Publications

Daugintis, Rapolas; Alary, Benoît; Geronazzo, Michele; Picinali, Lorenzo (2024) Effects of binaural rendering personalisation and reverberation on speech-on-speech masking, Proceedings of the AES 5th International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality, https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22671

Daniel Gonzalez-Toledo, Pablo Gutierrez-Parera, Carmen Soto-Romero, Maria Cuevas-Rodriguez, Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona (2024) A pilot experiment on user individualization for sound localization within interactive virtual environments, EuroXR 2024: Proceedings of the 21st EuroXR International Conference, pg 137, https://doi.org/10.32040/2242-122X.2024.T432

Picinali L. & Katz, B. (2023) System-to-User and User-to-System Adaptations in Binaural Audio. Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments, pp.115-143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04021-4_4

Felix Perfler, Florian Pausch, Katharina Pollack, Nicki Holighaus, Piotr Majdak (2025) Parametric model of the human pinna based on Bézier curves and concave deformations, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol 188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109817

Davide Fantini, Michele Geronazzo, Federico Avanzini, Stavros Ntalampiras (2025) A Survey on Machine Learning Techniques for Head-Related Transfer Function Individualization, IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, vol.6, pp30-56. doi.org/10.1109/OJSP.2025.3528330

Julie Meyer, Sebastian Prepeliţă, Lorenzo Picinali (2025) On the accuracy of finite-difference time-domain simulations of head-related transfer functions as a function of model complexity, Applied Acoustics, vol. 228, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2024.110353

Davide Fantini, Stavros Ntalampiras, Giorgio Presti, Federico Avanzini (2024) Toward a Novel Set of Pinna Anthropometric Features for Individualizing Head-Related Transfer Functions, Sound and Music Computing Conference, doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14338958

Florian Pausch, Felix Perfler, Nicki Holighaus, Piotr Majdak (2023) Comparison of deep-neural-network architectures for the prediction of head-related transfer functions using a parametric pinna model, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 2329-2334. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0795

Felix Perfler, Piotr Majdak, Florian Pausch, Katharina Pollack (2023) Concepts for the evaluation of a parametric pinna model, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 2335-2338. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.1072

J. Meyer and L. Picinali (2023) Comparison of Simulated Head-Related Transfer Functions Accuracy for Different Model Complexities Using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 131-137. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0135

Pauwels, J. & Picinali, L. (2023) On The Relevance Of The Differences Between HRTF Measurement Setups For Machine Learning, ICASSP 2023 – 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP49357.2023.10096689

Brinkmann, F., Kreuzer, W., Thomsen, J., Dombrovskis, S., Pollack, K., Weinzierl, S., Majdak, P. (2023) Recent Advances in an Open Software for Numerical HRTF Calculation, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 71, no. 7/8, pp. 502-514. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0078

Pollack, K., Pausch, F., Majdak, P. (2022) Parametric pinna model for a realistic representation of listener-specific pinna geometry, Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics

Pollack, K., Kreuzer, W. & Majdak, P. (2022) Modern Acquisition of Personalised Head-Related Transfer Functions – An Overview. Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research on Spatial Audio. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102908

Stitt, P., & Katz, B. G. (2021). Sensitivity analysis of pinna morphology on head-related transfer functions simulated via a parametric pinna model. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 4(149), 2559, https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0004128.

Pollack, K. & Majdak, P. (2021) Evaluation of a parametric pinna model for the calculation of head-related transfer functions. 2021 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA). https://doi.org/10.1109/I3DA48870.2021.9610885

Fantini, D., Avanzini, F., Ntalampiras, S. & Presti, G. (2021) HRTF Individualization Based on Anthropometric Measurements Extracted from 3D Head Meshes. 2021 Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA) https://doi.org/10.1109/I3DA48870.2021.9610904

Pollack, K., Brinkmann, F., Majdak, P. & Kreuzer, W. (2021) From photos to personalized spatial audio playback. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 138 (250-255). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-021-00891-4

