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Publications

2008

C. Ahrens, J. Braasch, and S. Schmidt, "Documenting the acoustics of the Silbermann pipe organ at the Catholic Cathedral in Dresden before and after the restoration of 2002," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

J. Braasch, "Modeling the Precedence Effect - How we arrived where we are today," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

P. Calamia and J. Braasch, "Musical granite pillars in ancient Hindu temples," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123 (invited).

A. Van Der Harten and P. Calamia, "A geometric-acoustics simulation proposal for curved geometry," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

T. Jasa and N. Xiang, "Bayesian model selection applied to room-acoustics energy decay analysis," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123 (invited).

Y. Jing and N. Xiang, "Modeling the sound field of open spaces using a diffusion equation model," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

Y. Jing, N. Xiang, and J. Summers, "Room-acoustic modeling and analysis of coupled rooms using a diffusion equation model," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123 (invited).

T. Lokki, V. Pulkki, and P. Calamia, "Measurement and modeling of diffraction from an edge of a thin panel," Applied Acoustics, 69 (9), pp. 824 - 832, 2008.

B. Markham and P. Calamia, "Multi-resolution geometrical-acoustics modeling," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

Z. Su, D. Woolworth, and N. Xiang, "Investigations on real-size coupled rooms based on Bayesian estimation method," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

U. P. Svensson and P. Calamia, "Frequency-domain diffraction for edges of arbitrary length with efficient numerical integration," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

D. Valente and J. Braasch, "An investigation of the subjective impression of a multi modal musical performance with introduced auditory-visual spatial and temporal mismatch," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123.

N. Xiang and W. Hess, "From binaural hearing to auralization: A triumph of Blauert's 40 years in room acoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (A), 123 (invited).

2007

Calamia, P. and Braasch, J., "Acoustical requirements for music in non-Western worship spaces," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3193(A).

Calamia, P. and Svensson, U. P., "Culling insignificant diffraction components for interactive acoustic simulations," Proc. 19th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2007), Madrid, Sept. 2007 (invited).

Calamia, P. and Svensson, U. P., "Fast time-domain edge-diffraction calculations for interactive acoustic simulations," EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Spatial Sound and Virtual Acoustics, vol. 2007, Article ID 63560, 2007.

Calvo, D. and Calamia, P., "Numerical solution of high-frequency acoustic scattering problems by integral equations preconditioned using pseudo-differential impedance operators," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122, 2007, p. 3033(A).

Fialkoff, J. and Xiang, N., "A comparison study of various techniques for blind estimation of reverberation time," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3047(A).

del la Cruz, R., Rubin, G., and Xiang, N., "An automated high spatial-resolution scanning system for room-acoustic scale models," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122, 2007, p. 3050(A).

Gentner, K., Braasch, J., and Calamia, P., "A Perforated Desk Surface to Diminish Coloration in Desktop Audio-Production Environments," 123rd AES Convention, New York, October 5-8, 2007.

Gibbs, B., Braasch, J., and Krueger, T., "Interactive acoustical intimacy exploration," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3094(A).

Goggans, P. and Xiang, N., "Parameter Estimation and Model Selection in Engineering Science," 2007 Mid-South Area Engineering and Sciences Conference, (accepted).

Goggans, P., Xiang, N. and Chan, C.-Y., "Model Comparison in Room-Acoustical Energy Decay Analysis," 27th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, (accepted).

Jasa, T. and Xiang, N., "Bayesian Inference by nested Sampling," 27th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, (accepted).

Jing, Y. and Xiang, N., "Determination of higher orders of transport equations for room-acoustic predictions," 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Sept. 2007 (invited paper).

Jing, Y. and Xiang, N., "Modifications to the diffusion model for room-acoustic prediction," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3174(A).

Jing, Y. and Xiang, N., "A modified diffusion equation for room-acoustic prediction" J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, June 2007 (L) (in print).

Jing, Y. and Xiang, N., "Sound field modeling in urban squares using a diffusion equation model," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122, 2007, p. 2964(A).

