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Audio source separation aims to separate a mixture into target sources. Previous audio source separation systems usually conduct one-step inference, which does not fully explore the separation ability of models. In this work, we reveal that…
The performance of audio source separation from underdetermined convolutive mixture assuming known mixing filters can be significantly improved by using an analysis sparse prior optimized by a reweighting l1 scheme and a wideband…
We propose a new algorithm, for parameter estimation that is applicable to imaging using moving and synthetic aperture arrays. The new method results in higher resolution and more accurate estimation than commonly used methods when strong…
Linear superarrays (LSAs) have been proposed to address the limited steering capability of conventional linear differential microphone arrays (LDMAs) by integrating omnidirectional and directional microphones, enabling more flexible…
To reduce the computational cost of humanoid motion generation, we introduce a new approach to representing robot kinematic reachability: the differentiable reachability map. This map is a scalar-valued function defined in the task space…
The Forward-Forward (FF) algorithm was recently proposed as a local learning method to address the limitations of backpropagation (BP), offering biological plausibility along with memory-efficient and highly parallelized computational…
We consider the problem of audio voice separation for binaural applications, such as earphones and hearing aids. While today's neural networks perform remarkably well (separating $4+$ sources with 2 microphones) they assume a known or fixed…
In this paper, we propose a novel separation system for extracting two speech signals from two microphone recordings. Our system combines the blind source separation technique with cepstral smoothing of binary time-frequency masks. The last…
Blind source separation (BSS) methods have been applied to deal with the lack of selectivity of ion-selective electrodes (ISE). In this paper, differently from the standard BSS solutions, which are based on the optimization of a…
Humanoid robots without internal sensors such as a compass tend to lose their orientation after a fall. Furthermore, re-initialisation is often ambiguous due to symmetric man-made environments. The room-awareness module proposed here is…
The performance of modern reinforcement learning algorithms critically relies on tuning ever-increasing numbers of hyperparameters. Often, small changes in a hyperparameter can lead to drastic changes in performance, and different…
This paper aims to improve the performance and positioning accuracy of a robot by using the particle filter method. The laser range information is a wireless navigation system mainly used to measure, position, and control autonomous robots.…
Typical blur from camera shake often deviates from the standard uniform convolutional script, in part because of problematic rotations which create greater blurring away from some unknown center point. Consequently, successful blind…
Source separation and other audio applications have traditionally relied on the use of short-time Fourier transforms as a front-end frequency domain representation step. The unavailability of a neural network equivalent to forward and…
We consider optimal sensor placement for a family of linear Bayesian inverse problems characterized by a deterministic hyper-parameter. The hyper-parameter describes distinct configurations in which measurements can be taken of the observed…
The use of spatial information with multiple microphones can improve far-field automatic speech recognition (ASR) accuracy. However, conventional microphone array techniques degrade speech enhancement performance when there is an array…
Recovery of arbitrarily positioned samples that are missing in sparse signals recently attracted significant research interest. Sparse signals with heavily corrupted arbitrary positioned samples could be analyzed in the same way as…
In this paper we propose a robust loudspeaker beamforming algorithm which is used to enhance the performance of voice driven applications in scenarios where the loudspeakers introduce the majority of the noise, e.g. when music is playing…
Motion imitation is a pivotal and effective approach for humanoid robots to achieve a more diverse range of complex and expressive movements, making their performances more human-like. However, the significant differences in kinematics and…
Many signal processing algorithms for distributed sensors are capable of improving their performance if the positions of sensors are known. In this paper, we focus on estimators for inferring the relative geometry of distributed arrays and…