The ICAD Board is excited to announce a series of virtual events to help foster discussion and connections in our community. Every second Thursday through the summer we will host virtual “brown bag” meetups consisting of short, informal talks followed by small group discussions. Sessions will be hosted on Zoom. We envision two different presenters […]
Community Spotlight: Sara Lenzi
Winner of Best Use of Sound Award at ICAD 2019! So, who are you? I am Sara Lenzi, an Italian sound designer with a background in electroacoustic music and philosophy and fifteen years of professional work between sound branding and sound art. A couple of years ago, I decided to take a break from the […]
ICAD 2020 has been postponed until June of 2021
Dear ICAD Community, On behalf of the ICAD Board, it is with great deliberation that we inform you that the physical meeting for ICAD 2020 in Gainesville, Florida from June 7-11 2020 has been postponed until June of 2021. The ICAD Board has thoroughly considered the health, well-being, and safety of our attendees, and ultimately […]
Community Spotlight: Derek Brock
ICAD Board Treasurer and recent NRL retiree! So, who are you? I’m Derek Brock, ICAD’s treasurer. I have recently retired from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) where I was a human factors researcher for 27 years. The majority of my work there was concerned with challenges presented by information displays. I’m chiefly interested in […]
Call for Bids to Host ICAD in 2021 and 2022
Call for Bids to Host ICAD in 2021 and 2022 The Board of the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD) is calling for bids to host the conference in 2021 and 2022. Note that ICAD expects to continue the practice of holding an annual conference roughly on a rotational basis in North America, Europe and […]
ICAD 2020 @ University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA
We are excited to announce that ICAD 2020 will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA from JUNE 8-11, 2020 Sound is used in a wide variety of applications to alert listeners to the status of a person or environment. With this year’s theme of “Safe and Sound” , we want to […]
ICAD 2019 @ Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
ICAD 2019 was held at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK between June 23–27, 2019 The conference’s overarching focus was “Sonification for Everyday Life”, with committee members seeking papers, extended abstracts, multimedia, concert pieces, demos, installations, workshops, and tutorials that will contribute to the knowledge of how sonification can support everyday life. ICAD 2019 – 25th International […]
ICAD 2018 @ Michigan Technological University, MI, USA
ICAD 2018 was held at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA between June 10–15, 2018 The conference’s overarching focus was “Sonification as ADSR”. ADSR refers to Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release, which are basic components of sound that auditory researchers are familiar with. The ICAD 2018 committee sought submissions that would (1) not only go back to the basics […]