furthermore, junge DEGA offers a mentoring program with active participation from industry and academia.
On Friday morning, the program started at the Neurobiology Department at Leipzig University, where two experimental setups from the field of neuroacoustics could be viewed and tested. The first experiment was dedicated to auditory distance perception, the second experiment was set up in an anechoic chamber and examined the localization of sound sources using a loudspeaker array. Afterwards, SINUS Messtechnik organized a workshop on measuring sound intensity. This was followed in the afternoon by a guided tour of the Gewandhaus Leipzig, which focused on the history of the building and the orchestra. The day concluded with a visit to a concert by the Gewandhaus Orchestra.
On Saturday, the program continued in Mittweida with a visit of the media center at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences. The participants gained insights into the recording and mixing studios, the acoustics laboratories and the university’s radio station 99drei. This was followed by a workshop on wiki.audio, an open platform on which volunteers contribute their expertise on audio and acoustics topics. In this workshop, the participants wrote their own articles and developed concepts for cross-linking and further enhancing the content, for example through educational walks or the integration of external resources such as the interactive Comsol apps from the Technical University of Munich (https://apps.vib.ed.tum.de). The day’s last activity was a visit to the Mittweida town church, where the participants had the opportunity to see how an organ looks from the inside.
On Sunday, we enjoyed brunch together during a chat with Annika Neidhardt about her career path and current developments in acoustics. To conclude the weekend, we had a group meeting of the junge DEGA section where we discussed a revision of internal guidelines as well as planned activities during the DAS/DAGA conference 2025 in Copenhagen
Thanks to all participants, organizers and supporters!
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- Concert in the Gewandhaus, Photo: Jonas Heck
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- Radio studio at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, Photo: Jonas Heck
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- Short presentations on participants‘ research, Photo: Jonas Heck
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- wiki.audio workshop, Photo: Jonas Heck
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- Organ console at the Mittweida town church, Photo: Jonas Heck
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- Group picture of the workshop participants in front of the Mittweida town church, Photo: Jonas Heck
IEA HPT Annex 63 Meeting in Aachen
On October 23rd to 24th, 2024, the participants of the IEA HPT Annex 63 project met in Aachen for their first in-person meeting, hosted by RWTH Aachen University and HEAD Acoustics GmbH. Annex 63 is part of the International Energy Agency’s Heat Pumping Technologies initiative, focusing on the Placement Impact on Heat Pump Acoustics. The Annex 63 includes groups for five task areas: Building Acoustics Impact of Heat Pumps, Urban Acoustics Impact of Heat Pumps, Psychoacoustics of Heat Pumps, Digitally Assisted Heat Pump Placement, and Dissemination. During this fourth working meeting, all task groups presented their current status and opened up for discussions.
Our Institute is mainly involved in the third workgroup (Psychoacoustics of Heat Pumps), where the contents are closely linked to our research project LowNoise, in which the acoustic emissions of air-to-water heat pumps are investigated.
Besides the lively exchanges, the project members also got the chance to see the laboratory at HEAD Acoustics GmbH, as well as at the Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate and the Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics of the RWTH Aachen University. Thanks to everyone involved for their contributions, and a special thanks to Christoph Reichl from the Austrian Institute of Technology for organizing this interesting initiative, aiming to improve the noise impact of environment-friendly technologies such as heat pumps.
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- Photo: Jonas Klingebiel
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- Photo: Lukas Aspöck
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
2nd IHTA Retreat
On the 23rd and 24th of May 2024, the scientific staff of IHTA was on a retreat at Fährhaus km734 in Düsseldorf. During these two days, the aim was to foster collaboration and exchange between the researchers. Next to an inspiring presentation on personal strengths and interests by the moderator and career coach Bastian Hughes, we helped each other understand individual challenges in more depth by visiting different world cafés. Further, we learned that most researchers face the same obstacles during their careers. Team spirit was challenged during an evening pub quiz and finding solutions for the identified obstacles in team sessions.
Overall, it was two successful days with a lot of input for each individual and a lot of output for the group at IHTA.
A big thank you to Bastian Hughes, who guided us through the two days with his great moderation!
Vortrag von Bastian Hughes
Ergebnisse der World Cafés
Einladung zum Halbzeittreffen des BaLSaM-Projekts am 21.5.
