2022 Automotive Audio: 2022 AES International Conference on Automotive Audio Dearborn Inn Dearborn, MI, United States, June 8-10, 2022

Over the last 20 years, Automotive Audio has changed dramatically from being standard mono sound in one full-range loudspeaker to a true multichannel playback system fully integrated and adjusted to the specific car. Today some of the most advanced sound technologies are being developed and applied in Automotive Audio. Recently the role of audio in the automotive industry has significantly changed. Sound systems are used to design the sound of cars, i.e. the sound of the car itself due to its motion and thus generation of sound (usually called noise). The impact of streaming, ride-share, autonomy, Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV’s), ownership models, and car share could have a profound effect on the way we think about sound in and around vehicles and microphones challenges and use cases. 

The conference will give an overview of the present state-of-the-art in some specific topics and address many of the new scientific disciplines involved in this still-emerging field. Automotive Audio involves combinations of otherwise complementary scientific fields such as power electronics, bus systems, loudspeaker drive units, signal processing (DSP), acoustics & vibrations (NVH), and more.

Submission Guidelines

Since the conference follows the AES peer review publication process, FULL papers or substantially completed manuscripts (4–8 pages) are to be submitted by 31 March 2022 using the conference's EasyChair submission system. Invited authors of technical presentations and special talks may submit abstracts by 31 March 2022 without full manuscripts. Templates for preparing papers are also available at that site (viewable when login on easychair then click "New Submission"). Papers and author information may be submitted anytime after 30 April 2021. Authors may contact the papers chairs (2022automotive_papers@aes.org) in advance of the full paper submission date, regarding the suitability of paper topics, or for an informal review of an abstract/précis. Acceptance of papers will be determined by the conference review committee and authors will be informed of the decision before or by 30 April 2022. Final versions of papers following any revisions guided by the committee’s review must be submitted by 27 May 2022.

The conference program will include an oral presentation of papers.  

List of Topics

• System Architecture and Hardware
  • System concepts
  • Concepts of reproducing low-frequencies
  • Amplifier technologies and concepts
  • Transducers
    • Sensors
    • Microphones
    • Loudspeakers
  • Test/Measurement method and equipment 
• Sound Reproduction in Cars
  • Sound field control
  • DSP algorithms (spectral/spatial)
  • Computer-aided tuning methods
  • Communication technologies
• Active Sound Management and Solutions
  • Active noise control system architectures
  • An acoustic vehicle alerting systems (AVAS)
  • Vehicle sound design (internal and external)
• Virtual Acoustics
  • Simulations
  • Auralization
  • Virtual and augmented reality
• Evaluation of Sound Quality
  • Subjective
  • Objective
  • Loudness
  • Distortion
  • Standards
  • Speech Intelligibility/Quality
• ​​Machine learning and deep learning in automotive audio applications
  • Automatic speech recognition (ASR)
  • Voice activity detection and voice command application (interior & exterior) 
  • Acoustic event detection and acoustic situation awareness (e.g., Siren detection and localization)
• New Technologies for Automotive Audio

Publication

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. The papers will be published in the AES E-Library no earlier than 10 days before the conference starts.

Submitting a workshop proposal

Workshops will complement the conference paper sessions by providing panel presentations and lectures led by experts in the field. These events will provide in-depth yet practical discussions related to automotive audio, while demonstrating the application of science in real-world scenarios. Authors are encouraged to submit proposals for workshops by contacting the Paper Chair directly (2022automotive_papers@aes.org). 

Registration requirement

At least one author on each paper must register for the conference for the paper to be included in the conference program and proceedings.

Open Access

Authors will have the option of submitting Open Access papers. For further information see http://www.aes.org/openaccess/ 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Paper Chair: 2022automotive_papers@aes.org