2017 International Conference on Automotive Audio - Program Detail, Day 1

9:00 -
9:15 AM

Opening Comments

9:15 -

10:00 AM

Keynote 1:
In Car UX - The Deep Immersion Experience Far Beyond Sound

Armin Prommersberger - Engineering / R&D
Senior Vice President of Technology Lifestyle Audio, Harman

and, Chris Ludwig - Engineering/R&D
Senior Director of the EPIC Experience Team, Harman

10:00 AM

Break

10:30 AM-

12:00 PM

Paper Session 1:
Sound Reproduction in Cars - Spatial/Spectral (Part 1)

Virtual Acoustics

Methods for Low Bitrate Coding Enhancement Part I: Spectral restoration
by Patrick Gampp, Christian Uhle, Jürgen Herre, Sascha Disch, Oliver Hellmuth, Peter Prokein, Julia Havenstein, and Antonios Karampourniotis-Fraunhofer Institute, and University of Erlangen

Self-Driving Cars: A Renaissance for Spatial Sound?
by Jeffrey Read- PerfectSurround,Ltd. and Andy Wehmeyer - AudioFrog

On Acoustical Modeling and Validation of Automotive Loudspeaker Grilles
by Martin Olsen, Peter John Chapman, and Michael Strauss- Harman Lifestyle Audio and Virtual Product Development

12:00 -

1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 -

3:00 PM

Paper Session 2:
Sound Reproduction in Cars - ANC

Measurement Environments for Automotive Microphones
by Christoph Frank - Harman

Automated System Test for Car Engine Order Cancellers
by Dr. Victor Kalinichenko - ASK Industries, Gmbh

Active Road Noise Cancelation – Off-the-Shelf Digital Audio Amplifier Platform
by Juergen Zollner, Nikos Zafeiropoulos, Markus Christoph, and Vasudev Kandade Rajan
- Harman

Active Sound Quality Control Based on Individual Subjective Preference
by Kenta Murai, Shunsuke Ishimitsu, Naoaki Shibatani, Yoshihiro Aramaki, Toshimasa Takagi, Kazuki Yoshida, Kenta Suzuki, and Takanori Chino
- Hiroshima City University and Suzuki Motor Corporation

3:00 PM

Break

3:30 -

4:30 PM

Tutorial 1:
This is Not your Father's AM Car Radio -
Characterizing Audio Performance of Today's Multilayered Infotainment Systems

Jayant Datta

and, Dan Foley (Audio Precision)

4:30 -

5:30 PM

Paper Session 3:
Sound Reproduction in Cars -
Spatial/Spectral (Part 2)

Smart Audio - Adaptive Multichannel Loudness Control in Car Environment

by Peter Poers- Jünger Audio GmbH

Methods for Low Bitrate Coding Enhancement Part II: Spatial Enhancement

by Christian Uhle, Patrick Gampp, Oliver Hellmuth, Peter Prokein, Jürgen Herre, Sascha Disch, Julia Havenstein, and Antonios Karampourniotis- Fraunhofer Institute, and University of Erlangen

5:30 PM

Break

6:30 -

7:30 PM

Evening Reception