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Journal papers

  1. F. Avanzini, R. Marogna, and B. Bank. Efficient synthesis of tension modulation in strings and membranes based on energy estimation. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 131(1):897-206, Jan. 2012. [pdf] [Audio examples].
  2. S. Papetti, F. Avanzini, and D. Rocchesso. Numerical methods for a non-linear impact model: a comparative study with closed-form corrections. IEEE Trans. Audio Speech Lang. Process., 19(7):2146-2158, Sept. 2011. [pdf]
  3. K. Petrini, F. E. Pollick, S. Dahl, P. McAleer, L. McKay, D. Rocchesso, C. H. Waadeland, S. Love, F. Avanzini, and A. Puce. Action expertise reduces brain activity for audiovisual matching actions: an fMRI study with expert drummers. Neuroimage, 56(3):1480-1492, June 2011. [pdf]
  4. F. Avanzini and R. Marogna. A modular physically-based approach to the sound synthesis of membrane percussion instruments. IEEE Trans. Audio Speech Lang. Process., 18(4):891-902, Apr. 2010. [pdf] [Audio examples].
  5. K. Petrini, S. Dahl, D. Rocchesso, C. H. Waadeland, F. Avanzini, A. Puce, and F. Pollick. Multisensory integration of drumming actions: musical expertise affects perceived audiovisual asynchrony. Exp. Brain Res., 198(2-3):339-352, Sep. 2009. [pdf]
  6. F. Fontana and F. Avanzini. Computation of delay-free nonlinear digital filter networks. Application to chaotic circuits and intracellular signal transduction. IEEE Trans. Sig. Process., 56(10):4703-4715, Oct. 2008. [pdf]
  7. F. Avanzini. Simulation of vocal fold oscillation with a pseudo-one-mass physical model. Speech Communication, 50(2):95-108, Feb. 2008. [pdf]
  8. M. Leman, F. Avanzini, A. de Cheveigne, and E. Bigand. The societal contexts for sound and music computing: research, education, industry, and socio-culture. Journal of New Music Research, 36(3):149-167, Sep. 2007. [pdf]
  9. F. Pollick, K. Petrini, M. Russell, D. Rocchesso, C. H. Waadeland, S. Dahl, and F. Avanzini. Effects of musical expertise on perceived audiovisual synchrony. Perception, 36(ECVP Abstract Supplement):171-172, Aug. 2007. [Abstract].
  10. S. Love, J. M. Hillis, C. Waadeland, D. Rocchesso, F. Avanzini, S. Dahl, and F. E. Pollick. How audio and visual cues combine to discriminate tempo of swing groove drumming. J. of Vision, 7(9):870, 2007. [Abstract].
  11. M. Russell, K. Petrini, P. McAleer, D. Rocchesso, S. Dahl, C. H. Waadeland, F. Avanzini, and F. Pollick. Audiovisual congruence and the processing of synchrony in swing groove drumming. J. of Vision, 7(9):874, 2007. [Abstract].
  12. M. van Walstijn and F. Avanzini. Modelling the mechanical response of the reed-mouthpiece-lip system of a clarinet. Part II. A lumped model approximation. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 93(3):435-446, May 2007. [pdf]
  13. F. Avanzini, S. Maratea, and C. Drioli. Physiological control of low-dimensional glottal models with applications to voice source parameter matching. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 92(Suppl.1):731-740, Sep. 2006. [pdf]
  14. F. Avanzini and P. Crosato. Integrating physically-based sound models in a multimodal rendering architecture. Comp. Anim. Virtual Worlds, 17(3-4):411-419, July 2006. [pdf]
  15. F. Avanzini, S. Serafin, and D. Rocchesso. Interactive Simulation of Rigid Body Interaction With Friction-Induced Sound Generation, IEEE Tr. Speech and Audio Processing, 13(5.2):1073-1081 (2005) [pdf]
  16. F. Avanzini, D. Rocchesso, A. Dal Palu', A. Dovier, and A. Belussi. Designing an Urban-Scale Auditory Alert System, IEEE Computer, 37(9):55-61 (2004). [pdf]
  17. F. Avanzini and M. van Walstijn. Modelling the Mechanical Response of the Reedmouthpiece- lip System of a Clarinet. Part I. A One-Dimensional Distributed Model. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 90(3):537-547 (2004). [pdf]
  18. B. Bank, F. Avanzini, G. Borin, G. De Poli, F. Fontana, and D. Rocchesso, Physically Informed Signal-Processing Methods for Piano Sound Synthesis: a Research Overview, J. Applied Signal Process. 2003(10):941-952 (2003). [pdf]
  19. C. Drioli and F. Avanzini, Hybrid parametric-physiological glottal modelling with application to voice quality, Medical Engineering and Physics 24(7-8):453-460 (2002). [pdf]
  20. F. Avanzini and D. Rocchesso, Efficiency, accuracy, and stability issues in discrete time simulations of single reed instruments, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111(5):2293-2301 (2002). [pdf] [Audio examples].
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Edited works

