Aalto Acoustics Lab
The Aalto Acoustics Lab is a multidisciplinary research center of the Aalto University.
The Acoustics Lab gathers professors and research teams from three different units: Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Art and Media. Our research and teaching focus on audio processing and spatial sound technologies.
Visiting address: Otakaari 5 A, Espoo, Finland
Mailing address: P.O. Box 13100, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland
The application period for Master's studies in Acoustics and Audio Technology is open now (December 2022). The Acoustics and Audio Technology major is part of the CCIS Master's program at Aalto. Check out also the new video about AAT studies.
You can book a visit to the Aalto Acoustics Lab through this form: Visit to Aalto Acoustics Lab (spring 2023).
Latest news
Aalto student team won gold at the 6th European Students 3D audio competition
Pietari Nurmi, Kamila Kondraciuk, Mia Savo and Teodors Kerimovs won the gold medal in the Audio Drama / Documentary / Soundscapes category. The winning project was the Spatial Audio Book "Hansel and Gretel".
An unobtrusive bio-based acoustic coating eliminates echoes and absorbs carbon
The cellulose-based material, which provides an alternative to traditional acoustic panels, was successfully tested in a protected building owned by Aalto University.
New technology conveys the direction of sounds through hearing aids
A new signal processing model enables both accurate spatial sound reproduction and sound adjustment for people with hearing loss
Inside the Quartet takes the audience to the virtual world of string quartets
Professional acoustics and sound specialists have been involved in implementing the virtual reality installation that will be on display in Hanover and Helsinki in May and at Our Festival in Järvenpää and Tuusula in July.Our research topics
Prof. Vesa Välimäki, Audio signal processing research team
- Artificial reverberation
- Audio filters and equalizers
- Deep neural networks in audio processing
- Headphone and loudspeaker signal processing
- Sound synthesis
- Virtual analog modeling
Prof. Ville Pulkki, Communications acoustics research team
- Directional Audio Coding
- Spatial sound recording and reproduction
- Audio augmented reality
Prof. Tapio Lokki, Virtual acoustics research team
- Measurements
- Sensory evaluation studies
- Seat-dip effect
- Anechoic recordings
Prof. Lauri Savioja
- Wave-based methods
- Ray-based methods
Dr. Koray Tahiroglu
- Music technology performance and composition paradigms
- Digital musical interactions
- New interfaces for musical expression
- Embodied sonic interaction
- Computational procedural audio
- Human-computer interaction applied to music
Prof. Sebastian J. Schlecht, Sound in virtual reality
- Binaural Rendering
- 6-Degrees-of-Freedom Virtual Acoustics
- Spatial Artificial Reverberation
- Modal Analysis and Synthesis
- Reverberation Enhancement Systems
Aalto Acoustics Lab Facilities
The Aalto Acoustics Lab has outstanding facilities for sound-related research, including three anechoic chambers, a variable acoustics space, a listening room, sound-proof listening booths, a large number of loudspeakers and headphones, and high-quality microphones and other measurement equipment.
Audio Examples, Demos & Software, Videos
Dissertations in Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing
This page lists doctoral dissertations in acoustics and audio signal processing, which have been conducted at the Aalto Acoustics Lab since the year 2010.
Master's Theses in Acoustics and Audio Technology
Six professors are supervising Master's thesis works in acoustics and audio technology at Aalto University: Tom Bäckström, Tapio Lokki, Ville Pulkki, Lauri Savioja, Sebastian J. Schlecht, and Vesa Välimäki.
Teaching at Aalto Acoustics Lab
Professors of the Aalto Acoustics Lab provide Master's level teaching in the major in Acoustics and Audio Technology, and doctoral courses in the research field of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing. The application period for Master's studies in Acoustics and Audio Technology is from December 1, 2022, until January 2, 2023!
