The following groups are involved in auditory display research. This list will display the institution's name, primary contact, areas of research, active projects, and relevant URL links. If you would like to be added to this list, please email Benjamin Davison at ben@cc.gatech.edu or post at this forum.

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• Ambient Intelligence Group, CITEC, Bielefeld University, Germany
• Audio-Video Research Lab, Szechenyi Istvan University
• HCI Lab, University of Houston - Clear Lake
• Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick
• Signal and Systems Laborartory, Oporto University
• Sonic Communications Research Group, University of Canberra
• Sonification Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Speech-based and Pervasive Interaction Group, University of Tampere
• Interaction Media Communication Group, Queen Mary, University of London

Ambient Intelligence Group, CITEC, Bielefeld University, Germany

Location: Bielefeld, Germany
Primary Contact: Dr. Thomas Hermann
Research Interests: Sonification, cognitive interaction technology, multi-modal data exploration, data mining, ambient intelligence, augmented reality, tangible user interfaces, tabletop computing, human-computer interaction.
Current Projects: http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/ags/ami/research
URL: http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/ags/ami and http://www.sonification.de

Audio-Video Research Lab, Szechenyi Istvan University

Location: Gyor, Hungary
Primary Contact: Dr. György Wersényi
Research Interests: Localization in auditory displays, HRTF measurement and simulation, binaural technology, earcons/auditory icons, dummy-head technique.
Current Projects: Graphical User Interface for Blind Persons, GUIB
URL: http://vip.tilb.sze.hu/~wersenyi/index.html

HCI Lab, University of Houston-Clear Lake

Location: Houston, Texas, United States. University of Houston-Clear Lake Psychology Department.
Primary Contact: Dr. Camille Peres
Research Interests: auditory graphs (training and effects of dimensions of sound), auditory progress bars for on-hold environments.
Current Projects: Design Templates for Auditory Progress Bars
URL: http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/hsh/PeresSC/

Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick

Location: Limerick, Ireland. Department of Computer Science & Information Systems
Primary Contact: Mikael Fernstrom
Research Interests: Sonification, auditory icons, auditory / sonic browsing, human computer interaction, interaction design, public displays / installations, audio-haptic interfaces.
Current Projects: Surgical Training, Public Spaces, Mobile Devices
URL: http://www.idc.ul.ie

Signal and Systems Laboratory , Oporto University

Location: Porto, Portugal
Primary Contact: Diamantino Freitas, PhD
Research Interests: research and accessibility projects since 1991 including work with "Acoustic and Electroacoustic Signalling"; "Speech Processing", "Inclusive and Universal Design" and "Non-Speech Audio Interfaces".
Current Projects: Graphical and Auditory User Interfaces, GAUI
URL: http://lpf-esi.fe.up.pt/index.html.en

Sonic Communications Research Group, University of Canberra

Location: Canberra, Australia.
Primary Contact: Stephen Barrass
Research Interests: sonification, sonic-writing, haptic-audio, auditory interfaces, generative sound, music imagery, music cognition, auditory perception, and sound art, theory and practice.
URL: http://www.scrg.org.au

Sonification Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology

Location: Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Tech School of Psychology.
Primary Contact: Dr. Bruce Walker
Research Interests: Sonification, psychophysical aspects of auditory displays, complex environments, individual differences, auditory graphs, training, bone conduction headsets, audio menu navigation, spearcons.
Current Projects: Sonification Sandbox, SWAN
URL: http://sonify.psych.gatech.edu

Speech-based and Pervasive Interaction Group, University of Tampere

Location: Tampere, Finland. Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction (TAUCHI), Department of Computer Sciences.
Primary Contact: Markku Turunen, PhD
Research Interests: complementary speech & non-speech audio interfaces, mobile and ubiquitous computing, special user groups, constructive research.
Current Projects: COMPANIONS - persistent, conversational and emotional multimodal interfaces; PUMS/TravelMan - mobile speech-based and multimodal public transportation guidance; PRIMA - Privacy in the Making; EASE - Ecological Approach to Smart Environments
URL: http://www.cs.uta.fi/hci/spi/

Interaction Media Communication Group, Queen Mary, University of London

Location: London, UK. Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London.
Primary Contact: Dr Tony Stockman and Christopher Frauenberger
Research Interests: auditory display, multi-modal interaction, cognitive psychology, human-human interaction, philosophy , interactional engagement.
URL: http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/research/imc