Dr.-Ing. Pablo Delgado
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Herre
- Room: 3.34
- Phone: +49 9131 85-20522
- Fax: +49 9131 85-20524
- pablo.delgado@audiolabs-erlangen.de
Research Interests
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Audio quality assessment
- Perceptual audio quality metrics (PEAQ, PESQ, POLQA, and other ITU-R/ITU-T methods)
- Perceptual models of human hearing (peripheral and cognitive)
- Psychoacoustics
- Machine learning for audio quality assessment
- Subjective assessment of audio quality (spatial and timbre)
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Perceptual audio coding
- Low and high bitrate music and speech coding
- Multichannel and object-oriented reproduction formats
- Binaural audio reproduction and coding
- Audio signal processing
- Musical applications
- Virtual reality
- Spatial audio reproduction
- Human machine interaction
- Embedded/low-power systems
Theses and Student Jobs
- If you are interested in a thesis or student job, feel free to contact me.
Teaching
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Current
- 2018-2023: Audio Processing Laboratory, Statistical Methods for Audio Experiments (Prof. Jürgen Herre, FAU)
- Previous
- 2012: Introductory Mathematics (National University of Avellaneda)
- 2009-2012: Algebra II. Linear algebra. (University of Buenos Aires)
- 2007-2008: Mathematical Analysis III. Complex variable calculus, integral transforms and deterministic signal processing. (University of Buenos Aires)
Research Supervision
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Master Thesis: “Models of Cognitive Effects for Auditory Salience in Objective Quality Measurement”, Aalok Gupta, 2022.
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Master Thesis: “Improved Cognitive Model for a Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality Method”, Stefan Emmert, 2021.
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Research Internship: “Influence of Combined Inter-Aural Cue distortions on Overall Audio Quality in Spatial Audio Telecommunications”, Slavica Subič, 2019.
- Master Thesis: “Overview of State-of-the-Art Binaural Feature Extraction for Objective Quality Estimation of Parametric Spatial Audio”, Meng Chen, 2018.
Workshops/Keynote Talks
- Keynote: “To PEAQ or Not to PEAQ? - BS.1387 Revisited” w/Prof. Thomas Sporer, 147th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, 2019.
Memberships
- Member; IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Reviewer: Signal Processing Society (IEEE SPS) Signal Processing Letters (SPL).
- Reviewer: IEEE ARGENCON.
- Member: AES, Audio Engineering Society
- Reviewer: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (JAES).
CV
Industry Projects (selected)
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MPEG-I (Fraunhofer IIS Advanced Audio Research Group)
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Fraunhofer IIS, Audio and Multimedia Technologies
- Research and design of audio processing algorithms with emphasis on embedded devices and digital signal processors - Core Development Kit
- Cooperation with international partners, deployment support.
- E.g.: Google, Apple, Amazon and more, NHK Japan
- Development, implementation, optimization, and testing of cross-platform audio coding software, MPEG and 3GPP standards.
- Design and development of automated software tests. Deployment planning and support.
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MPEG-H (Fraunhofer IIS Multimedia Realtime Department)
- Embedded system implementation of an MPEG-H multi-channel audio Encoder.
- Subjective audio quality assessment. Quality measurement.
- Fraunhofer IIS, Multimedia Realtime Department
- Performance evaluation of MPEG audio codecs on state of the art low power embedded processors with mixed fix/float point handling capabilities.
Education
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Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing) – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Perceptual coding of audio signals. Models of human auditory perception. Psychoacoustics. Machine Learning.
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Electrical/Electronics Engineer (M.S.E.E.) – University of Buenos Aires.
- EE, and App. Physics, Signal Processing, Embedded Systems, Telecom and Automation Engineering – École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), France.
Further Specialization
- Statistical methods for data analysis (Dr. Felix Bauer, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Sauer)
- Filter banks for audio analysis and coding (Prof. Dr.-Ing Bernd Edler)
- Auditory models (Prof. Dr.-Ing Bernd Edler)
- Perceptual audio coding techniques and technology (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Herre)
- C/C++ language development techniques for advanced users (Jörg Fasching- bauer)
- Python for advanced users (Bernd Klein)
- Scientific writing (Elisabeth Grenzebach)
Multimedia
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A Data-Driven Cognitive Salience Model for Objective Perceptual Audio Quality Assessment
- Objective Quality Assessment of Perceptually Coded Audio Signals
