Publications

 

  • *   H. Do and H. F. Silverman, “A method for locating multiple sources using a frame of a large-aperture microphone array data without tracking,”to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 2008 (ICASSP 2008), Las Vegas, NV, Apr. 2008. [pdf]

  •  *  M. D. Gillette and H. F. Silverman, “A linear closed-form algorithm for source localization from time-differences of arrival,” to appear in IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2008 [pdf]

    •  *  H. Do and H. F. Silverman, “A fast microphone array SRP-PHAT source location implementation using coarse-to-fine region contraction (CFRC),” in Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics 2007 (WASPAA 2007), , New Paltz, NY, Oct. 2007, pp. 295 – 298.[pdf]

      • *  H. Do, H. F. Silverman, and Y. Yu, “A real-time SRP-PHAT source location implementation using stochastic region contraction (SRC) on a large-aperture microphone array,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 2007 (ICASSP 2007), Honolulu, HI, Apr. 2007, vol.1,  pp.121 – 124.[pdf]

      • * H. F. Silverman, Y. Yu, J. M. Sachar, and W. R. Patterson III, “Performance of real-time source-location estimators for a large-aperture microphone array,” IEEE Trans. Speech, Audio Process., vol.13, no.4, pp. 593 - 406, July 2005.[pdf]

      • * J.M.Sachar, H.F.Silverman and W.R.Patterson III, “Microphone Position and Gain Calibration for a Large-Aperture Microphone Array,” IEEE Transactions of Speech and Audio Processing, January, 2005, Volume 13, Number 1,  pp.42 – 52.[pdf]

      • * Y. Yu and H. F. Silverman, “An improved TDOA-based location estimation algorithm for large-aperture microphone arrays,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 2004 (ICASSP 2004), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2004, vol.4,  pp.77 – 80.[pdf]

      • * H.F.Silverman, W.R.Patterson III, and J.M.Sachar, “Factors Affecting The Performance of Large-aperture Microphone Arrays,” Acoustical Society of America,Mar., 2002.[pdf]

      • * D. Sturim, H.F.Silverman and S. Levinson, “Early Results for a Non-Parametric Hidden Markov Model for Talker Characterization,” Computer, Speech and Language,2001.[pdf]

      • * H.F.Silverman, W.R.Patterson III, and J.M.Sachar, “First Measurements of a Large-aperture Microphone Array System for Remote Audio Acquisition,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2000,New York, NY, July/Aug., 2000.[pdf]

      • * H.F.Silverman, W.R.Patterson III, and J.M.Sachar, “Early Experimental Results for A Large-Aperture Microphone Array System,” in Proceedings of SAM 2000,Boston, MA, Mar., 1999.[pdf]

      • * M. S. Brandstein and H. F. Silverman, “A Robust Method for Speech Signal Time-Delay Estimation in Reverberant Rooms,” in Proceedings of ICASSP 1997,Munich, Germany, Apr., 1997, vol.1,  pp.375 – 378.[pdf]

      • * D. E. Sturim, M. S. Brandstein, and H. F. Silverman, “Tracking Multiple Talkers Using Microphone-Array Measurements,” in Proceedings of ICASSP 1997,Munich, Germany, Apr., 1997, vol.1,  pp.371 – 374.[pdf]

      • * M. S. Brandstein, J. E Adcock, and H. F. Silverman, “A Closed-Form Location Estimator for use with Room Environment Microphone Arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, Jan., 1997, vol.5,  pp.45 – 50.[pdf]

      • * M. S. Brandstein, J. E Adcock, and H. F. Silverman, “Microphone Array Localization Error Estimation with Application to Sensor Placement,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, June 1996, vol.99(6),  pp.3807 – 3816. [pdf]

      • * M. S. Brandstein, J. E. Adcock, and H. F. Silverman, “A Localization-Error Based Method for Microphone-Array Design,” in Proceedings of ICASSP 1996, Atlanta, GA, May 1996, vol.2,  pp.901 – 904.[pdf]

      • * J. E. Adcock, Y. Gotoh, D. J. Mashao and H. F. Silverman, “Microphone-Array Speech Recognition via Incremental MAP Training,” in Proceedings of ICASSP 1996, Atlanta, GA, May 1996, vol.2,  pp.897 – 900.[pdf]

      • * M. S. Brandstein, J. E. Adcock and H. F. Silverman, “A Practical Time-Delay Estimator for Localizing Speech Sources with a Microphone Array,” Computer, Speech and Language, Sept. 1995, vol.9,  pp.153 – 269.[Compressed postcript]

      • * M. S. Brandstein, J. E. Adcock, J. H. DiBiase and H. F. Silverman, “A Closed-Form Method for Finding Source Locations from Microphone-Array Time-Delay Estimates,” in Proceedings of ICASSP 1995, Detroit, Michigan, May 1995, vol.5,  pp.3019 – 3022.[pdf]

      • * P. C. Meuse and H. F. Silverman, “Characterization of Talker Radiation Pattern Using a Microphone-Array,” in Proceedings of ICASSP 1994, Adelaide, Australia, May 1994, vol.ii,  pp.257 – 260.[pdf]

     

     

     

    Theses

                                                                                

      PhD theses

    •  1. Ying Yu.Distant Talker Labelling for a Conferencing Situation Using Data from a Large Aperture Microphone Array in a Noisy Reverberant Environment. Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2007[pdf]

      • 2.  John E. Adcock. Optimal Filtering and Speech Recognition With Microphone Arrays. Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2001 [pdf]

      • 3. Joseph H. Dibiase. A High-Accuracy, Low-Latency Technique for Talker Localization in Reverberant Environments Using Microphone Arrays. Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2001 [pdf]

      • 4. Paul C. Meuse. The Radiation Pattern of Speech Production: Implications for Microphone Array Systems . Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2000 [Postcript]

      • 5. Michael S. Brandstein. A Framework for Speech Source Localization Using Sensor Arrays. Brown University, Providence, RI, May 1995 [pdf]

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      •                                                                         Masters theses                                                                  

        1.  Hoang Do. Real-Time SRP-PHAT Source Location Implementations on a Large-Aperture Microphone Array. Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2007 [pdf]

        • 2.  Avram Levi. Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2007 [pdf]

        • 3. Matthew Gillette. Brown University, Providence, RI, May 2007 [pdf]

         

     

     

     

     

    Other Stuff

                                                                                

      Data

    •  1. Locations of 449 microphones of the HMA system [Matlab MAT file]

      • 2.  Microphone list for 8 locators (0-7) of the HMA system. Each locator has [8 x 3] mics [Matlab MAT file]

      • 3. Recording of 5 real talkers facing 24 mics of locator 3.[Wav file] The locations of the 5 talkers and the 24 microphones locations[Text file] Movie of the SRP-PHAT 3D-plot (a slice approximately through the average height of the talkers) with clean-speech recording embedded[Windows Media Player AVI file]

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      •                                                                   Tools                                                                  

        1.  Brown Acoustic Simulator by Avram Levi (Before using, please read the readme.txt first).[Zip file]

          2.  Spectrogram plot by H. F. Silverman [Matlab M. file]

          • 3.  Calculate speed of sound at a given temperature [Matlab M. file]

          • 4.  A cute, yet powerful program by Ken Silverman to view time signal/spectrogram/energy of a speech signal in multiple channels [Application]

           

      Under Construction

                                                                                            

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