ExpORL Goes Royal

The Anual Congress 2017 of the Royal Belgian Society for Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery took place in Louvain-la-Neuve on the 24th and 25th of November, 2017.

Not only did our Jan Wouters give a talk about current state of B-Audio, but ExpORL also had a strong presence with contributions by Astrid van Wieringen, Tobias Busch, Anouk Sangen, Benjamin Dieudonné, Sam Denys, Benson Hsu, Sara Magits, Annelies Devesse, Lien Decruy, Tilde Van Hirtum, and Charlotte Borgers.

This gathering was a fantastic platform to present the results of some of our most recent studies to the scientific community in Belgium in different ways. Additionally, it allowed the discussion, sharing, and exchange of new ideas.

Symposium on Auditory EEG/MEG Signal Processing (AESoP) - save the date!

We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Auditory EEG Signal Processing (AESoP) symposium, to be held from May 21 (noon) to May 23 (noon) in Leuven, Belgium. We aim to bridge the gap between the existing auditory neuroscience and engineering conferences.

The topic of the symposium is research on hearing, speech and language, making use of novel EEG or MEG signal processing. It is intended to be multidisciplinary between neuroscience, audiology and engineering, bringing people from these fields together.

The symposium is organised by the Leuven team and supported by the steering committee:

Tom Francart
KU Leuven (BE) 

Jan Wouters
KU Leuven (BE)

Jonathan Simon
U. of Maryland (USA)

Ed Lalor
U. of Rochester (USA)

Alain de Cheveigné
CNRS (FR)

Andrew Dimitrijevic
Sunnybrook Research Institute (CA)

Apart from talks by the steering committee members, so far confirmed speakers are:

Lucas Parra
CCNY (USA)

Stefan Debener
U. of Oldenburg (DE)

Alexander Bertrand
KU Leuven (BE) 

Dante Mantini
KU Leuven (BE)

Malcolm Slaney
Google Research (USA)

Michael X Cohen
Radbour U. (NL)

More information on the programme, abstract submission, and registration will follow soon on our website: http://www.kuleuven.be/exporl/aesop.php

During the 3-day symposium there will be opportunities to discover and taste the beautiful historic city of Leuven, known as "the mecca of books and beer".

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Looking forward to meeting you in Leuven in May!

Seminar Raúl Granados Barbero - 13 November 2017

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Invitation Holy Hour ExpORL, Dept. Neurosciences   Measures of auditory brain responses in children / adolescents. Raúl Granados Barbero Research Seminar in framework of doctoral education When? Monday, 13 November 2017, 16:00-17:00 Where? Seminar room 04.330 O&N 4 - KU Leuven Herestraat 49 B-3000 Leuven Abstract Different studies have performed analysis at the electrode level comparing different aspects of the EEG signals. Including auditory stimulation and population with reading difficulties such as dyslexia. These studies showed interesting results proving that EEG recordings with auditory stimulation may show differences between the populations under study. Studying at the source level the underlying differences showed at electrode level might provide even more information about the differences between groups with reading difficulties and normal developing readers across different ages. Please reply to this email if you are planning to attend the presentation.     Copyright KU Leuven