Panzer, E. and Braasch, J., "Investigation of acoustic intensity and directivity of the modern harp," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3061(A).

Rubin, G. and Xiang, N., "Laser Doppler vibrometer-based measurement of acoustical reflection coefficient up to 20 kHz," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122, 2007, p. 3050(A).

Ruggles, D., Xiang, N., and Ahnert, W., "Evaluation of speech intelligibility from binaural room-acoustics measurements," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3031(A).

Xiang, N., "Digital Sequences," in Handbook of Signal Processing in Acoustics, ed. by Havelock, D. et al., Springer New York, 2007 (in print).

Xiang, N., Goggans, P., and Jasa, T., "Bayesian analysis in characterizing sound energy decay: A quantitative theory of inference in room-acoustics," 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Sept. 2007 (invited paper).

Xiang, N. and Li, S., "Complex-valued coded excitations for acoustical channel measurements," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3153(A) (invited paper).

Xiang, N., and Li, S., "A pseudo-inverse algorithm for simultaneous measurements using multiple acoustical sources," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, pp. 1299-1302 (L).

Yuen, C. W. and Calamia, P., "Investigation of voice stage support: A subjective preference test using an auralization system of self-voice," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 121, 2007, p. 3174(A).

2006

Abels, B. and Braasch, J., "Spectro-temporal analysis of Palauan chants," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3028(A).

Braasch, J., "On the evolution of controllers for sound spatialization," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, p. 3439(A).

Braasch, J., Martens, W., and Woszczyk, W., "Acoustic rendering of a virtual environment based on virtual microphone control and binaural room scanning," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3095(A).

Calamia, P., "Measurement and Prediction in Concert-Hall Design," Presented at the 95th Semi-Annual Symposium of the New York State Section of the American Physical Society, Potsdam, NY, October 21, 2006 (invited).

Daigle, J.N. and Xiang, N., "A specialized cross-correlation algorithm for acoustical measurements using coded sequences," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, pp. 330-335.

Gibbs, B., Braasch, J., and Krueger, T., "Alternatives to the traditional concert-hall experience ," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3149(A).

Gibbs, B., Braasch, J., and Krueger, T., "Intimacy in performance venues: Towards a socioecological methodology," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, p. 3237(A).

Jasa, T. and Xiang, N., "Bayesian model comparison and selection in energy decay analysis of acoustically coupled spaces," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006 (invited paper), pp. 3343(A).

Jasa, T. and Xiang, N., "Determining Bayesian evidence and decay time estimates in acoustically coupled volumes," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3374(A).

Kamiya, N., Xiang, N. and Kleiner, M., "An online ear training program designed for students, acousticians, and architects," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, pp. 3207(A).

Li, S. and Xiang, N., "Increasing cross-talk immunity in simultaneous acoustic dual source measurements using coded signals," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, pp. 3272(A).

McCreery, A. and Calamia, P., "Cross-modal perception of room acoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3150(A).

Norris, M., Xiang, N., and Jaramilla, A.M., "A simplified binaural model for room acoustic analysis of scattered sound fields," Proc. 120th Audio Engineering Society Convention, 2006, Preprint 6651.

Peters, N. and Braasch, J., "Determining the area of the sweet spot in a surround loudspeaker setup for various microphone techniques," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3125(A).

Savitala, H. and Braasch, J., "Influence of attack transient and decay times of percussive sounds on the echo threshold," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3341(A).

Su, Z., Xiang, N., and Summers, J., "Experimental investigations of acoustically coupled spaces," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, pp. 3208(A).

Su, Z., Xiang, N., and Summers, J., "Further investigations on acoustically coupled spaces using scale-model technique," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3263(A).

Svensson, U.P. and Calamia, P., "Edge-diffraction impulse responses near specular-zone and shadow-zone boundaries," Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 92 (4), 2006, pp. 501 - 512.

