Sponsors
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The workshop is sponsored by several companies and organizations. They are listed below.
HEAD acoustics
For more than 20 years, HEAD acoustics has been a leading company in the area of
head-related recording and playback systems and aurally-accurate analysis of sound
events, as well as in the field of communication measurement technology. HEAD acoustics
GmbH was founded in 1986 by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Genuit in Aachen, Germany.In close cooperation with the automotive industry, HEAD acoustics has developed hardware and software solutions for measuring and analyzing sound events on the basis of aurally-accurate recording and playback systems, which have become today's industry standard. In addition, HEAD acoustics researched and developed numerous internationally-approved measurement tools in other fields of vibration and communication technology.
HEAD acoustics has always been a pioneer in developing innovative technologies, such as head-related stereophony, hearing-related analyses, interactive sound simulation systems and transfer path analysis. Therefore, HEAD acoustics continues to focus on research and maintains its own research department, emphasizing cooperation with universities and other research institutes and participation in international research projects.
At present, HEAD acoustics GmbH, headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany, employs a workforce of more than 120. In addition, HEAD acoustics has subsidiaries in the USA, Japan and France. As part of its worldwide representation, HEAD acoustics closely cooperates with numerous international sales partners. With high-performance measurement technology and professional consulting services, HEAD acoustics is your competent partner in all acoustics-related areas.
SVOX
SVOX, a
leading supplier of speech solutions, has a reputation for quality and customer focus.
SVOX drives adoption of speech user interfaces in the automotive, mobile device and
consumer electronics industries. The company offers an application development framework
(Integrated Speech Services platform), as well as separate components including Speech
Recognition (ASR), Speech Output (TTS) and complete Speech Dialog solutions.Furthermore, SVOX is active in solutions for acoustic signal enhancement such as echo cancellation and noise reduction, hands-free solutions or high end in-car-communication systems. SVOX focus on quality and the use of flexible software architectures allows for optimized embedded speech solutions that can be easily tailored to customers’ technical requirements and market needs.