Graduate Research

The following is a mostly-complete listing of published research since the graduate music engineering program began in 1986.  They are listed in reverse chronological order - highlighting the graduate student author and the topic of their thesis.  Both the thesis abstract and the entire published thesis are available (for those we have electronic copies for). 

2003 - Robert Hartman
Spatially Relocated Frequencies and Their Effect on the Localization of a Stereo Image
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2002 - Eduardo Trama
Sound Source Separation using 3-D Correlogram, Fuzzy Logic, and Neural Networks
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2002 - Rodrigo Ordonez
The Effects of Cross-Modal Interaction in the Perception of Audiovisual Quality and its Application in Data Reduction Algorithms
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2001 - Margarita Escobar
Beat Detection in Music Using Average Mutual Information
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2001 - Kim Hang Lau
A System for Hybridizing Vocal Performance
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2001 - Sean Browne
Hybrid Reverberation Algorithm Using Truncated Impulse Response Convolution and Recursive Filtering
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2000 - Jasmin Frenette
Reducing Artificial Reverberation Requirements using Time-variant Feedback Delay Networks
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2000 - Abhijeet Tambe

An Adaptive Time-Frequency Representation with Re-synthesis using Spectral Interpolation
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2000 - Daisuke Koya
Aural Phase Distortion Detection
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2000 - Alexander Iliev
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1999 - Justo A. Gutierrez
Duffing's Equation as an Excitation for Guitar Models
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1999 - Alex Souppa
Minimum Weighted Norm Extrapolation of Digital Audio Using Frequency Domain Blocking
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1999 - Ricardo Garcia
Digital Watermarking of Audio Signals Using a Psychoacoustic Auditory Model and Spread Spectrum Theory
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1999 - Jason Flaks
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1999 - Miguel Chavez
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1999 - David Alonso-Dominguez
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1999 - Stephen Handley
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1998 - Jason VandeKieft
Computational Improvements to Linear Convolution With Multi-rate Filtering Methods
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1998 - James R. West
Five-Channel Panning Laws : An Analytical and Experimental Comparison
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1998 - Mathew Abraham
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1998 - Ali Habashi
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1997 - Matthew VanDyke Kotvis
An Adaptive Time-Frequency Distribution with Applications for Audio Signal Separation
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1997 - Kirk Lampert
Methods to Reduce the Bandwidth Requirements of MPEG-1 Layer II Audio Data for Transmission Speeds of Less Than 28.8 kbps
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1995 - John Antony
Adaptive Techniques to Reduce Quantization Error in an MPEG-1 Video Encoder
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1995 - Mauricio Greene
Effects of Minimum-Phase HRTFs on a Cross Canceling Filter
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1995 - Aurika Checinska Hays
Pitch Recognition and Intonation Error Quantification of Discrete Violin Tones
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1995 - Luis Martinez
An Efficient ISO/MPEG-1 Layer II Encoder Using Parallel Processing Techniques
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1994 - Matthew Fellers
Audio Compression for Wavetable Synthesis
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1994 - Frank Filipanits
Optimization Techniques to Reduce Temporal Computation Requirements of Auralization Processing Algorithms
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1994 - Timothy Onders
An Object-Oriented Software Codec for Evaluation of MPEG-1 Audio Coding Systems
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1993 - Glenn Josefiak
Use of a Neural Network for Time-Domain Estimation of Formants in Speech
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1993 - Thomas Zudock
Effects of Minimizing Impulse Response Duration in Three Dimensional Sound Processing
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1993 - William Johnston
A Prototype Expert System for Jazz Harmonization
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1992 - Jayant Datta
Software to Analyze the Performance of Windows with Respect to the Auditory Masking Curve 
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1992 - Robert Dunn
Digital Signal Processing Algorithms for Noise Reduction in Digital Audio
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1992 - Ted Tanner
Subband: A Software Simulator for Analysis-Synthesis Filterbanks
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1991 - Brent Karley
Modular Program for Automating the Alignment System for the APR-24 Multitrack Tape Recorder
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1991 - Daniel Mikat
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1991 - Sean Stevens
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1990 - Michael Ballman
Auditory Localization Research Too
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1989 - Marc Bavay
Adaptive FIR Filtering in Time and Transform Domains
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1989 - Chin-Woo Park
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1989 - Kevin Ryan
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1989 - Randall Lopez
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