Svensson, U.P. and Calamia, P., "The use of edge diffraction in computational room acosutics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 2998(A) (invited paper).

Valente, D. and Braasch, J., "A hybrid approach to rendering multichannel audio, using wave-field synthesis and stereophonic techniques, with virtual microphone control," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, p. 3281(A).

Valente, D. and Braasch, J., "Virtual microphone control: A comparison of measured to created impulse responses of various microphone techniques," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3263(A).

Whittington, J. and Bradley, J., "Quantifying the effects of room acoustics on speech intelligibility in very low signal-to-noise ratio environments," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3359(A).

Xiang, N. and Calamia, P., "A fast algorithm for Bayesian energy decay analysis in acoustically coupled spaces," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006, p. 3208(A).

Xiang, N. and Jasa, T., "Evaluation of decay times in coupled spaces: An efficient search algorithm within the Bayesian framework," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, pp. 3744-3749.

Xiang, N. and Jasa, T., "Room-acoustic energy decay analysis and acoustic landmine detection within Bayesian framework," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 119, 2006 (invited paper), p. 3214(A).

Xiang, N. and Jasa, T., "Simultaneous estimation of reverberation times and their uncertainties from room impulse responses using a single-measurement procedure," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2006, p. 3223(A) (invited paper).

Xiang, N., Jasa, T., and Su, Z., "Schroeder Decay Function Decomposition for Sound-Energy Decay Analysis of Acoustic Coupled-Volume Systems," Proc. WESPAC XI, 2006, Seoul, South Korea (invited paper).

2005

Jasa, T. and Xiang, N., "Bayesian sampling with applications to energy decay analysis in acoustically coupled spaces" JASA 117, 2493 (2005).

Jasa, T. and Xiang, N., "Nested Sampling applied to Multi-rate Decay Times in Coupled Spaces", in Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Ed. K. Knuth, 2005 (in print).

Jasa, T., Xiang, N., Kleiner, M., "Sampling methods for decay time evaluation in acoustically coupled spaces" JASA 117, 2581 (2005).

McGinnes, C., Kleiner, M. and Xiang, N., "An environmental and economical solution to sound absorption using straw" JASA 118, 1869 (2005).

Norris, M.K., Xiang, N., and Kleiner, M., "Aurally-adequate time-frequency analysis for scattered sound in auditoria" JASA 117, 2499 (2005).

Summers, J.E., "Remark on the formal identity of two statistical-acoustics models of coupled rooms" Building Acoust. 12, 41-50 (2005).

Summers, J.E., Torres, R.R., Shimizu, Y. and Dalenbäck, B.-I., "Adapting a randomized beam-axis-tracing algorithm to modeling of coupled rooms via late-part ray tracing" JASA 118, 1491-1502 (2005).

Xiang, N., and Daigle, J., "Maximum-length-related sequences and a specialized deconvolution for multiple acoustic channel estimation, JASA 118, 2028 (2005) - invited paper.

Xiang, N., Daigle, J. N., and Kleiner, M., "Simultaneous acoustic channel measurement via maximal-length-related sequences" JASA 117, 2005, pp. 1889-1894.

Xiang, N., Goggans, P., Jasa, T., and Kleiner, M., "Evaluation of decay times in coupled spaces: Reliability analysis of Bayesian decay time estimation" JASA 117, 2005, pp. 3705-3715.

Xiang, N., Goggans, P. M. and Kleiner, M., "Application of Bayesian Inference in Measurements of Decay Times in Acoustically Coupled Spaces" Proc. InterNoise 2005 (invited paper).

Xiang, N., Kleiner, M., and Goggans, P., "Bayesian Probabilistic Analysis of Sound Decay Characteristics in Acoustically Coupled Rooms" Proc. 118th Audio Engineering Society Convention, 2005, pp 6393.1-6393.7

Xiang, N. and Sabatier, J. M., "Moving Speed of Linear Acoustic Landmine Detection Systems" Proc. SPIE 19th, Conference on Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets, Vol. 5794, 2005, pp. 675-682.