  1. S. Zanolla, F. Avanzini, S. Canazza, and A. D. Götzen, editors. Proceedings of the 8th Sound and Music Computing Conference, 2011. [pdf]
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Book chapters

  1. L. Ottaviani, D. Rocchesso, F. Fontana, and F. Avanzini. Size, shape, and material properties of sound models. In D. Rocchesso and F. Fontana, editors, The Sounding Object, pp. 81-94 (2003). In press. Freely distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License, http://www.soundobject.org/SObBook. [pdf]
  2. F. Avanzini, M. Rath, and D. Rocchesso. Low-level sound models: resonators, interactions, surface textures. In D. Rocchesso and F. Fontana, editors, The Sounding Object, pp. 119-148 (2003). In press. Freely distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License, http://www.soundobject.org/SObBook. [pdf]
  3. F. Avanzini and P. Crosato. Haptic-auditory rendering and perception of contact stiffness. In D. Mc- Gookin and S. Brewster, editors, Haptic and audio interaction design, pages 24-35. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4129/2006, Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2006. [pdf]
  4. A. De Götzen and F. Avanzini. Illusions, auditory. In A. Luciani and C. Cadoz, editors, Enaction and Enactive Interface: a Handbook of Terms, pages 144-146. Enactive Systems Books, Grenoble, 2007. [www]
  5. A. de Götzen, L. Mion, F. Avanzini, and S. Serafin. Multimodal design for enactive toys. In K. Jensen, editor, Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval. Sense of Sounds, pages 212-222. LNCS 4969/2008, Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2008. [pdf]
  6. F. Avanzini. Interactive sound. In D. Rocchesso and P. Polotti, editors, Sound to Sense, Sense to Sound. A State of the Art in Sound and Music Computing. Logos Verlag, Berlin, 2008. [pdf]
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Conference papers

Conference papers - 2011

  1. M. Geronazzo, S. Spagnol, and F. Avanzini. Customized 3D sound for innovative interaction design. In Proc. Italian ACM SigCHI Conf. on Computer-Human Interaction (CHItaly'2011), Alghero, Sep. 2011. [pdf]
  2. S. Canazza, A. Rodà, M. Novati, and F. Avanzini. Active preservation of electrophone musical instruments. the case of the "Liettizzatore" of "Studio di Fonologia Musicale" (RAI, Milano). In Proc. Int. Conf. Sound and Music Computing (SMC2011), pages 304-309, Padova, July 2011. Padova University Press. [pdf]
  3. G. Rosati, F. Oscari, D. J. Reinkensmeyer, R. Secoli, F. Avanzini, S. Spagnol, and S. Masiero. Improving robotics for neurorehabilitation: enhancing engagement, performance, and learning with auditory feedback. In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Rehabil. Robotics (ICORR'11), pages 341-346, Zurich, June 2011. [pdf]
  4. M. Geronazzo, S. Spagnol, and F. Avanzini. A Head-Related Transfer Function model for real-time customized 3-D sound rendering. In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems (SITIS 2011), pages 174-179, Dijon, Nov. 2011. [pdf]
  5. S. Canazza, F. Avanzini, M. Novati, and A. Rodà. A music bar for active listeners: An example of virtual electronic lutherie for a history 50 years long. In Proc. XXVIII Colloquio di Informatica Musicale, pages 20-26, Torino, 2011. [pdf]
  6. E. Marchetto and F. Avanzini. Modellazione fisica della glottide e inversione acustico-articolatoria. In Proc. XXVIII Colloquio di Informatica Musicale, pages 102-106, Torino, 2011. [pdf]
  7. S. Spagnol, M. Geronazzo, and F. Avanzini. Structural modeling of pinna-related transfer functions for 3-D sound rendering. In Proc. XXVIII Colloquio di Informatica Musicale, pages 92-101, Torino, 2011. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2010

