New paper from our lab, by Mark Saddler, using machine learning to test the role of temporal coding in hearing. Here is a quick summary. (1/n).@mitbcs @mcgovernmit @MIT_CBMM @ScienceMIT.

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If you are attending the Kempner symposium I encourage you to check out a poster by @gasser_elbanna on models and benchmarks of continuous speech perception. He has many interesting results.

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If you are here at the last day of ARO, don’t miss Sagarika Alavilli’s talk on “Measuring and Modeling Multi-Source Environmental Sound Recognition”, happening at 9:45 in Ocean Ballroom 9 - 12.

T138 - “Modeling Continuous Speech Perception Using Artificial Neural Networks” by Gasser Elbanna.

Two posters from our lab on deep auditory models, presented today at ARO:. T107 - “Modeling Normal and Impaired Hearing With Deep Neural Networks Optimized for Ecological Tasks” by Mark Saddler et al.

Two more posters from our lab are being presented today at ARO:. M133 - “Neural Network Models of Hearing Clarify Factors Limiting Cochlear Implant Outcomes” by Annesya Banerjee et al. M166 - “Preferences for Loudness and Pitch Vary Across Cultures” by Malinda McPherson et al.

And a talk by Ian Griffith at 4:15pm: “Human-Like Feature Attention Emerges in Task-Optimized Models of the Cocktail Party Problem”.

SU191 - “Deep Neural Network Models of Human Sound Localization Indicate Which Aspects of Localization Are Mediated by Explicit Binaural Processing” by Mathias Dietz et al.

SU185 - “Cross-Culturally Shared Sensitivity to Harmonic Structure Underlies Aspects of Pitch Discrimination” by Malinda McPherson et al.

If you are at ARO today, lots of stuff to see from our lab. Posters:.SU181 - “Optimization Under Ecological Realism Reproduces Signatures of Human Speech Recognition” by Annika Magaro et al. SU184 - “Texture Streaming in Auditory Scenes” by Jarrod Hicks.

If at ARO today, check out Lakshmi Govindarajan's poster on "Confidence in Sound Localization Reflects Calibrated Uncertainty Estimation". Number S147 if you are at the meeting.

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Please to announce the successful thesis defense of Dr. Jarrod Hicks! His thesis provides the first thorough exploration of auditory scene analysis with environmental sounds. I’m excited to see what he does next.

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I'm pleased to announce the successful thesis defense of Dr. Vin Agarwal! His thesis compiles an impressive body of work on auditory intuitive physics. Stay tuned for some great papers. It has been a pleasure working with him.

RT @MIT_Picower: 🎖️A huge congratulations to Emery N. Brown on receiving the National Medal of Science today! It’s the nation’s highest hon….