REVISED E-ZINE FOR BALTIMORE MEETING
09-Mar-2010
An
updated student e-zine for
the upcoming Baltimore meeting (since the one that
was sent out in emails) with some updates and
corrections...
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR STUDENTS AT THE BALTIMORE MEETING
09-Mar-2010
The
next ASA meeting is coming up in Baltimore, MD, 19-23
April 2010. Here is some meeting information that may
be of interest to students:
Monday, March 15th
Application deadline for student transportation subsidies To apply for a subsidy, submit a proposal to Jolene Ehl (jehl@aip.org). The proposal should include your status as a student; whether you have submitted an abstract; whether you are a member of ASA; method of travel; if traveling by auto; whether you will travel alone or with other students; names of those traveling with you; and approximate cost of transportation.
Friday, April 9th
Submission deadline for the students acoustics music and video competition See (http://acosoc.org/diversity/AMV_announcement.html) for more details
Sign-up deadline for lunch with ASA members. The ASA Education Committee seeks to make it easier for students to meet and interact with members at ASA meetings. Each lunch pairing is arranged separately. Students who wish to participate should contact David Blackstock (dtb@mail.utexas.edu). Please give Dr. Blackstock your name, university, department, degree you are seeking (BS, MS, or PhD), research field, acoustical interests, and days you are free for lunch. An earlier sign-up is strongly encouraged. Each participant pays for his/her own meal.
Sunday, April 18th (afternoon) and Monday, April 19th (morning)
Short Course on “Array Signal Processing for Sonar” by Dr. Douglas Abraham. Student registration is $125 with pre-registration by March 26 (30 participants max). See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/baltimore.html#14 for more details.
Monday, April 19th: First day of ASA Baltimore Meeting!
Joint Meeting with Noise-Con 2010: This meeting is joint with Noise-Con 2010 See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#9 and www.inceusa.org/students_edu.asp for more information on Noise-Con.
Gallery of Acoustics (Grand Ballroom Foyer North). Includes posters, videos, and audio clips of images and/or sounds generated by acoustic processes or resulting from signal processing of acoustic data. Images and videos can consist of actual visualizations of acoustic processes, or of aesthetically and technically interesting images resulting from various signal processing techniques. See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#20 for more information.
Technical Tours: Register online for technical tours throughout the week of the Mt. Vernon Arts District, United States Naval Academy, and University of Maryland-College Park. See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#23 for more information.
New student orientation (5:00-5:30pm in Grand Ballroom I/II)
Student icebreaker (5:30-6:45pm in Grand Ballroom III/IV). This provides an opportunity for students to meet informally with fellow students and invited members of the Acoustical Society.
Tutorial Lecture on Animal Hearing (7:00pm in Harborside B). Lecture given by Robert Dooling. Registration can be done for $7 at http://asa.aip.org before March 26, or for $12 at the meeting.
Student outing (Meet at 9:00pm in the hotel lobby). If you only come to ASA meetings for one reason this should be it. Come network with the leading researchers of tomorrow. Post-docs are welcome. More information will be listed on the bulletin board closer to the date.
Tuesday, April 20th
Student Design Competition Display (1:00pm in Grand Ballroom Foyer North)
Fellowship and Grant Application Workshop (4:30-6:00pm in Laurel CD)
Social hour (6:30-8:00pm in the Harborside Ballroom). Exactly what it sounds like. An hour (technically an hour-and-a-half) to be social, in the presence of a cash bar.
Technical Committee Meetings (8:00pm) for Acoustical Oceanography (Laurel C/D), Engineering Acoustics (Laurel A/B), Musical Acoustics (Galena), Noise (Grand III/IV), Physical Acoustics (Grand VII/VIII), Psychological and Physiological Acoustics (Grand I/II) and Structural Acoustics and Vibration (Dover A/B)
Wednesday, April 21st
Women in Acoustics Luncheon (11:30am in Waterview Ballroom BCD). All are welcome (yes, men too!). Students can register for $10 at http://asa.aip.org.
Hot topics session (1:00pm in Grand Ballroom V). Current topics in the fields of Musical Acoustics, Speech Communication, and Structural Acoustics and Vibration will be covered.
Plenary session and awards ceremony (3:30-5:30pm in the Harborside ballroom)
Student forum (6:00-6:30pm in Grand Ballroom VII/VIII). The Forum will be an open session to gather student feedback and ideas on Society-related issues.
