The current status of the project is probably best measured through the status of the deliverables promised in the project proposal. If you are interested in the actual data collected, then please keep checking the data pages.

The deliverables are due at times related to the project start date. For the ChiRoPing project, month 0 was February 2008. Due to a two-month delay in project start-up, the project was allowed to continue to M38.

Deliverable D3.1.4 (supply trained bats as required) continues throughout the project.

It should be noted that all modelling takes place iteratively, with initial versions tested and improved in several cycles before the final version is released. Similarly, deliverable D1.3.1 (synchronising and publishing bat data) happens much more continuously than is implied by giving three dates.

C.F. Moss, C. Chiu, A. Surlykke, "Adaptive vocal behavior drives perception by echolocation in bats". Current Opinion in Neurobiology 21 2011, to appear.

F. Guarato, J. Hallam, I. Matsuo, "Reconstruction of the signal produced by a directional sound source from remote multi-microphone recordings". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 2011, to appear.

D. Vanderelst, J. Reijniers, J. Steckel, H. Peremans, "Information generated by the moving pinnae of Rhinolophus rouxi: tuning of the morphology at different harmonics". PLoS One 2011, to appear.

S. Brinkløv, L. Jakobsen, J.M. Ratcliffe, E.K.V. Kalko, A. Surlykke, "Echolocation call intensity and directionality in flying short-tailed fruit bats, Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae)". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129 (1): 427-435. DOI: 10.1121/1.3519396, 2011.

B. Fontaine, H. Peremans, "Compressive sensing: A strategy for fluttering target discrimination employed by bats emitting broadband calls". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129 (2): 2011.

F. Guarato, J. Hallam, L. Jakobsen, A. Surlykke, D. Vanderelst, "A method for estimating the orientation of a directional sound source from source directivity and multi-microphone recordings: principles and application". J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 129(2):1046-1058, 2010.

F. Guarato, J. Hallam, "Bat calls while preying: a method for reconstructing the signal emitted by a directional sound source". J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 128(4), pp. 2484-2484, Oct 2010.

F. Guarato, J. Hallam, K. Uebernickel, "A method for estimating the orientation of a directional sound source: Application to the trawling bat N. leporinus". J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 128(4), pp. 2484-2484, Oct 2010.

C.F. Moss, A. Surlykke, "Probing the Natural Scene by Echolocation Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience", Special issue on Neuroethology. DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00033, 2010.

F. Schillebeeckx, F. De Mey, D. Vanderelst, H. Peremans, "Biomimetic sonar: Binaural 3D localization using artificial bat pinnae". Int. J. Robotics Research, Sept 2010.

J. Reijniers, D. Vanderelst, H. Peremans, "Morphology induced information transfer in bat sonar". Physical Review Letters, 105, 148701, (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.148701), Sept 2010.

D. Vanderelst, H. Peremans, I. Geipel, E. Kalko, U. Firzlaff, "What noseleaves do for FM bats depends on their degree of sensorial specialization". PLoS One 5(8): e11893. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011893, Aug 2010.

F. Guarato, J. Hallam, D. Vanderelst, "Reconstructing the acoustic signal of a sound source: what did the bat say?". From Animals to Animats, 11th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB), pp. 126-135, Paris. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6226, Aug 2010.

D. Vanderelst, F. De Mey, H. Peremans, "Simulating the morphological feasibility of adaptive beamforming in bats". From Animals to Animats, 11th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB), pp. 136-145, Paris. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6226, Aug 2010.

L. Jakobsen, A. Surlykke, "Vespertilionid bats control the width of their biosonar sound beam dynamically during prey pursuit.". Proc. Nat. Acad. Sciences (PNAS), 107(31), 13930-5, Aug 2010.

S. Brinkløv, E.K.V. Kalko, A. Surlykke, "Dynamic adjustment of biosonar intensity to habitat clutter in the bat Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64(11), 1867-1874, DOI 10.1007/s00265-010-0998-9, June 2010.

