Publications

Master theses:

Telsnig, Mark: „3D-Audio für Casinospielgeräte mittels Binauralsynthese und Übersprechkompensation“,TUG, 2008
Ottowitz, Lukas: “Acoustic Source Localization with a Circular Microphone Array”, TUG, 2008.
Frank, Matthias: „Perzeptiver Vergleich von Schallfeldreproduktionsverfahren unterschiedlicher räumlicher Bandbreite“, KUG, 2009
Guldenschuh, Markus: „Methoden zur nachgeführten Schallfeldkonzentration“, KUG, 2009
Plessas, Peter: „Kugelförmiges Mikrofonarray zur Ambisonics Aufnahme“, KUG, 2009
Deboy, Daniel: “Acoustic Centering and Rotational Tracking in Surrounding Spherical Microphone Arrays”, KUG, 2010
Kerscher, Michael: “Compact Spherical Loudspeaker Array for Variable Sound-Radiation”, KUG, 2010
Bürger, Markus: „Surround Sound bei Casinospielgeräten“, TUG, 2010
Koller, Georg: “Synchronized Audio for Linked Gaming”, TUG, 2010
Jäger, Wolfgang: “Microphone Array based Speaker Localization on Reconfigurable Hardware”, TUG
Clenet, Boris: “Microphone Array based Beamforming on Reconfigurable Hardware”, TUG
Fuchs, Anna-Katharina: “Humanoid Monaural Sound Localization”, TUG
Hostniker, Klaus: “Analysis and Re-Synthesis of Directional Spatial Impulse Responses”, KUG
Richardt, Stefan: “Online Signal Separation based on Microphone Arrays in a Multipath Environment”, TUG
Hannes Pessentheiner: “Beamforming using Uniform Circular Arrays for Distant Speech Recognition in Reverberant Environment and Double-Talk Scenarios”, 03/2012
Wolfgang Jäger: “Analysis and Implementation of the POPI Source Localization Algorithm on a hybrid reconfigurable CPU”, 04/2011.
Moitzi, Werner: “Development of a low-cost characterization system for feed-forward ANC headphones”, TUG

Master theses (in progress):

Baumgartner, Ralf: „Ambisonische Auralisation von virtuellen Schallquellen mit Abstrahlungswirkung“, KUG
Kössler,Thomas: „Kegelförmige Mikrofonanordnung zur Ambisonicsaufnahme“, KUG
Kroher, Nadine: „Untersuchung der Rückkopplungsneigung einfacher Mikrofon-Lautsprecher-Verstärkung unter Verwendung des Spiegelquellenprinzips und Berücksichtigung der frequenzabhängigen Richtcharakteristiken“, KUG
Zaar, Johannes: „Graduelle Verstärkung von HRTF-Symmetrien durch geeignete Interpolation auf der Kugel“, KUG
Zaunschirm, Markus-Peter: „Stablisierte Filter für Rundumaufnahmen“, KUG
S. Preis, „Richtungshörmodell mit Elevation und Korrektur der Mehrdeutigkeiten“, Diploma Thesis, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, IEM-Graz, June 2011.
K. Hostniker, “Analysis and re-synthesis of directional impulse responses”, Diploma Thesis, Graz University of Technology, IEM-Graz, April 2011.

PhD theses:

Zotter, Franz: “Analysis and Synthesis of Sound-Radiation with Spherical Arrays”, KUG, 2010

PhD theses (in progress):

Wohlmayr, Michael: “Multipitch Tracking Using Graphical Models”, TUG.
Habib, Tania: “Source Localization Using Microphone Arrays”, TUG.

Those two PhD students are funded by the FWF and ÖAD.

Guldenschuh, Markus: “Adaptive digital methods for active noise cancellation headphones”, KUG
Pomberger, Hannes: „Schallfeldanalyse und -synthese mit räumlich verteilten Quellen und Sensoren“, KUG.
Kranzler, Christian: „Untersuchung von zeitlichen spektralen und räumlichen Verdeckungsmustern“, KUG.
Frank, Matthias: „Vergleich von stereophonischen und ambisonischen Phantomschallquellen“, KUG

Student reports:

Sereinig, Andrea: “Specification of a Standardized Listening Room for an Expert Listening Panel”, Audio Engineering Project Report, Graz University of Technology, Austria, 2009.
Rückert, Elmar: “Real-Time Speaker Tracking with Particle Filter”, TUG, 2008.