  1. S. Spagnol, M. Geronazzo, and F. Avanzini. Structural modeling of pinna-related transfer functions. In Proc. Int. Conf. Sound and Music Computing (SMC2010), pages 422-428, Barcelona, July 2010. [pdf]
  2. R. Marogna, F. Avanzini, and B. Bank. Energy based synthesis of tension modulation in membranes. In Proc. Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-10), pages 102-108, Graz, Sep. 2010. [pdf] [Audio examples].
  3. M. Geronazzo, S. Spagnol, and F. Avanzini. Estimation and modeling of pinna-related transfer functions. In Proc. Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-10), pages 431-438, Graz, Sep. 2010. [pdf]
  4. S. Spagnol, M. Geronazzo, and F. Avanzini. Fitting pinna-related transfer functions to anthropometry for binaural sound rendering. In Proc. IEEE Int. Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (MMSP'10), pages 194-199, Saint-Malo, Oct. 2010. [pdf]
  5. B. Giordano, F. Avanzini, M. Wanderley, and S. McAdams. Multisensory integration in percussion performance. In Proc. 10ème Congrès Français d'Acoustique, Lyon, Apr. 2010. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2009

  1. F. Avanzini, L. Mion, and S. Spagnol. Personalized 3d sound rendering for content creation, delivery, and presentation. In Proc. Networked and Electronic Media Summit (NEM2009), pages 13-17, Saint Malo, Sep. 2009. [pdf]
  2. F. Avanzini, A. de Götzen, S. Spagnol, and A. Roda`. Integrating auditory feedback in motor rehabilitation systems. In Proc. Int. Conf. on Multimodal Interfaces for Skills Transfer (SKILLS09), Bilbao, Dec. 2009. [pdf]
  3. B. L. Giordano, F. Avanzini, M. Wanderley, and S. McAdams. Integrating nonspatial, nontemporal multisensory information in action-based perception. In Proc. 10th Int. Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF), New York, June 2009. [Abstract]
  4. B. L. Giordano, F. Avanzini, M. Wanderley, and S. McAdams. Multisensory integration in percussion performance. In Proc. Auditory Perception, Cognition, and Action Meeting (APCAM 2009), Boston, Nov. 2009. [Abstract]
  5. E. Marchetto, F. Avanzini and F. Flego. An automatic speaker recognition system for intelligence applications. In Proc. European Sig. Process. Conf. (EUSIPCO2009), Glasgow, Aug. 2009. [pdf]
  6. R. Marogna and F. Avanzini. Physically-based synthesis of nonlinear circular membranes. In Proc. Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-09), pages 373-379, Como, Sep. 2009. [pdf]
  7. S. Papetti, F. Avanzini, and D. Rocchesso. Energy and accuracy issues in numerical simulations of a non-linear impact model. In Proc. Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-09), pages 339-346, Como, Sep. 2009. [pdf]
  8. M. Romanin, E. Marchetto, and F. Avanzini. A spectral subtraction rule for real-time dsp implementation of noise reduction in speech signals. In Proc. Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-09), pages 235-239, Como, Sep. 2009. [pdf]
  9. S. Spagnol and F. Avanzini. Real-time binaural audio rendering in the near field. In Proc. Int. Conf. Sound and Music Computing (SMC 2009), pages 201-206, Porto, July 2009. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2008

  1. A. de Götzen, R. Marogna, and F. Avanzini. The voice painter. In Proc. Int. Conf. on Enactive Interfaces, Pisa, Nov. 2008. [pdf]
  2. A. de Götzen, R. Marogna, and F. Avanzini. Voice painter: un'interfaccia multimodale per dipingere con la voce. In Proc. Colloquio di Informatica Musicale, pages 29-35, Venezia, Oct. 2008. [pdf]
  3. B. L. Giordano, S. Mcadams, P. Crosato, F. Avanzini, C. Casciato, S. Sinclair, and M. M. Wanderley. Action-based multisensory integration in striking events. In Proc. Int. Conf. Acoustics (Acoustics08), Paris, July 2008. ASA/EAA. [Abstract] [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2007

