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== Working Group 4: Sonification ==

The main objective of the SID COST Action is to foster research on the multifaceted sonic aspect of interactive artefacts. This can be achieved by building a strong European network in the field which can give rise to future EU funded projects. The effort requires the establishment of a community where psychologists, cognitive scientists, acousticians, computer scientists, designers, and artists can talk and understand each other, under the common objective of understanding sonic interactions and designing future artefacts that exploit the auditory communication channel at the functional, informational, and aesthetic levels.
Working Group 4 is focused on "Sonification" and aims to collect prominent cases of data and information sonification, thus growing a body of sonification patterns, especially those emphasising the important role of interaction. Possibilities for particularly promising applications of sonification will be highlighted and brought to the attention of scientific, educational, and industrial forums.

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 === Participants ===
[http://sonification.de/thermann/index.shtml Thomas Hermann] (Vice-chair of SID COST Action and Chair of SID COST WG4, MC member), [http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~yon Yon Visell] (MC member), [http://richie.idc.ul.ie/eoin/ Eoin Brazil] (MC Member), Roderick Murray-Smith (MC member),
John Williamson (additional WG member), Nicolas Misdariis (additional WG member), Matthias Rath (additional WG member), Stephen Barrass (additional WG member, by agreement with Australian Academy of Science), Simon Shelley (additional WG member).

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 === Ambassadors ===

For Bibliography: Yon Visell

For Examples: John Williamson + Matthias Rath

For Evaluation: Nicolas Misdariis

For Web: Eoin Brazil


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 === Events === 

2009.06.15/19 - Fifth WG 4 meeting and workshop in Berlin, German [http://trac.sme-ccppd.org/SID/wiki/WG4MeetingWorkshopBerlin20090615ReportsAndMinutes Report of workshop and minutes of meeting here]

2008.09.16 - Fourth WG 4 meeting in Jyväskylä, Finland [http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG4MeetingJyvaskyla20080916Minutes Minutes of the meeting here]

2008.04.24 - Third WG 4 meeting in Berlin, Germany [http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG4MeetingBerlin20080424Minutes Minutes of the meeting here]

2008.02.20 and 22 - Training school on ''Biomedical Data Sonification'' [http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/SIDTrainingSchool200802 Webpage]

2007.10.22 - Second WG 4 meeting in Paris, France [http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG4MinutesParis20071022Minutes Minutes of the meeting here]

2007.08.02 - First WG 4 meeting in Glasgow, Great Britain [http://www.cost-sid.org/wiki/WG4Glasgow20070802Minutes Minutes of the meeting here]

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[http://trac.sme-ccppd.org/SID/wiki/WG4Sonification/Bibliography Bibliography]

[http://trac.sme-ccppd.org/SID/wiki/WG4Sonification/Examples Examples]

[http://trac.sme-ccppd.org/SID/wiki/WG4Sonification/Evaluation Evaluation]