The 189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), held jointly with the Acoustical Society of Japan from November 30 to December 5, 2025, in Honolulu, Hawai’i, showcased cutting-edge advancements in acoustics research. AIRIS Lab members presented nine papers and posters that highlighted our core expertise in immersive sound, auditory training, aural heritage, and XR audio technologies.
Event Overview
This flagship ASA event drew researchers, students, and professionals to exchange ideas on acoustics across disciplines like spatial audio, psychological acoustics, and computational methods. Spanning five days at a venue in tropical Honolulu, it featured oral sessions, poster displays, and student networking events such as orientations, meet-and-greets, and receptions. The joint format with ASJ amplified discussions on binaural rendering, signal processing, and musical acoustics—areas central to our mission of creating human-centered immersive audio experiences.
AIRIS Lab’s Contributions
AIRIS Lab dominated multiple sessions with contributions spanning oral presentations and posters, demonstrating our interdisciplinary approach to auditory technologies. Key highlights included:
Invited Talk
One of the highlights of the event was the invited talk in the Binaural and Spatial I session:
- Rai Sato presented “An approach to real-time late reverberation generation for six-degrees-of-freedom Auditory Augmented Reality,” discussing significant advancements in immersive AR soundscapes.
Oral Presentations
Our team delivered a series of short presentations spanning architectural acoustics, musical acoustics, and computational methods:
- Architectural Acoustics (1aAA): Sungjoon Kim presented “Acoustical Characteristics of Korean Traditional Architecture for Virtual Heritage Reconstruction: A Case Study of Magoksa Temple,” a project blending cultural preservation with VR audio technology.
- General Methods in Computational Acoustics (1pCA): The lab contributed two key talks in this session:
- Akira Takeuchi discussed “Evaluating speech quality for automatic transcription in videoconferencing.”
- Kirak Kim presented “Finetuning a Text-to-Audio Generation Model for Room Impulse Response Generation.”
- General Topics in Musical Acoustics (5aMU):
- Kangeun Lee introduced “Developing a User-Centric Interface for Performer-Aware Automatic Panning System.”
- Jongho Lee analyzed the “Perceptual Dimension of Multi-Channel Electronic Dance Music.”
- Signal Processing Potpourri I (2pSP):
- Minjae Kim presented the “Signal Adaptive Auto Tuning Algorithm for Microphone-Loudspeaker Systems using Empirical Mode Decomposition.”
Poster Sessions
Our research presence extended to the poster floor with interactive discussions on psychological and physiological acoustics:
- Psychological and Physiological Acoustics (1pPP): Pooseung Koh presented “Mobile Augmented Reality Game for Auditory Training Feasibility and Transfer to Speech-in-Noise Performance,” linking gaming mechanics to real-world hearing benefits.
What we’ve learned
The Honolulu ASA meeting reinforced AIRIS Lab’s position at the forefront of immersive sound innovation. Interactions at the ASA Honolulu meeting revealed exciting trends and synergies for immersive audio research. Cross-cultural exchanges with ASJ researchers uncovered perceptual differences in spatial audio cues, inspiring collaborative EEG studies on immersive listening experiences. Student networking events also sparked interest in our performer-aware panning system, generating leads for joint experiments in live music technology applications.