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Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control

Seattle, Washington USA • 14–17 September 2008

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Acoustic Echo Reduction Systems (Single & Multi-Channel)
Acoustic Echo Cancellation on the Adaptive Multi-Rate Speech Codec Parameters Daniele Giacobello, Aalborg University; Danilo Neri, Nokia Siemens Networks; Luca Prati, Nokia Siemens Networks; Sergio Brofferio, Politecnico di Milano
Acoustic-Coupling Level Estimation for Performance Improvement of Echo Reduction Masahio Fukui, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, NTT Corporation; Suehiro Shimauchi, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, NTT Corporation; Akira Nakagawa, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, NTT Corporation; Yoichi Haneda, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, NTT Corporation; Akitoshi Kataoka, Ryukoku University
NLMS-Type System Identification of Miso Systems with Shifted Perfect Sequences Christiane Antweiler, RWTH Aachen University; Aulis Telle, RWTH Aachen University; Peter Vary, RWTH Aachen University
Multi-Channel Echo Control by Model Learning Majid Fozunbal, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories; Ton Kalker, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories; Ronald Schafer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
An Echo Canceller Using Smoothed-Coefficient Filter with Adaptive Time Constant Controlled by High-Pass Errors Osamu Hoshuyama, NEC Corporation
Speech Recognizer with Improved Detection Performance in an Automotive Environment Ashtosh Sapru, Aricent Communications Pvt Ltd; Ravi Lakkundi, Aricent Communications Pvt Ltd; Nisar Ahmed, Aricent Communications Pvt Ltd
Coefficient Pruning for Higher-Order Diagonals of Volterra Filters Representing Wiener-Hammerstein Models Marcus Zeller, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Walter Kellermann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Model-Based Vs. Traditional Frequency-Domain Adaptive Filtering in the Presence of Continuous Double-Talk and Acoustic Echo Path Variability Sarmad Malik, Ruhr-University Bochum; Gerald Enzner, Ruhr-University Bochum
Robust Early Echo Cancellation and Late Echo Suppression in the STFT Domain Emanuël Habets, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Sharon Gannot, Bar-Ilan University; Israel Cohen, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Nonlinear Acoustic Echo Cancellation Based on a Multiplicative Transfer Function Approximation Yekutiel Avargel, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Israel Cohen, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Acoustic Echo Suppression Based on Separation of Stationary and Non-Stationary Echo Components Fabian Kuech, Fraunhofer IIS; Markus Kallinger, Fraunhofer IIS; Markus Schmidt, Fraunhofer IIS; Christof Faller, Illusonic; Alexis Favrot, Illusonic
Challenges and Solutions for Designing Software AEC on Personal Computers Qin Li, Microsoft Corporation; Chao He, Microsoft Corporation; Wei-Ge Chen, Microsoft Corporation
Acoustic Echo Control Based on Temporal Fluctuations of Short-Time Spectra Alexis Favrot, Illusonic; Christof Faller, Illusonic; Markus Kallinger, Fraunhofer IIS; Fabian Küch, Fraunhofer IIS; Markus Schmidt, Fraunhofer IIS
Multichannel Acoustic Echo Cancelation in Multiparty Spatial Audio Conferening with Constrained Kalman Filtering Zhengyou Zhang, Microsoft Corporation; Qin Cai, Microsoft Corporation; Jack Stokes, Microsoft Corporation
Wideband Echo Perception Silvia Poschen, HEAD Acoustics; Frank Kettler, HEAD Acoustics; Alexander Raake, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories; Sascha Spors, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
Multichannel Transform Domain Adaptive Filtering: a Two Stage Approach and Illustration for Acoustic Echo Cancelation Sascha Spors, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories; Herbert Buchner, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
A Study on Blind Source Separation for Preprocessing of an Acoustic Echo Canceller Yoshihiro Sakai, University of Electro-Communications; Wataru Mitsuhashi, University of Electro-Communications
Use of Decorrelation Procedure for Source and Echo Suppression Ted Wada, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shigeki Miyabe, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Biing-Hwang Juang, Georgia Institute of Technology
Active Noise Control Systems
Combined Active Noise Control and Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids Romain Serizel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Marc Moonen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Jan Wouters, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Soren Holdt Jensen, Aalborg University
