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Silhouette of a person in profile speaking into a microphone with their sound waves changing in color, size, and intensity as they go through real-time voice changer technology.
Science & Technology
December 5, 2024 | 08:15 am

Researchers developing tool to instantly conceal and anonymize voices

The voice-changer system will produce computer-generated speech within milliseconds, allowing users to control factors like age, gender, and dialect.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research funding, Zhiyao Duan,
robot hands playing notes on piano keyboard.
Science & Technology
June 8, 2022 | 12:28 pm

Play a Bach duet with an AI counterpoint

BachDuet, developed by University of Rochester researchers, allows users to improvise duets with an artificial intelligence partner.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Zhiyao Duan,
four portraits of faculty members.
Science & Technology
April 5, 2019 | 02:48 pm

CAREER awards spur junior researchers along varied paths

Four Rochester researchers from four different fields are 2019 recipients of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious recognition for junior faculty members.

topics: Amanda Larracuente, awards, Department of Biology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, Pengfei Huo, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Wyatt Tenhaeff, Zhiyao Duan,
wall of speakers
Science & Technology
February 13, 2018 | 02:24 pm

Giving virtual reality a ‘visceral’ sound

Using recital halls as their “labs,” and recording some of the best music students in the world, University researchers are creating virtual reality videos of concerts that literally immerse viewers “within” the performance onstage.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, augmented reality, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, Matthew Brown, Ming-Lun Lee, virtual reality, Zhiyao Duan,
sheet music
The Arts
August 3, 2017 | 10:16 am

With automatic transcription, musicians can save themselves the treble

Two undergraduates have joined a summer research project focused on building a machine-learning interface that generates musical scores from audio files.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, summer-of-research-2017, undergraduate research, Zhiyao Duan,
choir performing on stage, with screen above showing lyrics SHINE ON OUR HOME, HOLY AND KIND in English and Chinese
Science & Technology
May 16, 2017 | 12:38 pm

New system displays song lyrics in real time, multiple languages

Zhiyao Duan, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering who also sings in the Chinese Choral Society of Rochester, lent his engineering skills to an innovation that provides the audience with live lyrics and translations.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Zhiyao Duan,
Jackson Five performing
Science & Technology
March 31, 2017 | 04:12 pm

Unlocking the secrets of blue notes

In the musical realm, notes “between the cracks” of conventional pitches are called blue notes. Researchers at Rochester are using advanced tools of music technology to unlock the secrets of blue notes.

topics: big-data-2017, David Temperley, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Eastman School of Music, Music Theory, research finding, Zhiyao Duan,
illustration of brainwaives on EEG
Science & Technology
August 25, 2016 | 03:27 pm

Three health analytics projects receive pilot funding

The University’s Goergen Institute for Data Science has awarded grants to three projects aimed at using big data to improve treatment of patients who are in intensive care or who suffer from epilepsy or mental disorders.

topics: Alex Paciorkowski, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Neurology, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Gonzalo Mateos, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiebo Luo, Medical Center, Mina Attin, research funding, School of Nursing, Wendi Cross, Zhiyao Duan,