TECHNICAL PROGRAM CALENDAR 16th International Congress on Acoustics/135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America 20--26 June 1998 Hotel where each session will be held is noted in parenthese after the room name. (W)=Westin; (S)=Sheraton
MONDAY MORNING
1aPLa 8:00 Plenary Lecture: Future Directions in Speech Information Processing by Sadaoki Furui. Grand Ballroom III (W) 1aAA 9:15 Opera House Acoustics Workshop--CIARM, MCHA and Architectural Acoustics: Sound Field for the Audience, Part 1. Cascade Ballroom II(W) 1aAO 8:00 Acoustical Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics: Long-Range Propagation for Measurement of Ocean Processes I. Grand Ballroom A (S) 1aBV 8:30 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Novel Approaches to Ultrasound Imaging I with Doppler. East Ballroom A (S) 1aEA 7:30 Engineering Acoustics: Underwater Acoustic Calibration, Methods, and Devices. West Ballroom B (S) 1aM 9:15 Musical Acoustics: Signal Modeling in Music Synthesis and Processing. Grand Crescent (W) 1aNSa 9:15 Noise: Non Auditory Effects of Noise on Health. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A(W) 1aNSb 9:15 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Novel Approaches to Noise Control Barriers I. Cascade Ballroom I, Section C (W) 1aPAa 7:55 Physical Acoustics and Noise: Outdoor Sound Propagation I. Aspen Room (S) 1aPAb 8:10 Physical Acoustics: General Topics in Nonlinear Acoustics. Cedar Room (S) 1aPAc 8:25 Physical Acoustics: Cavities and Resonators. Douglas Room (S) 1aPP 9:15 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Pitch: High and Inside, Low and Away. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 1aSA 7:55 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Analytical Methods in Radiation and Scattering. East Ballroom B (S) 1aSC 9:15 Speech Communication: Speech Technology and Speech Reception (Poster Session). Grand Ballroom I (W) 1aSP 8:00 Signal Processing in Acoustics and Speech Communication: Modeling and System Identification. West Ballroom A (S) 1aUW 8:00 Underwater Acoustics and Signal Processing in Acoustics: Underwater Acoustic Communications. Grand Ballroom B (S) 1aPLb 11:00 Plenary Lecture: Acoustical Studies of the Upper Ocean Boundary Layer by David Farmer. Grand Ballroom A&B (S)
MONDAY AFTERNOON
1pPLa 1:00 Plenary Lecture: Sound Transmission through Suspended Ceilings by F.P. Mechel. Grand Ballroom III (W) 1pAAa 2:15 Opera House Acoustics Workshop--CIARM, MCHA and Architectural Acoustics: Opera House Acoustics: State of the Art. Cascade Ballroom II(W) 1pAAb 3:50 Opera House Acoustics Workshop--CIARM, MCHA, Architectural Acoustics and Musical Acoustics: Sound Field for Singer and Orchestra, Part 1. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 1pAAc 2:30 Architectural Acoustics: Room Acoustic Measurement Techniques, Absorption and Diffusion (Poster Session). Elliott Bay Room (W) 1pAO 1:30 Acoustical Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics: Long-Range Propagation for Measurement of Ocean Processes II. Grand Ballroom A (S) 1pB 1:40 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Novel Approaches to Ultrasound Imaging II. East Ballroom A (S) 1pEA 1:00 Engineering Acoustics: Nondestructive Evaluation. West Ballroom B (S) 1pED 1:00 Education in Acoustics: Take Fives: Sharing Ideas for Teaching Acoustics. Metropolitan Ballroom (S) 1pMU 2:15 Musical Acoustics and Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Purposeful Use of Nonlinear Distortion in Musical Performance: The Eric Dolphy/Jimi Hendrix Celebratory Session. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 1pNSa 2:15 Noise: Impulse Noise Assessment. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 1pNSb 2:15 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Novel Approaches to Noise Control Barriers II. Cascade Ballroom I, Section C (W) 1pPAa 1:15 Physical Acoustics and Noise: Outdoor Sound Propagation II. Aspen Room (S) 1pPAb 12:55 Physical Acoustics: Scattering from Fluid Loaded Objects. Douglas Room (S) 1pPAc 1:55 Physical Acoustics: Nonlinear Wave Propagation in Fluids. Cedar Room (S) 1pPP 2:15 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Peripheral Processes, Models and Loudness. Grand Crescent (W) 1pSA 1:00 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Radiation and Scattering from Elastic Structures. East Ballroom B (S) 1pSC 2:15 Speech Communication: The State of the Art in Speech Technology. Grand Ballroom III (W) 1pSP 2:15 Signal Processing in Acoustics and Speech Communication: Non-Stationary and Wavelet Processing Methods. West Ballroom A (S) 1pUW 1:00 Underwater Acoustics: Sources, Arrays, Tracking, and Localization. Grand Ballroom B (S) 1pPLb 5:00 Plenary Lecture: Adapted Waveform Analysis in Sound Processing by Ronald R. Coifman. West Ballroom A (S)
