The latest contribution of the Bureau came during the 10th anniversary meeting of the Swiss Acoustical Society where a number of talks were devoted exclusively to the work of the Bureau in the fields of legal aspects of noise and vibration, hearing damage prevention measures, and the me- dical aspects of hearing damage. These activities of the Bureau are de- signed to improve the health of the people of Switzerland, to minimize acoustic damage and thus lower the incidence rate and with it medical expenses insurance companies have to cover.

Institute of Acoustics Diploma--1981 results The Institute of Acoustics (U.K.) has continued its programs leading to

the award of the IOA Diploma in Acoustics, with two more schools {Col- chester Institute and Heriot-Watt University} participating for the first time in the 1981 examinations. A total of 134 candidates were registered for the program, an increasing number of them coming from industrial workers concerned with acoustics, while the number of Health Officers successfully passing the examinations decreased slightly. The organizers of the Diploma Program believe that the mathematical content of some sections of the courses is probably a difficulty for many Health Officers. The total number of Diploma awards was 77 for the 1981 examinations.

Professor Quate honored at The Royal Institu- tion

The Chairman and the Trustees of the Rank Prize Fund have elected

Professor C. F. Quate of Stanford University recipient of the Rank Prize for achievements in optoelectronics. The Prize was presented by Sir John Davis during a ceremony on 27 April 1982 at The Royal Institution in London. Professor Quate received the honor "for his work resulting in the production of the scanning acoustic microscope."

Amplifon Prize awarded to French and Israeli hearing experts

The Centro Ricerche e $tudi Amplifon of Milano has announced that the 1981 AmplifonPrize has been awarded to Dr. J. M. Aran and to Prof. H. Sohmer. Dr. Aran, Director of the Laboratory of Experimental Audio- logy at Bordeaux University and Prof. Sohmer, Director of the Labora- tory of Electrophysiology at Hadassah University, are working, indepen- dently, in the same research field: the study of auditory evoked potentials for a better understanding of heating and clinical applications for assess- ing objective differential diagnosis of heating impairments both in new- borns and in noncooperative subjects.

Medals and honors awarded at the AES Mon- treux convention

During the 1982 Audio Engineering Society convention, held in Mon- treux, Switzerland, a number of medals and honors were awarded to scientists who have distinguished themselves in acoustics. Hans Joachim Griese received the Silver Medal for his contributions to vocoders and

various audio transmission systems. Honorary Membership was awarded to Eberhard Zwicker for fundamental contributions in the field of physio- logical hearing phenomena. A Fellowship was awarded to Victor Peutz for contributions to room acoustics, concert hall designs, and speech intel- ligibility. Other medals and honors were awarded to persons who had made significant contributions to the activities of the society or in the areas of recording and industrial development of audio equipment.

British societies elect new councils

The Institute of Acoustics and the British Society of Audiology have elected new council officers for the year 1982. The IOA President is D. E. Weston, President-Elect is D. J. Johns, and J. Bickerdike. H. G. Leventh- all and T. Smith will serve as Vice Presidents. The slate of officers of the

BSA is headed by D. Brooks, Chairman. B. Davies was elected Vice Chairman.

Calendar

Below are announcements of meetings to be held abroad. Entries preceded by a * are new or updated listings with contact addresses given in paren- theses.

Month/year listing following other entries refers to issues of the Jour- nal which contain full calendar listings or meeting announcements.

August 1982 16-18

22-28

September 1982 5-11

8-10

9-10

12-18

13-17

20-22

24

26-2

27-1

October 1982

4-8

7-8

12-15

18-19

19-22

21-22

31-3

November 1982

16-18

30-10

December 1982

1-2

14-17

March 1983

21-25

July 1983 12-13

12-14

13-15

Scandinavian Acoustical Society Congress, Stock- holm. 3/82

IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Deformation Waves, Tallinn. 9/81

World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Hamburg. 11/81 Auditorium Acoustics Meeting, Edinburgh. 3/82 *Theory of Wave Propagation in Random Media, Cambridge. 7/82 Theory of Oscillations Meeting, Oberwolfach. 3/82 3rd FASE Congress/DAGA '82, G/Sttingen. 5/81 Noise Control Conference, Krak6w. 1/82 *Microprocessors in Audiology, London, U.K. (R. Wright, RNID, Scientific and Technical Department, 105 Gower Street, London WC1E 6AH, U.K.} $th World Congress on Ultrasound in Medicine, Lon- don. 11/81

International Computer Music Conference, Venice. 5/ 82

Acoustical Conference: Noise and Environment, High Tatra. 1/82

*Automated Speech Recognition [GALF Speech Group Seminar] (M. Rossi, Phonttique, Universit6 de Provence, 29 avenue Robert Schuman, 13621 Aix-en- Provence, France) Acoustic Propagation Meeting, Le Havre. 3/82 *Vibration and Noise Seminars CAA, Toronto. 7/82 International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Mu- nich. 9/81

*CAA Technical Symposium, Toronto. 7/82 6th International Acoustics Emission Symposium, Su- sono City--Tokyo. 3/82

Acoustic Metrology and Signal Processing, Toulouse. 5/82

International School on Physical Acoustics, Erice. 5/ 82

*French Rheology Association Meeting [wave propa- gation etc.], Paris, France. (S. Richemond, CERMaC- ENPC, 28 rue des Saint-Peres, 75007 Paris, France) *International Conference on Industrial Pollution and

Control, Singapore, (R. B. W. Heng, Mechanical & Production Engineering, National University of Singa- pore, Singapore 0511 )

Inspex '83, Birmingham. 5/82

*Satellite Symposium on Active Sound Absorption and Acoustic Feedback Control, Marseille. 1/82 and 7/82 Ultrasonics International '83, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 3/82

INTER-NOISE '83, Edinburgh. 1/82

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