Expertise: Acoustic / Sound Analysis

SAM3 Expertise Areas: Acoustic / Sound Analysis
SAM3 researchers expertise in Acoustic and Sound Analysis includes signal processing and methods to analyze and classify sound within a wide range of application and uses cases.
Acoustic / Sound Analysis Applications
- Cough and respiration sounds
- Residential sound classification.
- Beam forming and microphone array applications.
- Audio analysis including language and speech recognition
A. Laghai, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, M. Kunz, K. Fraser, B. Wallace, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Can Gaze–Speech Coupling in Reading Help Clinicians Detect Cognitive Decline Remotely?” ISG 2026
B. Laska, P. Xi, J. Valdés, B. Wallace, J. Green, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Coughprint: Distilled Cough Representations from Speech Foundation Model Embeddings”, in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2025
A. Laghai B. Wallace, K. C. Fraser, M. Kunz, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, S. Shafiyan, N. Thomas, “Preliminary Results for Measurement of Eye Fixation and Speech to Identify Cognitive Decline” accepted at IEEE Medical Measurement and Applications Symposium (MeMeA 2025), 2025
Pioneering Voice AI with Carleton University
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A. Laghai, B. Wallace, B. Laska, R. Goubran, “Ray Tracing Modelling Using LiDAR 3D Scans for Rapid Acoustical Measurement and Simulation” accepted at 2025 IEEE International Instrumentation Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2025
Boulay, Emma “Eye-Tracking and Speech Analysis Measurement and Synchronization for Cognitive Assessment.” MASc diss., Carleton University, 2024.
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