ABOUT ME

Maximo Cobos received the telecommunications engineer degree, the M.S. degree in telecommunication technologies, and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications, all of them from the Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain, in 2006, 2007, and 2009, respectively. His Ph.D. dissertation was awarded with the Ericsson Best Thesis Award on Multimedia Environments from the Spanish National Telecommunications Engineering Association (COIT). He completed with honors his Ph.D studies under the University Faculty Training program (FPU). In 2010, he was awarded with a "Campus of Excellence" post-doctoral fellowship to work at the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM). In 2009 and 2011, he was a visiting researcher at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin, Germany, where he worked in the field of signal processing for spatial audio. Since 2011, he has been with the Computer Science Department of the Universitat de València, where he is now a Full Professor. His work is focused on the area of digital signal processing for audio and multimedia applications, where he has published more than 120 technical papers in international journals and conferences. Dr. Cobos is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Full Member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

His research lines are centered on signal processing and machine learning algorithms for sound source localization, source separation, speech enhancement, room acoustics, array signal processing, spatial sound and acoustic event detection.

He is an affiliate member of the IEEE Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing Technical Committee, council member of the Audio Signal Processing Technical Committee of the European Acoustics Association (EAA) and a member of the EURASIP TAC on acoustic, speech and music signal processing.

He is a reviewer for several conferences and journals related to signal processing, such as IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing and the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Since 2018, he serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Signal Processing Letters and EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech and Music Processing.

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TEACHING

Undergraduate Courses

34907 - Digital Audio and Speech Processing Telematics Engineering Degree

Contents:: Signal Processing Review, Conversion, Psychoacoustics and Speech Production, Time-Frequency Analysis, Linear Predictive Coding, Speech Enhancement, Subband Coding, Intro to Machine Learning.

34890 - Mathematical Fundamentals for Communications Telematics Engineering Degree

Contents: Probability Theory, Unidimensional and Multidimensional Random Variables, Detection Theory, Estimation Theory, Stochastic Processes.

34907 - Sound Systems and Music Technology Multimedia Engineering Degree

Contents: Acoustics, Room Acoustics, Psychoacoustics, Microphones, Loudspeakers and Headphones, The Audio Recording Chain, Equipment and DAWs, Recording and Mixing, Mastering.

Graduate Courses

43848 - Multimedia Communication Systems Master in Telecommunications

Contents: Multimedia Signals, Audio and Image Perception, Entropy Coding, Transform Coding, Wavelets, Dictionary Coding, Image and Audio Compression Standards, Video Compression Standards, Multimedia Transmission.

45010 - Deep Learning Master in Data Science

Contents: Introduction to Deep Learning. Back Propagation and Gradient Descent Optimizers, Convolutional Neural Networks, Autoencoders, Recurrent Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning.


RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests are related to the following engineering fields. Applications include: audio engineering systems, smart cities and buildings, virtual reality and Internet of Things.

Array Signal Processing

Signal processing methods for microphone arrays.

Spatial Audio

Sound field synthesis and immersive sound.

Psychoacoustics and Hearing

Subjective quality evaluation and perception.

Source Separation and Enhancement

Extraction of target signals from mixtures and noise reduction.

Source Localization

Localization of multiple sound sources and device calibration.

Machine/Deep Learning

Regression and classification methods for data analysis.


PUBLICATIONS

Please, visit my Google Scholar Profile for publications after 2020.


Journal Publications and Book Chapters

Last updated March 2020

I. Martin-Morato, M. Cobos and F.J. Ferri, "Adaptive distance-based pooling in convolutional neural networks for audio event classification," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 28, pp. 1925-1935, 2020 (doi:10.1109/TASLP.2020.3001683).

M. Cobos, F. Antonacci, L. Comanducci and A. Sarti, "Frequency-sliding generalized cross-correlation: a sub-band time delay estimation approach," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 28, pp. 1270-1281, 2020 (doi:10.1109/TASLP.2020.2983589).

G. Fabregat, J.A. Belloch, J.M. Badía and M. Cobos, "Design and implementation of acoustic source localization on a low-cost IoT edge platform," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, accepted, 2020 (doi:10.1109/TCSII.2020.2986296).

J. Lopez-Ballester, A. Pastor-Aparicio, S. Felici-Castell, J. Segura and M. Cobos, "Enabling real-time computation of psycho-acoustic parameters in acoustic sensors using convolutional neural networks," IEEE Sensors Journal, accepted, 2020 (doi:10.1109/JSEN.2020.2995779).

