Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics

The Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics (SPA) combines competence in different areas of research fields varying from ICT technology to core electrical engineering and its basic phenomena.

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Research

The research conducted in the unit is of highest international quality, in many of these areas, and the cooperation tight with several ICT and other high-tech companies.

With these companies, we boost practical applications that create societal impact.

Communication acoustics: spatial sound and psychoacoustics

Professor Ville Pulkki

Aalto University / Communication acoustics / photo: Ville Pulkki

Sound in Virtual Reality

Professor of Practice Sebastian J. Schlecht

A person sitting at aalto acoustics lab's multichannel anechoic chamber photo benoit alary

Speech communication technology

Professor Paavo Alku

Signal processing

Professors Koivunen, Ollila, Skyttä, Vorobyov

The Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics contributes to the common Bachelor programmes of the School of Electrical Engineering, contribute arranging the Master's Programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences, especially majors Acoustics and Audio Technology and Speech and Language Processing. We also provide post-graduate education through all of our research groups, as can be seen in our Doctoral dissertations.

Aalto Bachelor's Programme in Science and Technology - Digital Systems and Design

Digital Systems and Design educates specialists in various fields of digital systems. This major gives you competence in engineering design, as well as project planning and management, employing tools from embedded systems, control theory, and signal processing.

Aalto University / students in the corridor / photography Aino Huovio

Master's Programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences - Acoustics and Audio Technology

The major in Acoustics and Audio Technology equips students with a fundamental understanding of human hearing, audio perception, and physics of sound. The skills they acquire enable, for example, reducing noise pollution, planning harmonic environments and designing coherent sound experiences.

Three Aalto University students working in a acoustics laboratory

Become a doctoral student at the School of Electrical Engineering

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Support and administrative personnel in SPA

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HR Coordinator: Alina Järvinen +358 50 465 7117 [email protected]

HR Secretary: Minna Tenhunen, +358 50 461 4166 [email protected]

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Controller: Mika Nuikka +358 50 316 1032, [email protected]

Project Controller: Pauli Sipari, +358 50 570 7291, [email protected]

Project Controller: Essi Rinne, +358 50 589 0820, [email protected]

Project Controller: Sirpa Haaranen, +358 50 379 3019, [email protected]

Project Controller: Jenni Ali-Rekola +358 50 384 1795
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System Administrator: Tarmo Simonen, +358 50 413 0179, [email protected]

Technical Purchases in Otakaari 5: Aleksi Öyry, +358 50 4765 565, [email protected]

Study Coordinator: Antti Ojapelto, +358 50 560 9741, [email protected]

Secretary: Aada Kandzia, +358 50 473 5944, [email protected]

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Aalto University's travel team: +358 29 442 9291, [email protected]

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Äänen viivettä on tutkittu Suomen hiljaisimmassa huoneessa Otaniemessä sijaitsevassa kaiuttomassa huoneessa. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Mikko Raskinen

Honoured, Research & Art Published: 13.12.2021

Michael McCrea receives Best Paper Award on NordicSMC conference

The results of the study will be beneficial in sound environments at virtual and augmented reality.

Aalto Acoustics Lab, image: Mikko Raskinen

Campus Published: 7.12.2021

Visit Aalto Acoustics Lab in the spring 2022

You can book your visit via the sign-up form.

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Research & Art Published: 1.12.2021

One of the most important characteristics of a researcher is tolerance for uncertainty

Assistant Professor Tomasz Kucner is researching, how and what robots can learn from the human behavior.

Honoured, Research & Art Published: 2.11.2021

Donate Speech campaign awarded as the best European audio project in 2021

Professor of Speech and Language Processing Mikko Kurimo believes that other small languages and countries can model the successful and award-winning concept

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The Aalto Acoustics Lab

Acoustics Lab is a multidisciplinary research center of the Aalto University. It has outstanding facilities for sound-related research, including three anechoic chambers, a listening room, sound-proof listening booths, a large amount of loudspeakers and headphones, and high-quality microphones and other measurement equipment.

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