Students’ reception (6:30-8:00pm in the Waterview Ballroom). This reception, sponsored by the Acoustical Society of America and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering and supported by the National Council of Acoustical Consultants, will provide an opportunity for students to meet informally with fellow students and other members of the Acoustical Society and INCE. All students are encouraged to attend, especially students who are first time attendees or those from smaller universities. and the INCE Students and Educators page at www.inceusa.org/students_edu.asp to learn more about student involvement in INCE. The Waterview Ballroom is on the Main Lobby Level at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
FAA Public Meeting on State of the Art of Supersonic Aircraft Technology (7:00 – 8:00pm in the Grand Ballroom V). This panel discussion is on the advances in supersonic aircraft technology and related research in the noise generated during supersonic flight. The purpose is to raise public awareness of the continuing technological advances in supersonic aircraft technology and for the FAA, the National Aviation and Space Administration (NASA), and industry to get feedback from interested persons.The session will include presentations on current research programs and a question and answer session.
Jam session (9:00pm-12:00am in Kozmos lounge) This open, live music session is courtesy of ASA members. All meeting participants are invited to attend. Anyone interested in participating by playing an instrument should contact Kenneth Good, Jr. at kwgoodjr@armstrong.com. This jam session will be the Wednesday night student outing.
Technical committee meeting (7:30pm) for Signal Processing in Acoustics (Grand I/II)
Thursday, April 22nd
Fellows luncheon (12:00-1:30pm in Waterview Ballroom BCD). Open to all attendees and guests. Register at http://asa.aip.org for $30.
Social hour (6:30-8:00pm in the Harborside Ballroom) As it was on Tuesday.
Technical committee meeting (7:30pm) for Animal Bioacoustics (Grand I/II), Architectural Acoustics (Grand III/IV), Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration (Kent A/B), Speech Communication (Laurel A/B), Underwater Acoustics (Laurel C/D)
Thursday, April 22nd and Friday, April 23rd
Topical meeting on signal processing of subtle and complex acoustic signals in animal communication (Sessions 4aAB and 4pAB in Grand Ballroom I/II). The goal of a three-meeting series of sessions organized jointly by the Animal Bioacoustics and Signal Processing Technical Committees has been to match signal processing solutions with current animal bioacoustics research, adopting the philosophy that diverse problems may have similar solutions.
Friday, April 23rd
Urban Design with Noise in Mind Symposium (8:00am – 5:00pm at Baltimore City Hall, 100 N. Holiday Street). See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#17 for more information.
Monday, March 15th
Application deadline for student transportation subsidies To apply for a subsidy, submit a proposal to Jolene Ehl (jehl@aip.org). The proposal should include your status as a student; whether you have submitted an abstract; whether you are a member of ASA; method of travel; if traveling by auto; whether you will travel alone or with other students; names of those traveling with you; and approximate cost of transportation.
Friday, April 9th
Submission deadline for the students acoustics music and video competition See (http://acosoc.org/diversity/AMV_announcement.html) for more details
Sign-up deadline for lunch with ASA members. The ASA Education Committee seeks to make it easier for students to meet and interact with members at ASA meetings. Each lunch pairing is arranged separately. Students who wish to participate should contact David Blackstock (dtb@mail.utexas.edu). Please give Dr. Blackstock your name, university, department, degree you are seeking (BS, MS, or PhD), research field, acoustical interests, and days you are free for lunch. An earlier sign-up is strongly encouraged. Each participant pays for his/her own meal.
Sunday, April 18th (afternoon) and Monday, April 19th (morning)
Short Course on “Array Signal Processing for Sonar” by Dr. Douglas Abraham. Student registration is $125 with pre-registration by March 26 (30 participants max). See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/baltimore.html#14 for more details.
Monday, April 19th: First day of ASA Baltimore Meeting!
Joint Meeting with Noise-Con 2010: This meeting is joint with Noise-Con 2010 See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#9 and www.inceusa.org/students_edu.asp for more information on Noise-Con.
Gallery of Acoustics (Grand Ballroom Foyer North). Includes posters, videos, and audio clips of images and/or sounds generated by acoustic processes or resulting from signal processing of acoustic data. Images and videos can consist of actual visualizations of acoustic processes, or of aesthetically and technically interesting images resulting from various signal processing techniques. See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#20 for more information.
Technical Tours: Register online for technical tours throughout the week of the Mt. Vernon Arts District, United States Naval Academy, and University of Maryland-College Park. See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#23 for more information.
New student orientation (5:00-5:30pm in Grand Ballroom I/II)
Student icebreaker (5:30-6:45pm in Grand Ballroom III/IV). This provides an opportunity for students to meet informally with fellow students and invited members of the Acoustical Society.