2004

Chu, W., "Binaural simulation of virtual stage environments for evaluation by the solo violinist" JASA 116, 2485 (2004).

Daigle, J.N. and Xiang, N., "A FFT-Based Algorithm for Acoustic Measurements Using Coded Signals", Proc. International Congress on AcousticsIV, pp. 2989-2992, 2004.

Goggans, P.M., Xiang, N., Chen, D., and Chi, Y., "Sound Decay Analysis in Acoustically Coupled Spaces Using Re-parameterized Decay Model", in Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Ed. R. Fisher, 2004, pp. 96-103.

Henderson, P.D., Pieleanu, I.N, Way, E., and Torres, R.R., "Comparison of auditory localization performance with various loudspeaker rendering systems" JASA 116, 2625 (2004).

Henderson, P.D., Torres, R.R., and Pieleanu, I.N., "High-resolution spatial auralization techniques for room acoustics design", JASA 116, 2484 (2004).

Kleiner, M., Torres, R.R., and Xiang, N., "Architectural acoustics graduate education for next-generation acousticians", Proc. International Congress on Acoustics II, pp. 1557- 1560, 2004.

Lee, R.W., "Acoustical analysis and multiple source auralizations of charismatic worship spaces" JASA 115, 2515 (2004).

Mueller, J., Kleiner, M., Xiang, N., and Torres, R.R., "Influence of surface scattering characteristics on the sound quality of reverberation" JASA 116, 2500 (2004).

Sacks, J. and Kleiner, M., "Front-to-rear movement of reverberation in a concert hall" JASA 116, 2474 (2004).

Summers, J.E., "Functional-differential-equation models of reverberant energy decay in systems of coupled rooms" JASA 116, 2553 (2004).

Summers, J.E., Takahashi, K., Shimizu, Y., and Yamakawa, T., "Assessing the accuracy of auralizations computed using a hybrid geometrical-acoustics and wave-acoustics method" JASA 115, 2514 (2004).

Summers, J.E., Torres, R.R., and Shimizu, Y., "Estimating mid-frequency effects of aperture diffraction on reverberant-energy decay in coupled-room auditoria" Building Acoust. 11, 271-291 (2004).

Summers, J.E., Torres, R.R., and Shimizu, Y., "Scale-model studies of reverberant energy decay in a coupled-room system" JASA 116, 2552 (2004).

Summers, J.E., Torres, R.R., and Shimizu, Y., "Statistical-acoustics models of energy decay in systems of coupled rooms and their relation to
geometrical acoustics" JASA 116, 958-969 (2004).

Torres, R.R., Kleiner, M. and Xiang, N., "Evaluating Physical and Aural Accuracy in Computed Early Room Impulse Responses", Proc. International Congress on Acoustics I, pp. 285-288, 2004.

Wang, W. and Torres, R.R., "Physical and subjective study of randomized sound scattering through geometrical acoustic simulation" JASA 115, 2516 (2004).

Xiang, N. and Sabatier J.M., "Laser-Doppler Vibrometer-Based Acoustic Landmine Detection Using the Fast M-sequence Transform", IEEE Trans. Geo. & Remote Sensing., Vol 1. Oct. 2004, pp. 292-294.

Xiang, N., Daigle, J.N., Kleiner, M., and Torres, R.R., "Simultaneous Acoustic Multiple Source Measurements Using Correlation-Orthogonal Sequences", Proc. International Congress on Acoustics IV, pp. 2003-2006, 2004.

Xiang, N. and Chu, D., "Fast M-sequence Transform for Quasi-Backscatter Sonar in Fisheries and Zooplanton Survey Applications, Proc 7th International Conference on Signal Processing, Vol III, pp. 2433-2436, 2004.

Xiang, N. and Bradley, M., "Laser Doppler vibrometer-based acoustic/seismic technique and GPSAR technique for co-located landmine detection" JASA 115, 3415 (2004) - invited paper.

