AURORA³ – National Infrastructure for Audio, Acoustics & AI

AURORA³ (Anechoic and Universal Research Observation Rooms for Audio, Acoustics & AI) is a new National Strategic Infrastructure at the University of Surrey (UK) supporting cutting-edge research in audio, acoustics, and artificial intelligence (AI). AURORA³ is accessible to researchers in industry and academia worldwide. It will incorporate a state-of-the-art acoustic anechoic chamber equipped with a spherical loudspeaker array and a world-first variable acoustics room enabling both reverberation times and room volume to be precisely controlled. Our vision for AURORA³ is to bring the A³ (audio, acoustics and AI) community together, produce high-quality, reproducible data resources that enable substantial advances in the development of technologies and science relating to sound and hearing, and foster a mindset that encompasses inclusion, rigorous inquiry and pathways for realising societal and economic benefit. AURORA³ is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).