Siripornpitak, P., Engel, I., Squires, I., Cooper, S.J., & Picinali, L. (2022) Spatial up-sampling of HRTF sets using generative adversarial networks: A pilot study. Frontiers in Signal Processing, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsip.2022.904398

A. Hogg, H. Liu, M. Jenkins and L. Picinali (2023) Exploring the impact of transfer learning on GAN-based HRTF upsampling, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 2323-2328. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0266

Aidan O. T. Hogg, Mads Jenkins, He Liu, Isaac Squires, Samuel J. Cooper, Lorenzo Picinali (2024) HRTF Upsampling With a Generative Adversarial Network Using a Gnomonic Equiangular Projection, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, vol. 32. doi.org/10.1109/TASLP.2024.3375635

Glen McLachlan, Piotr Majdak, Jonas Reijniers, Michael Mihocic, Herbert Peremans (2025) Bayesian active sound localisation: To what extent do humans perform like an ideal-observer?, PLOS Computational Biology, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012108

Lladó, P., Barumerli, R., Baumgartner, R., Majdak, P. (2024) Predicting the effect of headphones on the time to localize a target in an auditory-guided visual search task, Frontiers in Virtual Reality, vol 5. doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2024.1359987

McLachlan, G., Majdak, P., Reijniers, J., Mihocic, M., Peremans, H. (2023) Dynamic spectral cues do not affect human sound localization during small head movements, Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1027827

Poirier-Quinot, D. & Lawless, M. (2023) Impact of wearing a head-mounted display on localization accuracy of real sound sources, Acta Acustica, vol. 7, no. 3. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2022055

Poirier-Quinot, D., Lawless, M. S., Stitt. P., Katz, B. F. G. (2022) HRTF Performance Evaluation: Methodology and Metrics for Localisation Accuracy and Learning Assessment, Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research on Spatial Audio, IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104931

Andreopoulou, A. and Katz, B. F. G. (2022) Perceptual Impact on Localization Quality Evaluations of Common Pre-Processing for Non-Individual Head-Related Transfer Functions, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 340-354. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0008

González-Toledo, Daniel and Cuevas-Rodríguez, María and Vicente, Thibault and Picinali, Lorenzo and Molina-Tanco, Luis and Reyes-Lecuona, Arcadio (2024) Spatial release from masking in the median plane with non-native speakers using individual and mannequin head related transfer functions, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 155, no. 1, pp. 284-293. doi.org/10.1121/10.0024239

T. Vicente and L. Picinali (2023) Towards the use of spatial release from masking and spatial stream segregation tests to select an HRTF, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 2709-2712. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0540

De Muynke, Julien; Poirier-Quinot, David; Katz, Brian F. G. (2024) Effect of Interpolation Artifacts on Perceived Stability of Nearby Sources in a Navigable Reverberant Virtual Environment, Journal of the AES, https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0158

Julien De Muynke, David Poirier-Quinot, Brian F. G. Katz (2023) Creating navigable auralisations using RIR convolution: Impact of grid density and panning method on perceived source stability, Proceedings of the AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio, http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=22169

Daniel González-Toledo, Luis Molina-Tanco, María Cuevas-Rodríguez, Piotr Majdak, Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona (2023) The Binaural Rendering Toolbox. A Virtual Laboratory for Reproducible Research in Psychoacoustics, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 331-337. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.1042

L. Picinali, G. Grimm, Y. Hioka, G. Kearney, D. Johnston, C. Jin, L.S.R. Simon, H. Wuthrich, M. Mihocic, P. Majdak and D. Vickers (2023) VR/AR and hearing research: current examples and future challenges, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 1393-1400. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0322

Engel, I., Daugintis, R., Vicente, T., Hogg, A., Pauwels, J., Tournier, A. J., & Picinali, L. (2023) The SONICOM HRTF Dataset, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol 21, No.5. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0066

