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IDEG078

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• office: +43 316 873 - 4377

Position

Senior Researcher

Email

hagmueller@tugraz.at

Research interests

Speech Signal Processing, Disordered Voice Processing, Augmented Speech Communication, Barrier-Free Communication, Hearing Aids, Medical Acoustics, Biological Acoustics, Automatic Speech Recognition *** Share with me via Nextcloud

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2016 - present: Member of BioTechMed Graz

2014 - present: Deputy General Secretary of the Austrian Acoustics Association

2009 - present: Senior Scientist at the Signal Processing and Speech Communication Laboratory, Graz University of Technology

12/2006 - 2012: National Coordinator for the European COST Action 2103 “Advanced Voice Function Assessment”

09/2005-11/2006: Parental leave

2003 - 2009: Doctoral studies in Electrical Engineering at Graz University of Technology

2002 - 2009: Research Assistant at the Signal Processing and Speech Communication Laboratory, Graz University of Technology

1994 - 2001: Diploma of Engineering Studies in EE/Sound Engineering at the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)and the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz (KUG)

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Research Programs

• COMET K-Project Acoustic Sensing and Design (FFG 836632)
• Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure
• COMET K-Project Advanced Audio Processing

Research Topics

• Acoustic Source Localization and Separation
• Language Technologies
• Speech Analysis
• Speech and Speaker Recognition
• Speech Enhancement and Transmission

Research Projects

• Cross-layer language models for conversational speech (FWF Stand-Alone Project P 32700-N)
• KONDE - Kompetenznetzwerk Digitale Edition
• HumanEVoice -- The Bionic Voice (FFG 849824)
• Monitoring of Mars Isolation Crew by Speech Processing and Psychological Content Analysis (MIMIC)
• Evaluation tool for plain language
• CAPA - Psychological Status Monitoring by Content Analysis and Acoustic-Phonetic Analysis of Crew Talks and Video Diaries
• Speaking Aid for Laryngectomized People
• COST 2103 - Advanced Voice Function Assessment
• Speech Watermarking for Security Applications
• ASR for Telehealth Applications (COAST)
• Speech Watermarking for Air Traffic Control Communication

Courses

• Audio Signal Processing Applications
• TI Bachelor Projekte am SPSC
• Masterseminar-TI / Toningenieur-Masterarbeiten am SPSC
• Speech Communication Laboratory
• Toningenieur-Projekt am SPSC

