
Seminar Program
- The 4th seminar of A3 foresight program "Ultra-realistic Acoustic Interactive Communication on Next-generation Internet"
November 4-6, 2012, Sendai, Japan





The fourth seminar of this project was held with the following program.
Date : Nov 4-6, 2012,
Seminar Venue:Miyagi Zao Royal Hotel, Sendai, JAPAN
Nov. 4
17:00-17:05 Welcome Speech
17:10-19:10 Invited Keynote Lecture
• Michiaki Katsumoto. (Katsumoto Desing Laboratory)
The future of multi-channel audio technology and network technology.
Nov. 5
09:30-10:00 Special Session
• Akinori Ito. (Tohoku University)
Research and developments in the Intelligent Communication Network Laboratory.
10:00-10:40
General Session 1
• Jorge Trevino. (Tohoku University)
Synthesizing Horizontal Ambisonic Streams from Stereo Signals.
• Cesar Daniel Salvador Castaneda. (Tohoku University)
Synthesis of head-related transfer functions using spherical harmonics.
11:00-12:00
General Session 2
• Xiang Xie. (Beijing Institute of Technology)
An Improved Tone Labeling and Prediction Method with Non-uniform Segmentation of F0 Contour.
• Jing Wang. (Beijing Institute of Technology)
Tensor analysis and its applications in multifactor signal processing.
13:30-14:30
General Session 3
• Kyogu Lee. (Seoul National University)
Unsupervised Single-Channel Speech Denoising by Non-Negative Spectrogram Decomposition with Spectral Sparsity Constraints.
• Hoseok Wey. (Seoul National University)
A study on the time stretch technique for multiple audio sources.
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-17:00
Poster Session
• Xuan Ji. (Beijing Institute of Technology)
The Lossless Adaptive Arithmetic Coding Based on Contest for ITU-T G.719 at Variable Rate.
• Hoon Heo, Doo Yong Sung and Kyogu Lee. (Seoul National University)
A Study on Onset-Pitch Detection for Singing Voice based on Multiple-Feature Fusion.
• Kiho Cho, Jae Choi, Yu Gwang Jin, Nam Soo Kim. (Seoul National University)
Quality enhancement of audio watermarking for data transmission in aerial space based on segmental SNR adjustment.
• June Sig Sung, Doo Hwa Hong, Hyun Woo Koo, Nam Soo Kim. (Seoul National University)
Factored MLLR Adaptation Algorithm for HMM-based Expressive TTS.
• Morita Shota. (JAIST)
Evaluation of MTF method for restoring sub-band power envelope and robust VAD from noisy reverberant speech.
• Kanai Yasuaki. (JAIST)
Study on Improvement of Robustness for VAD Using Empirical Mode Decomposition and Modulation Spectrum Analysis.
• Ngo Nhut Minh. (JAIST)
Study on data hiding scheme for digital-audio in amplitude modulation domain.
• Liu Yang. (JAIST)
Improvement of MTF-based power envelope restoration in noisy reverberant environments.
• Wang Shengbei. (JAIST)
Digital-audio watermarking based on cochlear delay in sub-bands
• Nishie Suminori. (JAIST)
Moving Sound Source Tracking using Precise Doppler Shift Measurement.
• Kubo Rieko. (JAIST)
Aging effect on perceptual training of American English /r/-/l/ contrasts by Japanese speakers aged 30s-60s
• Elbarougy Reda Elsaid. (JAIST)
Automatic Speech Emotion Recognition Using A Three Layer Model.
• Chau Duc THANH. (JAIST)
Robust equalization-cancellation based sound localization under reverberant conditions by integrating direct-to-reverberant energy ratio.
• Yuya Chiba. (Tohoku University)
Estimation of Dialog System Users' Internal States Using Multi-Modal Measurement Data.
• Keizo Kato. (Tohoku University)
Analysis of Acoustic Features of Growl and Scream Singing.
• Yohei Abe. (Tohoku University)
Embedding Image Features Into Speech Signal for Enriched Speech Communication.
• Atsuro Ito. (Tohoku University)
Detection of listener's head position and orientation for 3D auditory displays based on phase-only correlation using stereo vision
• Kagesho Ohba. (Tohoku University)
Subjective Precision of Azimuthal Sound Localization During Horizontal Head Rotation.
• Hideaki Terashima. (Tohoku University)
Sound Localization during active control of self-motion.
17:00-18:00 Invited keynote lecture
Perspective on New Generation Networks.
Nei KATO (Tohoku University, Japanese PI of the other A3 Foresight project
"Research on Next Generation Internet and Network Security")
Nov. 6
10:30-11:10 Lab-Tour. (Ito Lab.)
11:20-12:00 Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University
16:30-18:30 Lab-Tour. (Suzuki&Sakamoto Lab.)
19:00-21:00 Meeting.