BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260101T003758Z UID:0B1A47C2-848B-412C-A938-83E20B77A8AF DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T193000 DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Ivan Tashev\, Partner Software Architect at Microsoft Research\, for an insightful session on "Generative Audio and Its Applicat ions." Explore the cutting-edge role of audio in generative AI\, from enha ncing emotional connections to enabling multimodal experiences. Dr. Tashev will delve into innovative AI systems that generate and synchronize audio across different modalities\, with real-world applications in fields like accessibility\, entertainment\, and beyond. This talk will feature key re search from the Audio and Acoustics Research Group at Microsoft Research\, shedding light on how generative audio is transforming the way we interac t with technology.\n\nTopic: Generative audio and its applications\n\nDesc ription:\n\nAudio—including sound and music—has the power to foster em otional connections and promote social bonding. As a vital human sense tha t complements vision\, it remains relatively underexplored in generative A I research. By positioning audio as a key social-emotional layer of AI\, w e underscore its transformative potential in building more inspiring and c ontext-aware systems.\n\nThis talk presents an overview of key approaches within the broader generative AI landscape\, with a focus on the role of a udio. Audio-language models can generate captions\, labels\, or free-form text from audio signals\, enabling applications such as question answering . Moreover\, generating audio from prior audio inputs or from other modali ties—such as text\, images\, or video—opens the door to compelling mul timodal models and experiences. For instance\, AI systems can synchronize audio and video streams or produce coordinated audio-visual outputs.\n\nTh e talk will be illustrated with research projects from the Audio and Acous tics Research Group at Microsoft Research.\n\nBiography:\n\nDr. Ivan Tashe v is a Partner Software Architect in Microsoft Research (MSR)\, Redmond\, WA\, USA\, where he leads the Audio and Acoustics Research Group. His inte rests include multichannel signal processing and machine learning and arti ficial intelligence for signal processing. Ivan Tashev also coordinates th e Brain-Computer Interfaces project in MSR. Dr. Tashev have published two books\, two book chapters\, 100+ scientific papers\, listed as inventor in 50 US patents. Ivan Tashev is affiliate professor in the Department for E lectrical and Computer Engineering of University of Washington in Seattle\ , USA\, and honorary professor at Technical University of Sofia\, Bulgaria . Technologies created by Dr. Tashev are incorporated in many Microsoft pr oducts\, he served as the audio architect for Kinect and for HoloLens. He is an IEEE Fellow\, member of AES and ASA. More details about him can be f ound in his web page https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/ivant ash/.\n\n[]\n\nParking Info:\n\nTo reserve parking\, please click on the f ollowing link:\nhttps://www.offstreet.io/events/1E2S1QCI and enter your ve hicle license plate.\n\nAgenda: \n5 PM - 5.30 PM Networking and light snac ks\n5.30 PM - 6.30 PM Guest Talk by Distinguished Speaker Dr. Ivan Tashev\ n6.30 PM - 7.00 PM Networking and Wrap up\n\nRoom: 629\, Bldg: Bannan\, 9 01 12th Ave\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States\, 98109-5210\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497967 LOCATION:Room: 629\, Bldg: Bannan\, 901 12th Ave\, Seattle\, Washington\, United States\, 98109-5210\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497 967 ORGANIZER:nehashetty@ieee.org SEQUENCE:109 SUMMARY:Generative audio and its applications URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/497967 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Join Dr. Ivan Tashev\, Par tner Software Architect at Microsoft Research\, for an insightful session on "Generative Audio and Its Applications." Explore the cutting-edge role of audio in generative AI\, from enhancing emotional connections to enabli ng multimodal experiences. Dr. Tashev will delve into innovative AI system s that generate and synchronize audio across different modalities\, with r eal-world applications in fields like accessibility\, entertainment\, and beyond. This talk will feature key research from the Audio and Acoustics R esearch Group at Microsoft Research\, shedding light on how generative aud io is transforming the way we interact with technology.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p >\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Topic</strong>: Generative audio and its app lications</p>\n<p><strong>Description:</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in \;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\;">Audio&mdash\;including sound and mus ic&mdash\;has the power to foster emotional connections and promote social bonding. As a vital human sense that complements vision\, it remains rela tively underexplored in generative AI research. By positioning audio as a key social-emotional layer of AI\, we underscore its transformative potent ial in building more inspiring and context-aware systems.</span></p>\n<p s tyle="margin: 0in\;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt\;">This talk presents an overview of key approaches within the broader generative AI landscape\, with a focus on the role of audio. Audio-language models can generate cap tions\, labels\, or free-form text from audio signals\, enabling applicati ons such as question answering. Moreover\, generating audio from prior aud io inputs or from other modalities&mdash\;such as text\, images\, or video &mdash\;opens the door to compelling multimodal models and experiences. Fo r instance\, AI systems can synchronize audio and video streams or produce coordinated audio-visual outputs.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\;"><s pan style="font-size: 10.0pt\;">The talk will be illustrated with research projects from the Audio and Acoustics Research Group at Microsoft Researc h.</span></p>\n<p><strong>Biography:</strong></p>\n<p><span style="font-si ze: 10.0pt\;">Dr. Ivan Tashev is a Partner Software Architect in Microsoft Research (MSR)\, Redmond\, WA\, USA\, where he leads the Audio and Acoust ics Research Group. His interests include multichannel signal processing a nd machine learning and artificial intelligence for signal processing. Iva n Tashev also coordinates the Brain-Computer Interfaces project in MSR. Dr . Tashev have published two books\, two book chapters\, 100+ scientific pa pers\, listed as inventor in 50 US patents. Ivan Tashev is affiliate profe ssor in the Department for Electrical and Computer Engineering of Universi ty of Washington in Seattle\, USA\, and honorary professor at Technical Un iversity of Sofia\, Bulgaria. Technologies created by Dr. Tashev are incor porated in many Microsoft products\, he served as the audio architect for Kinect and for HoloLens. He is an IEEE Fellow\, member of AES and ASA. 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