J. Naranjo-Alcazar, S. Perez-Castanos, P. Zuccarello and M. Cobos, "Acoustic Scene Classification with Squeeze-Excitation Residual Networks," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 49562-49573, 2020 (doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3002761).

J. A. Belloch, G. Ramos, J. M. Badía, and M. Cobos, "An efficient implementation of parallel parametric HRTF models for binaural sound synthesis in mobile multimedia," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 49562-49573, 2020 (doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2979489).

J. A. Belloch, J. M. Badía, F. D. Igual and M. Cobos, "Practical considerations for acoustic source localization in the IoT era: platforms, energy efficiency, and performance," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 5068-5079, 2019 (doi:10.1109/JIOT.2019.2895742).

J. M. Badía, J. A. Belloch, M. Cobos, F. D. Igual and E. Quintana-Orti, "Accelerating the SRP-PHAT algorithm on multi-and many-core platforms using OpenCL," Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 1284-1297, 2019, (doi:10.1007/s11227-018-2422-6).

J. Lopez-Ballester, A. Pastor-Aparicio, J. Segura-Garcia, S. Felici-Castell and M. Cobos, "Computation of Psycho-Aacoustic annoyance using deep neural networks," Applied Sciencies, vol. 9, no. 15, 2019, (doi:10.3390/app9153136).

M. Cobos and S. Roger, "SART3D: A Matlab toolbox for spatial audio and signal processing education," Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 27, no. 4, 2019, (doi:10.1002/cae.7).

M. Arevalillo-Herraez, M. Cobos, S. Roger and M. Garcia-Pineda, "Combining inter-subject modeling with a subject-based data transformation to improve affect recognition from EEG signals," Sensors, vol. 19, no. 13, 2019, (doi:10.3390/s19132999).

I. Martin-Morato, M. Cobos and Francesc J. Ferri, "Adaptive mid-term representations for robust audio event classification," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 26, no.12, pp. 2381-2392, 2018 (doi:10.1109/TASLP.2018.2865615).

J. J. Perez-Solano, M. Cobos, J. Segura and S. Felici, "On the design of probe signals in wireless acoustic sensor networks self-positioning algorithms," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 25, no.4, pp. 566-570, 2018 (doi:10.1109/LSP.2018.2809593).

J. J. Perez-Solano, M. Cobos, J. Segura and S. Felici, "Spatio-temporal analysis of urban acoustic environments with binaural psycho-acoustical considerations for IoT-based applications," Sensors, vol. 18, no.3, ID 690, 2018 (doi:10.3390/s18030690).

J. M. Badía, J. A. Belloch, M. Cobos, F. Igual and E. Quintana-Orti, "Accelerating the SRP-PHAT algorithm on multi-and many-core platforms using OpenCL," The Journal of Supercomputing, 2018 (doi:10.1007/s11227-018-2422-6).

G. Ramos, M. Cobos, B. Bank and J. A. Belloch, "A parallel approach to HRTF approximation and interpolation based on a parametric filter model," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 24, no.10, pp. 1507-1511, 2017 (doi:10.1109/LSP.2017.2741724).

J. E. Noriega-Linares, A. Rodriguez-Mayol, M. Cobos, J. Segura, S. Felici and J. M. Navarro, "A wireless acoustic array system for binarual loudness evaluation in cities," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 17, no.21, pp. 7043-7052, 2017 (doi:10.1109/JSEN.2017.2751665).

M. Cobos, M. Garcia-Pineda and M. Arevalillo-Herraez, "Steered response power localization of acoustic passband signals," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 24, no.5, pp. 717-721, 2017 (doi:10.1109/LSP.2017.2690306).

M. Arevalillo-Herraez, M. Cobos and M. Garcia-Pineda, "A robust wrap reduction algorithm for fringe projection profilometry and applications in magnetic resonance imaging," IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 26, no.3, pp. 1452-1465, 2017 (doi:10.1109/TIP.2017.2651378).

M. Cobos, F. Antonacci, A. Alexandridis, A. Mouchtaris and B. Lee, "A survey of sound source localization methods in wireless acoustic sensor networks," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2017, ID: 3956282, 2017 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3956282).