Collaborators
- Stanford University, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford, CA, USA
- The University of Edinburgh, Acoustics and Audio Group, Edinburgh, UK
- Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Digital Music, London, UK
- University of York, Department of Electronic Engineering, York, UK
- Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg, Denmark
- Chalmers University of Technology, Division of Applied Acoustics, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Music Technology Group, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Politècnica de València, Inst. of Telecomm. and Multimedia Applications, Valencia, Spain
- Universitat Jaume I, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
- National University of Ireland, Digital Sound and Music Technology Group, Maynooth, Ireland
- Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), International Audio Laboratories, Germany
- Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Detmold, Germany
- Università Politecnica delle Marche, A3Lab, Ancona, Italy
- University of Patras, Audio and Acoustic Technology Group, Patras, Greece
- Budapest Univ. of Tech. and Econ., Dept. of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest, Hungary
- Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Cybernetics, Tallinn, Estonia
- Tampere University, Audio Research Group, Tampere, Finland
- University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
- AAC Technologies, Finland
- Bang & Olufsen, Denmark
- Delta Senselab, Denmark
- Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany
- Genelec, Iisalmi, Finland
- The Finnish Science Center Heureka, Vantaa, Finland
- IRCAM, Paris, France
- Native Instruments GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Neural DSP Technologies, Helsinki, Finland
- Nokia Technologies, Espoo, Finland
Awards
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Tapio Lokki, Honorary Member of the Acoustical Society of Finland, 2019
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Lauri Savioja, Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018
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Ville Pulkki, Silver Medal Award, Audio Engineering Society, 2017
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Vesa Välimäki, IEEE Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015
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Lauri Savioja, AES Board of Governors Award, Audio Engineering Society, 2015
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Lauri Savioja, Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, 2013
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Tapio Lokki, ICA Early Career Award, International Commission for Acoustics, 2013
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Vesa Välimäki, Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, 2012
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Ville Pulkki, AES Board of Governors Award, Audio Engineering Society, 2012
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Tapio Lokki, Academy Award on social impact, Academy of Finland, 2011
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Tapio Lokki, Aalto Initiative of the Year Award, Aalto University, 2011
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Tapio Lokki, AES Board of Governors Award, Audio Engineering Society, 2009
- Julian Parker, Sebastian Schlecht, Rudolf Rabenstein, and Maximilian Schäfer, Third Best Paper Award, 25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects DAFx, 2022
- Eloi Moliner and Vesa Välimäki, Third Best Paper Award, 25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects DAFx, 2022
- M. McCrea, L. McCormack, and V. Pulkki, Best Paper Award, NordicSMC 2021 Conference, 2021
- Janis Heldmann and Sebastian J. Schlecht, Third Best Paper Award, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects DAFx20in21, Vienna, Austria, 2021
- Juhani Paasonen and Ville Pulkki, AES Fall 2020 Convention Best Technical Paper Award, 2020
- Benoit Alary, Archontis Politis, Sebastian J. Schlecht, and Vesa Välimäki, Best Paper Award 2019, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 2020
- Sebastian J. Schlecht and Emanuël A. P. Habets, Best Paper Award, IEEE Workshop on Applications of Digital Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA-19), 2019
- Eero-Pekka Damskägg, Lauri Juvela, and Vesa Välimäki, Best Paper Award, International Sound and Music Computing Conference SMC-19, Malaga, Spain, 2019
- Sebastian Sclecht, Benoit Alary, Vesa Välimäki, and Emanuël A. P. Habets, Second Best Paper Award, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects DAFX-18, Aveiro, Portugal, 2018
- Fabian Esqueda, Best Paper Award, International Conference on Sound and Music Computing SMC-17, 2017
- Leo McCormack, Symeon Delikaris-Manias, Angelo Farina, Daniel Pinardi, and Ville Pulkki, Best Peer-Reviewed Paper Award, Audio Engineering Society 144th Convention, Milan, Italy, 2017
- Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Sascha Disch, and Ville Pulkki, Best Paper Award, Audio Engineering Society 140th Convention, 2016
- Teemu Koski, Best Student Paper Award, Audio Engineering Society 135th Convention, 2013
- Olli Rummukainen, Best Student Paper Award, IEEE 5th International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, 2013
- Archontis Politis and Mikko-Ville Laitinen, Best Student Paper Award, Audio Engineering Society 134th Convention, 2013
- Hannes Gamper, Best Paper Award, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-13), 2013
- Olli Rummukainen, Best Student Paper Award, IEEE 4th International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience, 2012
- Jari Kleimola, Best Student Paper Award, International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-11), 2011
- Jukka Pätynen, Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Workshop on Applications of Digital Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA-11), 2011
- Jukka Pätynen, Arup Acoustics Bursary Award, Arup Acoustics, 2011
- Antti Kuusinen (teacher in charge), Vesa Välimäki, Leonardo Fierro, Kuura Parkkola, Ville Pulkki, Jorma Laaksonen, Risto Wichman, Paavo Alku, and Mikko Kurimo: ELEC-C5340 Applied Digital Signal Processing (BSc course), Award for high-quality teaching in 2020-2021
- Sebastian Schlecht, Andrea Mancianti, and Nils Meyer-Kahlen: ELEC-E5690 Immersive Sound, Award for high-quality teaching in 2021-2022 (Master's and doctoral courses)
- Tapio Lokki, Sebastian Schlecht, Chris Hold, and Nils Meyer-Kahlen: ELEC-E5680 Virtual Acoustics (D), Award for high-quality teaching in the academic year 2020-2021 (Master's and doctoral courses) - For a high level of student-teacher interaction that facilitated learning and an excellent integration of research and teaching
- Vesa Välimäki, Fabian Esqueda, and Ville Pulkki: ELEC-E5620 Audio Signal Processing, Award for high-quality teaching in the academic year 2016-2017 (Master's and doctoral courses)