Das Konsortium des Projekts “Braunkohlereviere als attraktive Lebensräume durch Straßengeräuschsimulation auf Basis bestehender Verkehrsdaten zur Minimierung von Lärm”(BaLSaM) lädt zum öffentlichen Halbzeittreffen ein. Es wird am 21.5.2024 von 8:30-13:00 Uhr im Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge der RWTH Aachen University stattfinden (Adresse: Steinbachstraße 7, 52074 Aachen, Deutschland).
Während des Treffens werden die Projektpartner den bisherigen Fortschritt des Projekts zu präsentieren. Darüber hinaus wird das Event die Gelegenheit bieten, Erfahrungen auszutauschen und gemeinsam an zukünftigen Herausforderungen und Fragestellungen zu arbeiten. Neben der Teilnahme vor Ort ist auch eine digitale Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung möglich. Bitte füllen Sie in beiden Fällen das folgende Formular aus, um sich für die Teilnahme zu registrieren.
Anmeldung: https://www.balsam-projekt.de/de/halbzeitevent.html
Agenda:
| 08:30 | Ankommen |
| 09:00 | Begrüßung |
| 09:10 | Projektvorstellung |
| 09:30 | Beschreibung der Schallquelle Fahrzeug |
| 10:00 | AVAS-Geräuschband & Lärmwahrnehmung |
| 10:30 | Kaffeepause |
| 11:00 | Schallausbreitungssimulation |
| 11:30 | Optimierungsstudie |
| 12:00 | Pause für offenen Austausch |
| 12:30 | Abschluss mit Institutsführung |
— English version —
The consortium of the project “Braunkohlereviere als attraktive Lebensräume durch Straßengeräuschsimulation auf Basis bestehender Verkehrsdaten zur Minimierung von Lärm” (BaLSaM) invites you to the public mid-term meeting. It will take place on May 21, 2024 from 8:30-13:00 at the Institute of Automotive Engineering at RWTH Aachen University (address: Steinbachstraße 7, 52074 Aachen, Germany).
The BaLSaM project investigates how traffic noise can be simulated and auralized, aiming to develop concepts to minimize road noise to create more pleasant environments. During the meeting, the project partners will present the progress of the project. In addition, the event will provide an opportunity to exchange experiences and discuss future challenges and research questions. In addition to on-site participation, digital participation in the event is also possible. In both cases, please fill out the following form to register for participation.
Agenda and registration: https://www.balsam-projekt.de/de/halbzeitevent.html
Promotionsprüfung Thiago Lobato
Am 12.04.2024 hat Herr Thiago Lobato seine Promotionsprüfung zum Thema „Improving sound source localization and characterization with machine learning techniques“ erfolgreich abgeschlossen.
Das IHTA gratuliert herzlich!
Bild: Julian Becker/Roland Sottek
junge DEGA Herbstworkshop 2023 in Aachen
From 17th to 19th November 2023, the “junge DEGA Herbstworkshop” (autumn workshop) took place in Aachen. Junge DEGA is a section of the German Acoustical Society (DEGA) and partner of the Young Acousticians Network (YAN) of the European Acoustics Association (EAA). Its mission is to connect students, PhDs and young professionals in the domain of acoustics. The group organizes special sessions and panel discussions during the Annual German Conference on Acoustics (DAGA), providing information on research opportunities and job entry. Furthermore, junge DEGA offers a mentoring program with active participation from industry and academia.
The workshop started on Friday afternoon with a visit of HEAD Acoustics GmbH in Kohlscheid, where the participants got insights into the company’s research and development activities and experienced some hands-on demonstrations of new products. After this first visit, three RWTH spin-offs – FEV, KLANG, elevear – reported on their experiences in business practice and illustrated different career paths in the field of acoustics. The first day concluded with a meeting of the group resuming the year’s activities and discussing the plans for the upcoming conference DAGA 2024.
On Saturday, the participants visited four laboratories at RWTH Aachen University. The day started with a welcoming tour at the Institute for Hearing Technology and Acoustics (IHTA) with demonstrations of the room acoustics simulation software RAVEN, experiments for audio-visual perception studies and the SCaLAr loudspeaker array. The Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) opened the doors to their semi-anechoic climate chamber and to a broad range of tire test rigs, which are used to determine the dynamic load during tire-road contact under the influence of different road surfaces. The Experimental Behavioral Psychobiology group & Brain Imaging Facility at RWTH University hospital presented research in which specific acoustic stimuli are used during magnetic resonance imaging to better understand the auditory processing with schizophrenia. Finally, the III. Physics Institute B presented its research on a sonar- and radar-equipped melting probe which aims to penetrate the ice shield and explore the subglacial ocean of the Jovian moon Europa (TRIPLE). Another project focused on the use of acoustic measurements to calibrate the neutrino observatory IceCube.
