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The seminar is devoted to changing current topics in audio signal processing. In fall 2008, the title of the seminar will be Sonic Interaction Design. We will look at the usage of sound, more specifically, of non-speech audio at the interfaces of interactive commodities that support continuos interaction and multi-sensory feedback. Invited experts will provide us up-to-date information for designing sonic interactions. In classes, the participants will turn this information into embodied aural experience: they will ideate, prototype, evaluate, and reflect on sounding artifacts. They will also prepare a manuscript on a given topic and present it akin to the experts' presentations. The language of the seminar is English.

Teachers

• The seminar is coordinated by Dr. Cumhur Erkut and FM Inger Ekman.
• Contact: S-89.3580@acoustics.hut.fi

A tentative list of topics is as follows:

• Product sound design
• Sonic interaction design in computer games
• Auditory displays and interactive sonification
• Interactive sound in spatial and interior design
• Interactive art and music
• Multimodal interaction design

The basics of acoustics and digital signal processing, such as the courses S-89.2300 Sound and Voice Technology (that replaces S-89.300) and T-61.3010 Digital Signal Processing and Filtering, or their equivalents.

Please register to this course using WebOodi.

Parts of textbooks. Papers from journals, conferences, and workshops.

• The Sonic Interaction Design (SID) Workshop in CHI 2008, organized by the COST IC0601 Action in Florence, Italy, on April 6th, 2008

You can choose either "S-89.3580 Audio Signal Processing Seminar" (3 cr) or "S-89.4820 Postgraduate Course in Audio Signal Processing" (8 cr). There are differences in requirements and the amount of work between the two courses. The seminar (S-89.3580) is targeted for students working for the Master's degree in acoustics, audio signal processing, or digital signal processing. The requirements are attendance, learning diaries, seminar paper, seminar presentation, and peer feedback. The Postgraduate Course (S-89.4820) is for people with a Master's degree. On top of the seminar requirements, they will carry out a special assignment and report.

Schedule for Fall 2008