Alexa, Siri, Cortana or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud
Explores ethics, security, privacy, and user expectations surrounding devices that are always on and always listening
“You and the Uni: Defining Pedagogical Requirements for Audio Engineering Education” a.k.a. Discovering What to Learn Them Young Whippersnappers
Presents recommended curricula for both undergraduate and graduate engineering studies necessary in the design of professional and consumer audio electronics
A spatial audio format with 6 Degrees of Freedom
Identifies key elements and attributes of an immersive multi-channel audio format that would enable the end user to experience a navigable audio scene (choosing their location and orientation at rendering time), and looks at audio content format needs for this situation
CAAML: Creative Audio Applications of Machine Learning
Describes the beneficial use of machine learning within audio applications in three categories: machine learning as a partial solution within a larger pipeline, machine learning as a full solution that stands by itself, and the use of machine learning in parallel with a classical solution
Mode and Nodes – Enabling Consumer Use of Heterogeneous Wireless Speaker Devices
Defines a standard with common, wireless transport method where input, not limited to speech, has the capability to inform the output in some meaningful way, enabling an end user to integrate multiple products without having to rely on a proprietary solution, and enabling new capabilities that can improve the user experience
Abusing Technology for Creative Purposes
Explores unintended/unofficial use of music production tools and other technologies that form a creative output