Student Projects

• Automatic Event Detection in Massive Multi-Channel Audio Signals on a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)(open)
• Austrian German Dialogue System(open)
• Microphone Arrays for Lecture Halls
• Automatic Speech Segmentation using Kaldi
• Training Tool for Speaking with a Bionic Voice(open)
• Synthesis of disordered voices(open)
• Bionic Voice Intelligibility Test(open)
• Add features to our Bionic Voice on a Raspberry Pi(open)
• Self-explaining recording device(open)
• Parameters for gender adequate voice perception(open)
• Bionic Voice Projects(open)
• Automatic Transcription of Analog Space Missions(open)
• Space/Mars Mission conversation analysis(open)
• Singing with a Bionic Voice(open)
• Multi E-Larynx Stimulation
• Bionic Voice Design(open)
• Best Channel Selection for Distant Speech Recognition
• Gradient flow localizer with a miniature microphone array(open)
• Measurement of Impact of Pop Sound Distortions on Automatic Speech Recgonition(open)
• Pop Sound Detection and Suppression(open)
• Pop Informed Speech Recognition(open)
• Voice-controlled home automation
• Implementation of Joint Spatio-Temporal Filtering Methods for Direction of Arrival and Fundamental Frequency Estimation
• Implementation of an Acoustic Joint Direction and Fundamental Frequency Estimator Based on 2-D Filtering
• Implementation of a Maximum Negentropy Beamformer(open)
• Implementation of a Maximum Kurtosis Beamformer(open)
• EL Speech improvement on a Raspberry Pi(open)
• Reduction of Heart Sounds from Lung Sounds(open)
• Implementation of an Acoustic Joint Direction and Fundamental Frequency Estimator Based on Nonlinear Least Squares Methods
• Development and Comparison of Lung Sound Transducers(open)
• Acoustic Imaging of the Human Respiratory System(open)
• Using sEMG for Disordered Speech Enhancement IV -- Myo Gesture Control Armband
• Using sEMG for Disordered Speech Enhancement III -- Adaptive Threshold
• Subjective Measures for Electro-Larynx Speech(open)
• Parametrization of a Transducer for EL Speech Production II(open)
• Excitation Signal Analysis -- Gender Aspekts
• Wake-up-word recognition
• Circular Differential Microphone Arrays
• Automatic Speech Recognition for Austrian German on a Raspberry Pi
• Capabilities of Beamforming-Arrays for Vehicle Pass-by Measurements
• Spatial Filtering by Applying State-Of-The-Art Beamformers: The Generalized Eigenvector Beamformer
• Automatic Speech Recognition for Electro-Laynx Speech
• Computer Assisted Aphasia Therapy
• Parametrization of a Transducer for EL Speech Production
• Multichannel Voice Activity Detection for ASR
• Using sEMG for Disordered Speech Enhancement III
• Using sEMG for Disordered Speech Enhancement II
• Reference-Free Speech Quality Measure for Electro-Larynx Speech(open)
• Implementation of an audio processing algorithm as gstreamer plugin(open)
• Artificial Pitch for Electro-Larynx Speech(open)
• Adaptive Differential Beamformer Demo
• Inverse Filtering of Pathologic Voice
• Pop Sound Protection and Reduction for Small Microphone Enclosures
• Acoustically Coupled Microphones(open)
• Real-time Controllable Sound Source Generator for Electro-Larynx Speech(open)
• Sample Based Glottal Excitation Signal Database(open)
• Using sEMG for Disordered Speech Enhancement
• Adaptive Differential Beamformer
• Active Direct Sound Control
• Acoustic Source Localization using Reflected Signals
• Rhetorical Acoustic Phonetic Feedback Device
• Smartphone App for Electro-Larynx Speech
• Realitätsnahe Visualisierung menschlicher Spracherzeugung
• Künstliche Grundfrequenzkontur für Elektro-Larynx-Sprache in Echtzeit-Simulation
• Real-Time Enhancement of E-Larynx Speech Signals
• Classification of Acoustic Plastic Pipe Water Leak Signals with Gaussian Mixture Models
• Comparison of Excitation Signals for an Electronic Larynx
• Acoustic Engine Speed Measurement
• Speech enhancement: Simulation and quality evaluation
• Automatic Tone Removal Algorithm and DSP Implementation
• A Machine-Learning Approach to Recognition of Spoken German Variants

PhD Theses

• Enhancement for Disordered and Substitution Voices
• Speech Enhancement for Disordered and Substitution Voices
• Speech Enhancement of Electro-Larynx Speech

