Cadence Design Contest 2014 Tensilica Project

This project is only for full-time ME/MTech students. Project Name Stereo Acoustic Echo Cancellation (SAEC) Project Outline The objective of this project is to implement an adaptive Stereo Acoustic Echo Canceller (SAEC). The model set-up is shown in the figure below.
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x1(n), x2(n): Two channels of audio (from far end) h1(n), h2(n): Room impulse response for speaker-1 to microphone and speaker-2 to microphone v(n): Noise in the near-end room 1(n), 2(n): Estimated h1(n) and h2(n) e(n): Residual echo, must be minimized adaptively in SAEC Additional Information Some simplifying assumptions are: o No double-talk, i.e., there is no one talking in the near-end room simultaneously with the far-end talker o SAEC to be implemented for a single microphone in the near-end room Audio characteristics: o 16kHz sample rate, 16b/sample (each channel)

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For the room impulse response, the room impulse response generator at http://home.tiscali.nl/ehabets/rir_generator/rir_generator.pdf must be used with the following parameters: o Mandatory input parameters: Sound velocity, c: 340 m/s Sampling frequency, fs: 16000 Receiver xyz co-ordinates, r: variable Source xyz co-ordinates, s: variable Room dimensions (x,y,z), L: x and y to be up to 5m, z up to 3m RT60 reverberation time, beta: 0.4 o Optional input parameters: Use default for all except for the type of microphone (mtype) mtype: Can be any of the possible options There is no constraint on the type of algorithm to be implemented for adaptive AEC

Success Criteria Evaluation would be based on relative performance. However, any implementation must meet the following criteria: o ERLE must be >20dB o Initial convergence time <1s to achieve 20dB cancellation o Convergence rate: >20dB/sec Relative parameters that shall be used to evaluate the projects: o Code size o Minimum clock rate required to implement the algorithm o Performance (over and above the parameters mentioned above) Prize: Winning team - Rs. 25,000 (all team member including guide) Timeline Call for papers open Call for papers closed Submitters informed - first round Papers due from submitters - second round Submitters informed - second round Top teams final live presentation Winners announced 20 Jan 2014 28 Feb 2014 4 April 2014 2 May 2014 13 June 2014 8 July 2014 10 July 2014

How to Submit Click on the download link at the end of the page to download the abstract submission form Download and save the form All mandatory fields of the abstract submission form must be filled in full; incomplete forms will not be accepted

Please email your abstract submission form in Word format ONLY (no PDFs) to designcontest_india@cadence.com

Contest Rules The university/institute must be enrolled as part of the Cadence University Program at the time of submitting the abstract for the Contest Maximum of four students per submission If your abstract is selected for the second round of this contest, you will be given a temporary tool license to work on this project. You must sign an agreement to use this temporary license. For more information about the license, please visit www.tensilica.com/company/universityprogram/license-application.

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