Publications

Journal Publications

2022
  1. Xiaoyi Shen; Dongyuan Shi; Santi Peksi; Woon-Seng Gan, “A Multi-Channel Wireless Active Noise Control Headphone With Coherence-Based Weight Determination Algorithm”, vol.94, pp.811-819, Mar 2022.

  2. Rishabh Gupta; Jianjun He; Rishabh Ranjan; Woon-Seng Gan; Florian Klein; Christian Schneiderwind; Annika Neidhardt; Karlheinz Brandenburg; Vesa Välimäki, "Augmented/Mixed Reality Audio for Hearables: Sensing, control, and rendering", vol.39, no.3, pp.63-89, May 2022.

  3. Xiaoyi Shen; Dongyuan Shi; Woon-Seng Gan; Santi Peksi, "Adaptive-gain algorithm on the fixed filters applied for active noise control headphone", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, vol.169, Apr 2022.

  4. Zhengding Luo; Dongyuan Shi; Woon-Seng Gan, "A Hybrid SFANC-FxNLMS Algorithm for Active Noise Control Based on Deep Learning", IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol.29, pp.1102-1106, Apr 2022.

  5. Kenneth Ooi; Bhan Lam; Joo Young Hong; Karn N. Watcharasupat; Zhen-Ting Ong; Woon-Seng Gan, "Singapore Soundscape Site Selection Survey (S5): Identification of Characteristic Soundscapes of Singapore via Weighted k-means Clustering", MDPI Sustainability, 2022.

  6. Thi Ngoc Tho Nguyen; Karn N. Watcharasupat; Ngoc Khanh Nguyen; Douglas L. Jones; Woon-Seng Gan, "SALSA: Spatial Cue-Augmented Log-Spectrogram Features for Polyphonic Sound Event Localization and Detection", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, 2022.

  7. Joo Young Hong; Bhan Lam; Zhen-Ting Ong; Kenneth Ooi; Woon-Seng Gan; Sungchan Lee, "A multidimensional assessment of construction machinery noises based on perceptual attributes and psychoacoustic parameters", Automation in Construction, vol.140, Aug 2022.

  8. Dongyuan Shi; Bhan Lam; Kenneth Ooi; Xiaoyi Shen; Woon-Seng Gan, "Selective fixed-filter active noise control based on convolutional neural network", Signal Processing Volume, vol.190, Jan 2022.

  9. Lam, B., Chieng, J., Watcharasupat, K. N., Ooi, K., Ong, Z., Hong, J. Y. & Gan, W., "Crossing the linguistic causeway: a binational approach for translating soundscape attributes to Bahasa Melayu", Applied Acoustics, vol.199, pp.108976.

2021
  1. JY Hong, B Lam, ZT Ong, K Ooi, W.S.Gan, J Kang, Samuel Yeong, Irene Lee, ST Tan, “A mixed-reality approach to soundscape assessment of outdoor urban environments augmented with natural sounds,” Building and Environment, vol 194, May 2021.

  2. K. Ooi, Y. Xie, B. Lam, and W.S. Gan, "Automation of binaural headphone audio calibration on an artificial head," MethodsX, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2021.101288 [in press].

  3. Lee, Jing Yang; Lee, Kong Aik; Gan, Woon-Seng, "Generating personalized dialogue via multi-task meta-learning", 2021.

  4. Tan, Ee-Leng; Karnapi, Furi Andi; Ng, Linus Junjia; Ooi, Kenneth; Gan, Woon-Seng, "Extracting urban sound information for residential areas in smart cities using an end-to-end IoT system", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no.18, pp.14308-14321, 2021.

  5. Lee, Kar Fye Alvin; Gan, Woon-Seng; Christopoulos, Georgios, "Biomarker-informed machine learning model of cognitive fatigue from a heart rate response perspective", 2021.

  6. Lam, Bhan; Gan, Woon-Seng; Shi, Dongyuan; Nishimura, Masaharu; Elliott, Stephen, "Ten questions concerning active noise control in the built environment", Building and Environment, vol.200, 2021.

