Call for Contributions

Those wishing to submit proposals for technical sessions must complete the submission form in the AES 149^th submission system. These will be considered by the convention committee for suitability and may be chosen for one of the convention tracks, or as a stand-alone event. A guide deadline of July 1, 2020 is suggested, but this may be adjusted by the convention committee. For questions about this category of submission, contact the convention chairs.

Deadline: July 1, 2020

Papers Chairs: Areti Andreopoulou and Braxton Boren. Contact Papers Chairs.

Topics

Proposals describing work in any area of audio engineering and its related arts and sciences will be considered for inclusion in convention sessions. A detailed list of proposed topics is given below.

Categories

Authors may submit proposals in three categories:

1. Complete-manuscript peer-reviewed convention papers
2. Abstract-precis-reviewed convention papers
3. Abstract-reviewed engineering briefs (paper optional)

Category 1 and 2 proposals are to be submitted electronically to the AES submission system by July 1, 2020.

For the complete-manuscript peer-reviewed convention papers (Category 1), authors are asked to submit papers of 4–10 pages to the submission site. These complete-manuscript papers will be reviewed by at least two experts in the field, and authors will be notified of acceptance by August 8, 2020. Final manuscript with revisions requested by the reviewers have to be submitted before August 31, 2020. If rejected as a convention paper (Category 1), the proposal may still be accepted for categories 2 or 3.

For abstract-precis-reviewed proposals (Category 2), a title, 60-to 120-word abstract, and 500- to 750-word précis of the proposed paper must be submitted by July 1, 2020. Authors will be notified of acceptance by August 8, 2020, and the authors must submit their final manuscripts (4 to 10 pages) before August 31, 2020. If rejected from this category, the proposal may be still be accepted as an engineering brief (Category 3).

Papers exceeding 10 pages run the risk of rejection without review. If such a paper is accepted the author will be charged a fee of $25 for every page over 10.

For engineering briefs (Category 3), authors must supply an abstract to the AES submission system by August 1, 2020 to indicate their desire to present an engineering brief. This should cover the background of your topic and the specific work you will be presenting. Submissions will be reviewed based on interest to the AES community, and to ensure that any presentations will not be of a commercial nature. Topics for the engineering briefs can be very wide-ranging. PDF manuscripts of 1–5 pages are optional, to be included in the E-Library, and must be submitted by August 31, 2020. Abstract-only presentations will not be included in the E-Library.

Papers may be submitted by a single author or a group of authors. For each paper, a single “presenting author” is designated on the paper submission website – usually the person who will present the paper at the Convention. The presenting authors for each paper in categories 1 through 3 will be required to pay a Presenting Author Fee at the following applicable rate:

• AES members (Life member* / Fellow / Member / Associate categories): TBA
• AES student members: TBA
• Non AES members: TBA

These amounts are below advance registration fees for the Convention and are required payment for all presenting authors in categories 1 through 3. No additional registration fee will be required; all Presenting Authors will receive a free Four-day All Access Badge on payment of their Presenting Author Fee.

A presenting author invoice and further details will be sent with the paper acceptance notice.

Authors presenting more than one paper in categories 1 through 3 are only required to pay one Presenting Author Fee.

Co-authors of a paper are welcome, and encouraged, to attend the presentations but will require an All Access Badge (available for four, two or one days) to access the sessions. 

*Note: While Life Members have the privilege of no-cost All Access registration, Life Members who are Presenting Authors in categories 1 through 3 are required to pay the Presenting Author Fee.

All convention papers will be available in the AES E-Library no earlier than 10 days before the convention starts. All individual AES members now have free access to the E-Library. Any non-member author paying the non-member price for a four day All Access badge will also be given free access to download the convention papers from the E-Library.

Presenting authors who are student members and whose convention papers (Category 1 or 2) are accepted will be eligible for the Student Paper Award at the 149th; peer-reviewed Category 1 papers are given preference by the award judges.

Presenting authors of accepted Category 1 papers will be eligible for the Best Peer-Reviewed Paper Award.

During the online submission process you will be asked to specify whether you prefer to present your paper in a lecture or poster session. Highly detailed papers are better suited to poster sessions, which permit greater interaction between author and audience. The convention committee reserves the right to reassign papers to any session, lecture or poster.

The submission sites will be available by mid-February.

Proposal (Category 1 and 2) deadline: July 1, 2020 
Acceptance (précis proposals, Category 2) emailed: August 8, 2020 
Acceptance (full papers, Category 1) emailed: August 8, 2020 
Final manuscript (Category 1 and 2) deadline: August 31, 2020

Engineering brief (Category 3) proposal deadline: August 1, 2020 
Engineering brief (Category 3) 1–5 page PDF deadline: August 31, 2020

Authors can pay an additional fee to make papers Open Access. See our Open Access page for more information.

Audio Applications and Technologies
Audio in education
Audio for mobile and handheld devices
Auditory display and sonification
Automotive audio
Digital broadcasting
Forensic audio
Interactive sound
Networked, Internet, and remote audio
New audio interfaces
Web 2.0 technologies

Audio Content Management
Archiving and restoration
Audio and music information retrieval
Audio formats
Automatic content description
Digital libraries

Audio Processing
Analysis and synthesis of sound
Audio coding and compression
Audio effects
Auditory scene analysis
High resolution audio
Machine listening
Music and speech signal processing

Audio Equipment
Electronic instrument design & applications
Instrumentation and measurement
Loudspeakers and headphones
Microphones, converters, and amplifiers
Musical instrument design
Protocols and data formats
Wireless and wearable audio

Immersive Audio
Audio for virtual/augmented reality environments
Evaluation of spatial audio
Game Audio
Multichannel and spatial audio
Sound design/acoustic simulation of immersive audio environments
Spatial audio applications

Perception
Audio perception
Audio quality
Hearing loss, protection, and enhancement
Listening tests and evaluation
Psychoacoustics
Speech intelligibility

Recording, Production, and Reproduction
Electronic dance music
Hip-Hop/R&B
Live event and stage audio
Mixing, remixing, and mastering
Room and architectural acoustics
Sound design and reinforcement
Studio recording techniques