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25th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Organisateurs de l'événement, la HES-SO Valais, l’Institut Icare et l’EPFL vous invitent à participer au congrès ACM Applied Computing 2010 qui aura lieu à Sierre du 21 au 26 mars 2010. 

Près de 500 scientifiques provenant d'universités de 45 pays sont attendus et plus de 100 posters de nouvelles applications logicielles particulièrement innovantes seront présentées sur place.

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A Martigny, l'IDIAP utilise des avatars pour vulgariser ses travaux de recherche

Logiciels. L'institut valaisan, spécialisé dans la gestion de l'information multimédia et les interactions multimodales homme-machine, aimerait combiner les compétences du cerveau humain aux capacités de calcul des ordinateurs

Le Temps, 09.02.2010, en savoir plus

Combined efforts from HES-SO Valais (Industrial Systems Institute) and Idiap improve the portability of Dev-Audio's microphone array device

Dev-Audio is a startup founded by a former research scientist from Idiap, Dr Iain McCowan. It has developed an intelligent microphone for group conversations.

From a single table-top unit, the product automatically outputs a separated high-quality audio track for each participant, together with timing and location information that indicates where and when each person is speaking.

The goal of this project was to design a single device based on Dev-Audio's first prototype system, in order to improve portability. HES-SO successfully produced an initial electronic design that allows the audio streams to be transferred directly to a computer via a USB interface. In addition, Idiap customised its Speaker Verification software to accommodate the new design, allowing ready integration with Dev-Audio's software applications. This project was supported by the foundation The Ark.

The first units based on the new design will be available for trials in the near future.


For more information, keep an eye on www.dev-audio.com or subscribe for updates at info at dev-audio.com

November 26, 2009