AES 2026 AVARIG Conference

AES 2026 AVARIG Conference

Schedule as of May 2026 - subject to change

Default Time Zone is EDT - Eastern Daylight Time

2:00pm CEST

How representative are Dummy head HRTFs? A subjective comParison of mannequin and human datasets Jussieu:Conf 2 (Binaural)Brian F.G. Katz • Samuel D. Bellows

1:30pm CEST

(P) An evaluation benchmark of artificial intelligence models for estimating head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) from ear shape representations IRCAM:GalleryAlexandre Philippon • Loïc Reboursière • Thierry Dutoit (P) Investigating the Effect of Sample Rate Variation on the Accuracy of Sound Source Localisation Using a Neural Network IRCAM:GallerySamuel Hobern • Alan Archer-Boyd • Damian Murphy (P) Optimising HRTFs to Improve Spatial Release from Masking IRCAM:GalleryNils Marggraf-Turley • Niels Pontoppidan • Lorenzo Picinali (P) Which Tracking Characteristics from an Audio Only VR Onboarding Predict the Best Performance HRTFs? IRCAM:GalleryMax Væhrens • Stefania Serafin • Flemming Christensen • Dorte Hammershøi

1:30pm CEST

On the influence of headphone cup acoustics on individual pinna cues IRCAM:StravinskyRoman Kiyan • Stephan Preihs • Jürgen Peissig

2:00pm CEST

Personalized Head-Related Transfer Function Modeling Using a Neural Operator IRCAM:StravinskyChenshen Lu • Kyla McMullen

2:30pm CEST

The Influence of Binauralizer and HRTF Preprocessing on Objective Loudness in Ambisonics IRCAM:StravinskyNils Peters

3:00pm CEST

Direction-Dependent Ear Canal Transmission at High Frequencies: A Multi-Subject Study using 3D-Printed Replicas IRCAM:StravinskyBaptiste Fourrier • Daniel Sinev • Benjamin Pries • Stephan Preihs • Jürgen Peissig

3:30pm CEST

A survey of HRTF dataset use in academia and industry reveals no de facto standard IRCAM:StravinskyFabian Brinkmann • Katharina Pollack • Nils Meyer-Kahlen • Pedro Lladó

4:00pm CEST

Evaluation of Head-Related Transfer Functions Across Five Levels of Individualisation in Virtual Reality IRCAM:StravinskyLudovic Pirard • Katarina C. Poole