Xiang, N., Kleiner, M. and Jasa, T., "Decay time uncertainty analysis in acoustically coupled spaces" JASA 116, 2553 (2004) - invited paper.

2003

Henderson, P.D., Torres, R.R., Shimizu, Y., Radke, R., and Lonsway, B., "Coupled auralization and virtual video for immersive multimedia displays", JASA 113, 2323 (2003).

Henderson, P.D., Torres, R.R., Shimizu, Y., Radke, R., and Lonsway, B., "Effects of auralization technique and cross-modal visual stimulus on auditory localization in virtual environments" JASA 113, 2270 (2003).

Lampropoulos, I.E. and Shimizu, Y., "The virtual microphone technique in active sound field control systems" JASA 113, 2202 (2003).

Shearer, J. and Torres, R.R., "Auralization studies on talker comfort" JASA 114, 2305 (2003).

Summers, J.E., "Comments on 'Absorbing surfaces in ray-tracing programs for coupled spaces'" Appl. Acoust. 64, 825-831 (L) (2003).

Summers, J.E., "Measurement of audience seat absorption for use in geometrical-acoustics software" Acoust. Res. Lett. Online (ARLO) 4, 77-82 (2003).

Summers, J.E., "Reverberant acoustic energy in auditoria that comprise systems of coupled rooms" JASA 114, 2526 (2003).

Summers, J.E., Shimizu, Y., and Torres, R.R., "Acoustical modeling of sound fields in auditoria that have coupled volumes" Proceedings of the Meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan, Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 November 2003.

Xiang, N. and Goggans, P.M., (2003): Evaluation of decay times in coupled spaces: Bayesian decay model selection, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 113, 2003, pp. 2685-2697.

Xiang, N. and Schroeder, M.R., (2003): Reciprocal maximum-length sequence pairs for acoustical dual source measurements, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 113, 2003, pp. 2754-2761.

Yoon, S.Y. and Smith, D.M., "The use of lattice gas method in explaining architectural acoustics principles" JASA 113, 2304 (2003).

2002

Knight, D.P., Shimizu, Y., and Torres, R.R., "Perceptibility of double-slope reverberation decays" JASA 112, 2225 (2002).

Kwon, Y.-M. and Shimizu, Y., "Under-balcony acoustics in concert halls: Vertical energy loss at the listener and acceptable view angles deduced from its effects" JASA 111, 2331 (2002).

Pyper, T., Knight, D., and Schmidt, A., "Recent emphasis of computer modeling in architectural acoustics consulting", JASA 111, 2369 (2002).

Shimizu, Y., Stefaniw, A., Smith, D., and Torres, R.R., "The influence of spatialized background noise on ease of hearing in rooms" JASA 112, 2200 (2002).

Stefaniw, A., Shimizu, Y., and Smith, D., "Correlation study of predictive and descriptive metrics of speech intelligibility" JASA 112, 2331 (2002).

Summers, J.E., Torres, R.R., and Shimizu, Y., "Mid-frequency modeling of coupled-room performance spaces by computation of transmission coefficients of apertures and arrays of apertures" JASA 112, 2226 (2002).

Summers, J.E., Torres, R.R., Shimizu, Y., and Jaffe, J.C., "Uses and limitations of statistical and geometrical modeling of nonexponential decay curves in performance spaces", JASA 111, 2390 (2002).

2001

Knight, D., Kwon, Y.-M., Kreiger, J., Holcomb, B., Hemenway, J., Summers, J.E., Shimizu, Y., and Jaffe, J.C., "Concert hall acoustics at Bass Hall" JASA 109, 2283 (2001).

Stefaniw, A., "Ease of hearing in various classroom geometries" JASA 109, 2478 (2001).

Stefaniw, A. and Shimizu, Y., "The effect of wall angles near a speech source on hearing comfort" JASA 110, 2720 (2001).

Summers, J.E. and Shimizu, Y., "Stage acoustics as affected by an array of apertures incorporated into the orchestra shell of a stagehouse coupled auditorium" JASA 109, 2283 (2001).

 

 



 
 
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