December 10th 2013
(with satellite event on 9th)
Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany
www.interactive-sonification.org
The ISon 2013 will take place in Erlangen, Germany, on December 10th 2013, with a satellite event on the 9th of December 2013. It is organized by the Fraunhofer IIS.
The ISon 2013 meeting is the 4th International workshop on Interactive Sonification, following the initial ISon 2004 workshop held in Bielefeld and the previous ISon 2007 workshop in York and ISon 2010 workshop in Stockholm. The meeting offers the chance to:
In this workshop will pay special attention to the problem of reproducible research and pervasive computing in Interactive Sonification to:
High quality will be assured by a peer-reviewing process, and besides a web publication we plan to also publish a special journal issue, as in the 1st ISon and 3rd ISon meeting, see IEEE Multimedia Special Issue on Interactive Sonification, and Springer Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces.
Sonification and Auditory Displays are increasingly becoming an established technology for exploring data, monitoring complex processes, or assisting exploration and navigation of data spaces. Sonification addresses the auditory sense by transforming data into sound, allowing the human user to get valuable information from data by using their natural listening skills. The main differences of sound displays over visual displays are that sound can:
Auditory displays typically evolve over time since sound is inherently a temporal phenomenon. Interaction thus becomes an integral part of the process in order to select, manipulate, excite or control the display, and this has implications for the interface between humans and computers. In recent years it has become clear that there is an important need for research to address the interaction with auditory displays more explicitly.
There are several satellite events in connection to this workshop:
For more details about these satellite events please read the workshop programme.
Interactive Sonification is the specialized research topic concerned with the use of sound to portray data, but where there is a person at the heart of an interactive control loop. This workshop encourages submissions for oral or poster presentations that deal with:
We invite two forms of presentation:
To ensure a high quality of the contributions, all papers will go through a double-blind review selection process.
The peer-reviewed publications will be published on this website. We plan to further develop the web proceedings into a special issue of an international journal, as we did in the 2004 and the 2010 ISon workshops.
The paper submission process is as follows. First, authors submit a 1-page extended abstract that is reviewed by the organizing committee. Then, the organizing committee selects the most relevant abstracts and notifies authors of their eligibility for full paper submission. Please note that the eligibility for submission is not a guarantee that the paper will be published. Finally, to guarantee a high quality of the contributions, full papers go through a double-blinded review process.
The details about the submission process are as follows:
For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the ISon 2013 conference prior to the author registration deadline (see important dates). Papers with no registered author on the author registration deadline will be removed from the workshop programme and will not appear in the proceedings.
The reviewing process of the full paper is double-blinded: authors and reviewers will be anonymous to each other. Therefore, when preparing your manuscript for submission, do not put actual authors names on the first page andavoid excessive or explicit references to your own work. To ensure a high quality of the contributions, the following criteria will be considered:
After the reviewing process, accepted papers will be designated (by the Programme Committee) either as posters or as lectures.All accepted papers have the same status, assignment as poster or lecture is not indicative of the relevance or potential impact but on the type of content and way to better reach the intended audience.
For the full paper submission, please submit your paper in PDF format according to one of the following templates:
The submission website is:
ISon 2013 will feature a keynote by Andy Hunt of the University of York, sponsored by Fraunhofer IIS and the University of York.
Title
The Interface Revolution: Interactive Sonification in the era of Pervasive Computing
Abstract
In just over 25 years of studying Human Computer Interaction for audio I have seen some great changes, but they have tended to be quite slow and incremental. In the early days it seemed that we spent a few years here and there increasing the usage of a ‘mouse´, refining how menus operate, responding to Apple or Microsoft´s latest desktop interface etc. Musical / sonic interfaces were the preserve of a strange set of researchers (that´s us folks) developing our own equipment and being limited to work in the lab. Suddenly in the last few years something huge seems to have been occurring and it shows no signs of stopping. We are witnessing the arrival and development of mass-market devices capable not only of real-time audio and graphics processing, but with increasingly sophisticated multi-touch or even gesture-based control systems. Interactive Sonification was always about the blend of HCI and auditory displays. The current challenge is how our research will develop in the era of Pervasive Computing - now that everyone is gaining access to devices capable of Interactive Sonification.
Bio
Andy Hunt is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Audio Lab at the University of York UK. His research interests include human-computer interaction for audio and music, interactive sonification, and new musical instruments. He is co-founder, with Thomas Hermann, of the Interactive Sonification Workshop series (Bielefeld 2004, York, 2007, Stockholm 2010 and Fraunhofer, Erlangen 2013). He co-edited The Sonification Handbook with Thomas Hermann and John Neuhoff. He teachesInterfaces for Audio Interaction, Pervasive Computing, Time Management, Musical C Programming and Music for the Media. He enjoys playing in jazz and rock bands, writing music for film and TV, and developing interactive music Apps for iOS.
The day and time of the presentation will be available on the conference programme (coming soon).
Poster presentation of papers:
Time:
Poster dimensions:
Poster stand assignment:
Sound:
Miscellaneous:
Oral presentation of papers:
Time:
Presentation devices:
Presentation content:
Miscellaneous:
Sunday, 8th December 2013
For those willing to have a drink on Sunday before the ISon starts, we will meet at the hall of Tennenloher Hof Hotel (Wetterkreuz 32, 91058, Erlangen, Tennenlohe) at 10:30pm.
Monday, 9th December 2013
09:00 | Registration at the registration desk of Fraunhofer IIS |
09:30 | Welcome |
09:45 | Hackday: development There will be plenty of coffee to keep rocking! |
12:30 | Lunch Break |
13:30 | Fraunhofer visit |
14:30 | Hackday: continuation |
18:00 | Nürnberg´s Christmas Market: We will be leaving from Fraunhofer IIS in public transportation. |
Tuesday, 10th December 2013
09:00 | Registration |
09:30 | Welcome |
09:45 | Keynote by Andy Hunt: "The Interface Revolution: Interactive Sonification in the era of Pervasive Computing" |
10:20 | Paper Session
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10:40 | Coffee break |
11:10 | Paper Session
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12:30 | Lunch Break |
14:00 | Paper Session
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15:20 | Poster Craze 2 minutes presentation of Posters |
15:30 | Coffee break |
15:45 | Poster Session
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17:00 | Panel Discussion |
17:45 | Closing words |
18:00 | Social Dinner |
For more details on the hackday please contact the organizers and check the following information.
Important note:
Remember that, for each paper/music piece, at least one author must be registered for the conference by November 10th 2013. If none of the authors is registered by this date, the paper will be removed from the conference proceedings.
Registration:
Registration fees will be taken on trust and collected during the first day of the conference. Please send an email to enquiry@interactive-sonification.org to register.
Registrations to the ISon2013 workshop include:
Prices:
Early registration, before November 10th 2013:
Late registration, after November 10th 2013:
The ISon 2013 will take place at Fraunhofer IIS, in Erlangen, Germany: http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/kontakt/anfahrt/erlangen.html
Important note:
We are not able to organize any block-booked cheap accommodation. Participants will have to arrange their own travel and accommodation. We advise you to book accommodation early as it can be very difficult to find last-minute accommodation in Erlangen.
Hotels:
Here you can find some convenient hotels in Tennenlohe, where Fraunhofer IIS is located:
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/kontakt/hotels.html
Special prices for Fraunhofer visitors are available on the hotels located in Tennenlohe. Please mention that you will be visiting Fraunhofer IIS when doing your reservation.
Tennenlohe is a small residential village. For those of you interested in staying in a more exciting city, Erlangen and Nuremberg are full of possibilities for accommodation.