ELEC-E5632 - Audio Technology Seminar D, Lecture, 2.9.2024-25.11.2024
Topic outline
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Directivity of Sound Sources and Receivers
ELEC-E5632 – Audio Technology Seminar
In autumn 2024, the topic of the Audio Technology Seminar will be "Directivity of Sound Sources and Receivers". The seminar is suitable for all MSc students in Acoustics and Audio Technology who have already taken courses in Communication Acoustics and ideally also in Virtual Acoustics, as well as for PhD students who are familiar with the above topics but want to deepen their understanding of the specifics of sound source and receiver directivity. The seminar will take place in periods I and II, starting on September 2, 2024, and ending in early December 2024. Prof. Johannes M. Arend will organize the seminar. Johannes M. Arend, Fabian Brinkmann (TU Berlin), Nils Meyer-Kahlen, and Stefan Wirler, who are researching in the field of source and receiver directivity, will give introductory lectures. In addition, Aki Mäkivirta (Genelec CTO) will give a talk on Genelec's approach to HRTF individualization. The seminar starts on Monday, September 02, 2024 at 14:15 in Hall T5 - A133 (Computer Science Building, Konemiehentie 2, Espoo). All lectures of this seminar will be held in the same hall, T5 - A133 in the CS building.
Seminar Schedule
Date
Time
Topic
Who
02.09.2024
14.15 – 16.00
L0_01: Opening of the seminar. Introduction and selection of seminar topics. Practical aspects.
L0_02: How to write a good paper
Johannes M. Arend
Vesa Välimäki
09.09.2024
14.15 – 16.00
L1: Voice and instrument directivity
Johannes M. Arend
16.09.2024
14.15 – 17.00
L2: Human receiver directivity: Head-related transfer functions (incl. workshop on numerical HRTF simulation with Mesh2HRTF)
Fabian Brinkmann
(TU Berlin)23.09.2024
15.45 – 17.00
L3: Electroacoustic sources with variable directivity (remote lecture)
Nils Meyer-Kahlen
30.09.2024
14.15 – 16.00
L4_01: Electroacoustic receivers with variable directivity
L4_02: How to make a good presentationStefan Wirler
Vesa Välimäki
07.10.2024
14.15 – 16.00
L5: On Genelec’s AuralID for HRTF individualization
Aki Mäkivirta
(Genelec CTO)25.11.2024
14.15 – 17.00
Presentations
15 minutes time slots: 12 minutes presentation, 2 minutes questions, 1 minute switch
Seminar Paper
The expected length of the seminar paper is about 10 pages for Master’s students and about 15 pages for Doctoral students in a single column format using a 12-point font. The LaTeX template can be found in the Materials folder. The folder also contains example review papers and example seminar papers from the previous year for further guidance. Please see Assignments for more information about the seminar paper.
Seminar Presentation
Similar to a conference, the seminar presentations are scheduled in 15-minute time slots, with 12 minutes for the presentation, 2 minutes for questions, and 1 minute for a speaker change. Please see Assignments for more information about the seminar presentation.
Grading
Grades range from 0 to 5. Criteria for grading include:- Quality of seminar paper
- Quality of seminar presentation
- Quality of comments on other seminar papers (peer-review inspired)
- Attendance at introductory lectures
- Active participation
- Punctuality of submissions
I will give points for the various assignments. The final grade will be determined by the sum of these points with the following thresholds:- 1 - 16 points
- 2 - 26 points
- 3 - 36 points
- 4 - 46 points
- 5 - 56 points
Submission Schedule / Assignments
Please see Assignments for further information on the submissions- 23.09.2024 – Paper structure and references
- 07.10.2024 – 1st draft (some text + references)
- 21.10.2024 – 2nd draft (more text + figures)
- 04.11.2024 – Full paper submission
- 11.11.2024 – Presentation slides submission
- 18.11.2024 – Read two papers and write comments