Publications

• Conference paper Hagmüller M., Fuchs A. & Bath C. (2017) Participatory enquiry for a bionic voice. in Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop Models and analysis of vocal emissions for biomedical applications (pp. 35-38). [more info]
• Conference paper Messner E., Hagmüller M. & Pernkopf F. (2017) Impact of Airflow Rate on Amplitude and Regional Distribution of Normal Lung Sounds. in BIOSIGNALS. [more info]
• Journal article Aichinger P., Hagmüller M., Schneider-Stickler B., Schoentgen J. & Pernkopf F. (2017) Tracking of Multiple Fundamental Frequencies in Diplophonic Voices. in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing, 26(2), p. 330-341. [more info] [doi]
• Journal article Schuppler B., Hagmüller M. & Zahrer A. (2017) A corpus of read and conversational Austrian German. in Speech Communication, 94, p. 62-74. [more info] [doi]
• Conference paper Messner E., Hagmüller M., Swatek P., Smolle-Juttner F. & Pernkopf F. (2017) Respiratory airflow estimation from lung sounds based on regression. in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2017 - Proceedings (pp. 1123-1127). [more info] [doi]
• Journal article Aichinger P., Roesner I., Leonhard M., Schneider-Stickler B., Denk-Linnert D., Bigenzahn W., Fuchs A., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2017) Comparison of an audio-based and a video-based approach for detecting diplophonia. in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 31, p. 576–585. [more info] [doi]
• Abstract Aichinger P., Schneider-Stickler B., Hagmüller M. & Schoentgen J. (2016) Acoustic detection of diplophonia among other types of dysphonia.. [more info]
• Abstract Aichinger P., Schneider-Stickler B. & Hagmüller M. (2016) Terminology of voice phenomena related to diplophonia.. [more info]
• Journal article Aichinger P., Hagmüller M., Roesner I., Schneider-Stickler B., Schoentgen J. & Pernkopf F. (2016) Fundamental Frequency Tracking in Diplophonic Voices. in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. [more info] [doi]
• Conference paper Messner E., Hagmüller M., Swatek P. & Pernkopf F. (2016) A Robust multichannel lung sound recording device. in BIODEVICES 2016 - 9th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Proceedings; Part of 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2016 (pp. 34-39). [more info]
• Journal article Pessentheiner H., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2016) Localization and characterization of multiple harmonic sources. in IEEE ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing, 24(8), p. 1348-1363. [more info] [doi]
• Journal article Fuchs A., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2016) The New Bionic Electro-Larynx Speech System. in IEEE journal of selected topics in signal processing, 10(5), p. 952-961. [more info] [doi]
• Journal article Aichinger P., Hagmüller M., Roesner I., Bigenzahn W., Schneider-Stickler B. & Schoentgen J. (2016) Diplophonia Disturbs Jitter and Shimmer Measurement. in Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 68(1), p. 22-28. [more info] [doi]
• Conference paper Pessentheiner H., Pichler T. & Hagmüller M. (2016) AMISCO: The Austrian German Multi-Sensor Corpus. in Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation. [more info]
• Journal article Aichinger P., Roesner I., Schneider-Stickler B., Leonhard M., Denk-Linnert D., Bigenzahn W., Fuchs A., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2016) Towards Objective Voice Assessment: The Diplophonia Diagram. in Journal of voice. [more info] [doi]
• Conference paper Aichinger P., Hagmüller M., Roesner I., Bigenzahn W., Schneider-Stickler B., Schoentgen J. & Pernkopf F. (2015) Measurement of fundamental frequencies in diplophonic voices. in Proceedings and Report - 9th International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications, MAVEBA 2015 (pp. 21-24). [more info]
• Conference paper Aichinger P., Hagmüller M., Roesner I., Bigenzahn W., Schneider-Stickler B. & Schoentgen J. (2015) Differentiating Diplophonia from other Types of Severe Dysphonia by Acoustic Analysis. in Pan European Voice Conference (PEVOC) (pp. 34-34). [more info]
• Conference paper Aichinger P., Hagmüller M., Roesner I., Bigenzahn W., Schneider-Stickler B., Schoentgen J. & Pernkopf F. (2015) Measurement of Fundamental Frequencies in Diplophonic Voice. in Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (pp. 21-24). [more info]
• Conference paper Messner E., Pessentheiner H., Cordovilla J. & Hagmüller M. (2015) Adaptive Differential Microphone Arrays used as a Front-End for an Automatic Speech Recognition System. in International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (pp. 2689-2693). [more info]
• Conference paper Aichinger P., Schneider-Stickler B., Bigenzahn W., Hagmüller M., Sontacchi A. & Schoentgen J. (2015) Assessment and Psychoacoustic Modelling of Auditory Streams in Diplophonic Voice. in Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (pp. 135-138). [more info]