TUESDAY MORNING
2aPLa 8:00 Plenary Lecture: Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Surgery by Gail R. ter Haar. Grand Ballroom A&B(S) 2aAAa 7:45 Opera House Workshop--CIARM, MCHA, Architectural Acoustics and Musical Acoustics: Sound Field for Singer and Orchestra, Part 2. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 2aAAb 9:20 Opera House Workshop--CIARM,MCHA, and Architectural Acoustics: Sound Field for the Audience, Part 2. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 2aAB 8:00 Animal Bioacoustics: Insect, Insectivore and Avian Acoustics. Vashon Room (W) 2aAO 9:15 Acoustical Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics: Surf Zone Oceanography and Acoustics I. West Ballroom B (S) 2aBV 9:15 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound and Physical Acoustics: High Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound I. Grand Ballroom A (S) 2aEA 9:15 Engineering Acoustics: Ultrasonic Transducers for Applications in Air. East Ballroom A (S) 2aMU 7:45 Musical Acoustics: Physics and Materials of Musical Instruments I. Grand Crescent (W) 2aNSa 8:25 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Acoustics of Buildings. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 2aNSb 8:00 Noise: Community Noise Annoyance from Entertainment and Other Sources. Cascade Ballroom I, Section C (W) 2aPAa 9:25 Physical Acoustics: Ducts and Tubes. Cedar Room (S) 2aPAb 9:25 Physical Acoustics: Topics in Thermoacoustics. Aspen Room (S) 2aPP 7:45 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: From Ear Canal to Cortex: Clear Cuts and Old Growth (Poster Session). Grand Ballroom II (W) 2aSA 9:15 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: New Challenges in Structural Acoustics. East Ballroom B (S) 2aS 8:00 Speech Communication and Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Rhythm in Music and Speech. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 2aSP 9:15 Signal Processing in Acoustics: Implementation Issues of Acoustical Signal Processing in Real Time Systems I. West Ballroom A (S) 2aUW 9:15 Underwater Acoustics: Propagation, Ambient Noise and Imaging (Precis Poster Session). Metropolitan Ballroom (S) 2aPLb 11:00 Plenary Lecture: Acoustics of Outdoor Surfaces by Keith Attenborough. Grand Ballroom III (W)
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
2pPLa 1:00 Plenary Lecture: Trends in Electromechanical Transduction by Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac. Grand Ballroom A&B (S) 2pAAa 1:00 Opera House Acoustics Workshop--CIARM, MCHA and Architectural Acoustics: Opera House Design Case Histories. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 2pAAb 1:00 Opera House Acoustics Workshop--CIARM, MCHA and Architectural Acoustics: Opera House Acoustics Student Design Competition. Grand Foyer (W) 2pAB 1:30 Animal Bioacoustics and Acoustical Oceanography: Fish Acoustics. Vashon Room (W) 2pAO 2:15 Acoustical Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics: Surf Zone Oceanography and Acoustics II. West Ballroom B (S) 2pBV 2:10 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound and Physical Acoustics: High Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound II. Grand Ballroom A (S) 2pEA 2:15 Engineering Acoustics: Topics in Engineering Acoustics. East Ballroom A (S) 2pMU 1:00 Musical Acoustics: Physics and Materials of Musical Instruments II. Grand Crescent (W) 2pNSa 12:50 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Environmental Noise from Combined Sources. