• BAT: An open-source, web-based audio events annotation tool

  Meléndez Catalán, Blai; Molina, Emilio; Gómez Gutiérrez, Emilia, 1975- (2017)

  In this paper we present BAT (BMAT Annotation Tool), an open-source, web-based tool for the manual annotation of events in audio recordings developed at BMAT (Barcelona Music and Audio Technologies1). The main feature ...
• On large-scale genre classification in symbolically encoded music by automatic identification of repeating patterns

  Ferraro, Andrés; Lemström, Kjell (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2018)

  The importance of repetitions in music is well-known. In this paper, we study music repetitions in the context of effective and efficient automatic genre classification in large-scale music-databases. We aim at enhancing ...
• A Vocoder based method for singing voice extraction

  Chandna, Pritish; Blaauw, Merlijn; Bonada, Jordi, 1973-; Gómez Gutiérrez, Emilia, 1975- (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)

  This paper presents a novel method for extracting the vocal track from a musical mixture. The musical mixture consists of a singing voice and a backing track which may comprise of various instruments. We use a convolutional ...
• Learned effects of structural components of newscasts on viewers’ information processing: The case of Stings

  Barreda Ángeles, Miguel; Pereda-Baños, Alexandre; Ferràndiz Bofill, Xavier; Costa, Albert, 1970- (De Gruyter, 2017)

  This article proposes that syntactic features of newscasts can act as learned motivational stimuli determining both viewers’ attention and memory for information. An experiment was conducted in which we manipulated the ...
• Vision models for wide color gamut imaging in cinema

  Zamir, Syed Waqas; Vazquez-Corral, Javier; Bertalmío, Marcelo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)

  Gamut mapping is the problem of transforming the colors of image or video content so as to fully exploit the color palette ofthe display device where the content will be shown, while preserving the artistic intent of the ...
• The Potential of light fields in media productions

  Trottnow, Jonas; Spielmann, Simon; Lange, Tobias; Chelli, Kelvin; Solony, Marek; Smrž , Pavel; Zemčík, Pavel; Aenchbacher, Weston; Grogan, Mairéad; Alain, Martin; Smolic, Aljosa; Canham, Trevor; Vu-Thanh, Olivier; Vazquez-Corral, Javier; Bertalmío, Marcelo (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2019)

  One aspect of the EU funded project SAUCE is to explore the pos-sibilities and challenges of integrating light field capturing andprocessing into media productions. A special light field camera wasbuild by Saarland University ...
• Performance evaluation of objective quality metrics on HLG-based HDR image coding

  Sugito, Yasuko; Bertalmío, Marcelo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)

  We evaluate the performance of objective quality metrics for high dynamic range (HDR) image coding that uses the transfer function (TF) of the Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) method. Previous evaluations of objective metrics ...
• On the duality between retinex and image dehazing

  Galdran, Adrian; Bria, Alessandro; Álvarez-Gila, Aitor; Vazquez-Corral, Javier; Bertalmío, Marcelo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)

  Image dehazing deals with the removal of undesired lossof visibility in outdoor images due to the presence of fog.Retinex is a color vision model mimicking the ability ofthe Human Visual System to robustly discount varying ...
• A Fluctuation-driven mechanism for slow decision processes in reverberant networks

  Martí, Daniel; Deco, Gustavo; Mattia, Maurizio; Gigante, Guido; Del Giudice, Paolo (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008)

  The spike activity of cells in some cortical areas has been found to be correlated with reaction times and behavioral responses during two-choice decision tasks. These experimental findings have motivated the study of ...
• INGENIOUS: the first responder of the future. A next generation integrated toolkit for collaborative response, increasing protection and augmenting operational capacity.

  Institute of Communications and Computer Systems; Universiteit Twente; Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft – Und Raumfahrt; Diginext; Fundacion Tekniker; Exus; SINTEF; Center for Research & Technology Hellas; Totalförvarets Forskningsinstitut; SATWAYS; Alpes Lasers; Technische Universitaet Wien; Cyprus Research & Innovation Center; Universitat Pompeu Fabra; SingularLogic; Korea Institute of Robot & Convergence; Gobierno Vasco, Departamento de Seguridad; Hopitaux de Paris (SafeCorfu, 2019)

