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Directors Message
 
The Computing and Audio Research Laboratory (CARlab) specialises in three main research areas: "Neuromorphic Engineering", "BioElectronics", and "Spatial Audio".
Neuromorphic Engineering is concerned with the study of signal processing in biological (neural) systems and applying principles learned from biology in electronic systems. Typical examples are smart sensory systems where integrated circuits (mostly analogue or mixed-mode VLSI) have been implemented inspired by models of the visual or auditory systems of particular animals. CARlab is one of the top ten research labs in the world in this area and the top neuromorphic engineering group in Australia.
Our BioElectronics research aims to develop hardware and algorithms to measure and classify biological signals, such as ECG, EMG, EEG, 3D position and location, skin conductivity, and blood oxygenation. We are researching a portable Electronic Impedance Tomography Spectroscopy device which measures tissue impedance to create an image of the tissue impedance distribution. This EITS system can be used for instance for monitoring stroke, epilepsy, and for detecting cancer.
Our Spatial Audio research deals with all aspects of the spatial perception of sound. This includes the study of how humans localise sounds, the effect of room acoustics on sound perception, recording of spatial sound fields, playback using our 64 loudspeaker array (under construction), generation of augmented and virtual reality audio, 3D voice communication systems with location aware computing, and the study of musical aspects of sound fields. Applications of this research are in music recording and playback, video games, teleconferencing, and hearing aids. At the University of Sydney we collaborate intensely with the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory and the Architectural and Audio Acoustics Laboratory. Taken together, our research group is probably one of the three largest research groups investigating spatial audio world wide.
Keywords
Neuromorphic Engineering,
Analogue IC Design,
Intelligent Sensors,
Biomedical Signal Processing,
Spatial Audio,
Virtual and Augmented Reality,
Human Sound Localisation.
Have a look at our research projects page for more details on our research.
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