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 2pNSb 1:00 Noise: Damage Risk Criteria for Impulse Noise. Cascade Ballroom I, Section C (W) 2pPAa 2:15 Physical Acoustics: Acoustic Characterization and Manipulation of Material Properties. Aspen Room (S) 2pPAb 2:15 Physical Acoustics: Half-Spaces and Plates. Cedar Room (S) 2pPP 1:00 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Aspects of Hearing Development. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 2pSA 2:15 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Memorial Session for Manfred Heckl. East Ballroom B (S) 2pSC 1:00 Speech Communication: Prosody, Production, and Voice (Poster Session). Grand Ballroom I (W) 2pSPa 2:15 Signal Processing in Acoustics, Architectural Acoustics and Speech Communication: Multichannel Signal Processing for Acoustical Applications. West Ballroom A (S) 2pSPb 2:15 Signal Processing in Acoustics: Implementation Issues of Acoustical Signal Processing in Real Time Systems II. Douglas Room (S) 2pUW 2:15 Underwater Acoustics: Scattering and Reverberation (Precis Poster Session). Metropolitan Ballroom (S) 2pPLb 5:00 Plenary Lecture: Representation of Complex Spectra in the Peripheral Auditory System by Eric D. Young. Grand Ballroom III (W)
WEDNESDAY MORNING
3aPLa 8:00 Plenary Lecture: How Listeners Find the Right Words by Anne Cutler. Grand Ballroom III (W) 3aAAa 9:15 Architectural Acoustics and Noise: Structure-Borne Sound in Buildings: Measuring and Modeling Noise Flanking Transmission. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 3aAAb 11:25 Architectural Acoustics and Noise: Impact of Trains on Performance Halls. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 3aAB 9:15 Animal Bioacoustics: General Animal Bioacoustics. Vashon Room (W) 3aAO 8:30 Acoustical Oceanography and Underwater Acoustics: Acoustic Determination of Ocean Parameters. Grand Ballroom A (S) 3aBV 8:00 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Ultrasound Assisted Drug Delivery I. East Ballroom B (S) 3aEA 8:00 Engineering Acoustics: Electroacoustics and Standards. East Ballroom A (S) 3aMU 9:15 Musical Acoustics: Bowed String Instruments. Grand Crescent (W) 3aNSa 9:15 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Low Frequency Noise. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 3aNSb 9:15 Noise: Tire Noise. Cascade Ballroom I, Section B (W) 3aNSc 9:15 Noise and Engineering Acoustics: Occupational Noise Exposure Monitoring: Instrumentation, Methods, and Histories. Cascade Ballroom I, Section C (W) 3aPAa 7:55 Physical Acoustics: Sonochemistry and Sonoluminesence: SC I. Aspen Room (S) 3aPAb 7:45 Physical Acoustics: Nonlinear Acoustics I: 1. History; 2. Solids, Rocks; 3. Surface Waves, Part 1. Cedar Room (S) 3aPP 9:15 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Auditory Attention I. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 3aSA 8:00 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Damping and Absorption. West Ballroom B (S) 3aS 9:15 Speech Communication: Language Specific Influences During Infancy. Grand Ballroom III (W) 3aUW 7:45 Underwater Acoustics and Acoustical Oceanography: Bottom Geoacoustic Characterization and Inversion I. (Precis Poster Session) Metropolitan Ballroom (S) 3aPLb 11:00 Plenary Lecture: Stochastic Effects in Ocean Acoustics by Barry J. Uscinski. Grand Ballroom A&B (S)
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
3pPL 1:00 Plenary Lecture: Marine Mammal Ears: An Anatomical Perspective on Underwater Hearing by Darleen R. Ketten. Grand Ballroom III (W) 3pAA 2:15 Architectural Acoustics: The Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics Vern O. Knudsen Distinguished Lecture: Concert Hall Research: Balancing Complexity and Practicality. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 3pAO 1:30 Acoustical Oceanography and Animal Bioacoustics: Acoustics of Fisheries and Plankton I. Grand Ballroom A (S) 3pB 1:00 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Ultrasound Assisted Drug Delivery II. East Ballroom B (S) 3pEA 1:00 Engineering Acoustics: Advanced Transduction Materials. East Ballroom A (S) 3pE 2:15 Education in Acoustics: Undergraduate Research Poster Session. Grand Crescent (W) 3pNS 2:15 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Progress Report and Discussion on the Continuing Activity on ASA's Role in Noise and Its Control. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 3pPAa 12:55 Physical Acoustics: Sonochemistry and Sonoluminesence: SC II. Aspen Room (S) 3pPAb 1:00 Physical Acoustics: Nonlinear Acoustics I: 1. History; 2. Solids, Rocks; 3. Surface Waves, Part 2. Cedar Room (S) 3pPAc 12:25 Physical Acoustics: Memorial Session for Isadore Rudnick. Douglas Room (S) 3pSA 1:00 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. West Ballroom B (S) 3pSP 1:00 Signal Processing in Acoustics: General Topics. West Ballroom A (S) 3pUW 1:00 Underwater Acoustics and Acoustical Oceanography: Bottom Geoacoustic Characterization and Inversion II (Precis Poster Session). Metropolitan Ballroom (S)
