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
Select 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 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
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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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Hassani, Mohsen Sheikh, James Green, Rafik Goubran, Frank Knoefel, and Neil Thomas. “Proposing a Low-Cost, Transportable Horizontal Binaural Test Using Headphones.” In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2024.
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J. Valdes, Z. Cook, J. Wang, B. Wallace, B. Laska, J. Green, R. Goubran, P. Xi, “Human Activity Understanding through Explainable Audio-Visual Features”, IEEE Sensors Letters, 2024
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Select E. Boulay, B. Wallace, Kathleen C Fraser, Manuela Kunz, Rafik Goubran, F. Knoefel , Neil Thomas, “Improving Synchronization of Eye Fixation and Saccade Measurements with Speech Recognition for Cognitive Assessment”, 2024 Sensor Applications Symposium (SAS), 2024 E. Boulay, B. Wallace, Kathleen C Fraser, Manuela Kunz, Rafik Goubran, F. Knoefel , Neil Thomas, “Improving Synchronization of Eye Fixation and Saccade Measurements with Speech Recognition for Cognitive Assessment”, 2024 Sensor Applications Symposium (SAS), 2024
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Brady Laska, Pengcheng Xi, Julio Valdes, Bruce Wallace, Rafik Goubran, Zero-shot Multi-task Cough Sound Analysis with Speech Foundation Model Embeddings, IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements (MeMeA) 2024, 2024
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W. Sloan; A. Laghai, “Using deep learning for recreating binaural audio”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 155, A278, 2024.
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Saiful Huq, “Differentiation of Dry and Wet Cough Sounds using A Deep Learning Model and Data Augmentation”, M.A.Sc. Thesis Carleton University, 2023.
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