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The explosive growth of the Information Technologies (IT) industry has led to
revolutionary changes in audio technology. The emergence of information
appliances is occurring, for the most part, outside of the expert audio
community. As a result, audio fidelity of information appliance products is
getting worse, not better. Chair Bob Moses and his committee have developed
the AES 18th International Conference to facilitate the convergence of
professional audio and emerging information technologies.
Audio for Information Appliances-Challenges, Solutions, and Opportunities will
provide attendees with a three-day window on potential audio components in the
avalanche of new wireless, hand-held devices being offered to satisfy consumer
demand for mobile, broadband music and information. Many of the conference
presenters work at companies in nearby Silicon Valley, where a host of these
products have been developed.
The world is exploding with new digital toys: cell phones, wristwatches, and
ballpoint pens with built-in MP3 players. Such information appliances put
severe restrictions on audio circuits. Do these devices pose a threat or do
they offer opportunities to professional audio? Come to San Francisco and find
out.
Forward-Looking Technical Program
Papers chair Ted Tanner has assembled an impressive lineup of invited papers
on cutting-edge technologies. A total of 24 papers will be presented in five
individual sessions-Opportunities; Audio Challenges; Software Challenges:
Interfac-ing Solutions; and Case Studies.Two of the most exciting papers
will be presented in the evening as keynotes. On Friday evening Willy Henshall
will present "Rocket Network-The Global Production Network." Henshall, founder
of Rocket Network, is a former member of the British pop/soul band Londonbeat
and an accomplished musician with over 20 years of experience as an artist,
songwriter, sound engineer, and record producer. His presentation will include
a live audio postproduction film session with seamless networking between
different audio applications. Products powered by Rocket Network allow audio
professionals to collaborate on creative projects anywhere and anytime.
On Saturday evening attendees will hear Princeton University's Vincent Poor
present "The Wireless Revolution: Signal Processing as the Great Enabler."
Poor discusses the current drive to push system capacity, quality of service,
and mobility beyond their preconceived limits, enabling new innovations such
as multimedia compression, multiuser detection, space-time processing and coding,
and turbo decoding.
On the final day of the conference a panel of experts will discuss the most
critical questions related to audio and information appliances:
Located on San Francisco Bay, just two miles south of San Francisco Airport and
16 miles from downtown San Francisco, Embassy Suites provides a relaxed, tranquil
setting for three days of technical give-and-take and social interaction. Before
or after the conference take time to visit the sites in downtown San Francisco,
the wineries of Napa Valley, or take a drive on the Pacific Coast Highway to the
Monterey Peninsula.
CCRMA Visit
Thursday evening attendees can sign up for a visit to the Center for Computer
Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University where composers
and researchers use computer-based technology both as an artistic medium and as
a research tool.
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