Nonlinear Active Noise Control Using VOLTERRA Filtering with a Variable Step-Size Gs-Pap Algorithm J B Seo, Hanyang University; K J Kim, Hanyang University; D W Kim, Dasan Cousultants Co, Ltd; M O Oh, Dasan Cousultants Co, Ltd; W H Cho, Dasan Cousultants Co, Ltd; H K Lee, Dasan Cousultants Co, Ltd; W Y Kim, Hanyang University; Sang Won Nam, Hanynag University
Adaptive Filtering Algorithms & Structures
An Improved Proportionate Affine Projection Algorithm for Network Echo Cancellation Kirill Sakhnov, Czech Technical University in Prague
A Weighted Overlap-Add Based Wave Domain Adaptive Filtering Algorithm Paolo Peretti, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Laura Romoli, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Stefania Cecchi, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Lorenzo Palestini, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Francesco Piazza, Universita Politecnica delle Marche
Low Distortion Decoupled Crosstalk Resistant Adaptive Noise Canceller Ludovick Lepauloux, Orange Labs; Pascal Scalart, IRISA/CAIRN; Claude Marro, Orange Labs
Microphone Arrays & Array Signal Processing
Optimal Azimuthal Steering of a First-Order Superdirectional Microphone Response Rene Derkx, Philips Research Laboratories
A New Approach to Digital Directivity Control of Loudspeakers Line Arrays Using Wave Field Synthesis Theory Laura Romoli, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Paolo Peretti, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Lorenzo Palestini, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Stefania Cecchi, Universita Politecnica delle Marche; Francesco Piazza, Universita Politecnica delle Marche
A New Cost Function for Direction-of-Arrival Estimation of Multiple Sound Sources Using Two Microphones Minh The Dang, Paichai University; Seung-Hyon Nam, Paichai University
Interpolation Methods for the SRP-Phat Algorithm Sakari Tervo, Helsinki University of Technology; Tapio Lokki, Helsinki University of Technology
Acoustic Localization Using Reverberation with Virtual Microphones Teemu Korhonen, Tampere University of Technology
Score: a Low Complexity, Robust Algorithm for the Detection of Corrupt Sensors and Self-Calibration of Microphone Arrays Nilesh Madhu, Ruhr-University Bochum; Rainer Martin, Ruhr-University Bochum
A Scalable Framework for Multiple Speaker Localization and Tracking Nilesh Madhu, Ruhr-University Bochum; Rainer Martin, Ruhr-University Bochum
Maximum-Likelihood Sound Source Localization with a Multivariate Complex LAPLACIAN Distribution Bowon Lee, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories; Ton Kalker, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories; Ronald Schafer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Non-Spherical Microphone Array Structures for 3D Beamforming and Spherical Harmonic Analysis Thushara Abhayapala, Australian National University; Aastha Gupta, Australian National University
A Log-MMSE Adaptive Beamformer Using a Nonlinear Spatial Filter Michael Seltzer, Microsoft Corporation; Ivan Tashev, Microsoft Corporation
On Hidden Markov Model Maximum Negentropy Beamforming Barbara Rauch, Spoken Language Systems; Kenichi Kumatani, Saarland University; Friedrich Faubel, Saarland University; John McDonough, Saarland University; Dietrich Klakow, Saarland University
Analytical Solution of Nonlinear Microphone Array Based on Complementary Beamforming Shigeki Miyabe, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Biing-Hwang Juang, Georgia Institute of Technology; Hiroshi Saruwatari, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Kiyohiro Shikano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Data Driven Beamformer Design for Binaural Headset Ivan Tashev, Microsoft Corporation; Michael Seltzer, Microsoft Corporation
Multi-Rate Filter Banks & Sub-Band Systems
9065Scale Factor Ambiguity Correction for Subband Blind Multichannel Identification Nikolay Gaubitch, Imperial College London; Xiang Lin, Imperial College London; Patrick Naylor, Imperial College London
Noise And Acoustic Environments & Characteristics
Binaural Distance Perception Based on Direct-to-Reverberant Energy Ratio Yan-Chen Lu, University of Sheffield; Martin Cooke, University of Sheffield
Variable Speech Distortion Weighted Multichannel Wiener Filter Based on Soft Output Voice Activity Detection for Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids Kim Ngo, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Ann Spriet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Marc Moonen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Jan Wouters, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Søren Holdt Jensen, Aalborg University
