Prof. Bell will co-chair the IEEE ISCAS 2017 Special Session entitled “Innovations In Acoustics”. This session will be held on May 29, 2017 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD, and it provides unique access to acoustic researchers from various academic departments across Johns Hopkins University. This special session will cover acoustics on various levels, starting from background noise suppression in an electronic stethoscope, to bat echolocation processing to ultrasonic medical imaging and acoustic beamforming. It includes an invited talk from the father of microphone technology, Prof. Jim West, a National Medal of Technology and Innovation winner, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a recipient of countless additional high honors. The session also includes a technical talk from a local ultrasound imaging start-up company (Sonavex, Inc.) formed based on ideas born here in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins University, which uniquely supports the conference theme “from Dreams to Innovation”.