  7. Dongyuan Shi; Woon-Seng Gan; Bhan Lam; Xiaoyi Shen, "Comb-partitioned frequency-domain constraint adaptive algorithm for active noise control", Journal of Signal Processing System, vol.188, Nov 2021.

2020
  1. ​YY Ang, N Nguyen, W.S.Gan,  “Multiband grid-free compressive beamforming,” Mechanical System and Signal processing, Vol 135, pp1-14, Jan 2020.

  2. V Belyi, W.S.Gan, “A Combined bilateral and binaural active noise control algorithm for Closed-back Headphones,” Applied Acoustics, Vol 160, March 2020.

  3. Dongyuan Shi; Woon-Seng Gan; Bhan Lam; Rina Hasegawa; Yoshinobu Kajikawa, “Feedforward multichannel virtual-sensing active control of noise through an aperture: Analysis on causality and sensor-actuator constraints”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147, 32, 2020.

2019
  1. JY Hong, W.S.Gan, “ The effects of spatial separations between water sound and traffic noise sources on soundscape assessment,” Building and Environment, vol 167, pp 1-10, Dec 2019.

  2. T Murao, M Nishimura, W.S. Gan, “A hybrid approach to active and passive noise control for open windows,” Applied Acoustics, vol 155, pp338-345, 2019.

  3. JY Hong, ZT Ong, B Lam, K Ooi, W.S.Gan, J Kang, J Feng, ST Tan, “Effect of adding natural sounds in urban noise on the perceived loudness of noise and soundscape quality,” Science of the Total Environment, November 2019.

  4. JY DY Shi, W.S.Gan, J.J He, B Lam, “Practical Implementation of Multichannel Filtered-x Least Mean Square Algorithm based on the Multiple-Parallel-Branch with Folding Architecture for Large-Scale Active Noise Control,” IEEE Transaction on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, Dec 2019.

  5. JY DY Shi, B Lam, W.S. Gan, “Feedforward Multichannel Virtual-sensing Active Control of Noise through An Aperture: Analysis of Causality and Sensor-actuator Constraints,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Dec 2019.

  6. JJ He, B Lam, DY Shi, W.S.Gan, “Exploiting the Underdetermined System in Multichannel Active Noise Control for Open Windows, “ Active andPassive Noise Control,  Applied Sciences, Jan 2019.

  7. JY Hong, B Lam, ZT Ong, K Ooi, W.S.Gan, “Quality Assessment of Acoustic Environment Reproduction Methods for Cinematric Virtual Reality in Soundscape Applications,”Building and Environment  (Dec 2018), Special Issue in Advances in Environmental Acoustics, Vol 149, pp 1-14, Feb 2019.

  8. V Belyi and W.S.Gan, “Integrated psychoacoustic active noise control and maskin,” Applied Acoustics, Vol 145, pp 339-348, 2019.

2018
  1. ​Stephen Elliott, Jordan Cheer, Bhan Lam, Woon-seng Gan, "A wavenumber approach to analysing the active control of plane waves with arrays of secondary sources", Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 419, pp. 405-419, 2018.

  2. Bhan Lam, Stephen Elliott, Jordan Cheer, Woon-Seng Gan, "Physical limits on the performance of active noise control through open windows", Applied Acoustics, vol. 137, pp. 9-17, 2018.

  3. JJ He, R Rishabh, W.S. Gan, N Chaudhary, ND Hai, G Rishabh, “Fast Continuous Measurement of HRTFs with Unconstrained Head Movements for 3D Audio,” J. Audio Engineering Society, col 66, no. 11, pp 1-17, Nov 2018.

  4. DY Shi, W.S.Gan, B Lam, C Shi, “Two-gradient direction FXLMS: An Adaptive Active Noise Control Algorithm with Output Constraint,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Journal (June 2018), vol 116, pp 651-667.

  5. B Lam, C Shi, DY Shi, W.S.Gan, “Active Control of Sound through Full-sized Open Windows,” in the Journal of Building and Environment (May 2018), Advances in Environmental Acoustics, Vol 141, pp 16-27, Aug 2018.

