ICAD 2024
International Conference on Auditory Display
June 24–28, 2024
First held in 1992, ICAD is a highly interdisciplinary conference with relevance toresearchers, practitioners, artists, and graduate students working with sound toconvey and explore information. The conference is unique in its specific focus onauditory displays and the range of interdisciplinary issues related to their use.
This year’s theme is Sonification // Spatialization, a blending of ICAD’s expertisein sonification with EMPAC’s expertise in spatialized audio. Spatialization offers
sonification additional dimensions for conveying information. EMPAC’s state-ofthe-art spatial audio systems include a 512-channel wave field synthesis arraywith the highest spatial aliasing frequency in the world and multiple permanently
installed higher-order ambisonic arrays.

WIFI
eduroam or Rensselaer’s public WiFi network: rpi_public_webauth
Sessions will timeout after about 15 minutes.
Simply reconnect to start a new session.
PARKING
There is free street parking along 8th Street and College Avenue.
If the College Avenue Garage is open, you can park at 67 College Avenue behind EMPAC.
See map on website for more information.
The 2-hour limit signs can be ignored on 8th Street.
VENUESAll events will take place within EMPAC at 50 8th Street.
7th Floor
Check-in, Lobby, and Studio Beta
6th Floor
Mezzanine
5th Floor
EMPAC Studio 2
Evelyn’s Cafe at EMPAC
4th Floor
EMPAC Theater

MORE INFO AT
ICAD2024.ICAD.ORG

KEYNOTE BIOS
Braxton Boren
Associate Professor of Audio Technology
American University
Braxton Boren is Associate Professor of Audio Technology at American University.
He received a BA in Music Technology from Northwestern University in 2008.
He was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to attend the University ofCambridge, where he earned his MPhil in Physics in 2010. He completed his PhD
in Music Technology at NYU’s Music and Audio Research Laboratory in 2014.
He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University’s 3D Audio andApplied Acoustics Laboratory from 2014–2016. Braxton’s research focuses onusing acoustic simulation techniques to allow musicians to hear and perform
in virtual spaces that no longer exist.

Eric Lyon
Professor of PracticeVirginia Tech
Eric Lyon is a composer and audio researcher. His software includes “FFTease”
and “LyonPotpourri.” He is the author of “Designing Audio Objects for Max/MSPand Pd,” and “Automated Sound Design,” a book that presents technical processes
for implementing oracular synthesis and sound processing across a wide rangeof audio applications. Lyon’s work has been recognized with a ZKM Giga-Hertz
prize, MUSLAB award, the League ISCM World Music Days competition, and a
Guggenheim Fellowship. Lyon is Professor of Practice in the School of Performing
Arts at Virginia Tech, and is a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Creativity, Arts,and Technology.

ORGANIZERS
Conference Co-chairs:
Samuel Chabot & Jonas Braasch

Installations & Demos Chair:
Samuel Chabot

Papers Co-chairs:
Tim Ziemer & Prithvi Ravi Kantan

Student ThinkTank Co-chairs:
Areti Andreopoulou & Niklas Rönnberg

Posters & Extended Abstracts Chair:
Myounghoon Jeon “Philart”

Special Session on Spatial Audio:
Samuel Chabot & Todd Vos

Concert Chairs:
Samuel Chabot & Todd Vos

Steering Chair:
Matti Gröhn

Workshops & Tutorials Chairs:
Samuel Chabot & Derek Brock

Sustainability Advisor:
Thomas Hermann

TUESDAY, JUNE 25

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26

8–9AM
Check-in + Coffee

8–9AM
Check-in + Coffee

9–11AM
Opening Remarks + Paper Session 1:
Astronomy
EMPAC Theater

9–11AM
Paper Session 4: Tools, Games+ InteractionEMPAC Theater

11AM–NOON
Keynote: Braxton Boren
EMPAC Theater

11AM–NOON
Keynote: Eric Lyon
EMPAC Theater

NOON–1:30PM
Lunch
Evelyn’s Café at EMPAC

NOON–1:30PM
Lunch
Evelyn’s Café at EMPAC

1:30–3PM
Paper Session 2: ML + Analytics
EMPAC Theater

1:30–3PM
Paper Session 5: Spatialization
EMPAC Theater

3–5PM
Paper Session 3: Life + Geosciences
EMPAC Theater

3–5PM
Spatial Audio + Immersive Demos
EMPAC Theater

5–6PM
Break + Light Reception
Evelyn’s Café at EMPAC

6–8PM
ConcertEMPAC Theater

THURSDAY, JUNE 27

FRIDAY, JUNE 28

8–9AM
Check-in + Coffee + Board Elections

8–9AM
Check-in + Coffee

9–11AM
Morning Workshops
Simon Linke
EMPAC Theater

9AM–NOON
Paper Session 6: Sustainability
EMPAC Theater

Robert Whalen, Katherine Skovira,Jonas Braasch
EMPAC Studio 2

11AM–NOON
Demos + Posters
Throughout EMPAC

NOON–1:30PM
Lunch
Evelyn’s Café at EMPAC

NOON–1:30PM
Open Mic + Closing Remarks
EMPAC Theater

1:30–3:30PM
Afternoon Workshop
Bruce Walker and Auralee Walmer
EMPAC Theater
WORKSHOPS
3:30–5PM
Demos + Posters
Throughout EMPAC

