Newsletter
IMSC e-News, October 2004
Contact: Nichole Phillips, (213) 740-3237 nicholep@imsc.usc.edu.
OPEN HOUSE FEATURES INTERNET LEADERS-Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf and Hispanic Internet business leader Roberto Medrano gave presentations at IMSC's Open House in October. (http://imsc.usc.edu/news/releases/cerf_041102.html)
BOC/SAB MEETING SET FOR NOV. 11-The annual fall meeting of IMSC's Board of Councilors and Scientific Advisory Board will be Nov. 11 at the Center. Visit http://imsc.usc.edu/openhouse/sab.html for more information and to register.
IMSC AT USC GAMES SUMMIT-At a USC Games Summit in October, IMSC researchers described IMSC's multidisciplinary collaboration in digital game development and stressed the importance of such a multidisciplinary approach. Researchers from eight USC Schools and other organizations participated in the two-day event. Gordon Bing, Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts, a major computer game producer, gave the keynote speech and served as industry advisor at the summit. (http://imsc.usc.edu/news/releases/gamesummit_041102.html)
PROF. CHEW NAMED RESEARCH AREA DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN-CENTERED SCIENCES-Prof. Elaine Chew, a key IMSC investigator, has been named IMSC's Research Area Director for Human-Centered Sciences, succeeding Prof. Skip Rizzo, who recently joined USC's Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). (http://imsc.usc.edu/news/releases/chew_041102.html)
IMSC HOLDS ANNUAL INDUSTRY DAY-IMSC's annual Industry Day in October featured talks by representatives from IMSC sponsor Pratt & Whitney, a major manufacturer of aircraft engines, and Electronic Arts, a prominent digital game manufacturer, among others. Industry representatives also met with students to discuss career opportunities. (http://imsc.usc.edu/news/releases/industryday_041102.html)
IMSC IN THE NEWS-IMSC spin-off Audyssey Laboratories of Los Angeles was featured in numerous publications and Web sites around the world after Denon Electronics of Japan announced a new audio/visual receiver for home theaters that includes Audyssey's breakthrough technology, which customizes the listening experience for each person in the room. The technology, called MultEQTM, turns every seat into the "best seat in the house" by breaking through the current "sweet spot" limitation, where only one seat gets the best sound. MultEQTM resulted from research in audio signal processing, acoustics, and psychoacoustics at IMSC's Immersive Audio Laboratory, headed by IMSC key investigator Prof. Chris Kyriakakis, a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Audyssey Labs. For a sampling of the coverage: (http://imsc.usc.edu/news/releases/sampling_041102.html). For more details on Denon's announcement: (http://imsc.usc.edu/news/releases/audyssey.html).
The Integrated Media Systems Center is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center at the University of Southern California.