Internal reports:

Stadtschnitzer, M. , Fellner, M.: “Technology Foresight Sound and Vibration for Applying in the Casino Game Industry”, Sept.-Nov. 2009

Conference proceedings:

Frank, M., Zotter, F., Sontacchi, A.: “Localization Experiments Using Different 2D Ambisonics Decoders”, TMT 2008, Nov. 2008
Wohlmayr, M., Pernkopf, F.: “Multipitch Tracking Using A Factorial Hidden Markov Model”, Interspeech 2008, Sep. 2008
Zotter, F., Pomberger, H., Frank, M.: “An Alternative Ambisonics Formulation: Modal Source Strength Matching and the Effect of Spatial Aliasing”, 126th AES Convention, 7-10 May, 2009
Zotter, Franz: “Sampling Strategies for Acoustic Holography/Holophony on the Sphere”, DAGA 2009, 23-26 March, 2009
Sontacchi, A., Pomberger, H., Höldrich, R.: “Recruiting and Evaluation Process of an Expert Listening Panel”, DAGA 2009, 23-26 March, 2009
Pomberger, H., Zotter, F.: “An Ambisonics Format for Flexible Playback Layouts”, 1st Ambisonics Symposium in Graz/Austria, July, 2009
Zotter, F., Pomberger, H., Noisternig, M.: “Ambisonic Decoding with and without Mode-Matching: A Case Study Using the Hemisphere”, 2nd Ambisonics Symposium in Paris/France, May 2010
Habib, T., H. Romsdorfer: “Combining Multiband POPI Algorithm and Particle Filters for Speaker Localization using a Microphone Array”, 6th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, Israel, Oct. 2010
Deboy, D., Zotter, F.: “Comparison of acoustic centering maps for radiation capture of musical instruments with spherical microphone arrays”, DAGA 2010, Berlin, 2010
Pleassas, P., Zotter, F.: “Microphone arrays around rigid sphere for spatial recording and holography”, DAGA 2010, Berlin, 2010
Pomberger, H.: “Microphone Arrays Utilizing Rigid Cones for Sound-Field Analysis”, Daga 2010, Berlin, 2010
Frank, M., Sontacchi, A., Höldrich, R.: “Training and Guidance Tool for Listening Panels”, Daga 2010, Berlin, 2010
Frank, M., Mohr, L., Sontacchi, A., Zotter, F.: “Flexible and intuitive pointing method for 3D auditory localization experiments”, 38th Int. AES Conference, Pitea, Sweden, 2010
Stadtschnitzer, M., Fellner, M., Telsnig, M., Koller, G., Kropf, M.: “3D-Audio for casino game machines”, 1st EAA-EuroRegio 2010 Congress on Sound and Vibration, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sep. 2010
Sereinig, A., Künstner, M., Fellner, M., Graf, F., Rainer, H., Reiter, A.: “Design and implementation of a listening room in accordance with the ITU-R BS 1116-1 standard”, 1st EAA-EuroRegio 2010 Congress on Sound and Vibration, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sep. 2010
Fellner, M., Rainer, H., Neubauer, G., Dvorzak, M.,Kropf, M., Krainz, R., Cvetkovic, M., Sulzbacher, H.: “Predicting the attractivity of a sound by its features – A tool for sound design in casino game industry”, 1st EAA-EuroRegio 2010 Congress on Sound and Vibration, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sep. 2010
Habib, T., Romsdorfer, H., “Concurrent Speaker Localization using Multi-band Position-Pitch (M-PoPi) Algorithm with Spectro-Temporal Pre-Processing”, Interspeech 2010, Sept. 2010
Markus Noisternig, Franz Zotter: “On the decomposition of acoustic source radiation patterns measured with surrounding spherical microphone arrays”, DAGA – Fortschritte der Akustik 2011, Düsseldorf, 22-24 March 2
Franz Zotter, Matthias Frank, Alois Sontacchi: “The Virtual T-Design Ambisonics-Rig Using VBAP”, 1st EAA-EuroRegio Conference on Sound and Vibration, Ljubljana, 15-17 September 2010.
Matthias Frank, Georgios Marentakis, Alois Sontacchi: “A simple technical measure for the perceived source width”, DAGA – Fortschritte der Akustik 2011, Düsseldorf, 22-24 March 2011.
Franz Zotter, Matthias Frank, Alois Sontacchi: “Phantom Source widening with deterministic frequency dependent time delays”, Proc. of the 14th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-11), Paris, September 19-23, 2011.
Tania Habib, Harald Romsdorfer: “Improving Multiband Position Pitch Algorithm for Localization and Tracking of Multiple Concurrent Speakers by using a Frequency Selective Criterion”, Submitted Interspeech 2011, Florence, Italy, September 2011.