Evening
Organized Event

Exploring the Impulse Pattern Formulation
as a physically motivated sonication
frameworkSimon LinkeHands-On Workshop on Creating Multimodal(Audio and Visual) Graphs Using theHighcharts Sonification Studio
Bruce N. Walker and Auralee Walmer
Developing New Models for Prosody andExpression in Augmentative Assistive
Communication Devices
Robert Whalen
Real-Time Voice Mapping
Katherine Skovira

PAPER SESSION 1: ASTRONOMY | TUESDAY, 9–11AM
Accessible Sonification of Total Solar Eclipse 2024:
Accessible Map and Multimodal Virtual Reality Experience
Auralee Walmer, Nicolette Cash, Wenqing Yin, Teairis Majors, Brandon Biggs,and Bruce Walker
Auralization of Magnetic Multiscale Satellite Data: Toward Integrated Audification inSpace Science*
Kristina Collins, Robert Alexander, Jaye Verniero, and Robert Candey
Spin-Wave Voices: Sonification of Nanoscale Spin Waves as an Engagementand Possible Research Tool
Santa Pile, Oleg Lesota, Silvan David Peter, Christina Humer, and Martin Gasser
Schizosymphony: \\ From Schizophrenia Brainwaves to Narrative Soundscapes*
Hyunkyung Shin, Xinhui Li, Zening Fu, and Henrik von Coler
PAPER SESSION 2: ML + ANALYTICS | TUESDAY, 1:30–3PM
SOMson — Sonification of Multidimensional Data in Kohonen Maps
Simon Linke and Tim Ziemer
Interpreting Data through Creative Audiovisualisation (IDCA)*Louise Harris
Multidimensional cross-correlated datasets extraction from reference audio files*
Marco Cernuto and Renato Messina
Artificial Life in Integrated Interactive Sonification and Visualisation: Initial Experimentswith a Python-Based Workflow
Jack Armitage, Miguel Crozzoli, and Daniel Jones
PAPER SESSION 3: LIFE + GEOSCIENCES | TUESDAY, 3–5PM
Iterative Design of Auditory Displays Involving Data Sonifications and Authentic Ocean Data
Jon Bellona, Huaigu Li, Jessica Roberts, Amy Bower, and Leslie Smith
Audio-visual Analytics of Geoscientific Data with Immersive Interactions
Shamima Yasmin and Chowdhury Qaizar Jamal
Sounding Numbers: The Sonification Object as an Interface in “I am the Ocean”
Miguel Crozzoli and Thor Magnusson
DNA Sonification Using 8-Channel Audio for Data Analyses and Music Composition
Mark Temple
Cenotaph and Elegy of Contagion: Collective Immersion of National-Level COVID-19
Fatality Data in the United States
M. Jerry Huang, Stephanie Loveless, and Jonas Braasch

PAPER SESSION 4: TOOLS, GAMES + INTERACTION | WEDNESDAY, 9–11AM
Results from the CURAT Sonification GameTim Ziemer
Accessibility of Shooting Task for Blind and Visually Impaired: A Sonification MethodComparison
Florian Apavou, Tifanie Bouchara, and Patrick Bourdot
Pitch is More Efficient than Delay to Induce Weight Perception in Augmented Reality
Louis Lafuma, Guillaume Bouyer, Olivier Goguel, and Jean-Yves Didier
Temporal Imagery for Aural Diversity: Auditory Displays as Artifacts of Sonic Art
Encounters Between Unaided and Cochlear Implant Listeners
Sharath Chandra Ramakrishnan
Adapting Audio Mixing Principles and Tools to Parameter Mapping Sonification Design
Prithvi Kantan, Sofia Dahl, and Erika G. Spaich
PAPER SESSION 5: SPATIALIZATION | WEDNESDAY, 1:30–3PMInfluence of Recording Technique and Ensemble Size on Apparent Source WidthRenzhi Guo and Jonas Braasch
CoRoT Light Curve Ambsonics/Binaural Sonification
Adrian Garcia Riber and Francisco Serradilla Garcia
Exploring Spatialization: A Method for Subjective Assessment of Soundscape Preference
Using Immersive Environments
Milena Jonas Bem, Samuel Chabot, and Jonas Braasch
A Spatial Audio System for Co-Located Multi-Participant Extended Reality Experiences*
Yi Wu, Agnieszka Roginska, Keru Wang, Zhu Wang, and Ken Perlin
PAPER SESSION 6: SUSTAINABILITY | FRIDAY, 9AM–12PM
AmbiSynth – Monitoring Room Climate with Generative Modular Synthesizers
Markus Berger and Joern Ploennigs
Birdsongification: Contextual and Complementary Sonification for Biology Visualization
Elias Elmquist, Malin Ejdbo, Alexander Bock, David S. Thaler, Anders Ynnerman,
and Niklas Rönnberg
Composing Music from Black Hole AGN SpectraDavid Ibbett
Exploring the Acoustic Footprint of Tourism: Spatial Capture, Analysis, and Preliminary
Evaluation of the Naxos's Island SoundscapeGiorgos Dedousis, Konstantinos Bakogiannis, Emmanouil Lianis,and Areti Andreopoulou*extended abstract