Tutorial Lecture on Animal Hearing (7:00pm in Harborside B). Lecture given by Robert Dooling. Registration can be done for $7 at http://asa.aip.org before March 26, or for $12 at the meeting.
Student outing (Meet at 9:00pm in the hotel lobby). If you only come to ASA meetings for one reason this should be it. Come network with the leading researchers of tomorrow. Post-docs are welcome. More information will be listed on the bulletin board closer to the date.
Tuesday, April 20th
Student Design Competition Display (1:00pm in Grand Ballroom Foyer North)
Fellowship and Grant Application Workshop (4:30-6:00pm in Laurel CD)
Social hour (6:30-8:00pm in the Harborside Ballroom). Exactly what it sounds like. An hour (technically an hour-and-a-half) to be social, in the presence of a cash bar.
Technical Committee Meetings (8:00pm) for Acoustical Oceanography (Laurel C/D), Engineering Acoustics (Laurel A/B), Musical Acoustics (Galena), Noise (Grand III/IV), Physical Acoustics (Grand VII/VIII), Psychological and Physiological Acoustics (Grand I/II) and Structural Acoustics and Vibration (Dover A/B)
Wednesday, April 21st
Women in Acoustics Luncheon (11:30am in Waterview Ballroom BCD). All are welcome (yes, men too!). Students can register for $10 at http://asa.aip.org.
Hot topics session (1:00pm in Grand Ballroom V). Current topics in the fields of Musical Acoustics, Speech Communication, and Structural Acoustics and Vibration will be covered.
Plenary session and awards ceremony (3:30-5:30pm in the Harborside ballroom)
Student forum (6:00-6:30pm in Grand Ballroom VII/VIII). The Forum will be an open session to gather student feedback and ideas on Society-related issues.
Students’ reception (6:30-8:00pm in the Waterview Ballroom). This reception, sponsored by the Acoustical Society of America and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering and supported by the National Council of Acoustical Consultants, will provide an opportunity for students to meet informally with fellow students and other members of the Acoustical Society and INCE. All students are encouraged to attend, especially students who are first time attendees or those from smaller universities. and the INCE Students and Educators page at www.inceusa.org/students_edu.asp to learn more about student involvement in INCE. The Waterview Ballroom is on the Main Lobby Level at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
FAA Public Meeting on State of the Art of Supersonic Aircraft Technology (7:00 – 8:00pm in the Grand Ballroom V). This panel discussion is on the advances in supersonic aircraft technology and related research in the noise generated during supersonic flight. The purpose is to raise public awareness of the continuing technological advances in supersonic aircraft technology and for the FAA, the National Aviation and Space Administration (NASA), and industry to get feedback from interested persons.The session will include presentations on current research programs and a question and answer session.
Jam session (9:00pm-12:00am in Kozmos lounge) This open, live music session is courtesy of ASA members. All meeting participants are invited to attend. Anyone interested in participating by playing an instrument should contact Kenneth Good, Jr. at kwgoodjr@armstrong.com. This jam session will be the Wednesday night student outing.
Technical committee meeting (7:30pm) for Signal Processing in Acoustics (Grand I/II)
Thursday, April 22nd
Fellows luncheon (12:00-1:30pm in Waterview Ballroom BCD). Open to all attendees and guests. Register at http://asa.aip.org for $30.
Social hour (6:30-8:00pm in the Harborside Ballroom) As it was on Tuesday.
Technical committee meeting (7:30pm) for Animal Bioacoustics (Grand I/II), Architectural Acoustics (Grand III/IV), Biomedical Ultrasound/Bioresponse to Vibration (Kent A/B), Speech Communication (Laurel A/B), Underwater Acoustics (Laurel C/D)
Thursday, April 22nd and Friday, April 23rd
Topical meeting on signal processing of subtle and complex acoustic signals in animal communication (Sessions 4aAB and 4pAB in Grand Ballroom I/II). The goal of a three-meeting series of sessions organized jointly by the Animal Bioacoustics and Signal Processing Technical Committees has been to match signal processing solutions with current animal bioacoustics research, adopting the philosophy that diverse problems may have similar solutions.
Friday, April 23rd
Urban Design with Noise in Mind Symposium (8:00am – 5:00pm at Baltimore City Hall, 100 N. Holiday Street). See http://asa.aip.org/baltimore/information.html#17 for more information.
MARK CALENDARS FOR NEXT ASA MEETING!
20-Jan-2010
Be sure to mark your calendars for the next ASA meeting
in Baltimore, MD, 19-23 April 2010. More
student-related details about this meeting (student
social events, programs, travel info, etc.) will be
available here as the date gets nearer. Stay tuned!