Dear Acoustician,
We enthusiastically invite you to attend the fourth joint ASA/ASJ joint meeting which will be held from 28 November to 2 December on the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii. The meeting will be at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel where it has been held for the previous three meetings (1978, 1988, and 1996).
Those of you who have attended these meetings before know that this is a beautiful site on the Pacific Ocean with access to many shops and restaurants. The fact that Hawaii is located between North America and Asia provides a special opportunity to meet with colleagues from these two continents, as well as from around the world. The meeting will start on a Tuesday and finish on Saturday to allow U.S. members to enjoy the full Thanksgiving holiday, and not have to travel on the busy Sunday preceding the meeting. For those who wish to stay longer, Internoise 2006 will meet in the same hotel immediately following the joint ASA/ASJ meeting.
We look forward to receiving your abstract and seeing you in Hawaii.
Sincerely,
Contributed papers are welcome in all branches of acoustics. The technical program will consist of lecture and poster sessions. Technical sessions will be scheduled Tuesday through Saturday, 28 November–2 December.
Anthony Atchley, President, Acoustical Society of America (2006-2007)
Yōiti Suzuki, President Acoustical Society of Japan (2005-2007)
(Joint with Underwater Acoustics)
Advances in applications, laboratory measurements and theoretical modeling of acoustic scattering by pelagic and benthic organisms
Acoustic tomography for coastal and deep water applications
(Joint with Signal Processing in Acoustics)
Recent advances in ocean acoustic tomography in both coastal and deep water, including experimental research, model simulations and theory
ANIMAL BIOACOUSTICS (AB)
Acoustic scene analysis
Problems of auditory scene analysis in a broad range of species that use hearing to solve a variety of tasks
Fish bioacoustics: A tribute to Arthur Myrberg
To honor the memory of Professor Myrberg and his contributions to animal bioacoustics
Remote monitoring of biological sounds
(Joint with Underwater Acoustics)
Remote acoustical monitoring technologies and methodologies for the study of aerial and aquatic wildlife; results of behavioral studies using remote monitoring
Vertebrate vocal production: Themes and variations
Review the impressive progress made in the last decade in understanding the physics and physiology underlying vocal production in vertebrates
ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS (AA)
Acoustic design for Green buildings
(Joint with Noise)
Architectural designs responsive to U.S. Green and LEED certifications and Japan's CASBEE certifications do not specifically address good acoustical design practices
Acoustics of large indoor and outdoor performance spaces
Issues in acoustic design, measurement or electroacoustic reinforcement/enhancement relating to large indoor and outdoor performance spaces
Computer modeling of room acoustics
Research and developments in computer modeling of room acoustics
Measurement of room acoustics
New technologies to measure impulse response, reverberation time, and problems for measurements; standards and their application; prediction and results of measurements; uncertainty of measurements
Psychological aspects of speech in rooms
(Joint with Speech Communication and Psychological and Physiological Acoustics)
To encourage collaboration among speech and architectural acoustics researchers
Recent developments in acoustical materials and structures
(Joint with Structural Acoustics and Vibration, Noise, and Engineering Acoustics)
Numerical study, measurement, and practical installation techniques for sound insulation and absorption
Session in Honor of Manfred R. Schroeder
(joint with Speech Communication, Musical Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics and Signal Processing in Acoustics)
Honoring Manfred R. Schroeder, his contributions and his life in acoustics
BIOMEDICAL ULTRASOUND/BIORESPONSE TO VIBRATION (BB)
Acoustic tomography in tissue
(Joint with Signal Processing in Acoustics)
Use of acoustic tomography to image tissue
Interaction of cavitation bubbles with cells and tissue
Encompasses the formation of cavitation bubbles in human and animal
tissue due to ultrasound exposure, the molecular level effects of bubble-cell interactions and experimental techniques for investigating this phenomena
Celebration of Floyd Dunn
(Joint with Physical Acoustics)
Celebration of the career of Floyd Dunn
Elastic imaging