Majdak, P., Zotter, F., Brinkmann, F., De Muynke, J., Mihocic, M., Noisternig, M. (2022) Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics 2.1: Introduction and Recent Advances, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 70, no. 7/8, pp. 565-584. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0026

Roberto Barumerli, Piotr Majdak (2025) FrAMBI: A Software Framework for Auditory Modeling Based on Bayesian Inference, Neuroinformatics, vol 23, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12021-024-09702-5

Roberto Barumerli, Piotr Majdak (2023) Frambi: towards a flexible software framework for auditory modeling based on bayesian inference, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 293-294. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0494

R. Daugintis, R. Barumerli, M. Geronazzo and L. Picinali (2023) Initial Evaluation of an Auditory-Model-Aided Selection Procedure for Non- Individual HRTFs, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 2701-2708. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0489

Barumerli, R., Majdak, P., Geronazzo, M., Meijer, D., Avanzini, F. & Baumgartner, R. (2023) A Bayesian model for human directional localization of broadband static sound sources, Acta Acoustica, Vol 7., Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2023006

Daugintis, R., Barumerli, R., Picinali, L. & Geronazzo M. (2023) Classifying Non-Individual Head-Related Transfer Functions with A Computational Auditory Model: Calibration And Metrics. ICASSP 2023 – 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP49357.2023.10095152

Hollomey, C., Majdak, P., Baumgartner, R. (2022) The Auditory Modeling Toolbox 1.x, Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics

Barumerli, R., Majdak, P. (2022) Towards a general probabilistic framework to predict human sound localization, Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics

Peremans, H., McLachlan, G., Majdak, P., Reijniers, J. (2022) Ideal versus non-ideal observer models for sound localization, Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics

Barumerli, R., Majdak, P., Geronazzo, M., Meijer, D., Avanzini, F., Baumgartner, R. (2022) Evaluation of spatial tasks in virtual acoustic environments by means of modeling individual localization performances, Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics

Majdak, P., Hollomey, C., & Baumgartner, R. (2022). AMT 1.x: A toolbox for reproducible research in auditory modeling. Acta Acustica, 6. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2022011

Osses Vecchi, A., Varnet, L., Carney, L. H., Dau, T., Bruce, I. C., Verhulst, S., & Majdak, P. (2022). A comparative study of eight human auditory models of monaural processing. Acta Acustica, 6. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2022008

McLachlan, G., Majdak, P., Reijniers, J., & Peremans, H. (2021). Towards modelling active sound localisation based on Bayesian inference in a static environment. Acta Acustica, 5. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2021039

Katz, B. F. G. & Majdak, P. (eds) (2022) Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research on Spatial Audio, IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91556

Poirier-Quinot, D., Lawless, M. S., Stitt. P., Katz, B. F. G. (2022) HRTF Performance Evaluation: Methodology and Metrics for Localisation Accuracy and Learning Assessment, Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research on Spatial Audio, IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104931

Pausch, F.., Doma, S., Fels, J. (2022) Hybrid multi-harmonic model for the prediction of interaural time differences in individual behind-the-ear hearing-aid-related transfer functions, Acta Acustica, vol. 6, no. 34. https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2022020

L. Picinali, B. F. Katz, M. Geronazzo, P. Majdak, A. Reyes-Lecuona and A. Vinciarelli (2022) The SONICOM Project: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Immersive Audio, From Personalization to Modeling, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 85-88. https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2022.3182929

Geronazzo, M and Serafin, S (eds) (2022) Sonic Interactions in Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interaction Series. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04021-4

Bhattacharyya, J., Picinali, L., Vinciarelli, A., Brewster, S (2024) Investigating the Influence of Environmental Acoustics and Playback Device for Audio Augmented Reality Applications, AES 2024 International Audio for Games Conference. www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=22418

Davide Fantini, Giorgio Presti, Michele Geronazzo, Riccardo Bona, Alessandro Giuseppe Privitera, Federico Avanzini (2023) Co-immersion in Audio Augmented Virtuality: the Case Study of a Static and Approximated Late Reverberation Algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 4472-4482. doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2023.3320213

María Cuevas-Rodríguez, Daniel González-Toledo, Pablo Gutierrez-Parera, Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona (2023) An experiment replication on dynamic 3D sound localisation using auditory virtual reality, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 1787-1794.

