Sound is used in our every day artifacts as signals e.g. when an alarm goes on, and as jingles to make us aware of e.g. the news on TV. Sound is also used to accompany computer games and other multimedia products. And finally, sound is used in its own right as music. Hence, sound can be used functionally and/or emotionally.

Sound can be generated by very cheap devices so that sound signals can be included in all our artifacts, and sound can be generated on large scale computers and played through very sophisticated layouts of speakers in physical and virtual spaces. Sound design will hence play a major role in the design of physical and virtual spaces massively equipped with digital technology.

Research themes include:

• design of sensors that allow intuitive/interactive processing of sound. Mapping of sensor data to sound parameters and musical expression.
• sound in physical and virtual spaces.
• sound on the web.
• multimedia with sound.
• sound design teaching at all levels.

Contact information

Postal and visiting address:	Department of Computer Science
	University of Aarhus
	Aabogade 34
	DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Telephone:	+45 8942 5611

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Last update: 5-9-11