(Joint with Signal Processing in Acoustics)
Use of ultrasound to determine elastic properties of tissue and the enhancement of ultrasound imaging by elastic deformation of tissue
Topical meeting on shock wave therapy
Latest clinical, regulatory, engineering, and basic scientific advances in shock wave therapy
Ultrasound enhancement of drug activation
Use of ultrasound to enhance the activation of drugs in the body
EDUCATION IN ACOUSTICS (ED)
Demonstrations and tools in acoustics education
Demonstration of tools for acoustics education, including experimental teaching materials, hands-on tools, simulations, visualization and auralization. Topics are introduced in brief lectures, details are demonstrated poster-style, with table space reserved for each presentation
Education in acoustics for children
Educational activities and tools to stimulate children's interest in acoustics and science
Take 5's
Sign up at the beginning of the session. No abstracts required
ENGINEERING ACOUSTICS (EA)
Acoustic sub-bottom profiling technology
(Joint with Acoustical Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics)
Recent advances in sub-bottom profiling techniques
Developments in microphones: Calibration, standards, and measurements
(Joint with ASA Committee on Standards)
Front end of acoustical measurements including standards
Hearing aids
(Joint with ASA Committee on Standards and Psychological and Physiological Acoustics)
Latest developments in hearing aid technology
New electroacoustic transducers utilizing advanced technologies and materials
Latest work on electroacoustic transducers utilizing advanced technologies and materials
Ultrasonic functional devices
Recent advances in functional ultrasonic devices, including piezoelectric and MEMS-based devices, arrays, sensors, motors and actuators
MUSICAL ACOUSTICS (MU)
Acoustic correlates of timbre in music and musical instruments
(Joint with Psychological and Physiological Acoustics)
Evidence for old and new musical timbre correlates using multidimensional scaling of dissimilarity data and other psychometric methods
Comparing Asian and Western instruments
Comparison of the acoustics of Asian and Western musical instruments
Music information and communication
Musical aspects relevant to the player and the audience discussed from viewpoints such as aesthetic evaluation, information retrieval, rhythm recognition, performance skill, and emotional communication
Simulation and measurement techniques for musical acoustics
Recent developments in modeling and measurement of musical instrument structures including flow visualization, input impedance/admittance measures, digital waveguide methods, and novel analysis/synthesis methods
NOISE (NS)
Acoustics of sports
(Joint with Noise, Physical Acoustics, and Structural Acoustics and Vibration)
Topics of acoustical interest relating to athletic sports and their venues; including sounds of the game, acoustical cues, crowd noise, public address systems, incidental entertainment, broadcast and recording of sporting events
Measurement, design, and control of consumer product noise
(Joint with ASA Committee on Standards)
Measurement, design and control of consumer product noise
Prediction and propagation of outdoor noise
(Joint with Physical Acoustics)
Propagation of noise outdoors in urban environments and its prediction
Progress in hearing protection and hearing conservation
(Joint with Speech Communication and ASA Committee on Standards)
Developments in design, application, and measurement of hearing protection and promotion of hearing conservation in both occupational and non-occupational settings
Soundscapes and cultural perception
(Joint with Architectural Acoustics)
Cultural and historical attitudes and influences of soundscape perception
PHYSICAL ACOUSTICS (PA)
Cavitation
General topics in cavitation and cavitation clouds. Topics include, but are not limited to, sonoluminescence, sonochemistry, dynamics of cavitation clouds, and medical applications
Infrasound
(Joint with Engineering Acoustics)
Low-frequency waves due to natural effects such as volcano activity, weather, storms, and tsunamis
Sonic boom from supersonic aircraft and projectiles
(Joint with Noise)
Recent research on the generation, propagation, measurement, and human response to sonic boom
Sound propagation in inhomogeneous media
(Joint with Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration)
Focus on mixtures of solid and liquid materials as well as a mixture of liquid and bubbles
Sound speeds, phonons, and the thermodynamics of condensed matter