  6. T Nguyen, FA Karnapi, W.S.Gan, “Deployment of Sound Sensor in Smart Nation Projects,” IEEE IoT Newsletter (invited submission), 15 May 2018.

Conference Publications

2022
  1. Ooi, K., Watcharasupat, K. N., Lam, B., Ong, Z. & Gan, W., "Probably pleasant? A neural-probabilistic approach to automatic masker selection for urban soundscape augmentation", 2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2022), pp.8887-8891.

  2. Lee, J. Y., Lee, K. A. & Gan, W. S., "Improving contextual coherence in variational personalized and empathetic dialogue agents", 2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2022), pp.7052-7056.

2021
  1. W.S. Gan, “Real Sound Control for Spatial Augmented Reality Audio for Hearables”, CRC Hearing Acoustics, May 2021, Oldenburg, Germany.

  2. W.S. Gan, “How to Obtain Research Funding?”, International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ICASSP 2021, 6-11 Jun 2021, Toronto, Canada.

  3. WS Gan, “Active Noise Control in the Build Environment”, the 50th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, 2 Aug 2021, Washington DC, USA.

2020
  1. TN Tho, W.S. Gan, “A Sequence Matching Network for Polyphonic Sound Event Localization and Detection” International Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2020), 3-8 May 2019, Barcelona, Spain.

  2. SL Wen, W.S. Gan, “An Improved Selective Active Noise Control Algoruthm based on Empirical Wavelet Transform” International Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2020), 3-8 May 2019, Barcelona, Spain.

  3. DY Shi, W.S. Gan, “Multichannel Active Noise Control with Spatial Derivative Constraints to Enlarge the quiet zone,” International Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2020), 3-8 May 2019, Barcelona, Spain.

  4. B Lam, YX Tan, Joey Heng, JY Hong, ZT Ong, W.S.Gan, “Virtual, augmented and mixed reality tools in soundscape evaluation and design,” International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering 2020, 23-26 August 2020, Seoul, Korea.

  5. K Ooi, JY Hong, B Lam, ZT Ong, W.S.Gan, “A deep learning approach for modelling perceptual attributes of soundscapes,” International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering 2020, 23-26 August 2020, Seoul, Korea. 

  6. K. Ooi, S. Peksi, and W.S. Gan, "Ensemble of Pruned Low-Complexity Models for Acoustic Scene Classification," Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE 2020), Nov. 2020, Tokyo, Japan.

2019
  1. R. Ranjan, W.S. Gan, “Sound Event Detection and Direction of Arrival Estimation using Residual Net and Recurrent Neural Networks,” in Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events 2019, 25-26  Oct 2019, New York City, USA.

  2. B Lam, et al., “Influence of Up-mixed First-order Ambisonics Reproduction in Cinematic Virtual-Reality-based Soundscape Evaluation,” International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering 2019, 16-19 June 2019, Mardrid, Spain.

  3. JY Hong et al., “Effect of spatial separation between traffic noise and water sound on soundscape assessment,” International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering 2019, 16-19 June 2019, Mardrid, Spain.

  4. DY Shi, B Lam, W.S.Gan, “Analysis of Multichannel Virtual Sensing Active Noise Controil to Overcome Spatial Correlation and Causality Constraints,” International Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2019), 1-17 May 2019, Brighton, UK.

  5. R Gupta, R Ranjan, W.S.Gan, “Parametric Hear Through Equalization for Augmented Reality Audio,” International Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2019), 1-17 May 2019, Brighton, UK.

  6. R Gupta, et al, “Study on Differences between individualized and non-individualized hear through Equalization for Natural Augmented Listening,” 2019 International Conference on Headphone Technology, 27-29 Aug 2019, San Francisco, USA.

  7. W.S. Gan, Keynote Speech on  “Signal Processing and Machine Learning Techniques for the Spatial Augmented Reality Audio: Current progress and Future Trends, “2019 International Conference on Headphone Technology, 27-29 Aug 2019, San Francisco, USA.

  8. JJ He et al, “Non-invasive Parameteric HRTF Measurement for Human Subjects Using Binaural and Ambisonic Recording of Any Sound Field,” 2019 International Conference on Headphone Technology, 27-29 Aug 2019, San Francisco, USA.