  1. F. Avanzini. Synthesis of environmental sounds in interactive multimodal systems. In Proc. Int. Conf. Auditory Display (ICAD07), pages 181-188, Montreal, June 2007. Invited paper. [pdf]
  2. A. de Götzen, L. Mion, F. Avanzini, and S. Serafin. Learning sounding gestures. In Proc. Int. Computer Music Conf. (ICMC'07), pages 375-378, Copenhagen, July 2007. [pdf]
  3. C. Drioli and F. Avanzini. Improved fold closure in mass-spring low-dimensional glottal models. In Proc. Int. Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA'07), pages 51-54, Firenze, Dec. 2007. [pdf]
  4. E. Marchetto, F. Avanzini, and C. Drioli. Estimation of a physical model of the vocal folds via dynamic programming techniques. In Proc. Int. Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA'07), pages 129-132, Firenze, Dec. 2007. [pdf]
  5. L. Mion, F. Avanzini, B. Mantel, B. Bardy, and T. A. Stoffregen. Real-time auditory-visual distance rendering for a virtual reaching task. In Proc. of the ACM Int. Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST07), pages 179-182, Newport Beach, CA, Nov. 2007. [pdf]
  6. S. Serafin, H. P. Kjaer, C. Taylor, and F. Avanzini. Audio-haptic physically based simulation and perception of contact textures. In Proc. Int. Conf. Auditory Display (ICAD07), pages 203-207, Montreal, June 2007. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2006

  1. F. Avanzini and F. Fontana. Exact discrete-time realization of a Dolby B encoding/decoding architecture. In Proc. COST-G6 Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-06), pages 297-302, Montreal, Sep. 2006. [pdf]
  2. B. Mantel, L. Mion, B. Bardy, F. Avanzini, and T. Stoffregen. Simulating a virtual target in depth through the invariant relation between optics, acoustics, and inertia. In Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Enactive Interfaces (ENACTIVE06), Montpellier, Nov. 2006. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2005

  1. F. Avanzini, F. Fontana, and D. Rocchesso. Efficient computation of nonlinear filter networks with delay-free loops and applications to physically-based sound models, Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Multidimensional Systems (NDS 2005), Wuppertal, July 10-13 2005, pp. 110-115 [pdf]
  2. G. De Poli, F. Avanzini, A. Roda', L. Mion, G. DInca', C. Trestino, D. Pirro', A. Luciani, and N. Castagne. Towards a multi-layer architecture for multi-modal rendering of expressive actions, Proc. Int. Conf. on Enactive Interfaces (ENACTIVE05), Genova, Sept. 2005, pp. 110-115 [pdf]
  3. F. Avanzini, S. Maratea, and C. Drioli. Physiological control of low-dimensional glottal models with applications to voice source parameter matching, Proc. Int. Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA'05), Firenze, Oct. 2005 [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2004

  1. F. Avanzini and D. Rocchesso. Physical Modeling of Impacts: Theory and Experiments on Contact Time and Spectral Centroid, Proc. Int. Conf. on Sound and Music Computing (SMC'04), Paris, Oct. 2004, pp. 287-293. [pdf]
  2. F. Fontana, F. Avanzini, and D. Rocchesso. Computation of nonlinear filter networks containing delay-free paths, in Proc. Int. Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-04), Naples, 2004, pp. 113-118. [pdf]
  3. F. Avanzini, D. Rocchesso, and S. Serafin. Friction sounds for sensory substitution, Proc. Int. Conf. Auditory Display (ICAD04), Sydney, July 2004. [pdf]
  4. D. Rocchesso, F. Avanzini, M. Rath, R. Bresin, and S. Serafin. Contact sounds for continuous feedback, Proc. Int. Workshop on Interactive Sonification, Bielefeld, 2004. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2003

  1. C. Drioli and F. Avanzini. Non-modal voice synthesis by low-dimensional physical models, Proc. Int. Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA'03), Firenze, Dec. 2003.
  2. S. Serafin, F. Avanzini, and D. Rocchesso. Bowed string simulation using an elasto-plastic friction model, Proc. Stockholm Music Acoustics Conf. (SMAC 2003), pages 95-98, Stockholm, Aug. 2003. [pdf]
  3. F. Avanzini, D. Rocchesso, A. Belussi, A. Dal Palu', and A. Dovier. Acqua Alta a Venezia: Design of a Urban Scale Auditory Warning System, Proc. Int. Conf. Auditory Display (ICAD03), Boston, July 2003, pp. 184-187, . [pdf]
  4. M Rath, F. Avanzini, N. Bernardini, G. Borin, F. Fontana, L. Ottaviani, and D. Rocchesso, An introductory catalog of computer-synthesized contact sounds, in real-time, Proc. XIV Colloquium on Musical Informatics (XIV CIM 2003), Firenze, 2003, pp. 103-108. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2002