Noise Suppression with Adaptive Adjustment of the Maximum Attenuation Mohamed Krini, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems; Gerhard Schmidt, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems
Sound Capture, Processing & Reproduction Applications
Multiple Position Room Response Equalization with Frequency Domain Fuzzy C-Means Prototype Design Ivan Omiciuolo, University of Trieste; Alberto Carini, University of Urbino; Giovanni L Sicuranza, University of Trieste
Multichannel Cross-Talk Cancellation in a Call-Center Scenario Using Frequency-Domain Adaptive Filtering Anthony Lombard, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Walter Kellermann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Sound Source Separation
Source Number Estimation and Clustering for Underdetermined Blind Source Separation Benedikt Loesch, University of Stuttgart; Bin Yang, University of Stuttgart
A Novel Robust Solution to the Permutation Problem Based on a Joint Multiple TDOA Estimation Francesco Nesta, Fondazione Bruno Kessler; Maurizio Omologo, Fondazione Bruno Kessler; Piergiorgio Svaizer, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Generalized Eigenvector Blind Speech Separation Under Coherent Noise in a GSC Configuration Dang Hai Tran Vu, University of Paderborn; Alexander Krueger, University of Paderborn; Reinhold Haeb-Umbach, University of Paderborn
Sound Source Separation with Distributed Microphone Arrays in the Presence of Clock Synchronization Errors Zicheng Liu, Microsoft Corporation
Using Phase Linearity to Tackle the Permutation Problem in Audio Source Separation Keisuke Toyama, Queen Mary University of London; Andrew Nesbit, Queen Mary University of London; Maria Jafari, Queen Mary University of London; Mark Plumbley, Queen Mary University of London
Instantaneous Blind Signal Extraction Using Second Order Statistics Brian Bloemendal, Eindhoven University of Technology; Jakob van de Laar, Philips Research Laboratories; Piet Sommen, Eindhoven University of Technology
A Source Reassignment Technique for Time-Frequency Masking Audio Separation Maximo Cobos, Technical University of Valencia; Jose Javier Lopez, Technical University of Valencia; Jan Oliver Hinz, Technical University of Valencia
A New Model-Based Underdetermined Speech Separation Zaher El Chami, Orange Labs; Antoine Dinh-Tuan Pham, Laboratory of Modeling and Computation; Christine Servière, GIPSA Lab; Alexandre Guerin, Orange Labs
Estimation of the Ideal Binary Mask Using Directional Systems Jesper Boldt, Oticon A/S; Ulrik Kjems, Oticon A/S; Michael Pedersen, Oticon A/S; Thomas Lunner, Oticon Research Centre Eriksholm; Deliang Wang, Ohio State University
New Architecture Combining Blind Signal Extraction and Modified Spectral Subtraction for Suppression of Background Noise Jani Even, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Hiroshi Saruwatari, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Kiyohiro Shikano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Performance Improvement of Higher-Order ICA Using Learning Period Detection Based on Closed-Form Second-Order ICA and Kurtosis Yuuki Fujihara, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Yu Takahashi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Shigeki Miyabe, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Hiroshi Saruwatari, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Kiyohiro Shikano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Akira Tanaka, Hokkaido University
Frequency-Domain Blind Source Separation with Permutation Control Peng Xie, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Steven Grant, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Speech-Databases & Software Tools
Instrumental Speech Distortion Assessment of Black Box Speech Enhancement Systems Kai Steinert, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology; Suhadi Suhadi, Braunschweig Technical University, Institute for Communications Technology; Tim Fingscheidt, Braunschweig Technical University; Martin Schönle, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology
Speech Enhancement & Dereverberation Techniques
A Non-Intrusive Quality Measure of Dereverberated Speech Tiago Falk, Queen's University; Wai-Yip Chan, Queen's University
Robust Hands-Free Voice Control for Medical Applications Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh, Philips Research Laboratories; L C A van Stuivenberg, Philips Research Laboratories; C P Janse, Philips Research Laboratories
A Simplified Decoding Method for a Robust Distant-Talking ASR Concept Based on Feature-Domain Dereverberation Armin Sehr, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Walter Kellermann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Techniques for Estimating the Ideal Binary Mask Yi Hu, University of Texas at Dallas; Philipos C Loizou, University of Texas at Dallas