M. Cobos, J. J. Perez-Solano, O. Belmonte, G. Ramos and A. M. Torres, "Simultaneous ranging and self-positioning in unsynchronized wireless acoustic sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol.64, no.22, pp.5993-6004, 2016 (doi:10.1109/TSP.2016.2603972).

M. Cobos, J. J. Perez-Solano and L. T. Berger, "Acoustic-based technologies for ambient assisted living," in Introduction to Smart eHealth and eCare Technologies, Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2016.

J. Segura, J. J. Perez-Solano, M. Cobos, E. Navarro-Camba, S. Felici, A. Soriano-Asensi, F. Montes-Suay, "Spatial statistical analysis of urban noise data from a WASN gathered by an IoT system: application to a small city," Applied Sciences, vol.6, no.12, ID 380, 2016 (doi:10.3390/app6120380).

J. A. Belloch, M. Cobos, A. Gonzalez and A. Vidal, "On the performance of multi-GPU-based expert systems for acoustic localization involving massive microphone arrays," in Expert Systems with Applications, vol.42, no.13, pp.5607-5620, 2015 (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2015.02.056).

A. M. Torres, J. Mateo and M. Cobos, "Room acoustics analysis using circular arrays: a comparison between plane-wave decomposition and modal beamforming approaches," in Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol.2015, pp.1-18, 2015 (doi: 10.1007/s00034-015-0133-2).

J. Segura, S. Felici, J. J. Perez-Solano, M. Cobos and J. M. Navarro, "Low-cost alternatives for urban nuisance monitoring using wireless sensor networks," in IEEE Sensors, vol.15, no.2, pp.836-844, 2015 (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2356342).

M. Cobos , J. J. Perez-Solano, S. Felici, J. Segura and J. M. Navarro, "Cumulative-sum-based localization of sound events in low-cost wireless acoustic sensor networks," in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol.12, no.12, pp.1792-1802, 2014 (doi: 10.1109/TASLP.2014.2351132).

J. Escolano, N. Xiang, J. M. Perez-Lorenzo, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "A bayesian direction-of-arrival model for an underdetermined number of sources using a two-microphone array," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 135, no. 2, pp.1-12 (doi: 10.1121/1.4861356).

A. M. Torres, J. J. Lopez, B. Pueo, M. Cobos, "Detection of events by means of plane-wave decomposition analysis and cross-correlation techniques using a circular array of microphones," in Waves, vol.5, pp.5-13, 2013.

G. Ramos and M. Cobos, "Parametric head-related transfer function modeling and interpolation for cost-efficient binaural sound applications," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 1735-1738, 2013 (doi: 10.1121/1.4817881).

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez, J. M. Navarro and G. Ramos, "Subjective quality assessment of multichannel audio accompanied with video in representative broadcasting genres," in Multimedia Systems, vol. 2013, pp.1-17, 2013 (doi: 10.1007/s00530-013-0340-2).

J. J. Carabias-Orti, M. Cobos, P. Vera-Candeas and F. J. Rodriguez-Serrano, "Nonnegative signal factorization with learnt instrument models for sound source separation in close-microphone recordings," in EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2013, 2013 (doi: 10.1186/1687-6180-2013-184).

A. Marti, M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez and J. Escolano, "A steered response power iterative method for high-accuracy acoustic source localization," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, no. 4, 2013 (doi: 10.1121/1.4820885).

A. M. Torres, M. Cobos, B. Pueo and J. J. Lopez, "Room acoustics analysis using circular arrays: An experimental study based on sound field plane-wave decomposition," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 133, no. 4, pp. 2146-2156, 2013 (doi: 10.1121/1.4792938).

J. M. Navarro, J. Escolano, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Influence of the scattering and absorption coefficients in regular room simulations using an acoustic diffusion equation model," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 133, no. 3, pp. 1218-1221, 2013 (doi: 10.1121/1.4789928).

E. Aguilera, J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos and A. Marti, “An Immersive Multi-Party Conferencing System for Mobile Devices Using 3D Binaural Audio," in Waves, vol.4, pp.5-15, 2012.

J. Escolano, J. Perez-Lorenzo, N. Xiang, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "A Bayesian inference model for speech localization," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 132, no. 3, pp. 1257-1260, 2012. (doi: 10.1121/1.4740489)

A. M. Torres, M. Cobos, B. Pueo and J. J. Lopez, "Robust acoustic source localization based on modal beamforming and time-frequency processing using circular microphone arrays," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 132, no. 3, pp. 1511-1520, 2012 (doi: 0.1121/1.4740503)

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Maximum a posteriori binary mask estimation for underdetermined source separation using smoothed posteriors," in IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 2059-2064, 2012 (doi: 10.1109/TASL.2012.2195654).

