The Center for Auditory and Acoustic Research will carry out a
high-quality program of experimental and theoretical investigation of the
auditory system and acoustic signal processing with the aim of:
- capturing the functionality of the auditory system in the form of mathematical
models and signal processing algorithms;
- implementing these algorithms in software and hardware, and evaluating
the algorithms by comparing their performance to human performance and
against a range of robustness and flexibility requirements;
- evaluating the usefulness of these implementations for a wide range
of applications, including: acoustic diagnostic monitoring systems for
machines and manufacturing processes; battlefield acoustic signal analysis,
sound analysis and recognition systems; robust detection and recognition
of multiple interacting faults; and detection and recognition of underwater
transients and weak signals in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in acoustically
cluttered environments.
The program will be amplified by a well-planned program of research training
of graduate students and post-doctoral scientists and an effective collaboration
with DoD and industry partners aimed at transitioning the research advances
to current and future DoD missions. |
