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Biography

Founder and Director of Salsa Sound Ltd, developing audio technology for next-generation broadcast.
Associatye Professor in Audio Technology at University of Salford.
Project lead for research and commercial projects in audio technology, digital media, broadcast and accessibility.

Activities

Employment (5)

University of Salford: Salford, Greater Manchester, GB

2022-08-01 to present | Associate Professor (Science, Engineering & Environment)
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Salsa Sound Ltd.: Salford, Greater Manchester, GB

2018-07-01 to present | Director & Co-founder
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University of Salford: Salford, GB

2000-08-01 to 2022-08-01 | Senior Lecturer (Science, Engineering & Environment)
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University of Salford: Salford, GB

2008-01-01 to 2014-12-01 | MediaCityUK Coordinator (College of Science & Technology)
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Ben Shirley

University of Salford: Salford, GB

1993-05-01 to 2000-08-01 | Senior Technician / Demonstrator (Computing, Science & Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Salford: Salford, Greater Manchester, GB

2007 to 2013 | PhD (School of Computing, Science & Engineering)
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Keele University: Keele, Staffordshire, GB

2000 to 2002 | MSc Digital Music Technology (Distinction) (Music)
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Professional activities (7)

Higher Education Academy: York, GB

2001-06-01 to present | Fellow
Membership
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City Football Group: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2019-06-01 | Winner: City Football Group Startup Challenge
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AES (United States): New York, New York, US

2019-03-01 | Best Peer-reviewed Paper Award, AES Convention, Dublin
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Sports Video Group Europe: London, London, GB

2016-11-01 | Sports TV Awards Winner: Outstanding Audio
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University of Salford: Salford, Greater Manchester, GB

2012-12-01 | Alumni Achievement Award
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The Engineer Magazine: London, London, GB

2011-12-01 | The Engineer Technology & Innovation Award
Distinction
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University of Salford: Salford, Greater Manchester, GB

2002-05-01 | Merit Award: 'Outstanding contribution to music technology teaching'
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Works (50 of 75)

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17 Optimizing Linear Media Processes for Cloud

Education
2022 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Cloud-based AI for automatic audio production for personalized immersive XR experiences

SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal
2022 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Intelligibility versus comprehension: understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast

Universal Access in the Information Society
2021 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley
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Loudness differences for Voice-over-Voice audio in TV and streaming

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
2020 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Background ducking to produce esthetically pleasing audio for TV with clear speech

Audio Engineering Society Convention 146
2019 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Casualty accessible and enhanced (A&E) audio: Trialling object-based accessible TV audio

Audio Engineering Society Convention 147
2019 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

DataTV 2019: 1st international workshop on data-driven personalisation of television

Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video
2019 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Dementia-friendly design of television news broadcasts

Journal of Enabling Technologies
2019 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Personalization in object-based audio for accessibility: a review of advancements for hearing impaired listeners

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
2019 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Personalization of object-based audio for accessibility using narrative importance

2019 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Preferred levels for background ducking to produce esthetically pleasing audio for TV with clear speech

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
2019 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Preferred levels for background ducking to produce esthetically pleasing audio for TV with clear speech

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
2019 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

R2SPIN: Re-recording the Revised Speech Perception in Noise Test

INTERSPEECH, 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
2019 | Conference paper
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Accessible object-based audio using hierarchical narrative importance metadata

Audio Engineering Society Convention 145
2018 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Dual frequency band amplitude panning for multichannel audio systems

Audio Engineering Society Conference: 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction-Aesthetics and Science
2018 | Conference paper
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Intelligibility vs comprehension: understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast

2018 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Multi-zone personalisation for hard of hearing listeners using object-based audio

2018 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Speech-to-screen: spatial separation of dialogue from noise towards improved speech intelligibility for the small screen

Audio Engineering Society Convention 144
2018 | Conference paper
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Assistive mixing system and method of assembling a synchronised spatial sound stage

2018-05 | Patent
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Accessible audio research, invited presentation at UK Council on Deafness conference 2017

2017 | Journal article
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Acoustic room modelling using a spherical camera for reverberant spatial audio objects

Audio Engineering Society Convention 142
2017 | Conference paper
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Big pictures and small screens; How television sound research can work with, and for, hard of hearing viewers

2017 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

In-Programme Personalization for Broadcast: IPP4B

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video
2017 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Personalized object-based audio for hearing impaired TV viewers

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
2017 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Television dialogue; balancing audibility, attention and accessibility

Conference on Accessibility in Film, Television and Interactive Media, York, UK
2017 | Conference paper
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The effect of situation-specific non-speech acoustic cues on the intelligibility of speech in noise

INTERSPEECH 2017, 18th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
2017 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Turning up the background noise; the effects of salient non-speech audio elements on dialogue intelligibility in complex acoustic scenes

Reproduced Sound 2016
2017 | Journal article
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Speechtoscreen: spatial separation of dialogue from noise towards

listening
2016 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

The effect of early impulse response length and visual environment on externalization of binaural virtual sources

Audio Engineering Society Convention 140
2016 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

The room-in-room effect and its influence on perceived room size in spatial audio reproduction

Audio Engineering Society Convention 141
2016 | Conference paper
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Turning up the background noise; the effects of salient non-speech audio elements on dialogue intelligibility in complex acoustic scenes

2016 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Application of object-based audio for automated mixing of live football broadcast

Audio Engineering Society Convention 139
2015 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Clean audio for tv broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
2015 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Object-based audio for interactive football broadcast

Multimedia Tools and Applications
2015 | Journal article
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An object-based audio system for interactive broadcasting

Audio Engineering Society Convention 137
2014 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Platform independent audio

Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems. Wiley, Hoboken
2014 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Demo paper: Audio object extraction for live sports broadcast

2013 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW)
2013 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Improving television sound for people with hearing impairments

2013 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Ben Shirley

Interactive Rendering

2013 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media

2013 | Other
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Platform independent audio

Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media
2013 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Semi-Automatic Content Annotation

Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media
2013 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

State-of-the-Art and Challenges in Media Production, Broadcast and Delivery

Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media
2013 | Journal article
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Towards a format-agnostic approach for production, delivery and rendering of immersive media

Proceedings of the 4th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
2013 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Virtual Director

2013 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Interim System Integration. FascinatE deliverable D1. 5.2

2012 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

Interim System Specification. FascinatE deliverable D1. 4.2

2012 | Journal article
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Ben Shirley

VoIPText: Voice chat for deaf and hard of hearing people

Consumer Electronics-Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
2012 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Automatic mixing and tracking of on-pitch football action for television broadcasts

Audio Engineering Society Convention 130
2011 | Conference paper
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Ben Shirley

Combining panoramic image and 3D audio capture with conventional coverage for immersive and interactive content production

2011 | Conference paper
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