A. Marti, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Automatic speech recognition in cocktail-party situations: a specific training for separated speech," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 1529-1535, 2012 (doi: 10.1121/1.3675001).

A. Marti, M. Cobos, E. Aguilera, J. J. Lopez, “Speaker localization and detection in videoconferencing environments using a modified SRP-PHAT algorithm," in Waves, vol.3, pp.40-47, 2011.

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez and D. Martinez, "Two-microphone multi-speaker localization using a Laplacian mixture model," in Digital Signal Processing, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 66-76, 2011 (doi: 10.1016/j.dsp.2010.04.003).

J. J. Lopez and M. Cobos, "Computer-based detection and classification of flaws in citrus fruits," in Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 975-981, 2010 (doi: 10.1007/s00521-010-0396-2).

M. Cobos, A. Marti and J. J. Lopez, "A modified SRP-PHAT functional for robust real-time sound source localization with scalable spatial sampling," in IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol.18, no.1, pp.71-74, 2011 (doi: 10.1109/LSP.2010.2091502).

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Two-microphone separation of speech mixtures based on interclass variance maximization," in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 127, no. 3, pp. 1661-1673, 2010 (doi: 10.1016/j.dsp.2010.04.003).

J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos and B. Pueo, "Elevation in wave-field synthesis using HRTF cues," in Acta Acustica United with Acustica, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 340-350, 2010 (doi: 10.3813/AAA.918283).

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez and S. Spors, "A sparsity-based approach to 3-D binaural sound synthesis using time-frequency array processing," in EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 415840 (doi: 10.1155/2010/415840).

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Listen up- the present and future of audio signal processing," in IEEE Potentials Magazine, vol.29, pp.40-44, 2010. (doi:10.1109/MPOT.2010.937648)

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Resynthesis of sound scenes on wave-field synthesis from stereo mixtures using sound source separation algorithms," in Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 91-110, 2009.

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Multi-speaker localization, separation and resynthesis for next generation videoconferencing," in Waves, vol.1, no.1, pp.53-60, 2009.

L. Fuster, J. J. Lopez, A. Gonzalez and M. Cobos, "Análisis objetivo y subjetivo de la compensación de salas mediante técnicas wave-field synthesis," in Iteckne: Ciencia e Innovacion en Ingenieria, vol.6, no.2, pp.11-17, 2009 (doi: 10.15332/ITECKNE).

S. Roger and M. Cobos, “Developing Your Electrical Engineering Degree Thesis", in IEEE Potentials Magazine, vol.24, no.4, pp.12-16, 2009. (doi: 10.1109/MPOT.2009.932608)

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Stereo audio source separation based on time-frequency masking and multilevel thresholding," in Digital Signal Processing, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 960-976, 2008 (doi: 10.1016/j.dsp.2008.06.004).

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Improving isolation of blindly separated sources using time-frequency masking," in IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 15, pp. 617-620, 2008 (doi: 10.1109/LSP.2008.2002927).

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Técnicas de separación de fuentes sonoras aplicadas a la resíntesis de escenas acústicas 3D," in Iteckne: Ciencia e Innovacion en Ingenieria, vol.4, no.1, pp.18-24, 2007 (doi: 10.15332/ITECKNE).


Conference Publications

Last updated March 2020

L. Comanducci, M. Cobos, F. Antonacci and A. Sarti, "Time difference of arrival estimation from frequency-sliding generalized cross-correlations using convolutional neural networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2020), Barcelona, Spain, 2020.

I. Martin-Morato, A. Mesaros, T. Heittola, T. Virtanen, M. Cobos and F. J. Ferri, "Sound envelope estimation in polyphonic mixtures," Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2019), Brighton, UK, 2019.

S. Wozniak, K. Kowalczyk and M. Cobos, "Self-localization of distributed microphone arrays using directional statistics with DoA estimation reliability," Proc. of 27th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2019), A. Coruña, Spain, 2019.

I. Martin-Morato, M. Cobos and F. J. Ferri, "Performance analysis of audio event classification using deep features under adverse acoustic conditions," in Proc. International Conference on Acoustics 2019 (ICA 2019) Aachen, Germany, 2019.

