Listening in the Wild
Animal and machine audition in multisource environments.
Workshop Fri 28th Aug 2015 @ QMUL (London, UK)

This workshop will bring together researchers in engineering disciplines (machine listening, signal processing, computer science) and biological disciplines (bioacoustics, ecology, perception and cognition), to discuss complementary perspectives on making sense of natural and everyday sound.

The workshop is free to attend, but you must register on our Eventbrite page: http://litw2015.eventbrite.co.uk/

– How do animals recognise sounds in noisy multisource environments?
– How should machines recognise sounds in noisy multisource environments?

INVITED SPEAKERS:

*   Annamaria Mesaros (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
Sound event detection in everyday environments
*   Alison Johnston (British Trust for Ornithology)
What proportion of birds do we detect? Variation in bird
detectability by species, habitat and observer
*   Jordi Bonada (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Probabilistic-based synthesis of animal vocalizations
*   Sarah Angliss (composer, roboticist and sound historian, London)
*   Rob Lachlan (Queen Mary University of London)
Analysing the evolution of complex vocal traits: song learning
precision and syntax in chaffinches
*   Alan McElligott (Queen Mary University of London)
Mammal vocalisations: from quality to emotions
*   Emmanouil Benetos (City University London)
Matrix factorization methods for environmental sound analysis

Full details and registration:
http://litw2015.eventbrite.co.uk/