The weekend concluded with a hands-on workshop on binaural synthesis and virtual acoustics applications (see virtualacoustics.org) at IHTA.
Thanks to all participants and supporters!
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- III. Physics Institute B, Photo: Jonas Heck
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- Brain Imaging Facility at RWTH University hospital, Photo: Jonas Heck
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- Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), Photo: Olaf Uszynski
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- Hands-on workshop at IHTA, Photo: Pascal Palenda
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.
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.
junge DEGA Herbstworkshop 2023 – Ankündigung
Die Fachgruppe „junge DEGA“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Akustik e.V. (DEGA) veranstaltet regelmäßig einen Herbstworkshop mit dem Ziel, junge Akustikerinnen und Akustiker (Studierende, Promovierende, Young Professionals) zu vernetzen und persönlichen Austausch zu ermöglichen. Der diesjährige Herbstworkshop wird organisiert durch die aktuelle Leitung der Fachgruppe (Simon Kersten und Jonas Heck) mit Unterstützung weiterer Kolleg:innen des IHTA. Der Workshop findet vom 17.-19. November 2023 in Aachen statt.
Auf dem Programm des Herbstworkshops steht:
- Besuch des Instituts für Hörtechnik und Akustik (IHTA) an der RWTH Aachen, inkl. „Hands-On“-Workshop zur virtuellen Akustik
- Austausch zu Fach- & Promotionsthemen der Teilnehmenden
- Besuch weiterer Forschungseinrichtungen an der RWTH & Industriepartner
- Sitzung der junge DEGA-Fachgruppe
Anmeldung und Details zum Programm: https://www.dega-akustik.de/junge-dega/projekte (Anmeldeschluss: 31.10.2023).
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
60 Jahre I(H)TA- Fest
Am Samstag, den 19. August 2023 wurde das 60-jährige Bestehen des IHTA/ITAs gefeiert.
Das Institut für Technische Akustik wurde nach einer Übergangphase ab 1961 offiziell am 2.1.1964 mit Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Janovsky als erstem Leiter gegründet. Es folgten 1972 Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kuttruff, 1996 Prof. Dr. Michael Vorländer und schließlich seit 2020 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Janina Fels als Leitung des heutigen Instituts für Hörtechnik und Akustik.
Über 120 Ehemalige und Aktive des Instituts nahmen an der Feier mit Führungen und Demonstrationen aktueller Forschungsthemen und natürlich am Essen, Getränken und Live-Musik der IHTA-Band teil.
Ein besonderer Dank gilt hier der Gesellschaft für Technische Akustik e.V. (GfTA), die diese Feier ermöglicht hat. Wer noch nicht Mitglied im Verein ist, kann dies hier (Beitrittserklärung) werden, damit wir auch weiterhin das Netzwerk aus Ehemaligen und Aktiven und dem Nachwuchs in der Akustik unterstützen und pflegen können.
1st IHTA Retreat
An interchange for good teamwork between researchers
On 28th and 29th March 2023, the scientific staff of IHTA was on a retreat at Gut Hohenholz near Bedburg in the Rhein Erft Kreis. During these two days, the institute’s past was reflected, and it was discussed how the future of the IHTA can be shaped together. Moreover, there was an intensive exchange among each other’s scientific work in the form of poster sessions. The researchers presented each other’s projects and revealed which milestones needed to be reached to achieve specific goals. Between poster sessions team spirit was strengthened, and the future of teaching and workflows were addressed. Furthermore, it was discussed how the skills of individual researchers could be maintained and passed on to new staff members.
Overall, it was two successful days with a lot of input for each individual and a lot of output for the group at IHTA.
A big thank you to Joachim Bellut, who guided us through the two days with his great moderation!
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- Group photo at the IHTA Retreat (Foto: Joachim Bellut)
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- Poster session (Foto: Joachim Bellut)
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- Poster session (Foto: Joachim Bellut)
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- Team building task (Foto: Joachim Bellut)
