Multidisciplinary research group developing computational bioacoustic tools for improved conservation results

The research team and activities combine multidisciplinary expertise and methodology to investigate and study SOUND (generation, detection & classification). We are interested in monitoring and labelling natural sounds of Aotearoa-NZ, for which we develop species-customised denoising and classification tools.

Another strong research pillar of the Listening Lab is HEARING, where we follow open questions related to the human hearing process to develop improved sound detection devices (microphones, hearing aids, cochlear implants) to help people with impaired hearing or hearing loss.

Associate Professor Stefanie Gutschmidt (Research Group Leader) - Mechanical Engineering, UC
Ben McEwen (PhD Candidate) - Computer Science and Software Engineering
Kaspar Soltero (PhD Candidate) - Mechanical Engineering

Professor Richard Green - https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/contact-us/people/richard-green.html
Senior Lecturer Andrew Bainbridge-Smith - https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/contact-us/people/andrew-bainbridge-smith.html
Senior Lecturer James Atlas - https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/contact-us/people/james-atlas.html

Rainforest Connection - https://rfcx.org/
UC Vision - https://ucvision.org.nz/
Cacophony Project - https://cacophony.org.nz/
Predator Free 2050 Limited - https://pf2050.co.nz/
Forest and Bird NZ - https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/

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