  The INGENIOUS project (EU Horizon 2020) aims to develop, integrate, test, deploy, demonstrate and validate a Next Generation Integrated Toolkit (NGIT) for Collaborative Response, which ensures high level of Protection & ...
• Conceptualising a visual representation model for MOOC-based blended learning designs

  Albó, Laia; Hernández Leo, Davinia (2020)

  This article reports on a study about how massive open online course (MOOC)-based blended learning designs can be visually represented to facilitate their comprehension and sharing. We carried out an iterative co-creation ...
• Thermal impact of balloon occlusion of the coronary sinus during mitral isthmus radiofrequency ablation: an in-silico study

  González-Suárez, Ana; d'Avila, Andre; Pérez, Juan J.; Reddy, Vivek Y.; Camara, Oscar; Berjano, Enrique J. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

  Purpose: Although experimental data have suggested that temporary occlusion of the coronary sinus (CS) can facilitate the creation of transmural lesions across the atrial wall (AW) during mitral isthmus radiofrequency ...
• Enhancing music learning with smart technologies

  Ramírez, Rafael,1966-; Canepa, Corrado; Ghisio, Simone; Kolykhalova, Ksenia; Mancini, Maurizio; Volta, Erica; Volpe, Gualtiero; Giraldo, Sergio; Mayor, Oscar; Perez, Alfonso; Waddell, George; Williamon, Aaron (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2018)

  Learning to play a musical instrument is a difficult task, requiring the development of sophisticated skills. Nowadays, such a learning process is mostly based on the master-apprentice model. Technologies are rarely ...
• A Machine learning approach to violin bow technique classification: a comparison between IMU and MOCAP systems

  Dalmazzo, David; Tassani, Simone; Ramírez, Rafael,1966- (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2018)

  Motion Capture (MOCAP) Systems have been used to analyze body motion and postures in biomedicine, sports, rehabilitation, and music. With the aim to compare the precision of low-cost devices for motion tracking (e.g. Myo) ...
• Can faces prime a language?

  Woumans, Evy; Martin, Clara D.; Vanden Bulcke, Charlotte; Van Assche, Eva; Costa, Albert, 1970-; Hartsuiker, Robert J.; Duyck, Wouter (SAGE Publications, 2015)

  Bilinguals have two languages that are activated in parallel. During speech production, one of these languages must be selected on the basis of some cue. The present study investigated whether the face of an interlocutor ...
• Effective diversity of OTFS modulation

  Raviteja, P.; Hong, Yi; Viterbo, Emanuele; Biglieri, Ezio (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)

  Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation, which encodes information symbols in the delay–Doppler domain, offers a promising solution to the problem of high Doppler sensitivity of orthogonal frequency division ...
• Interweaving and enriching digital music collections for scholarship, performance, and enjoyment

  Weigl, David M.; Goebl, Werner; Crawford, Tim; Gkiokas, Aggelos; Gutierrez, Nicolas F.; Porter, Alastair; Santos, Patricia; Karreman, Casper; Vroomen, Ingmar; Liem, Cynthia C. S.; Sarasúa, Álvaro; van Tilburg, Marcel (ACM Association for Computer Machinery, 2019)

  The turn toward the digital has opened up previously difficult to access musical materials to wider musicological scholarship. Digital repositories provide access to publicly licensed score images, score encodings, textual ...
• JamSketch: a drawing-based real-time evolutionary improvisation support system

  Kitahara, Tetsuro; Giraldo, Sergio; Ramírez, Rafael,1966- (Aalborg University Copenhagen, 2017)

  In this paper, we present JamSketch, a real-time improvisation support system which automatically generates melodies according to melodic outlines drawn by the users. The system generates the improvised melodies based on ...
• Acquisition of violin instrumental gestures using an infrared depth camera

  Vamvakousis, Zacharias; Perez, Alfonso; Ramírez, Rafael,1966- (Cyprus University of Technology, 2018)

  We present a low-cost six-degrees of freedom violin and bow pose-tracking system. The infrared and depth streams of an infrared-based Microsoft Kinect Mbox One depth camera are utilized to track the 3-dimensional position ...
• Computational modelling of timbre dimensions for automatic violin tone quality assessment

  Giraldo, Sergio; Ramírez, Rafael,1966-; Waddell, George; Williamon, Aaron (McGill University, 2018)

  Automatic assessment of music performance is an open research area widely studied in the past. A vast amount of systems aiming to enhance the learning process of a musical instrument are being developed in the recent years. ...

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