The Technical Committee on Signal Processing in Acoustics will sponsor the tenth Gallery of Acoustics at the Acoustics'08 Paris. The objective of the Gallery is to enhance ASA meetings by providing a setting for researchers to display their work to all meeting attendees in a forum emphasizing the diversity, interdisciplinary, and artistic nature of acoustics. The Gallery of Acoustics provides a means by which we can all share and appreciate the natural beauty, aesthetic, and artistic appeal of acoustic phenomena: This is a forum where science meets art.
The Gallery will consist of a multimedia collection of images, videos, audio clips, and narrations, of images and/or sounds generated by acoustic processes or resulting from signal and image processing of acoustic data. Images and videos can consist of actual visualizations of acoustic processes, or of aesthetically and technically interesting images resulting from various signal and image processing techniques and data visualization. Audio clips and segments should also have aesthetic, artistic, and technical appeal.

Entries must be submitted electronically, either by email attachment, CD, or DVD. The allowed electronic formats are:

• Images & Photographs must be in one of the following formats:
  • PDF, EPS, TIFF, JPG (although lossless formats are encouraged)
  • Video (3 minute limit STRICTLY ENFORCED)
  • QuickTime, MPEG (with QuickTime compatible CODEC)
• Audio Clips (3 minute limit STRICTLY ENFORCED):
  • AU, WAV, MP3, AIFF

Each entry will be an individual chapter on a single multimedia DVD. Written posters, descriptions, and abstracts will be posted on the Gallery of Acoustics display surrounding the video monitor.

All entries must be accompanied by all authors’ names and affiliations, a brief description of the entry and importance or interest of the entry (no more than 1000 words), and statement of permission to publish the entry in complete form or in parts.

The meeting attendees will vote on the entries on the basis of aesthetic/artistic appeal, ability to convey and exchange information, and originality. A cash prize of $1000 will be awarded to the winning entry.
Note that authors must give permission for publication in complete form or in part to be eligible.
The relevant deadlines are as follows:

• 03 March 2008 Deadline for notice of intent to submit. Include a title, an abstract, and complete author list with full contact information. Please indicate the primary point of contact.
• 07 April 2008 Deadline for the receipt of all entries and materials.

Entries, requests for information and all other communications regarding the Gallery should be directed to:
Dr. Sean K. Lehman
LLNL/EE/ETD
L-154, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA 94550-9234 USA
(925) 423-3580
(925) 423-3144 FAX
lehman2[at]llnl.gov