Andrea Sereinig, Markus Kuenstner, Maria Fellner, Franz Graf, Harald Rainer and Andreas REITER: “Design and implementation of a listening room in accordance with the ITU-R BS 1116-1 standard”, DAGA – Fortschritte der Akustik 2011, Düsseldorf, 22-24 March 2011.
Michael Stadtschnitzer, Maria Fellner, Mark Telsnig, Georg Koller, Matthias Kropf: „Spatial audio for casino game machines“, DAGA – Fortschritte der Akustik 2011, Düsseldorf, 22-24 March 2011.
Tania Habib, Harald Romsdorfer: “Comparison of srp-phat and multiband-popi algorithms for speaker localization using particle filters”, 13th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-10), Graz, Austria, September 6-10, 2010
Werner Moitzi, Martin Schörmaier, Maria Fellner “Development of a Low-Cost Characterization System for Feed-Forward ANC Headphones” Proceeding of DAGA – Jahrestagung für Akustik 2012, Darmstadt, 2012
Tania Habib and Harald Romsdorfer: “Auditory Inspired Methods for Localization of Multiple Concurrent Speakers”, Submitted to Speech Communication
Habib, T., and H. Romsdorfer, "Improving Multiband Position-Pitch Algorithm for Localization and Tracking of Multiple Concurrent Speakers by Using a Frequency Selective Criterion", Interspeech, Florence, Italy, pp. 2897-2900, 09/2011.
Fuchs, A. K., C. Feldbauer, and M. Stark, "Monaural Sound Localization", Interspeech, Florence, Italy, pp. 2521-2524, 09/2011.
Hannes Pessentheiner, Harald Romsdorfer, "Beamforming Using Uniform Circular Arrays for Distant Speech Recognition in Reverberant Environments and Double-Talk Scenarios", Interspeech 2012, Submitted
G. Marentakis, Ch. Kranzler, M. Frank, M. Opitz, and A. Sontacchi, „Latency tolerance enhancement in in-ear monitoring systems“, In Fortschritte der Akustik, DAGA, Darmstadt, Germany, 2012.
S. Braun and M. Frank, "Localization of 3D Ambisonic Recordings and Ambisonic Virtual Sources", ICSA 2011, Detmold, November 2011.
R. Baumgartner, H. Pomberger, and M. Frank, "Practical Implementation of Radial Filters for Ambisonic Recordings", ICSA 2011, Detmold, November 2011.
M. Zaunschirm, „Modal beamforming using planar circular microphone arrays”, Diploma Thesis,IEM-KUG, April, 2012.
F. Zotter, H. Pomberger, and M. Noisternig, "Energy-Preserving Ambisonic Decoding", Acta Acustica United with Acustica, Special Issue on Spherical Acoustics, Jan., pp. 37-47(11), vol. 98(1), 2012.
F. Zotter, and B. Bank, "Geometric Error Estimation and Compensation in Compact Spherical Loudspeaker Array Calibration", I2MTC, IEEE, Graz, April, 2012.
R. Baumgartner and F. Zotter, "Time-Domain Translation Operators for the Fast-Multipole-Method", Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2012, Darmstadt, March, 2012.
F. Zotter and H. Pomberger, "Spherical Slepian functions for approximation of spherical measurement data", Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2012, Darmstadt, March, 2012.
F. Zotter and H. Pomberger, "Warping of the Recording Angle in Ambisonics", 1st International Conference on Spatial Audio, Detmold, 2011.
H. Pomberger and F. Zotter, "Warping of 3D Ambisonic Recordings", Ambisonics Symposium, Lexington, 2011.
Ch. Nachbar, F. Zotter, A. Sontacchi, and E. Deleflie, "Ambix-Suggesting an Ambisonic Format", Ambisonics Symposium, Lexington, 2011.
F. Iglisch, J. Spötl, „Soundfield Microphone (B-Format)“, Bachelor Thesis, University of Music an Performing Arts Graz, IEM, July 2011.
M. Frank, A. Sontacchi, Th. Lindenbauer, and M. Opitz, "Subjective Sound Quality Evaluation of a Codec for Digital Wireless Transmission", AES 132nd Convention, Budapest, April 2012.
M. Frank and A. Sontacchi, "Performance Review of an Expert Listening Panel", DAGA 2012, Darmstadt, March 2012.
H. Pomberger, F. Zotter, and D. Biba, "Comprehensive measurements of head on a influence supercardioid microphone", 132th AES Conv, Budapest, April, 2012.
S. Braun: „Evaluation of feedback detection criteria” TI-Projekt, IEM-KUG, 2011.
M. Guldenschuh and R. Höldrich: „Prediction Filter Design for Active Noise Cancellation Headphones“ submitted to EUSIPCO 2012.
M.Guldenschuh, A. Sontacchi, and M. Opitz: „Assessment of Active Noise Cancelling Headphones“,(submitted to) Int. Conference on Consumer Electronics, Berlin, September, 2012.