J. Segura-Garcia, J. Segura-Garcia, J. Lopez-Ballester, A. Pastor-Aparicio, S. Felici-Castell, M. Cobos, J. J. Perez-Solano, A. Soriano-Asensi and M. Garcia-Pineda, "Visualization of nuisance information in acoustic environments using an IoT system," in Proc. INTERNOISE 2020, Madrid, Spain, 2019.

A. Pastor-Aparicio, J. Lopez-Ballester, J. Segura-Garcia, S. Felici-Castell, M. Cobos, R. Fayos-Jordan, R. M. Cibrian, A. Gimenez-Perez and M. Arana-Burgui, "Zwicker's Annoyance model implementation in a WASN node," in Proc. INTERNOISE 2020, Madrid, Spain, 2019.

M. Cobos, M. Arevalillo-Herraez, E. de Ves, S. Roger, M. Garcia-Pineda, F. Grimaldo, A. Fuertes, I. Sanmartin, E. Lopez-Iñesta, J. Gutierrez-Soto, J. Claver and M. A. Castaño, "Game-based learning supported by audience response tools: game proposals and preliminary assessment," in Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (Head'18), Valencia, Spain, 2018.

I. Martin-Morato, M. Cobos and F. J. Ferri, "On the robustness of deep features for audio event classification in adverse environments," Proc. of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP 2018), pp. 562-566, Beijing, China, 2018.

S. Mirasol-Menacho, A. Planells-Perez, J. Segura, S. Felici, M. Cobos, R. Cebrián, A. Giménez-Pérez, J. Oleza-Simó, "Virtual acoustic rendering in old spaces: application to an early-modern theatre in Valencia: "L'Olivera"," in Proc. of the International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics (AVR 2018), Salento, Italy, 2018.

I. Martin-Morato, M. Cobos and F. J. Ferri, "Analysis of data fusion techniques for multi-microphone audio event detection in adverse environments," in Proc. of the 19th IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP 2017), Lutton, UK, 2017.

J. A. Belloch, J. M. Badia, F. D. Igual, M. Cobos and E. Quintana-Orti, "On the use of a GPU-accelerated mobile device processor for sound source localization," in Procedia Computer Science, 108, pp.586-595, 2017.

I. Martin-Morato, M. Cobos and F. J. Ferri, "A case study on feature sensitivity for audio event classification using support vector machines," in Proc. of the 26th IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP 2016), Salerno, Italy, 2016.

S. Mirasol-Menacho, A. Planells-Perez, A. Barba, J. Segura, M. Cobos and A. Gimenez-Perez, "Development of a HMD for virtual acoustics. Application in a World Heritage (UNESCO) building from the Valencian civil gothic," in Proc. of the International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Computer Graphics (AVR 2016), Salento, Italy, 2016.

J. A. Belloch, M. Cobos, A. Gonzalez and E. Quintana-Orti, "Real-time sound source localization on an embedded GPU using a spherical microphone array," in Procedia Computer Science, 51, pp.201-210, 2015.

J. Segura, S. Felici, M. Cobos, A. M. Torres and J. M. Navarro, "Psychoacoustic annoyance monitoring with WASN for the assessment in urban areas," in Proc. of the 138th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Warsaw, Poland, 2015.

G. Moreno, M. Cobos, J. Lopez-Ballester, J. J. Perez-Solano, J. Segura and A. M. Torres, "On the development of a Matlab-based tool for real-time spatial audio rendering," in Proc. of the 138th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Warsaw, Poland, 2015.

J. Lopez-Ballester, M. Cobos, J. J. Perez-Solano, G. Moreno and J. Segura, "General purpose modular microphone array for spatial audio acquisition," in Proc. of the 138th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Warsaw, Poland, 2015.

E. Aguilera, J. J. Lopez, P. Gutierrez and M. Cobos, "An immersive multi-party conferencing system for mobile devices using binaural audio," in Proc. of the 55th International Conference of the Audio Engineering Society, Helsinki, Finland, 2014.

M. Cobos, "A note on the modified and mean-based steered-response power functionals for source localization in noisy and reverberant environments," in Proc. of the 6th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2014), Athens, Greece, 2014.

J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos, P. Gutierrez and E. Aguilera, "Sound distance perception comparison between wave field synthesis and vector base amplitude panning," in Proc. of the 6th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2014), Athens, 2014.

