 | SoniHED 2025: Conference on the Sonification of Health and Environmental Data KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden, January 29, 2025 |
| Conference website | https://soundforenergy.net/sonihed2025 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sonihed2025 |
| Abstract registration deadline | November 15, 2024 |
| Submission deadline | November 22, 2024 |
In collaboration with the Sound for Energy Project, the EU MSCA Lullabyte Doctoral Network and the DRS Special Interest Group in Sound-Driven Design, and the support of Digital Futures Centre, we are delighted to announce the 3rd Conference on Sonification of Health and Environmental Data (SoniHED 2025), which will take place online and in person for those in Stockholm at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, on Wednesday 29 January 2025.
About SoniHED: the 1st SoniHED Conference took place in 2014 at the University of York (https://www.york.ac.uk/c2d2/seminars/sonihed/). It brought together experts in the fields of sonification, sound design, health sciences and environmental science to evaluate and discuss novel sonic ways to engage with data from these fields. As a result, the Guest Issue on Data Sonification and Sound Design in Interactive Systems for the Journal of Human Computer Studies (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2015.08.005) was published. The 2nd edition of SoniHED took place in 2022 at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (see HERE).
SoniHED 2025: Call for Papers
Sonification, and more generally sound design, sonic interaction design and sound-driven design, are concerned with using data and information in sonic form so that listeners (experts and/or non-experts) can perceive and engage with data structures, complex information and their meaning. We are interested in short (max 4 pages) or long research papers (max 8 pages) at the intersection of sound, health and environmental science.
This year we especially, but not exclusively, welcome research addressing the theme: Sound and Sleep.
Sleep and relaxation play crucial roles in maintaining physical, mental, and emotional health. Many people use sound and music to aid their sleep. In this context, there is growing interest in interactive sonic designs and applications informed by sleep data that can embed in our lives and sleeping habits in a more sustainable and personal way.
The Conference will include guest speakers, peer-reviewed paper presentations, and more. This conference welcomes submissions for oral or poster presentations focused on the sonification, sonic interaction design (SID) and sound-driven design based on health and/or environmental data and information.
Submission guidelines
Please submit here (submission site to be added very soon) an abstract in English of between 200-500 words by Friday 15 November 2024.
The initial abstract submission should include the following information:
- Name of the author(s) with email addresses and affiliation
- Title of the presentation/poster
- Body of the abstract
Please submit the full paper to the same link by Friday 22 November 2024.
Papers should be between 4 and 8 pages, written in English, and not previously published.
Papers must be submitted as PDF documents generated from the following template:
Notification of Acceptance will take place on Friday 13 December 2024.
The camera-ready article of accepted papers will be due on Wednesday 15 January 2025.
Final papers will be published in the online Proceedings of the Conference.
Summary of Important Dates:
- Friday 15 November 2024: Submission of abstract
- Friday 22 November 2024: Submission of full paper
- Friday 13 December 2024: Notification of Acceptance
- Wednesday 15 January 2025: Submission of Camera-Ready paper
- Wednesday 29 January 2025: SoniHED 2025
List of Topics
This conference welcomes submissions for oral or poster presentations focused on the sonification, sonic interaction design (SID) and sound-driven design based on health and/or environmental data and information (referred here as sonihed).
Topics can include:
- case studies in the fields of:
- health, sleep and relaxation
- health and environmental science
- energy consumption/efficiency
- health and physical energy
- sonihed applications for mobile technology and/or the web
- sonihed applications for public engagement
- aesthetic issues related to sonihed projects
- sonihed novel design strategies
- sonihed practical systems and working prototypes
- evaluation of sonihed-related projects
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If you have any questions please email: sonihed2025@gmail.com
Conference Chair: Sandra Pauletto (KTH, Sweden)
Organising Committee: Stefano Delle Monache (IRCAM, France), Nicolas Misdariis (IRCAM, France), Elif Özcan (TU Delft), Abhishek Choubey (KTH, Sweden), David Holmgren (KTH, Sweden)