A Decoupled Filtered-X LMS Algorithm for Listening-Room Compensation Stefan Goetze, University of Bremen; Markus Kallinger, University of Oldenburg; Alfred Mertins, University of Luebeck; Karl-Dirk Kammeyer, University of Bremen
Estimation of the Reverberation Time in Noisy Environments Heinrich Löllmann, RWTH Aachen University; Peter Vary, RWTH Aachen University
Modified Kalman Filter Exploiting Interframe Correlation of Speech and Noise Magnitudes Thomas Esch, RWTH Aachen University; Peter Vary, RWTH Aachen University
An Analysis of Quefrency Selective Temporal Smoothing of the Cepstrum in Speech Enhancement Dirk Mauler, Ruhr-University Bochum; Timo Gerkmann, Ruhr-University Bochum; Rainer Martin, Ruhr-University Bochum
Enhancement of Noisy Reverberant Speech by Linear Filtering Followed by Nonlinear Noise Suppression Takuya Yoshioka, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Tomohiro Nakatani, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Masato Miyoshi, NTT Communication Science Laboratories
Incremental Estimation of Reverberation with Uncertainty Using Prior Knowledge of Room Acoustics for Speech Dereverberation Tomohiro Nakatani, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Takuya Yoshioka, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Keisuke Kinoshita, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Masato Miyoshi, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Biing-Hwang Juang, Georgia Institute of Technology
Improving Quality Prediction Accuracy of P.563 for Noise Suppression Anders Ekman, Royal Institute of Technology; Bastiaan Kleijn, Royal Institute of Technology
Coherent Modulation Comb Filtering for Enhancing Speech in Wind Noise Brian King, University of Washington; Les Atlas, University of Washington
A Combined Approach for Estimating a Feature-Domain Reverberation Model in Non-Diffuse Environments Armin Sehr, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Jimi Y C Wen, Imperial College London; Walter Kellermann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; Patrick A Naylor, Imperial College London
Particle Filter Based Soft-Mask Estimation for Missing Feature Reconstruction Friedrich Faubel, Saarland University; Humza Raja, Saarland University; John McDonough, Saarland University; Dietrich Klakow, Saarland University
Automatic Optimization Scheme of Spectral Subtraction Based on Musical Noise Assessment via Higher-Order Statistics Yoshihisa Uemura, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Yu Takahashi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Hiroshi Saruwatari, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Kiyohiro Shikano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Kazunobu Kondo, YAMAHA Corp
Transducers, Acoustic Front-Ends, Hardware
Conventional and Distributed Mode Loudspeaker Arrays for the Application of Wave-Field Synthesis to Videoconference Jose Javier Lopez, Technical University of Valencia; Basilio Pueo, University of Alicante; Maximo Cobos, Technical University of Valencia
Development and Evaluation of Pocket-Size Blind Source Separation Microphone Takashi Hiekata, Kobe Steel, Ltd; Y Ikeda, Kobe Steel, Ltd; T Yamashita, Kobe Steel, Ltd; T Morita, Kobe Steel, Ltd; R Zhang, Feng Co, Ltd; Y Mori, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Hiroshi Saruwatari, Nara Institute of Science and Technology; Kiyohiro Shikano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Voice Activity Detection, Double-Talk Detection & Signal Segmentation
Voice Activity Detection Based on the Adaptive Multi-Rate Speech Codec Parameters Daniele Giacobello, Aalborg University; Matteo Semmoloni, Nokia Siemens Networks; Danilo Neri, Nokia Siemens Networks; Luca Prati, Nokia Siemens Networks; Sergio Brofferio, Politecnico di Milano
Multi-Decision Sub-Band Voice Activity Detection for Speech Enhancement Alan Davis, Curtin University / Western Australian Telecommunications Research Institute; Siow Yong Low, Western Australian Telecommunications Research Institute; Sven Nordholm, Curtin University / Western Australian Telecommunications Research Institute
Handling Speaker Position Changes in a Meeting Diarization System by Combining DOA Clustering and Speaker Identification Tobias Hager, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Shoko Araki, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Kentaro Ishizuka, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Masakiyo Fujimoto, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Tomohiro Nakatani, NTT Communication Science Laboratories; Shoji Makino, NTT Communication Science Laboratories
New and Emerging Technologies
On the Reconstruction of Undersampled Wireless Acoustic Sensor Signals Piet Sommen, Eindhoven University of Technology; Kees Janse, Philips Research Laboratories
2008 IWAENC • 14–17 September 2008 • Seattle, Washington USA