M. Cobos, F. J. Ferri, A. M. Torres and J. Segura, "Automatic detection and characterization of acoustic plane-wave reflections using circular microphone arrays," in Proceedings of the 6th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (IbPRIA 2013), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, June 5-7, 2013.

J. Segura, M. Cobos, M. Guski, M. Vorländer and S. Felici, "Nuisance comparison in measured and simulated auralizations of noise insulation in building acoustics," in AIA-DAGA International Conference on Acoustics 2013, Merano, Italy, 18-31 March, 2013.

J. Escolano, J. M. Perez, M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez and N. Xiang, "A Bayesian framework for sound source localization," in 132nd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Budapest, Hungary, 2012.

A. Marti, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Evaluating the influence of source separation methods in robust automatic speech recognition with a specific cocktailparty training," in 132nd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Budapest, Hungary, 2012.

M. Cobos, S. Spors, J. Ahrens and J. J. Lopez, "On the use of small microphone arrays for wave field synthesis auralization," in 45th International Conference of the Audio Engineering Society, Helsinki, Finland, 2012.

A. Marti, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "A real-time sound source localization and enhancement system using distributed microphones," in Proc. of 130th Audio Engineering Society Convention, London, UK, 2011.

M. Cobos, A. Marti and J. J. Lopez, "Localization of multiple speech sources using distributed microphones," in Proc. of 130th Audio Engineering Society Convention, London, UK, 2011.

J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos and B. Pueo, "Wave-field synthesis: state of the art and future applications," in 17th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2011), Budapest, Hungary, 2011.

P. Cabañas-Molero, D, Martinez-Muñoz, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Singing voice separation from stereo recordings using spatial cues and robust F0 estimation", Proc. 42nd International Conference of the Audio Engineering Society, Ilmenau, Germany, 2011.

M. Cobos, P. Vera-Candeas, J. J. Carabias-Orti, N. Ruiz-Reyes, J. J. Lopez, "Blind estimation of reverberation time from monophonic instrument recordings based on non-negative matrix factorization," in Proc. 42nd International Conference of the Audio Engineering Society, Ilmenau, Germany, 2011.

A. Marti, M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Real time speaker localization and detection system for camera steering in multiparticipant videoconferencing environments," in 36th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2011), Prague, Czech Republic, 2011.

J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos, and B. Pueo, "Experiments on the perception of elevated sources in wave-field synthesis using HRTF cues," in 128th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, London, 2010.

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez and A. Marti, "On the effects of room reverberation in 3-D DOA estimation using a tetrahedral microphone array," in 128th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, London, 2010.

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Interactive enhancement of stereo recordings using time-frequency selective panning," in Proc. AES 40th International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2010.

J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos and B. Pueo, "Influence of the listening position in the perception of elevated sources in wave-field synthesis," in Proc. AES 40th International Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2010.

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "On the effects of room reverberation in 3D DOA estimation using a tetrahedral microphone array," Proc. 128th AES Convention, London, UK, 2010.

J. J. Lopez and M. Cobos, "Wave field synthesis for next generation videoconferencing," Proc. IEEE 4th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2010), Limassol, Cyprus, 2010.

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, "Analysis of room reverberation effects in source localization with small microphone arrays," Proc. IEEE 4th International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2010), Limassol, Cyprus, 2010.

J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos and B. Pueo, "Rear and side reproduction of elevated sources in wave-field synthesis," in 17th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2009), Glasgow, Scotland, 2009.

J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos and E. Aguilera, "Defect detection and classification in citrus using computer vision," in 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2009), Bangkok, Thailand, 2009.

M. Cobos, S. Roger, J. J. Lopez and A. Gonzalez, "Final year projects in electrical and information engineering: tips for students and supervisors," in 20th European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering Conference (EAEEIE 2009), Valencia, Spain, 2009.

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez, David Martinez, "Speaker detection and separation with small microphone arrays, in 126th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Munich, Germany, 2009.

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez, "A source reassignment technique for time-frequency masking audio separation," in International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control (IWAENC 2008)," Seattle, USA, September 2008.

J. J. Lopez, B. Pueo and M. Cobos "Conventional and distributed mode loudspeaker arrays for the application of wave-field synthesis to videoconference," in International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control (IWAENC 2008), Seattle, USA, September 2008.

