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Artistic and research interests
I lead the communication acoustics research group, having 3 postdocs, 4 PhD students and 3 MSc students (Jun 2018). The work of my group concentrates on methods to capture and reproduce sound in a way that humans will perceive the spatial characteristics in a desired manner, i.e., spatial audio. About 40 % of my group is working on time-frequency-domain parametric spatial audio reproduction methods, 20 % on acoustical measurements of head-related acoustics and room acoustics, and about 40% of the group on psychophysical perception of spatial sound and corresponding functional signal-driven models of human auditory pathway in the brains.
A major effort from me was translation, updation and broadening of finnish book "Kommunikaatioakustiikka" by Matti Karjalainen. The book was published by Wiley in Jan 2015. I am teaching every year corresponding MSc-level course, and the course slides and other material can be found here.
In my PhD studies (1995-2001) I was working on amplitude panning techniques for multi-channel loudspeaker set-ups. I developed then Vector-Base Amplitude Panning (VBAP), which is quite known nowadays. Download free VBAP software here. After the PhD (2001) I developed with my group Directional Audio Coding (DirAC) method for spatial audio reproduction, coding and synthesis, which has been commercialized by Fraunhofer IIS. A contributed book co-edited by me, Archontis Politis and Symeon Delikaris-Manias is a wide compilation of the technique and related techniques. The book has been published by https://www.wiley.com//legacy/wileychi/pulkki/ and it contains matlab implementations of the techniques.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Science (Technology), Electrical Engineering
Master of Science (Technology), Engineering Physics
Keywords
- Acoustics
- Signal processing
- Audio
- Spatial sound
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Research Output
Applications of Spatially Localized Active-Intensity Vectors for Sound-Field Visualization
McCormack, L., Delikaris-Manias, S., Politis, A., Pavlidi, D., Farina, A., Pinardi, D. & Pulkki, V., Nov 2019, In : Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 67, 11, p. 840-854 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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A Sparsity Measure for Echo Density Growth in General Environments
Tukuljac, H. P., Pulkki, V., Gamper, H., Godin, K., Tashev, I. J. & Raghuvanshi, N., 1 May 2019, 44th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2019; Brighton; United Kingdom; 12-17 May 2019 : Proceedings. IEEE, p. 226-230 5 p. 8682878. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Blind Room Volume Estimation from Single-channel Noisy Speech
Genovese, A. F., Gamper, H., Pulkki, V., Raghuvanshi, N. & Tashev, I. J., 1 May 2019, 44th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2019; Brighton; United Kingdom; 12-17 May 2019 : Proceedings. IEEE, p. 231-235 5 p. 8682951. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Improving Binaural Ambisonics Decoding by Spherical Harmonics Domain Tapering and Coloration Compensation
Hold, C., Gamper, H., Pulkki, V., Raghuvanshi, N. & Tashev, I. J., 2019, 44th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2019; Brighton; United Kingdom; 12-17 May 2019 : Proceedings. IEEE, p. 261-265 5 p. (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Machine-learning-based estimation and rendering of scattering in virtual reality
Pulkki, V. & Svensson, U. P., 1 Apr 2019, In : Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 145, 4, p. 2664-2676 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Projects
HUMOR: HUMan Optimized xR
Pulkki, V. & Llado Gonzalez, P.
01/01/2020 → 31/03/2022
Project: Business Finland: Other research funding
Human brain mechanisms of multimodal spatial hearing
01/09/2019 → 07/07/2022
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Hybrid modeling of acoustics for virtual reality audio engines
Falcon Perez, R., Götz, G., Pulkki, V., Bountourakis, V., Pajunen, L., Hyvärinen, O., Paasonen, J. & Wirler, S.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
NordicSMC Aalto
Liski, J., Välimäki, V., Pulkki, V., Wright, A., Fierro, L., Wirler, S. & Fagerström, J.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2023
Project: Other external funding: Other foreign funding
Human brain mechanisms of multimodal spatial hearing
Pulkki, V., Pöntynen, H. & Hyvärinen, O.
01/09/2016 → 07/07/2020
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Datasets
Data from: Modeling the perception of audiovisual distance: Bayesian causal inference and other models
Mandelli, P. (Creator), Pulkki, V. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 15 Dec 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r5gg0, https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.r5gg0 and one more link, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r5gg0/1 (show fewer)
Dataset
Prizes
Best journal paper award
Ville Pulkki (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Best peer-reviewed paper award
Leo McCormack (Recipient), Symeon Delikaris-Manias (Recipient), Angelo Farina (Recipient), Daniel Pinardi (Recipient) & Ville Pulkki (Recipient), 24 May 2018
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Board of Governors Award, October 2012 Audio Engineering Society, USA
Ville Pulkki (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Nuoren tutkijan palkinto Tekniikan edistämissäätiö, Finland
Ville Pulkki (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
Machine-learning-based estimation of reverberation time using room geometry for room effect rendering
Ricardo Falcon Perez (Speaker), Georg Götz (Contributor), Ville Pulkki (Contributor)9 Sep 2019 → 14 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
Helsinki University, Docentship of Jarmo HIetanen
Ville Pulkki (Examiner)23 Aug 2018
Activity: Examination types › Statement of assessment of docentship
Microsoft Research
Ville Pulkki (Visiting researcher)6 Aug 2018 → 10 Aug 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad
Opponent in PhD defense of Despoina Pavlidi, University of Crete
Ville Pulkki (Examiner)26 Feb 2018
Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students
DTU Electrical Engineering
Ville Pulkki (Visiting researcher)2 Jan 2018 → 4 Jul 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad
Press / Media
Suomen hiljaisin paikka on Espoossa – Aalto-yliopiston akustinen laboratorio on nyt maailmanluokkaa
16/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
Voiko musiikki muuttaa makuaistia, aivojen illuusioääni rentouttaa? – Meihin voidaan vaikuttaa pelkillä äänillä yllättävän paljo
29/11/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
How do sound waves bounce? An ERC grantee at Aalto University develops new ways to study acoustics
11/09/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
AES Milan Convention Opening Ceremonies Resound With “The Power of Sound”
24/05/2018 → 31/05/2018
10 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
AES Milan Convention Opening Ceremonies Resound With “The Power Of Sound”
31/05/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance