CogHear: Cognitive Hearing workshop series

摘要 该提案概述了组织一系列认知控制听力研讨会的计划 装置.会议旨在推进科学探究和解码大脑的计算工具 活动和评估认知功能，以控制日常使用的辅助听力设备 环境.该领域推动了当前技术的局限性，例如助听器， 一种自下而上以听力为中心的方法相反，我们探索科学和工程解决方案， 利用听觉和认知功能来提供改进的通信能力。的 这些研讨会的形式旨在作为一个动手的结构，跨学科的团队，包括 高级研究人员和年轻的学员和学生在4天的时间里一起工作，试验新的想法， 围绕听觉认知相关主题交流方法和比较方法。的 每18个月举办一次讲习班，旨在培养一个新生的研究人员社区， 听力科学家、认知和脑科学家、工程师和计算机科学家。得益于 在这些领域的交叉培训和大规模合作将有助于翻译读出 将听者的精神状态转化为有效的反馈机制，以控制听力修复， 塑造聆听体验。该研讨会旨在让更广泛的社区参与，特别是 培养妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的参与，并让年轻人有发言权 研究人员除了科学和工程的学术贡献，拟议的研讨会将 提供开发能够实现认知感知听力设备的系统的专有技术， 可以扩大认知机器人和辅助设备的产业。在这方面， 研究界和工业界为转化影响提供了宝贵的机会， 场一般。

Abstract The proposal outlines a plan to organize a series of workshops on cognitively-controlled listening devices. The meetings aim to advance scientific inquiry and computational tools for decoding brain activity and assessing cognitive functions in order to control assistive listening devices used in everyday environments. The field pushes forth current limitations in technologies such as hearing aids which take a bottom-up, hearing-centric approach. Instead, we explore scientific and engineering solutions to leverage both hearing and cognitive functions to deliver improved communication capabilities. The format of these workshops is aimed as a hands-on structure where interdisciplinary teams including senior researchers and younger trainees and students work together during 4 days to pilot new ideas, exchange approaches and compare methodologies around themes relevant to auditory cognition. The workshops, to be held every 18 months, aim to foster a nascent community of researchers spanning hearing scientists, cognitive and brain scientists, engineers and computer scientists. Benefits from the cross-training and large-scale collaborations throughout these fields will facilitate translating readouts of the mental state of listeners into effective feedback mechanisms to control hearing prosthetics and shape the listening experience. The workshop aims to engage a wider community and particularly cultivate participation of women and under-represented minorities as well as giving a voice to junior researchers. Beyond the scientific and engineering scholarly contributions, the proposed workshops will provide know-how to develop systems able to implement cognitive-aware listening devices and as such can expand the industry of cognitive robotics and assistive devices. A close partnership between the research community and industry present valuable opportunities for translational impact that benefit the field in general.