• Conference paper Fuchs A., Amon C. & Hagmüller M. (2015) Speech/Non-Speech Detection for Electro-Larynx Speech Using EMG. in Proceedings of Biosignals (pp. 138-144). [more info]
• Conference paper Pfeifenberger L., Schrank T., Zöhrer M., Hagmüller M. & Pernkopf F. (2015) Multi-channel speech processing architectures for noise robust speech recognition: 3rd CHiME Challenge results. in IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition & Understanding. [more info]
• Conference paper Fuchs A., Conter M., Wehr R., Hagmüller M. & Pessentheiner H. (2015) Anwendung von Beamforming für Vorbeifahrtsmessungen. in Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (pp. 173-176). [more info]
• Conference paper Aichinger P., Roesner I., Schneider-Stickler B., Leonhard M., Denk-Linnert D., Bigenzahn W., Fuchs A., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2015) Towards Objective Voice Assessment: The Diplophonia Diagram. in 44th Annual Symposium -- Abstracts (pp. 55-56). [more info]
• Conference paper Cordovilla J., Pessentheiner H., Hagmüller M., Gonzales J. & Kubin G. (2014) CVX-Optimized Beamforming and Vector Taylor Series Compensation with German ASR Employing Star-Shaped Microphone Array. in Advances in Speech and Language Technologies for Iberian Languages (pp. 148-157). [more info] [doi]
• Conference paper Fuchs A., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2014) Artificial Fundamental Frequency Contour for Electro-Larynx Speech. in Proceeding der 40. Jahrestagung für Akustik (pp. 507-508). [more info]
• Conference paper Schuppler B., Hagmüller M., Cordovilla J. & Pessentheiner H. (2014) GRASS: The Graz Corpus of Read and Spontaneous Speech. in 9th edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (pp. 1465-1470). [more info]
• Conference paper Cristoforetti L., Ravanelli M., Omologo M., Sosi A., Abad A., Hagmüller M. & Maragos P. (2014) The DIRHA simulated corpus. in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'14) (pp. 2629-2634). [more info]
• Conference paper Zehetner A., Hagmüller M. & Pernkopf F. (2014) Wake-Up-Word Spotting for Mobile Systems. in European Signal Processing Conference (pp. x-x). [more info]
• Conference paper Cordovilla J., Pessentheiner H., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2014) Room Localization for Distant Speech Recognition. in 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (pp. 2450-2453). [more info]
• Conference paper Cordovilla J., Hagmüller M., Pessentheiner H. & Kubin G. (2014) Distant speech recognition in reverberant noisy conditions employing a microphone array.. in 22nd European Signal Processing Conference (pp. 2380-2384). [more info]
• Poster Fuchs A., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2014) Artificial Fundamental Frequency Contour for Electro-Larynx Speech.. [more info]
• Poster Hagmüller M. & Zehetner A. (2014) Wake-Up-Word Spotting for Mobile Systems.. [more info]
• Conference paper Aichinger P., Roesner I., Schneider-Stickler B., Bigenzahn W., Feichter F., Fuchs A., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2013) Spectral Analysis of Laryngeal High-Speed Videos: Case Studies on Diplophonic and Euphonic Phonation. in (Kopie von) 8th International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA) (pp. 81-84). [more info]
• Conference paper Mowlaee Beikzadehmahaleh P., Cordovilla J., Pernkopf F., Pessentheiner H., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2013) The 2nd CHiME Speech Separation and Recognition Challenge: Approaches on Single-Channel Speech Separation and Model-Driven Speech Enhancement. in Post ICASSP Workshop (pp. X-X). [more info]
• Conference paper Fuchs A., Cordovilla J. & Hagmüller M. (2013) ASR for Electro-Laryngeal Speech. in Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition & Understanding. [more info]
• Conference paper Aichinger P., Schneider-Stickler B., Bigenzahn W., Fuchs A., Geiger B., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2013) Double pitch marks in diplophonic voice. in IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (pp. xx-xx). [more info]
• Conference paper Fuchs A. & Hagmüller M. (2013) A German Parallel Electro-Larynx Speech -- Healthy speech corpus. in 8th International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA) (pp. 55-58). [more info]
• Conference paper Cordovilla J., Pessentheiner H., Hagmüller M., Mowlaee Beikzadehmahaleh P., Pernkopf F. & Kubin G. (2013) A German distant speech recognizer based on 3D beamforming and harmonic missing data mask.. in EAA Euroregio - EAA Winter School including the 40th Italian (AIA) Annual Conference on Acoustics and the 39th German Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA) (pp. 2049-2052). [more info]