THURSDAY MORNING
4aPLa 8:00 Plenary Lecture: Fuzzier but Simpler Analytic Models for Physical Acoustics and Structural Acoustics by Allan D. Pierce. Grand Ballroom A&B (S) 4aAA 7:45 Architectural Acoustics: Case Study on the New Tokyo Performing Arts Center. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 4aAB 8:30 Animal Bioacoustics: Temporal Patterns and Rhythm. Vashon Room (W) 4aAO 9:15 Acoustical Oceanography and Animal Bioacoustics: Acoustics of Fisheries and Plankton II. West Ballroom B (S) 4aBVa 9:15 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound and Physical Acoustics: Applications of Microbubble Based Echo Contrast Agents I. East Ballroom B (S) 4aBVb 9:15 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Medical Ultrasound I: Transduction and Propagation. Douglas Room (S) 4aEA 9:15 Engineering Acoustics: Sensors for Smart Systems. East Ballroom A (S) 4aMU 8:00 Musical Acoustics: Timbre of Musical Sound I. Grand Crescent (W) 4aNS 8:40 Noise: Acoustical Materials and Propagation. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 4aPAa 9:15 Physical Acoustics and Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Cavitation Dynamics: In Memoriam Hugh Flynn I. Aspen Room (S) 4aPAb 9:15 Physical Acoustics: Radiation and Diffraction. Cedar Room (S) 4aPAc 9:15 Physical Acoustics: General Topics (Poster Session). Metropolitan Ballroom (S) 4aPP 8:00 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Plenary Preview--Issues Related to Speech Perception and Hearing Impairment. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 4aSA 9:15 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Statistical Energy and Fuzzy Structure Analyses--Similarities and Differences. Grand Ballroom A (S) 4aSC 7:45 Speech Communication: Speech Perception Theories and Models (Poster Session. Grand Ballroom I (W) 4aSP 8:00 Signal Processing in Acoustics, Engineering Acoustics, Architectural Acoustics and Education in Acoustics: Acoustics in Multimedia--Systems Issues I. Cascade Ballroom I, Section B (S) 4aUW 9:15 Underwater Acoustics: 3-D Propagation Effects I: Where Are We Today in Models and Measurements? Grand Ballroom B (S) 4aPLb 11:00 Plenary Lecture: Psychoacoustics of Cochlear Hearing Impairment and the Design of Hearing Aids by Brian C.J. Moore. Grand Ballroom III (W)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
4pAAa 1:00 Architectural Acoustics: Case Study on the New Tokyo International Forum. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 4pAAb 1:00 Architectural Acoustics: Performance Spaces (Poster Session). Vashon Room (W) 4pAAc 4:00 Architectural Acoustics: Speech Intelligibility. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 4pAO 2:00 Acoustical Oceanography and Animal Bioacoustics: Acoustics of Fisheries and Plankton III. West Ballroom B (S) 4pBV 12:50 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound and Physical Acoustics: Applications of Microbubble Based Echo Contrast Agents II. East Ballroom B(S) 4pEA 1:00 Engineering Acoustics: Applications of Acoustic Technology. East Ballroom A (S) 4pMU 1:00 Musical Acoustics: Timbre of Musical Sound II. Grand Crescent (W) 4pNSa 1:00 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Surface Transportation Noise: Trains and Automobiles. