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We present a database of acoustic transfer functions of the Hearpiece, an openly available multi-microphone multi-driver in-the-ear earpiece for hearing device research. The database includes HRTFs for 87 incidence directions as well as…
Recent successful applications of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to audio classification and speech recognition have motivated the search for better input representations for more efficient training. Visual displays of an audio…
Estimation of a speaker's direction and head orientation with binaural recordings can be a critical piece of information in many real-world applications with emerging `earable' devices, including smart headphones and AR/VR headsets.…
This paper presents a novel approach for indoor acoustic source localization using microphone arrays and based on a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The proposed solution is, to the best of our knowledge, the first published work in…
Despite significant efforts over the last few years to build a robust automatic speech recognition (ASR) system for different acoustic settings, the performance of the current state-of-the-art technologies significantly degrades in noisy…
Many spatial filtering algorithms used for voice capture in, e.g., teleconferencing applications, can benefit from or even rely on knowledge of Relative Transfer Functions (RTFs). Accordingly, many RTF estimators have been proposed which,…
This study presents a systematic evaluation of time-frequency feature design for binaural sound source localization (SSL), focusing on how feature selection influences model performance across diverse conditions. We investigate the…
Measurement of head biometrics from fetal ultrasonography images is of key importance in monitoring the healthy development of fetuses. However, the accurate measurement of relevant anatomical structures is subject to large inter-observer…
In this paper, we attempt to study the conditioning of the Spherical Harmonic Matrix (SHM), which is widely used in the discrete, limited order orthogonal representation of sound fields. SHM's has been widely used in the audio applications…
Binaural reproduction for headphone-based listening is an active research area due to its widespread use in evolving technologies such as augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR). On the one hand, these applications demand high quality…
Accurate segmentation of brain tumors from 3D multimodal MRI is vital for diagnosis and treatment planning across diverse brain tumors. This paper addresses the challenges posed by the BraTS 2023, presenting a unified transfer learning…
Since convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have revolutionized the image processing field, they have been widely applied in the audio context. A common approach is to convert the one-dimensional audio signal time series to two-dimensional…
A binaural rendering framework for personal sound zones (PSZs) is proposed to enable multiple head-tracked listeners to receive fully independent stereo audio programs. Current PSZ systems typically rely on monophonic rendering and…
Sound processing in the human auditory system is complex and highly non-linear, whereas hearing aids (HAs) still rely on simplified descriptions of auditory processing or hearing loss to restore hearing. Even though standard HA…
We propose a method of head-related transfer function (HRTF) interpolation from sparsely measured HRTFs using an autoencoder with source position conditioning. The proposed method is drawn from an analogy between an HRTF interpolation…
Style transfer is a technique for combining two images based on the activations and feature statistics in a deep learning neural network architecture. This paper studies the analogous task in the audio domain and takes a critical look at…
The intrapartum ultrasound guideline established by ISUOG highlights the Angle of Progression (AoP) and Head Symphysis Distance (HSD) as pivotal metrics for assessing fetal head descent and predicting delivery outcomes. Accurate measurement…
In this work, a recently proposed Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF)-based Robust Least-Squares Frequency-Invariant (RLSFI) beamformer design is analyzed with respect to its robustness against localization errors, which lead to a…
Facial action units (AUs) are essential to decode human facial expressions. Researchers have focused on training AU detectors with a variety of features and classifiers. However, several issues remain. These are spatial representation,…
Re-identification of individual animals in images can be ambiguous due to subtle variations in body markings between different individuals and no constraints on the poses of animals in the wild. Person re-identification is a similar task…