Samuel D. Bellows and Brian F. G. Katz (2025) Constrained least-squares and maximum-likelihood calibration of absorption coefficients in reverberation time equations, Acta Acustica, vol 9, pp 25, https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2025011

Abehsera-Morell, Pablo; Poirier-Quinot, David; Katz, Brian F.G (2024) Perception of changes in source orientation-dependent reverberation for a visible virtual vocal source, Proceedings of the 156th AES Convention, https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22594

Bellows, Samuel D.; Katz, Brian F. G. (2024) Calibrating geometric room acoustic models using a gradient descent algorithm, Proceedings of the 156th AES Convention, https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22567

Filippo Denti, Davide Fantini, Giorgio Presti, Federico Avanzini (2024) PAN-AR: A Multimodal Dataset of Higher-Order Ambisonics Room Impulse Responses, Ambient Noise and Spherical Pictures, AM ’24: Proceedings of the 19th International Audio Mostly Conference: Explorations in Sonic Cultures, pp. 332-340. doi.org/10.1145/3678299.3678332

Wolfgang Kreuzer, Katharina Pollack, Fabian Brinkmann and Piotr Majdak (2024) NumCalc: An open-source BEM code for solving acoustic scattering problems, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, vol. 161, pp. 157-178. doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2024.01.008

V. Martin and L. Picinali (2023) Comparing Online vs. Lab-based Experimental Approaches for the Perceptual Evaluation of Artificial Reverberation, In Proceedings of the Forum Acusticum 2023, Torino, Italy, pp. 3373-3379. doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0312

Bona, R., Fantini, D., Presti, G., Tiraboschi, M., Engel, I. & Avanzini, F. (2022) Automatic Parameters Tuning of Late Reverberation Algorithms for Audio Augmented Reality. AM ’22: Proceedings of the 17th International Audio Mostly Conference. https://doi.org/10.1145/3561212.3561236

Engel, I. & Picinali, L. (2022) Reverberation and its Binaural Reproduction: The Trade-off between Computational Efficiency and Perceived Quality. Advances in Fundamental and Applied Research on Spatial Audio. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101940

Marco Fontana, Giorgio Presti, Davide Fantini, Federico Avanzini, Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona (2024) A Highly Parametrized Scattering Delay Network Implementation for Interactive Room Auralization, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx24), hdl.handle.net/2434/1106828

Yannis Malafis, Pinelopi-Maria Pierroutsakou, Konstantinos Bakogiannis, and Areti Andreopoulou (2024) Exploring the Directivity of the Lute, Lavta, and Oud Plucked String Instruments, AES 157th Convention, https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22753

Samuel D Bellows, Brian F G Katz (2024) Combining multiple sparse measurements with reference data regularization to create spherical directivities applied to voice data, Acta Acustica, vol. 8. doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2024006

Abehsera-Morell, Pablo; Poirier-Quinot, David; Katz, Brian F.G (2023) Projecting Source Directivity Variations onto an Existing Binaural Room Impulse Response, Proceedings of the AES International Conference on Spatial and Immersive Audio, https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22181

Bakogiannis, Konstantinos; Dedousis, Giorgos; Malafis, Yiannis; Andreopoulou, Areti (2023) On the spherical directivity and formant analysis of the singing voice; a case study of professional singers in Greek Classical and Byzantine music, Proceedings of the 153rd Audio Engineering Society Convention. https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=21960

Bakogiannis, Konstantinos; Tavelidou, Eleni; Andreopoulou, Areti (2023) Estimation and assessment of vocal directivity variations as an effect of small body movements, Proceedings of the 153rd Audio Engineering Society Convention. https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=22053