M. Cobos, J. J.Lopez, Alberto González and Jose Escolano "Stereo to wave Field synthesis music upmixing: an objective and subjective evaluation", in IEEE 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP 2008), March, 2008

J. Escolano, J. J. Lopez, M. Cobos and B. Pueo, "Empirical evaluation of the frequency-dependent boundary conditions in a digital waveguide mesh, in 124th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society , Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2008.

M. Cobos and J. J. Lopez, Singing Voice Separation combining Panning Information and Pitch Tracking, in 124th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society , Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2008.

J. J. Lopez, J. Escolano, M. Cobos and B. Pueo, "Subjective effects of dispersion in the simulation of room acoustics using Digital Waveguide Mesh," in 124th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2008.

J. J. López, A. González, B. Pueo, L. Fuster, J. Escolano, S. Bleda, M. Cobos,"Wave field synthesis prototypes at the Technical University of Valencia and Alicante," Wave Field Synthesis Workshop, Ilmenau, Germany, September, 2007.

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez, "On the application of sound source separation to wave-field synthesis," in 122nd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Vienna, Austria, May 2007.

J. Escolano, J. J. López, B. Pueo and M. Cobos, "A note on the implementation of directive sources in discrete time-domain dispersive meshes for room acoustic simulation," in 123rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society , New York, USA, Oct. 2007


Publications in Spanish

Last updated March 2020

M. Cobos, S. Roger, M. Garcia-Pineda, E. de Ves, F. Grimaldo, A. Fuertes, I. Sanmartin, M. Arevalillo-Herraez, M. A. Castaño, E. Lopez-Iñesta, J. M. Claver and J. Gutierrez-Soto, "Diseño e implementación de juegos en el aula utilizando herramientas de respuesta de audiencia", Actas de las Jornadas sobre la Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática (JENUI 2019), Murcia, Spain, 2019.

S. Roger, M. Cobos, M. Arevalillo-Herraez and M. Garcia-Pineda, "Combinación de cuestionarios simples y gamificados utilizando gestores de participación en el aula: experiencia y percepción del alumnado", Actas del III Congreso Nacional de Innovación Educative y de Docencia en Red (In-Red 2017), Valencia, Spain, 2017.

I. Martin-Morato, M. Cobos and F. J. Ferri, "Estudio de sensibilidad de las características para la detección de eventos acústicos utilizando máquinas de vectores soporte", Actas del 48º Congreso Español de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2017), A. Coruña, 2017.

J. Segura-García, F. Daumal i Doménech, S. Felici-Castell, M. Cobos, J. J. Pérez-Solano, M. García-Pineda, A. M. Torres-Aranda, A. Giménez-Pérez, R. Cibrián and M. Arana-Burgui, "Relaciones entre percepción psicoacústica e información musical en paisajes sonoros", Actas del 48º Congreso Español de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2017), A. Coruña, 2017.

A. Fuertes, M. García, M. A. Castaño, E. López, M. Zacares, M. Cobos, R. Ferris, F. Grimaldo, "Uso de herramientas de respuesta de audiencia en la docencia presencial universitaria. Un primer contacto.", Actas de las Jornadas sobre la Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática (JENUI 2016), Almeria, Spain, 2016.

F. Grimaldo, E. Lopez-Iñesta, D. Arnau, M. Cobos, R. Ferris, M. Garcia-Pineda, J. Gutierrez-Soto, P. Moreno-Clari, M. Zacarés-González, C. Pérez-Conde, "Disposición del alumnado al uso de herramientas de comunicación síncrona en la docencia universitaria," in Congrés Nacional d'Innovació Educativa i Docència en Xarxa (IN-RED 2015), Valencia, Spain, 2015.

J. Lopez-Ballester, M. Cobos, J. J. Perez-Solano, G. Moreno and J. Segura, "Array de micrófonos modular de propósito general para la captura y procesado de audio espacial," in Proceedings of the 46º Congreso Español de Acústica, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2015), Valencia, Spain, 2015. (Invited paper)

M. Cobos, G. Moreno, J. Lopez-Ballester, P. Gutierrez-Parera, I. Marti-Morato, J. Segura and A. M. Torres, "Desarrollo de una herramienta Matlab para la reproducción de audio espacial en tiempo real," in Proceedings of the 46º Congreso Español de Acústica, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2015), Valencia, Spain, 2015. (Invited paper)

M. Arevalillo-Herraez, D. Aranau, M. Cobos, O. C. Santos, S. Moreno-Picot, F. Grimaldo, P. Moreno, E. López-Iniesta, "Incentivando el aprendizaje colaborativo mediante estrategias de negociación," in V Jornadas de Innovación Educativa de la Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, 2014.

