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          <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%,
              32.941180%, 58.823530%)">ICAD 2019 — Call for Student
              ThinkTank Appilcations (Student Research Consortium)
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">25th International Conference on Auditory
              Display
              Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
              June 23–27, 2019<br>
            </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; color: rgb(1.960784%, 38.823530%, 75.686280%)"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://icad2019.icad.org/">https://icad2019.icad.org/</a>
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">Date: </span><span style="font-size:
              11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700">Sunday
              June 23rd, 2019<br>
            </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM<br>
            </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(75.294120%,
              0.000000%, 0.000000%)">Applications due: Friday March 29</span><span
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              font-weight: 700; color: rgb(75.294120%, 0.000000%,
              0.000000%)">, 2019 <br>
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(75.294120%,
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          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">The Student ThinkTank (Student Research
              Consortium) is a full day meeting for students doing
              Graduate
              or Undergraduate work on auditory display. It will be held
              on June 23rd. Selected students will give formal
              presentations and have the opportunity to discuss research
              ideas and problems with fellow researchers
              in the field. The program will also include career-related
              activities.
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">The ThinkTank is your chance to set a whole
              roomful of auditory researchers to work on your particular
              research issue, to help you choose which method, tool,
              technique, or principle to use to save you from
              heading down a dead end. Besides providing thoughtful
              insights into your particular project, the
              ThinkTank will foster friendships and networks among
              fellow students and researchers that are essential
              in an international community for auditory display.
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">Financial assistance will be available for
              selected applicants from US Universities from ICAD and the
              NSF.
              Any registered ICAD participants can join as an observer
              free of charge. If you’d like to attend as an
              observer, please send an email to </span><span
              style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';
              color: rgb(1.960784%, 38.823530%, 75.686280%)"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:icad2019thinktank@icad.org">icad2019thinktank@icad.org</a>
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%,
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            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%,
              32.941180%, 58.823530%)">How to apply
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">To apply please submit the following 4 items:
            </span></p>
          <blockquote>
            <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                'Calibri'; font-weight: 700">1. Cover Letter
              </span></p>
            <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                'Calibri'">Your cover letter should include the
                following information:
              </span></p>
          </blockquote>
          <ul style="list-style-type: disc">
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'Calibri'">Statement of interest in participating in
                  the ThinkTank.
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'Calibri'">Full name of the School and Department in
                  which you are studying.
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'Calibri'">Current stage in your academic program
                  (e.g., completed MS, 2 years into PhD).
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'Calibri'">Name of the supervising professor.
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'Calibri'">Your full contact information: address,
                  phone number, and email address.
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'Calibri'">Title of the research and keywords
                  pertinent to the research.
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'Calibri'">The URL of your web page (if any).</span><span
                  style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';
                  font-weight: 700"></span><span style="font-size:
                  11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700"></span></p>
            </li>
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                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'; font-weight: 700">2. Two-page
                        Research Interest Summary
                      </span></p>
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">The body of the research summary
                        should provide a clear overview of the research
                        that you have already
                        conducted; is in the process of completing; has
                        planned, or ideas for research that you would
                        like to
                      </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;
                        font-family: 'Calibri'">pursue. The statement
                        should discuss the relevance and potential
                        impact of the research on the field and
                        discuss its broader impact in the world. You are
                        encouraged to include the following sections:
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
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                  <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
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                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">Introduction and problem description.
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
                  <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                    'SymbolMT'">
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">Brief background and overview of the
                        existing literature.
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
                  <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                    'SymbolMT'">
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">Goal of the research.
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
                  <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                    'SymbolMT'">
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">Current status of the research.
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
                  <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                    'SymbolMT'">
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">Preliminary results accomplished, if
                        any.
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
                  <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                    'SymbolMT'">
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">Broader Impact of this research.
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
                  <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                    'SymbolMT'">
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">Open issues, topics to be discussed
                        at the ThinkTank, and expected outcomes from
                        participating
                      </span></p>
                    <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                        'Calibri'">in the ThinkTank. For example, you
                        might want to discuss choosing the right tools
                        and techniques,
                        to choosing research topics, to how to organize
                        your thesis, to philosophical or aesthetic
                        issues –
                        anything where you could benefit from the
                        perspectives and experience of other students
                        and
                        experts.