• Poster Fuchs A., Cordovilla J. & Hagmüller M. (2013) ASR for Electro-Laryngeal Speech.. [more info]
• Conference paper Fuchs A. & Hagmüller M. (2012) Learning an Artificial F0-Contour for ALT speech. in Interspeech - International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (pp. 758-761). [more info]
• Patent Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2010) Methode zur Trennung von Signalpfaden und Anwendung auf die Verbesserung von Sprache mit Elektro-Larynx.. [more info]
• Journal article Faundez-Zanuy M., Lucena-Molina J. & Hagmüller M. (2010) Speech watermarking: An approach for the forensic analysis of digital telephonic recordings. in Journal of forensic sciences, 55(4), p. 1080-1087. [more info] [doi]
• Conference paper Jochum C., Reiner P. & Hagmüller M. (2009) Comparison of Excitation Signals for an Electronic Larynx. in Proceedings of MAVEBA 09 (pp. 161-164). [more info]
• Doctoral Thesis Hagmüller M. (2009) Speech Enhancement for Disordered and Substitution Voices.. [more info]
• Conference paper Faundez-Zanuy M. & Hagmüller M. (2007) Sistema de marcas de agua para mejorar la vulnerabilidad de sistemas de reconocimiento de locutores. in Actas do ill Congreso da sociedade espanola de acustica forense (pp. 167-181). [more info]
• Conference paper Hagmüller M. (2007) PITCH CONTOUR FROM FORMANTS FOR ALARYNGEAL SPEECH. in Procedings of MAVEBA 2007 (pp. 205-208). [more info]
• Journal article Faundez-Zanuy M., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2007) Speaker identification security improvement by means of speech watermarking. in Pattern recognition, 40(11), p. 3027-3034. [more info] [doi]
• Journal article Faundez-Zanuy M., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2006) Speaker verification security improvement by means of speech watermarking. in Speech Communication, 48(12), p. 1608-1619. [more info] [doi]
• Journal article Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2006) Poincare Pitch Marks. in Speech Communication, 48(12), p. 1650-1665. [more info] [doi]
• Journal article Faundez-Zanuy M., Hagmüller M., Kubin G. & Kleijn W. (2006) The COST-277 Speech Database. in Lecture notes in computer science, 3817, p. 100-107. [more info] [doi]
• Conference paper Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2005) Poincare Sections for Pitch-Mark Determination. in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Non-Linear Speech Processing (pp. 107-113). [more info]
• Conference paper Faundez-Zanuy M., Hagmüller M., Kubin G. & Kleijn W. (2005) The COST-277 Speech Database. in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Non-Linear Speech Processing (pp. 122-129). [more info]
• Commissioned report Hagmüller M., Kubin G. & Rank E. (2005) Evaluation of the Human Voice for Indications of Workload Induced Stress in the Aviation Environment.. [more info]
• Conference paper Hagmüller M., Horst H., Kröpfl A. & Kubin G. (2004) Speech Watermarking for Air Traffic Control. in Proceedings of 12th European Signal Processing Conference (pp. 1653-1656). [more info]
• Conference paper Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2004) Voice enhancement of male speakers with laryngeal neoplasm. in International Conference for Speech and Language Processing 2004 (pp. 541-544). [more info]
• Conference paper Baum M., Dizdarevic V., Hagmüller M., Kubin G. & Pernkopf F. (2004) Prosody-Based Recognition of Spoken German Varieties. in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (pp. 929-932). [more info]
• Poster Hagmüller M., Rank E. & Kubin G. (2004) Can Stress be Observed by Analyzing the Human Voice?.. [more info]
• Conference paper Hering H., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2003) Safety and security increase for air traffic management through unnoticeable watermark aircraft identification tag transmitted with the VHF voice communication. in AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings. [more info]
• Conference paper Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2003) Poincare Sections for Pitch Mark Determination in Dysphonic Speech. in 3rd International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (pp. 281-285). [more info]
• Conference paper Hering H., Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2003) Safety and security increase for air traffic management through unnoticable watermark aircraft identification tag transmitted with the VHF voice communication. in Proceedings / 22nd DASC ; Vol. 1. [more info]
• Commissioned report Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2003) Speech Watermarking for Air Traffic Control.. [more info]
• Conference paper Hagmüller M. & Kubin G. (2002) Erkennung regionaler Varianten des Deutschen unter Verwendung Prosodischer Merkmale. in Fortschritte der Akustik, DAGA02. [more info]
• Diploma Thesis Hagmüller M. (2001) Recognition of Regional Variants of German using Prosodic Features.. [more info]