Temko, Andriy (Date of defense: 2007-01-23)
L'activitat humana que té lloc en sales de reunions o aules d'ensenyament es veu reflectida en una rica varietat d'events acústics, ja siguin produïts pel cos humà o per objectes que les persones manegen. ...
Butko, Taras (Date of defense: 2011-07-08)
The detection of the Acoustic Events (AEs) naturally produced in a meeting room may help to describe the human and social activity. The automatic description of interactions between humans and environment ...
Hernando Pericás, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 1993-05-07)
El comportamiento de los sistemas actuales de reconocimiento del habla se degrada rápidamente en presencia de ruido de fondo cuando las etapas de entrenamiento y de test no pueden llevarse a cabo en las ...
Wolf, Martin (Date of defense: 2013-11-11)
If speech is acquired by a close-talking microphone in a controlled and noise-free environment, current state-of-the-art recognition systems often show an acceptable error rate. The use of close-talking ...
Chakraborty, Rupayan (Date of defense: 2013-12-18)
Automatic acoustic scene analysis is a complex task that involves several functionalities: detection (time), localization (space), separation, recognition, etc. This thesis focuses on both acoustic event ...
Raboshchuk, Ganna (Date of defense: 2016-07-20)
Most preterm newborns must be admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where they receive a specialized medical care, what, in many cases, is crucial for their survival. The acoustic environment ...