F. Grimaldo, A. Fuertes, M. Cobos, M. Arevalillo-Herraez, C. Pérez, P. Moreno and R. Ferris, "BigBlueButton: una alternativa de código abierto para la comunicación interactiva en actividades educativas," in XX Jornadas sobre la Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática (JENUI 2014), Oviedo, Spain, 2012.

P. Moreno, A. Fuertes, F. Grimaldo, M. Cobos, R. Ferris, C. Pérez and M. Arevalillo, "Big Blue Button: Experiencia on-line de comunicación interactiva en asignaturas de primer curso," in Jornades d'innovació docent E4TSE, Valencia, Spain, 2014.

M. Cobos, J. J. Lopez, A. M. Torres, J. M. Navarro and G. Ramos, "Subjective quality assessment of multichannel audio quality in representative broadcasting genres," in Proceedings of the 45º Congreso Español de Acústica, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2014), Murcia, Spain, 2014. (Invited paper)

J. Segura, S. Felici, M. Cobos and J. M. Navarro, "Monitorización de la molestia del ruido urbano mediante redes de sensores inalámbricos," in Proceedings of the 45º Congreso Español de Acústica, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2014), Murcia, Spain, 2014. (Invited paper)

M. Cobos, A. M. Torres, J. J. Lopez and P. Gutierrez, "Evaluación de alternativas para localización de fuentes acústicas basadas en potencia de respuesta apuntada," in XXIX URSI Symposium (URSI 2014), Valencia, Spain, 2014.

J. Segura, M. Cobos, S. Felici, J. M. Navarro and A. M. Torres, "Estudio de la molestia de sonidos auralizados a partir de medidas y síntesis de aislamiento," in Proceedings of the 44º Congreso Español de Acústica, Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2013), EAA European Symposium on Environmental Acoustics and Noise Mapping, pp.1185-1193, Valladolid, Spain, 2013. (Invited paper)

A. M. Torres, M. Cobos, F. J. Ferri and J. Segura, "Caracterización y detección automática de reflexiones acústicas en recintos utilizando arrays circulares y procesado de imagen," in Proceedings of the 44º Congreso Español de Acústica (Tecniacustica 2013), Encuentro Ibérico de Acústica, EAA European Symposium on Environmental Acoustics and Noise Mapping, pp.1176-1184, Valladolid, Spain, 2013. (Invited paper)

G. F. Martinez-Navarro, M. Arevalillo-Herráez, D. Arnau, M. Sancerni-Beitia, J. L. Chorro-Gascó, M. Cobos and R. J. Martinez-Dura, "Utilización de entornos virtuales en la enseñanza," in IV Trobades Innovació Educativa, Valencia, Spain, 2013.

M. Cobos, M. Arevalillo-Herraez, P. Moreno and R. Olanda, "Estudiando el nivel en matemáticas de alumnos de nuevo ingreso en ingeniería informática: percepción y realidad," in XIX Jornadas sobre la Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática (JENUI 2012), Castellón, Spain, 2012.

R. Olanda, M. Cobos and P. Moreno, "Evaluación por compañeros de exposiciones orales," in XVIII Jornadas sobre la Enseñanza Universitaria de la Informática (JENUI 2012), Ciudad Real, 2012.

L. Fuster, J. J. Lopez, A. Gonzalez and M. Cobos, "Análisis subjetivo de compensación de salas mediante wave-field synthesis", in URSI Symposium 2008, September 22-24, Madrid, 2008.

M. Cobos, J. J. López, E. Aguilera, "Técnicas de separación de audio estéreo aplicadas a la resíntesis de escenas sonoras", in URSI Symposium 2008 , September 22-24, Madrid, 2008.

J. J. López, M. Cobos, "Lineas de investigación actuales en procesado de sonido", in URSI Symposium 2008 , September 22-24, Madrid, 2008.

M. Cobos, J. J. López, A. Cebrián, A. González, "Comparación de técnicas de separación de voz en sistemas de videoconferencia avanzazdos", Telecom i+D, October 29-31, Valencia, 2007.

B. Pueo, M. Cobos, J. Escolano, "Control de la directividad en arrays lineales de altavoces", in URSI Symposium, Santiago, Spain, 2003.


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