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Dear all,
Next Wednesday, 8th February at 3:00pm, Michael Proulx and Dave Brown will
present the seminar 'Seeing with your ears? Image to sound sensory
substitution'.
The talk will take place in room 209 in the Electronic Engineering
building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS.
Directions on how to access the building can be found at
http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/about/campus-map.php. If you experience
problems entering, the lab phone number is +44 (0)20 7882 5343 and if I am
not available, anyone else in the lab should be able to help. If you are
coming from outside Queen Mary, please let me know, so I can make sure
no-one is stuck outside the doors. Details of future seminars can be found
at http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/newsevents/researchgroupevents.php?i=12.
All are welcome to attend. For those unable to do so, a video recording of
the seminar will be made available online after a few days.
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an email and I'll be happy to do so.
Wednesday's seminar (8th February, 3:00pm):
Title:
Seeing with your ears? Image to sound sensory substitution
Speakers:
Michael Proulx and Dave Brown
Abstract:
A sensory substitution device for visually impaired persons aims to
provide the missing visual input by converting images into a form that
another modality can perceive, such as sound. Here we will provide an
introduction to our work on the psychological research related to one
sensory substitution device, The vOICe. First Michael will discuss the
development of sensory substitution devices and The vOICe, and describe
some of the research that has been conducted with it. Then Dave will
present some of his research with the device, including current work on
perceptual learning. He will conclude with some possible future directions
for our research.
Bio:
Michael Proulx is Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology and has been with the
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at QMUL since 2008. His first
degree is from Arizona State, and he earned his MA and PhD from the Johns
Hopkins University.
Dave Brown is a PhD student in Psychology working in collaboration with
Proulx. He first started working with sensory substitution at the
University of Sussex, where he earned his BSc and MRes.
Future C4DM seminars (Seminar details tbc):
Nick Rothwell - Cassiel
Wed 15th February
Kara Mukerjee - EMI Music
Wed 22nd February
Konstantinos Pastiadis - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Wed 29th February
C4DM Website : http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/index.html
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Peter Foster
Postgraduate Research Student
Room 104, Electronic Engineering Bldg
Centre for Digital Music
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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