  9. S Peksi, “A Unity Based Unified Platform for individualised HRTF Research and Development: From On-the-fly Fast Acquisition to Spatial Audio Renderer,” 2019 International Conference on Headphone Technology, 27-29 Aug 2019, San Francisco, USA.

  10. DY Shi, et al, “Practical Consideration and Implementation for Avoiding Saturation of Large Amplitude Active Noise Control,” Processings for the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics.

  11. B Lam et al, “Evaluation of preferred levels of natural sounds in situ environment through an augmented reality device,”  Processings for the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics.

  12. ZT Ong, et al, “Prediction models of desirable levels of birdsong and water sound in a noisy environment: A laboratory experiment based on virtyal reality,” Processings for the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics.​

2018
  1. Dongyuan Shi, Bhan Lam, Woon-Seng Gan, "A Novel Selective Active Noise Control Algorithm to Overcome Practical Implementation Issue", 2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP).

  2. Nguyen Duy Hai, Santi Peksi, Rishabh Ranjan, Jianjun He, Boon Siang Tan, Rishabh Gupta, Woon-Seng Gan, "An Immersive 3D Audio Headset for Virtual and Augmented Reality", 2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP).

  3. W.S. Gan, “Scaling up the Deployment of Active Noise Control Systems ,”published and presented in the Special Invite Overview session of the 10th Anniversary of APSIPA, 12-15 November 2018, in Hawaii, USA.

  4. T Nguyen, N Nguyen, DL Jones, W.S.Gan, “DCASE 2018 Task 2: Iterative Training, Label Smoothing, and Background Noise Normalization for Audio Event Tagging,” in Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events 2018, 19-20 Nov 2018, Surrey, UK.

  5. R Gupta, R Ranjan, JJ He, W.S.Gan, “On the use of closed-back headphones for active hear-through equalization in augmented reality applications,” International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality, 20-22 Aug 2018, Redmond, Washington, USA.

  6. R Gupta, R Ranjan, JJ He, W.S.Gan, “Investigation of effect of VR/AR headgear on Head related transfer functions for natural listening,” International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality, 20-22 Aug 2018, Redmond, Washington, USA.

  7. B Lam, W.S.Gan “Reliability of wrist-worn sensors for measuring physiological responses in soundscape assessments,”in Inter-Noise 2018, 26-29 Aug 2018, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

  8. R Hasegawa, Y Kajikawa, W.S. Gan, “Window Active Noise Control System with Virtual Sensing Technique,”in Inter-Noise 2018, 26-29 Aug 2018, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

  9. ZT Ong, B Lam, JY Hong, K Ooi, W.S.Gan, “Selecting Birdsongs for Auditory Masking: A Clustering Approach Based on Psychoacoustic Parameters,” 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 8-12 July 2018, Hiroshima, Japan.

  10. JY Hong, B Lam, ZT Ong, W.S.Gan, “Effect of Apparent Source Width of Fountain Sounds on Masking Traffic Noise,” 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 8-12 July 2018, Hiroshima, Japan.

  11. B Lam, W.S.Gan, DY Shi, “Hybrid Source Arrangement for Active Control of Noise Through Apertures at Oblique Incidences: A Preliminary Investigation,” 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 8-12 July 2018, Hiroshima, Japan.

  12. T Murao, M Nishimura, W.S.Gan, “Evaluation of Noise Incidence for Hybrid Approach of Active and Passive Noise Control for Open Window,” 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 8-12 July 2018, Hiroshima, Japan.

  13. V Belyi, W.S.Gan, “Binaural Integrated Psychoacoustic ANC and Masking System for Headphones,” 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 8-12 July 2018, Hiroshima, Japan.

  14. W.S. Gan et al., “Natural and augmented listening for VR/AR,”International Conference on Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing, 15-20 April 2018 Calgary, Canada.

  15. W.S. Gan, “ Smart Audio Sensing for Environmental Deployment,” IEEE 4th World Forum on Internet of Things, 05-08 February 2018, Singapore.​