                      </span></p>
                  </li>
                </ul>
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                <blockquote><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;
                    font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700">3. Letter
                    of Recommendation</span><span style="font-size:
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                  <span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                    'Calibri'"></span>
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                    </span></div>
                  <div class="column"><span style="font-size:
                      11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">Enclose a
                      letter of recommendation written by your Graduate
                      Advisor/Thesis Advisor/Supervisor. Your
                      advisor/supervisor is asked to verify that you are
                      a graduate student, working in the area of
                      sonification
                      or auditory display. (In case of undergraduate
                      student’s submission, please verify the enrolled
                      student
                      status and include information about the
                      undergraduate research project.) Advisors are also
                      encouraged
                      to include an assessment of the current status of
                      your research and an indication of the expected
                      date of
                      its completion. In addition, your advisor is
                      encouraged to indicate what she/he hopes you would
                      both gain
                      and contribute by participating in the ThinkTank.
                      <br>
                    </span></div>
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                  </div>
                </blockquote>
              </div>
              <blockquote>
                <div class="column"><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;
                    font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: 700">4.
                    Curriculum Vitae (CV)
                  </span>
                  <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                      'Calibri'">Please prepare a 1-page CV that relates
                      your background, relevant experience, and research
                      accomplishments.</span><span style="font-size:
                      12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight:
                      700; color: rgb(18.431370%, 32.941180%,
                      58.823530%)"></span></p>
                </div>
              </blockquote>
            </div>
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          <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%,
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            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%,
              32.941180%, 58.823530%)">Selection and Presentation:
            </span> </p>
          <span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">Up
            to 15 proposals will be selected for formal presentation and
            “think-tanking”. The selected problems
            will be representative examples of a widespread problem or
            will be particularly interesting or challenging
            (as determined by the expert Panel). Each participant will
            prepare a 15-minute presentation for all
            ThinkTank attendees. The Panel will present a report on the
            ThinkTank in the ICAD 2019 conference
            program.
          </span><br>
          <br>
          <span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">All
            those who submit a problem may participate in the ThinkTank
            to watch the presentations and join
            in the discussions; however, only the selected submissions
            will be able to make a formal oral
            presentation. Even if your problem is not selected you will
            leave with a sense of what other students
            are doing and how they are approaching problems in auditory
            display, as well as new friends to talk
            about your project with during the rest of the ICAD 2019
            conference and in the future. If your problem
            is selected you may also leave with the breakthrough you
            need!
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          <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%,
              32.941180%, 58.823530%)"><br>
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%,
              32.941180%, 58.823530%)">ThinkTank Panel:
            </span></p>
          <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
              'Calibri'">The ThinkTank Panel comprises several
              international researchers who work across a range of
              disciplines
              covered by auditory displays. The confirmed Panel members
              are:
            </span></p>
          <ul style="list-style-type: disc">
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Dr. Areti Andreopoulou (chair),
                  University of Athens
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Dr Bruce Walker, Georgia
                  Institute of Technology
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Dr. </span><span
                  style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; color: rgb(12.549020%,
                  12.941180%, 14.117650%)">Matti Gröhn, Stereoscape,
                  Finland
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; color: rgb(12.549020%,
                  12.941180%, 14.117650%)">Derek Brock, United Stated
                  Naval Research Lab
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; color: rgb(12.549020%,
                  12.941180%, 14.117650%)">Dr. Myounghoon Jeon, Virginia
                  Tech
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; color: rgb(12.549020%,
                  12.941180%, 14.117650%)">TBC
                </span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'">
              <p><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                  'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; color: rgb(12.549020%,
                  12.941180%, 14.117650%)">TBC</span></p>
            </li>
            <li style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'SymbolMT'"><span
                style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
                'TimesNewRomanPSMT'; color: rgb(12.549020%, 12.941180%,
                14.117650%)"><br>
              </span></li>
          </ul>
          <span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';
            font-weight: 700; color: rgb(18.431370%, 32.941180%,
            58.823530%)">How to Submit: <br>
          </span></div>
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            style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'"></span><br>
          <span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri'">Please
            email your proposal by March 29th, 2019 to the ThinkTank
            chair at </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;
            font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(1.960784%, 38.823530%,
            75.686280%)"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:icad2019thinktank@icad.org">icad2019thinktank@icad.org</a>
          </span><span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; font-family:
            'Calibri'">If you have any questions, please feel free to
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<span class="s1">Areti Andreopoulou, PhD
Assistant Professor in Music Technology
Laboratory of Music Acoustics and Technology (LabMAT)
Department of Music Studies
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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