Focus on the connection between sound speeds, elastic moduli, and phonons in condensed matter systems and underlying fundamental thermodynamic processes
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ACOUSTICS (PP)
Auditory grammar
Exploration of how the perceptual allocation of temporal features in forming auditory events may constrain the processing of linguistic and nonlinguistic stimuli. Examples include auditory continuity and phonemic restoration illusions
New insights on loudness and hearing thresholds
(Joint with ASA Committee on Standards)
Relationship between loudness and hearing thresholds
Perception of music and speech: Evidence for modularity and for common processing mechanisms
Longstanding debate continues on whether the perception of speech and music involve shared neural substrates or domain-specific processes. This issue will be addressed from multiple perspectives, including data from individuals with unusual abilities or disabilities
SIGNAL PROCESSING IN ACOUSTICS (SP)
Adaptive acoustic signal processing
(Joint with Underwater Acoustics and Acoustical Oceanography)
Recent developments in adaptive signal processing approaches in air and underwater acoustics
Blind signal processing
Blind source separation and dereverberation of speech and audio signals, blind channel identification of acoustic systems, independent component analysis, sparse component analysis, computational auditory scene analysis
Sensor array and its applications
DOA estimation, microphone arrays, signal enhancement, and applications based on these technologies, e.g., robotics, hands-free speech communication and recognition, and teleconferencing
Spatial sound processing: Control and performance evaluation
(Joint with Architectural Acoustics, Engineering Acoustics, and Psychological and Physiological Acoustics)
Focus on signal processing intended to control spatial auditory imagery associated with headphone and loudspeaker reproduction
SPEECH COMMUNICATION (SC)
Communicative speech synthesis and spoken dialog
State-of-the-art expressive speech synthesis and spoken dialogue systems and their potential in future collaborative research topics in speech communication
Second language acquisition
(Joint with Psychological and Physiological Acoustics)
Explores how researchers in phonetic science and speech technologies might collaborate to create new methodologies for research and new instructional approaches for second-language acquisition
Speech timing and pronunciation training for the Japanese language
Understanding the rhythm of Japanese timing and methods for training in Japanese by foreign speakers
STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATION (SA)
Numerical methods in structural acoustics
Application and validation of numerical methods in structural acoustics and vibration
Vehicle interior noise and vibration
Sources of and propagation paths for vibration in vehicles, such as automobiles, that produce noise inside the vehicle
Vibration and impact sound in buildings
(Joint with Architectural Acoustics)
Vibration generated and transmitted inside and from outside buildings and impact sound generated by human activity inside buildings
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS (UW)
Sediment acoustic processes: Quantifying the effects of sediment properties on dispersion, attenuation, reflection, scattering, and buried target detection
(Joint with Acoustical Oceanography)
Recent results on sound speed dispersion and attenuation in marine sediments, acoustics of the surficial transition layer (e.g., bottom reflection and depth dependence of compressional and shear wave velocities), bottom scattering, and buried target detection
Session in honor of Frederick H. Fisher
Honors the many contributions to Fred Fisher to underwater acoustics and acoustical oceanography
Session in honor of Leonid Brekhovskikh
honors the many contributions of Leonid Brekhovskikh to the understanding of wave propagation in layered media
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An abstract of not more than 200 words is required for each paper, whether invited or contributed. ABSTRACTS LONGER THAN 200 WORDS WILL BE EDITED OR TRUNCATED. Authors have the option to submit abstracts via the World Wide Web or by postal mail. Abstracts must be prepared in accordance with the instructions given for the submission method selected.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Anyone planning to attend the meeting who will require the use of an assistive listening device, is requested to advise the Society in advance of the meeting: Acoustical Society of America, Suite 1NO1, 2 Huntington Quadrangle, Melville, NY 11747-4502, asa@aip.org.
