TECHNICAL PAPER SESSIONS
Monday, September 27 1999
Sessions N-Q

N: AUDIO CODING, PART 2/
HRTFs, HRIRs, AND
SPATIALIZATION, PART 2
Monday, September 27
9:00 AM

Chair: Mark Sandler and Ben Leslie, King's College London, Strand, London, UK

Adaptive Loss Recovery and Adaptive Bit-Rate Scalability Using a Zerotree Audio Codec--Ben Leslie and Mark Sandler, King's College London, London, UK

Psychoacoustic Parametric Audio Coding Technique Using a High-Order QM Sub-band Filter Bank--Cedric M. M. Tio and C. K. Yeo, School of Applied Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Roland K. C. Tan, Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL), Singapore

Digital Watermarking of Audio Signals Using a Psychoacoustic Auditory Model and Spread Spectrum Theory--Ricardo A. Garcia, School of Music, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Interpolating between Head-Related Transfer Functions Measured with Low-Directional Resolution-Flemming Christensen, Henrik Møller, Pauli Minnaar, Jan Plogsties, and Søren Krarup Olesen, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Auditory Model for Lateralization and the Precedence Effect--Bernd Theiß, University of Essex, and Audio Motor Presse Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; and Malcolm O. J. Hawksford, Centre for Audio Reseach & Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK

Investigation into the Relationship between Subjective Loudness and Auditory Distance Perception--Sheila Flanagan and Valerie Taylor, New Transducers Ltd., Huntingdon, Cambs., UK

O: APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL
RECORDING TECHNOLOGY
Monday, September 27
9:00 AM

Chair: Takeo Yamamoto, Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Optical Recording Technology and Its Standardization---Kunimaro Tanaka, Teikyo-Heisei University, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan (Invited)

Recent Advances in Optical Recording for Consumer Applications--Jacques Heemskerk, Royal Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Professional Audio Applications of Optical Recording Technology--Jan de Wit, Augan, Westervoort, The Netherlands (Invited)

Future Trend of Optical Recording Technology--Tom D. Milster, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA (Invited)

P: DIGITAL SIGNAL
PROCESSING, PART 3
Monday, September 27
2:00 PM

Chair: Dana Massie, E-mu Systems, Scotts Valley, CA, USA

Headphone Equalization Using DSP Approaches--Hong-Meng Liem and Woon-Seng Gan, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

A Real-Time Virtual Surround Sound System with Bass Enhancement-Chee-Weng Toh and Woon-Seng Gan, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Strategy for Enhanced Computer User Interface Using Exaggerated Spatial Audio---Michael J. Evans, School of Computer Science, Cybernetics and Electronic Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, UK

Use of a 3-D Positional Interface for the Implementation of a Versatile Graphical Mixing Console--Jean-Michel Trivi and Jacques Lemordant, GRAVIR Laboratory, Montbonnot, France

Restoration of Coarsely Quantized Audio Signals Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods--Paul Troughton and Simon J. Godsill, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Application of Kalman Filters for Audio Signal Enhancement and Restoration--S. A. Azizi, Becker Automotive Systems, Karlsbad, Germany

Q: MUSIC, INTERNET, AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS
Monday, September 27
2:00 PM

Chair: Neils Rump, Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany

Managing Change: The Challenge of Rights Management in the New Millennium--Keith Hill, MCPS/PRS Alliance, London, UK (Invited)

Standardization Activities for Protecting Intellectual Property Rights: The Open Platform Initiative for Multimedia Access (OPIMA)--Talal Shamoon, InterTrust, Sunnyvale, CA, USA (Invited)

Standardization Activities for Protecting Intellectual Property Rights: MPEG-4 IPMP and AESSC SC-06-04--Phil Wiser, Liquid Audio, Redwood City, CA, USA (Invited)

A Progress Report of the Secure Digital Initiative--Cary Sherman, Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, USA (Invited)

Watermarking: Myth and Truth of a Technology--Joe Winograd, Aris Technologies, Cambridge, MA, USA (Invited)