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 4pNSb 1:10 Noise and Signal Processing in Acoustics: Active Noise and Vibration Control. Cascade Ballroom I, Section C (W) 4pPAa 1:00 Physical Acoustics and Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Cavitation Dynamics: In Memoriam Hugh Flynn II. Aspen Room (S) 4pPAb 12:45 Physical Acoustics: General Topics (Poster Session). Metropolitan Ballroom (S) 4pPP 1:00 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Auditory Attention II (Poster Session). Grand Ballroom II (W) 4pSA 1:00 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Vibrations of Complex Structures I. Grand Ballroom A (S) 4pSC 1:00 Speech Communication: A Half-Century of Speech Research. Grand Ballroom III (W) 4pSP 1:30 Signal Processing in Acoustics, Engineering Acoustics, Architectural Acoustics and Education in Acoustics: Acoustics in Multimedia--Systems Issues II. Cascade Ballroom I, Section B (W) 4pUW 1:00 Underwater Acoustics: 3-D Propagation Effects II: Where are We Today in Models and Measurements? Grand Ballroom B (S) 4pPL 4:00 Plenary Lecture: Trends in Modeling of Structural Acoustics Systems with Structural Complexity in Low and Medium Frequency Ranges by Christian Soize. Grand Ballroom A&B (S)
FRIDAY MORNING
5aPLa 8:00 Plenary Lecture: Acoustics of Two-Phase Fluids and Sonoluminesence by Robert I. Nigmatulin. Grand Ballroom A&B (S) 5aAA 7:20 Architectural Acoustics: Case Studies of Performance Spaces. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 5aAO 10:00 Acoustical Oceanography and Animal Bioacoustics: Acoustics of Fisheries and Plankton IV. Cedar Room (S) 5aBVa 9:15 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound and Physical Acoustics: Lithotripsy I. East Ballroom B (S) 5aBVb 9:15 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound: Medical Ultrasound II: Propagation, Media Characterization and Miscellaneous Topics. Douglas Room (S) 5aEA 9:15 Engineering Acoustics: Sonar Transducers. East Ballroom A (S) 5aMU 9:00 Musical Acoustics: Pastiche. Grand Crescent (W) 5aNSa 9:00 Noise: Aircraft Noise - General. Cascade Ballroom I, Section A (W) 5aNSb 8:30 Noise: Source Noise Analysis and Control. Cascade Ballroom I, Section B (W) 5aNSc 9:45 Noise and Architectural Acoustics: Soundscapes: "Acoustical Landscapes" in Natural and Built Environments. Cascade Ballroom I, Section C (W) 5aPAa 9:15 Physical Acoustics: Sonochemistry and Sonoluminesence: SL I. Grand Ballroom A (S) 5aPAb 9:15 Physical Acoustics: Acousto-Optics and Opto-Acoustics. Aspen Room (S) 5aPP 7:45 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: A Microbrew of Speech Perception and Hearing Impairment (Poster Session). Grand Ballroom II (W) 5aSA 9:15 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Vibration of Structural Elements. West Ballroom B (S) 5aSC 8:15 Speech Communication: Production and Other Topics. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 5aSP 9:15 Signal Processing in Acoustics and Physical Acoustics: Signal Processing for Medical Ultrasound. West Ballroom A (S) 5aUW 9:15 Underwater Acoustics: Bistatic Scattering from the Seabed and Surface: Models and Measurements I. Grand Ballroom B (S) 5aPLb 11:00 Plenary Lecture: Nonlinearity, Complexity, and the Sounds of Musical Instruments by Neville H. Fletcher. Grand Ballroom III (W)
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
5pAAa 1:30 Architectural Acoustics: Classroom Acoustics. Cascade Ballroom II (W) 5pAAb 1:00 Architectural Acoustics: Room Acoustics Measurement Techniques, Absorption and Diffusion (Poster Session ). Grand Foyer (W) 5pAO 1:00 Acoustical Oceanography and Animal Bioacoustics: Acoustics of Fisheries and Plankton V. Cedar Room (S) 5pBV 1:30 Bioresponse to Vibration/Biomedical Ultrasound and Physical Acoustics: Lithotripsy II. East Ballroom B (S) 5pEAa 1:00 Engineering Acoustics: Scattering and Radiation. East Ballroom A (S) 5pEAb 3:00 Engineering Acoustics: Acoustic Waveguides. East Ballroom A (S) 5pPAa 12:55 Physical Acoustics: Sonochemistry and Sonoluminescence: SL II. Aspen Room (S) 5pPAb 1:00 Physical Acoustics: Nonlinear Acoustics II: 1. Solitons; 2. Biomedical Nonlinearities. Douglas Room (S) 5pPP 1:00 Psychological and Physiological Acoustics: Processing, Location, Distance and Motion. Fifth Avenue Room (W) 5pSA 1:00 Structural Acoustics and Vibration: Vibrations of Complex Structures II. West Ballroom B (S) 5pSC 1:00 Speech Communication: Segmental Phonetics, L2, and Cross Language Studies (Poster Session). Grand Ballroom I (W) 5pUW 1:00 Underwater Acoustics: Bistatic Scattering from the Seabed and Surface: Models and Measurements II. Grand Ballroom B (S)