Registration fees are as follows:
Preregistration by Registration after
Category 24 October 24 October
ASA/ASJ Members $350 $425
ASA/ASJ Members One-Day $175 $215
Nonmembers $400 $475
Nonmembers One-Day $200 $240
Nonmember Invited Speakers
One Day Only $0 $0
Nonmember Invited Speakers $110 $110
More than one day
(Includes one-year ASA membership
upon completion of an ASA application)
ASA/ASJ Student Members
with current ID cards) $0 $0
Student Nonmembers $40 $50
(with current ID cards)
Emeritus members of ASA $50 $75
(Emeritus status pre-approved by ASA)
Accompanying Persons $50 $70
(Spouses and other registrants who
will not participate in the technical
sessions)
Nonmembers who simultaneously apply for Associate Membership in the Acoustical Society of America will be given a $50 discount off their dues payment for the first year (2007) of membership. Invited speakers who are members of the Acoustical Society of America are expected to pay the registration fee, but nonmember invited speakers may register for one-day only without charge. A nonmember invited speaker who pays the full-week registration fee, will be given one free year of membership upon completion of an ASA application form.
NOTE: A $25 PROCESSING FEE WILL BE CHARGED TO THOSE WHO WISH TO CANCEL THEIR REGISTRATION AFTER 24 OCTOBER.
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Instructions for the preparation and submission of abstracts on the World Wide Web are provided online.
Acknowledgment that your abstract has been accepted into the database will be issued online automatically in the form of a "Resubmission number" and PIN. PLEASE NOTE THAT UNTIL THESE HAVE BEEN ISSUED YOUR ABSTRAC HAS NOT BEEN ENTERED INTO THE DATABASE.
1. Web Abstract Submission Procedure is accessed on ASA Home Page at
http://asa.aip.org/
2. Limit abstract to 200 words. Count each word in the body of the abstract but do not count title or authors' names and addresses. Indicate number of words in the abstract at the bottom of the sheet. Displayed equations that are set apart from the text count as 40 words. The Program Organizing Committee has the option to alter abstracts to bring them into compliance with the 200-word limit.
3. Use the format shown in the sample abstract. The paper title and author's name, affiliation, and address should be in a heading set apart from the abstract text. The author's affiliation and address should be set within parentheses, and should be sufficiently complete to ensure delivery of the acceptance notice. If there is more than one author, give the complete address for the author who is to receive the notice. For each of the other authors, give one complete address. One email address will be included in the printed program for each abstract. This should appear immediately after the mailing address for the author whose email address is to be listed.
4. The entire abstract, consisting of the heading, text and the information requested in Section 9 below, must fit on one side of an 8½ x 11-in. or A-4 sheet of paper. The heading and text should be typed or printed double spaced (3 lines/inch), with 10 or 12-point font; but the information requested in Section 9 may be single spaced.
5. Do not use footnotes. References and acknowledgments should be set within square brackets. References should be in standard JASA format, viz., in the sequence: authors, abbreviated journal name, volume number, first and last page numbers, and year.
6. Underline nothing except what is to be italicized.
7. Use passives instead of pronouns "I" and "we," e.g., "It was noted" instead of "We noted." Avoid use of non-standard abbreviations in abstract title. For example, use dB or Hz but avoid use of abbreviations which are not used across many technical areas such as HRTF, NDE, etc.
8. If the letter "I" appears as a symbol, loop the letter by hand to form a long-hand l and write "lc ell" in the margin, so as to distinguish it from the number one. If the letter "O" may be confused with the number zero, write "cap oh" in the margin. Identify phonetic symbols by appropriate marginal notes.