R.B. Fisher and Y. Xiao, "Bat echolocation behavior from highspeed 3D video". Presented at the "Visual observation and analysis of animal and insect behavior". Workshop at the 20th Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010), Istanbul, Aug 2010.

P.M. Juhl, V. Cutanda Henriquez, "Using Reciprocity in Boundary Element Calculations". inter.noise 2010, Lisbon, June 2010.

Y. Xiao and R.B. Fisher, "Accurate Feature Extraction and Control Point Correction for Camera Calibration with a Mono-Plane Target". Proc. Int. Conf. 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission (3DPVT), Paris, May 2010.

F. De Mey, F. Schillebeeckx, D. Vanderelst, A. Boen, H. Peremans, "Modelling simultaneous echo waveform reconstruction and localization in bats". Biosystems 100, pp 94-100, May 2010.

Y. Xiao and R.B. Fisher, "Application of a High-speed Stereovision Sensor to 3D Shape Acquisition of Flying Bats". Proc. Int. Conf. on Computer Vision Theory and Applications (VISAPP), Angers, May 2010.

Y. Xiao, R.B. Fisher, M. Oscar, "Performance Characterization of a High-Speed Stereovision Sensor for Acquisition of Time-Varying 3D Shapes". Machine Vision and Applications, online paper, April 2010. A draft version is also available.

J. Hallam, H. Peremans, A. Surlykke, R.B. Fisher, E.K.V. Kalko, P.M. Juhl, "Smart Biosonar Sensors from Bats - the ChiRoPing Project". Poster at CogSys 2010, Zurich, Jan 2010.

F. Guarato, J. Hallam, D. Vanderelst, "Determining sound source orientation from source directivity and real multi-microphone recordings: experimental comparisons using both analytical and measured directivity models". In: Proc. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS), ed: T. Kyriacou et al., ISRC, Univ. Ulster, pp 33--40, Sept 2009.

A. Surlykke, K. Ghose, C. Moss, "Acoustic scanning of natural scenes by echolocation in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus". J. Exp. Biol. 212 pp 1011--1020, 2009.

A. Surlykke, S.B. Pedersen, L: Jakobsen, "Echolocating bats emit a highly directional sonar sound beam in the field.". Proc. R. Soc. B 276 pp 853--860, 2009.

F. Guarato, J. Hallam, D. Vanderelst, "Determining sound source orientation from analytical source directivity and real multi-microphone recordings". In : Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Quality of Life, ed: A. Stoica et al., pp 106--111, July 2009, IEEE Computer Society Press.

F. Guarato and J. Hallam, "Determining sound source orientation from source directivity and multi-microphone recordings". In: Bioinspired Applications in Artificial and Natural Computation (Proc. 3rd IWINAC), ed: Jos'e Mira et al. LNCS 5602 pp 429--438, Iasi, June 2009, Springer.

F. De Mey, D. Vanderelst, H. Peremans, "Call directivity modification by the rufous horseshoe bat, rhinolophus rouxi: simulated hypotheses". In: Proc. Int. Conf. on Acoustics NAG/DAGA, Rotterdam, March 2009, German Acoustical Society (DEGA).

P.M. Juhl, V. Cutanda Henriquez, D. Vanderelst, "Calculation of Head Related Transfer Functions of Bats using the Boundary Element Method". In: Proc. Int. Conf. on Acoustics NAG/DAGA, pp 653-656, Rotterdam, March 2009, German Acoustical Society (DEGA).

S. Brinkløv, E.K.V. Kalko, A. Surlykke, "Intense echolocation calls from two 'whispering' bats, Artibeus jamaicensis and Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Phyllostomidae)".J. Experimental Biology 212, 11-20, doi:10.1242/jeb.023226, Jan 2009.

Y. Xiao, R.B. Fisher, M. Oscar, "Characterising a High-Speed 3D Surface Scanner for Bat Behaviour Study". Proc. Int. Workshop on Visual Observation and Analysis of Animal and Insect Behavior (VAIB), in conjunction with ICPR 2008, Tampa, pp 39--42, Dec 2008.