Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Abstract:
Computer Audition is the sonic analog to Computer Vision and encompasses much more than just speech to text. Northwestern University’s Interactive Audio Lab (IAL), headed by Prof. Bryan Pardo, is a world leader in Computer Audition. IAL develops new techniques and technologies for identifying sound sources (telling dog barks from human speech), labeling content (naming the song played live in a live concert), parsing audio scenes into their constituent parts (e.g. splitting the live concert recording into individual instrumental recordings), searching for sounds in large datasets (e.g. matching the sound of an automobile with engine troubles to prior known cases in a database), and manipulating the selected audio (changing the prosody of speech, making adversarial speech examples to spoof voice ID). In this talk, Prof. Pardo will give an overview of recent work in the lab on these topics.
Bio:
Bryan Pardo is head of Northwestern University’s Interactive Audio Lab and co-director of the Northwestern University HCI+Design institute. Prof. Pardo has appointments in in the Department of Computer Science and Department of Radio, Television and Film. He received a M. Mus. in Jazz Studies in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2005, both from the University of Michigan. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has developed speech analysis software for the Speech and Hearing department of the Ohio State University, statistical software for SPSS and worked as a machine learning researcher for General Dynamics. He has collaborated on and developed technologies acquired and patented by companies like Bose, Adobe and Ear Machine. While finishing his doctorate, he taught in the Music Department of Madonna University. When he is not teaching or researching, he performs on saxophone and clarinet with the bands Son Monarcas and The East Loop.
Abstract:
Computer Audition is the sonic analog to Computer Vision and encompasses much more than just speech to text. Northwestern University’s Interactive Audio Lab (IAL), headed by Prof. Bryan Pardo, is a world leader in Computer Audition. IAL develops new techniques and technologies for identifying sound sources (telling dog barks from human speech), labeling content (naming the song played live in a live concert), parsing audio scenes into their constituent parts (e.g. splitting the live concert recording into individual instrumental recordings), searching for sounds in large datasets (e.g. matching the sound of an automobile with engine troubles to prior known cases in a database), and manipulating the selected audio (changing the prosody of speech, making adversarial speech examples to spoof voice ID). In this talk, Prof. Pardo will give an overview of recent work in the lab on these topics.
Bio:
Bryan Pardo is head of Northwestern University’s Interactive Audio Lab and co-director of the Northwestern University HCI+Design institute. Prof. Pardo has appointments in in the Department of Computer Science and Department of Radio, Television and Film. He received a M. Mus. in Jazz Studies in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2005, both from the University of Michigan. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has developed speech analysis software for the Speech and Hearing department of the Ohio State University, statistical software for SPSS and worked as a machine learning researcher for General Dynamics. He has collaborated on and developed technologies acquired and patented by companies like Bose, Adobe and Ear Machine. While finishing his doctorate, he taught in the Music Department of Madonna University. When he is not teaching or researching, he performs on saxophone and clarinet with the bands Son Monarcas and The East Loop.