9. Give the following information at the bottom of the abstract, as in the sample:
a. Indicate the number of words in the body of the abstract (see item 2 above)
b. If the paper is intended for a special session, indicate the session title. If invited, state "Invited."
c. Choose and list the Technical Committee most nearly coinciding with the subject matter of the paper. Current Technical Committees are: Acoustical Oceanography, Animal Bioacoustics, Architectural Acoustics, Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration, Engineering Acoustics, Musical Acoustics, Noise, Physical Acoustics, Psychological and Physiological Acoustics, Signal Processing in Acoustics, Speech Communication, Structural Acoustics and Vibration and Underwater Acoustics.
d. The name, telephone and telefax numbers (with country and city codes if outside the U.S.) and email address of the author to be contacted for information. Notices and other correspondence will be sent to the author who is listed as the first author in the heading unless stated otherwise at the bottom of the abstract.
e. Describe special equipment desired for the presentation other than a PC computer with audio playback capability and projector, overhead projector or laser pointer. Note that facilities for 35mm slide projectors, VCR's and monitors or dual slide and/or overhead projection are considered special equipment. See the section on audio visual equipment for further details.
f. Indicate a preference (if any) for lecture or poster presentation. If only a lecture presentation is desired, state "Lecture Only," in which case the paper may not be accepted if time is not available. Contributed papers in Speech Communication are encouraged to be submitted for poster presentation.
g. List one complete PACS subject classification number including letters (for example, 43.28.Ae) under which the abstract should be indexed in the braces following PACS (see the "PACS list, in a recent June or December issue of JASA or via ftp in the /PACS directory of ftp.aip.org)
h. If you want to enter your paper in one of the available Best Student Paper Award competitions.
i. Certify that you have complied with the that you have complied with the Ethical Principles of the Acoustical Society of America for Research Involving Human and Non-Human Animals in Research and Publishing and Presentations by entering the following statement: "I have complied with ASA Ethical Principles"
Binaural loudness summation for tones and noise. Albert B. Jones, Jr. (Dept. of Psychology,
Northeastern Univ., 1600 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115, abj@server.edu) and Irene J.
Knox (Boston Univ., Boston, MA 02115) The relation between binaural and monaural loudness
was measured by magnitude stimation for a 1000-Hz tone and for band-limited white noise.
Four types of stimuli--monaural and binaural tone, monaural and binaural noise--were presented
frontally at eight sound pressure levels (SPL) in mixed randomly selected sequences. Subjects
were instructed to rate the four stimuli according to a single loudness scale. The loudness of the
monaural and binaural tones was found to be a power function of the mean square sound
pressure, with an exponent near 0.5. The loudness of the noise increased more rapidly at low
SPL than loudness of the tone; at high SPL it increased more slowly. The bow shape of the noise
function would be predicted from loudness matches between wide-band and narrow-band
stimuli. A sound perceived binaurally was 1.3 to 1.7 times louder than sound of the same SPL
perceived monaurally. Results of these direct loudness estimations agree almost perfectly with
earlier results [D.E. McGee and I.J. Knox, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 57, 55-62 (1975)] from another
group of subjects who made loudness matches between binaural and monaural stimuli. [Work
supported by NSF.]
Number of words in abstract: 187
Suggested for special session on Loudness and Perception
Technical Area: Psychological and Physiological Acoustics
Special facility: VCR and 25" color monitor
PACS Subject Classification number(s): 43.66.Cb
Method of presentation: Prefer lecture but willing to give as poster
Human/Animal Subjects: "I certify that I have complied with ASA Guiding Principles"
Student Paper Competition: P&P Telephone Number: 516-576-2360 (I. J. Knox)
FAX: 516-576-2377
Send notice to: I. J. Knox
Email: ijk@server.com
ASA MEETING COMMITTEE
Technical Program Chair -- Anthony A. Atchley
Audio-Visual -- timothy F. Noonan
Accompanying Persons Program -- Dorothy E. Au
Signs/Publicity -- Marc O. Lammers
Meeting Room Coordinator -- John S. Allen
Food -- David L. Adams
Posters -- Paul E. Nachtigall
Banquet Entertainment -- Todd R. Beiler
Special Affairs -- Neal Frazer
Public Relations -- William Friedl
Consultant -- John C. Burgess
ASJ MEETING COMMITTEE
General Chair -- Sadaoki Furui
Technical Program Chair -- Yōiti Suzuki
Technical Program Secretary -- Hiroshi Sato
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