Sonification refers to a process by which data are converted into sound, providing an auditory alternative to visual display. Currently, the prevalent method for diagnosing seizures in epilepsy is by visually reading a patient's electroencephalogram (EEG). However, sonification of the EEG data provides certain advantages due to the nature of human auditory perception. We hypothesized that human...

The paper presents a method for sonification of human body motion based on motiongrams. Motiongrams show the spatiotemporal development of body motion by plotting average matrices of motion images over time. The resultant visual representation resembles spectrograms, and is treated as such by the new sonifyer module for Jamoma for Max, which turns motiongrams into sound by reading a part of the...

We describe techniques to sonify rhythmic activity of epileptic seizures as measured by human EEG. Eventbased mapping of parameters is found to be informative in terms of autoand cross-correlations of the multivariate data. For the study, a group of patients with childhood absence seizures are selected. We find consistent intra-patient conservation of the rhythmic pattern as well as inter-patie...

In this paper, we discuss the musical potential of COMPath an online map based music-making tool as a novel and unique interface for interactive music composition and performance. COMPath provides an intuitive environment for creative music making by sonification of georeferenced data. Users can generate musical events with simple and familiar actions on an online map interface; a set of local ...

Time is not just a parameter of auditory disply, but is rather the principle dimension within which all other auditory parameters are placed. While this is a feature of time ordered information, it poses a particular challenge to effective sonification of time-independent data, such as images. In this paper we present two concepts of time mapping, scanning and probing to provide a framework for...

Sonification is the technique of representing data with sound, potential applications in astronomy research for aiding discovery and accessibility. Several astronomy-focused sonification tools have been developed; however, efficacy testing extremely limited. We performed astronify, a prototype tool functionality within Barbara A. Mikulski Archive Space Telescopes (MAST). created synthetic light...

Sonification is the intentional use of sound to represent data. As visual displays both shrink and grow, as datasets grow in size and complexity, and as mobile data access increases, sophisticated auditory displays become crucial. Computers and devices that support audio are widespread, but there remains relatively little knowledge and experience among user interface designers in how to use aud...

An interdisciplinary project encompassing sound synthesis, music composition, sonification, and visualization of music is facilitated by the high-performance computing capabilities and the virtual-reality environments available at Argonne National Laboratory. The paper describes the main features of the project's centerpiece, DIASS (Digital Instrument for Additive Sound Synthesis); "A.N.L.-fold...

We study cross-correlations in irregularly spiking systems. A single system displays spiking sequences that resemble a stochastic (Poisson) process. Linear coupling between two systems leaves the inter-spike interval distribution qualitatively unchanged but induces cross-correlations between the units. For strong coupling this leads to synchronization as expected but for weak coupling, both a g...