Dear Auditory,
With enthusiasm, we announce the call for interest in the 1st IEEE
Listener Acoustic Personalisation Challenge (LAP 2024) consisting of two
tasks:
Task 1 - HRTF harmonisation: merging and harmonising HRTF datasets
measured at different laboratories.
Task 2 - HRTF spatial up-sampling: interpolate spatially sparse HRTF
containing a very low number of directions to a high-spatial-resolution.
The challenge acknowledges the diverse expertise within the audio signal
processing community. This approach facilitates cross-pollination of
ideas and fosters collaborative innovation. If you are interested sign
up for updates on https://www.sonicom.eu/lap-challenge. Detailed
descriptions and requirements for the task will be announced soon.
Apologies for cross-posting and please distribute the call.
Best regards on behalf of the LAP team,
Fabian
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Fabian Brinkmann
<https://www.tu.berlin/ak/ueber-uns/team/dr-fabian-brinkmann>
Form of address: Fabian (no pronouns)
Senior Researcher
Audio Communication Group
Technische Universität Berlin
mail: [email protected]
phon: +49 30 314 70336
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CALL FOR INTEREST
Personalised Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) have been shown to
enhance auditory localization and immersion in mixed realities. However,
relevant issues, such as the accurate acquisition of user-specific
anatomical data, efficient simulation algorithms, and effective user
validation, do not converge into a common and internationally recognized
benchmark for evaluating HRTFs.
The LAP Challenge endeavours to provide a platform where researchers can
explore these challenges, advance state-of-the-art, and contribute to
developing standardised metrics for personalised spatial audio.
The 2024 inaugural edition will concentrate on two fundamental aspects
of HRTF: spatial sampling and interpolation. Teams are challenged to
submit their solutions that address one or both of two tasks.
* Task 1. HRTF harmonisation and normalisation for merging different
HRTF datasets.
* Task 2. HRTF spatial up-sampling for obtaining a
high-spatial-resolution HRTF from a very low number of directions.
The 1st LAP Challenge is supported by
* the IEEE Signal Processing Society:
https://signalprocessingsociety.org/publications-resources/data-challenges/listener-acoustic-personalisation-lap-challenge-2024
* the EU research project SONICOM (H2020-FETPROACT-2018-2020):
https://www.sonicom.eu/
Top-ranked solutions will be invited to submit a paper describing their
method and result to be published in the IEEE Open Journal of Signal
Processing (OJ-SP), a fully open-access publication of the IEEE Signal
Processing Society, with a scope encompassing the full range of
technical activities of the Society. Article processing charge (APC)
waivers will also be available upon request.
Since the challenge provides original data and evaluation processes,
participants also have the flexibility to submit already published
solutions.
Moreover, the challenge will have an award ceremony hosted by the
premier European conference on signal processing: the 32nd European
Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2024, to be held in Lyon, France,
on August 29th, 2024. Winners of the two tasks will be invited to
participate and reimbursed for the registration fee to EUSIPCO24 and,
until available funds are reached, for travel and accommodation.
IMPORTANT:
To express your interest and stay updated on the key stages of the
challenge, sign up for the dedicated mailing list directly on the
official LAP web page:
https://www.sonicom.eu/lap-challenge
DATES
* Registration opening: March 27, 2024
* Solution submission: June 25, 2024
* Award ceremony: August 29, 2024
ORGANIZERS
Michele Geronazzo, University of Padova, IT, and Imperial College
London, UK
Lorenzo Picinali, Imperial College London, UK
Roberto Barumerli, University of Verona, IT,
Fabian Brinkmann, Technische Universität Berlin, DE
Rapolas Daugintis, Imperial College London, UK
Aidan Hogg, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Glen McLachlan, University of Antwerp, BE
Stavros Ntalampiras, University of Milan, IT
Johan Pauwels, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Katarina Poole, Imperial College London, UK
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