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

Master theses (in progress):

Moitzi, Werner: “Development of a low-cost characterization system for feed-forward ANC headphones”, TUG
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

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