US Opening Ceremony

The ASA Washington DC Regional Chapter will be hosting the US International Year of Sound Opening Ceremony on Thursday, February 13th, 6pm – 9pm in the American Center for Physics (One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740).

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World Hearing Day #JASAchat | Chat with Experts on Twitter

The editors of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Special Issue: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Translating Risk from Animal Models to Real-World Environments will lead a discussion on one of the most common injuries for Service members and civilian workers exposed to noise. Participate by asking questions, give thoughts, and follow along using #JASAchat.

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International Noise Awareness Day| #INAD

The Acoustical Society of America and the Center for Hearing are asking for 60 Seconds of No Noise from 2:15 – 2:16 pm (regardless of location/time zone). Just one minute highlights what “quiet” really sounds like and what it takes to preserve the peace and quiet in your life.

ASA School 2020

ASA School 2020 is a two-day course for graduate students and early career acousticians being held in Itasca, Illinois. Cancelled – ASA School 2021 will be held 5-6 June in conjunction with the spring 2021 meeting in Seattle, WA (7-11 June 2021.

“Playing with Sound”

What can music look like? How would you build an electric guitar for space? Can you build a sound system that involves conductive play dough? How does the rock band OK Go approach music making and what would that look like in a classroom? In this talk, Dr. AnnMarie Thomas will share some sound related projects from the University of St. Thomas Playful Learning Lab.

 

AnnMarie Thomas directs the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas. She is a Professor in the School of Engineering, the Opus College of Business, and the Center for Engineering Education. She is the creator of Squishy Circuits, and the author of “Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation.”

“Making meaning from data – from the acoustics lab to machine learning”

The characteristic sound of a Caribbean steelpan drum is easy to recognize by ear, but we still do not have a full scientific explanation for the how this musical instrument produces the distinctive tone. In this talk, Morrison will discuss what is known about the physics of the steelpan, how we have engaged with the public to help us classify our data, and how we are using machine learning algorithms to help us process large data sets. He will also discuss how this study is useful for illustrating some parts of the scientific process.

 

Andrew Morrison, professor of physics and astronomy at Joliet Junior College, will join us to discuss his work on the steelpan drum. Morrison’s research interests include using optical methods and machine learning analysis techniques to study the vibrations of musical instruments. Dr. Morrison is a past chair of the ASA Technical Committee on Musical Acoustics, is actively involved in the ASA Committee on Education in Acoustics and has a passion for working with undergraduates in his laboratory.

“It’s in the Tone: The Acoustics of Social Judgments and Linguistic Profiling”

When you hear someone without seeing them, what types of judgments can you make based solely on their voice? Listeners are surprisingly adept at making judgments about gender, age, and race based on short speech samples, and they make these assumptions based on the voice itself rather than just content. These facts have implications for how marginalized groups and people experience the world, especially in institutions such as education and the criminal justice system. This talk explores the mechanisms by which we make sociolinguistic judgments based on the acoustic properties of the voice, and reflects on what language can tell us about identity and inequality.

Nicole Holliday is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from New York University, where her dissertation focused on how individuals with one black parent and one white parent use linguistic variation in the realm of intonation to construct and perform their racial identities. Her scholarly writing has appeared in journals such as American Speech and Language in Society, as well as in public venues such as NPR, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post.

ESEA Meetup Soundscape in Action – Webinar Series

Organized by the East and South East Asia (ESEA) Regional Chapter of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), this online meetup aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and peer sharing between academics and pratitioners, and allow participants to take home with packs of useful examples, practices, ideas and networks.

Soundscape in Urban Cities and Metropolitan

1. Soundscape as a new planning paradigm—where are we now?
2. Introduction to urban sound
3. Psychoacoustics and its benefit for the urban soundscape approach
4. Soundscape and smart city

Speakers
Dr Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp – Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Dr Dick Botteldooren – Ghent University, Belgium
Dr Klaus Genuit – HEAD acoustics GmbH, Germany
Andy Chung – ASA ESEA, Hong Kong

Learning from Peers: Soundscape Action Plans

1. Early-stage sound planning in urban redevelopment: the Antwerp case study
2. The application of soundscape in Welsh Government national policy and city authorities in the U.K.
3. Augmenting urban soundscape: soundscape design approach using natural sounds
4. Soundscape development in Taiwan
5. From research to practice—a Japanese soundscape journey

Speakers
Dr Dick Botteldooren – Ghent University, Belgium
Lisa Lavia – Noise Abatement Society, United Kingdom
Dr Jooyoung Hong – University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Dr Lucky Shin-Jyun Tsaih – National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Dr Takeshi Akita – Tokyo Denki University, Japan

Applying VR in Your Soundscape Projects

1. Immersive virtual reality as a tool for sensory evaluation of urban spaces
2. Urban Soundscapes of the world project
3. Research on the subjective evaluation system of acoustic environment based on the data-driven algorithm
4. Tools to help all to understand soundscape projects

Speakers
Dr Luigi Maffei – University of Campania, Italy
Dr Bert De Coensel – Ghent University, Belgium
Dr Weichen Chang – Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, China
Andy Chung – ASA ESEA, Hong Kong
Carmen Ng – ESG Matters, Hong Kong

Soundscape action plan workshop

Details to be advised.

ASA Publications Presents: Meet the Editors and Staff Virtual Event

Come join us to learn more about The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), JASA Express Letters, Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA), and Acoustics Today. A question and answer session will follow presentations, so have your question ready!

 

Acoustics Virtually Everywhere

ASA will hold a fully virtual fall meeting in December that will include scientific sessions and administrative meetings.

Acoustics at Home

This free demonstration session will help families with children and K-12 teachers to explore some basic principles of acoustics and the science of sound! Members of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) will share cool acoustics demonstrations constructed from everyday household items. Learn about the science of sound and meet researchers and professionals!

ASA Meeting

The 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America will be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Cancelled – Please see Acoustics Virtually Everywhere