  1. F. Avanzini, A. Belussi, A. Dal Palu', A. Dovier, and D. Rocchesso, Optimal Placement of Acoustic Sources in a Built-up Area using CLP(FD), Proc. APPIA-GULP-PRODE joint Conf. on Declarative Programming, Madrid, 2002. [pdf]
  2. F. Avanzini, M. Rath, and D. Rocchesso, Physically-based Audio Rendering of contact, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Multimedia and Expo, (ICME2002), Lausanne, 2002, vol. 2, pp. 445-448. [pdf]
  3. F. Avanzini, Efficient numerical modeling of vocal fold mechanics, Proc. Int. Conf. Forum Acusticum, Sevilla, 2002. Invited paper. [pdf]
  4. M. Rath, F.avanzini, and D. Rocchesso, Physically based real-time modeling of contact sounds, Proc. Int. Computer Music Conf. (ICMC'02), Goteborg, 2002.
  5. F. Avanzini, S. Serafin, and D. Rocchesso, Modeling Interactions Between Rubbed Dry Surfaces Using an Elasto-Plastic Friction Model, in Proc. COST-G6 Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-02), Hamburg, 2002, pp. 111-116. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2001

  1. F. Avanzini and D. Rocchesso, Modeling Collision Sounds: Non-linear Contact Force, Proc. COST-G6 Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-01), Limerick, 2001, pp. 61-66. [pdf]
  2. M. Kahrs and F. Avanzini, Computer Synthesis of Bird Songs and Calls, Proc. COST-G6 Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-01), Limerick, 2001, pp. 23-27. [pdf]
  3. F. Avanzini and D. Rocchesso, Controlling Material Properties in Physical Models of Sounding Objects, Proc. Int. Computer Music Conf. (ICMC'01), La Habana, 2001. [pdf]
  4. F. Avanzini, B. Bank, G. Borin, G. De Poli, F. Fontana and D. Rocchesso, Musical Instrument Modeling: the Case of the Piano, Proc. Int. Workshop on Current Research Directions in Comp. Mus. , Barcelona, 2001, pp. 124-133. [pdf]
  5. C. Drioli and F. Avanzini, A Physically-informed Model of the Glottis with Apllication to Voice Quality Assessment, Proc. Int. Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emission for Biomed. Applic. (MAVEBA'01), Firenze, 2001.
  6. M. van Walstjin and F. Avanzini, Determination of the Lumped Parameters of a Non-linear Clarinet Reed Oscillator Using a Finite Difference Approach, Proc. Int. Symp. Mus. Acoust. (ISMA'01), Perugia, 2001, pp. 221-224 Compressed ps draft
  7. F. Avanzini, C. Drioli and P. Alku, Synthesis of the Voice Source Using a Physically-informed Model of the Glottis, Proc. Int. Symp. Mus. Acoust. (ISMA'01), Perugia, 2001, pp. 31-34. [pdf]
  8. F. Avanzini, P. Alku and M. Karjalainen, One-delayed-mass Model for Efficient Synthesis of Glottal Flow, Proc. Eurospeech Conf., Aalborg, 2001, pp. 51-54. [pdf]
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Conference papers - 2000

  1. C. Drioli and F. Avanzini, Model-Based Synthesis and Transformation of voiced sounds, Proc. COST-G6 Conf. Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-00), Verona, 2000, pp. 45-49. [pdf]
  2. F. Avanzini, On the use of Weighted Sample Methods in Digitizing the Clarinet Equations, Proc. Int. Computer Music Conf. (ICMC'00), Berlin, 2000, pp. 46-49. Compressed ps draft
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Conference papers - 1999

  1. F. Avanzini, Higher Order Numerical Methods in Physical Models of Musical Instruments. A Study on the Clarinet, Proc. of the Diderot Forum on Mathematics and Music, Vienna, 1999, pp. 11-18. Compressed ps draft
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Conference papers - 1998

  1. F. Avanzini and D. Bambusi, Stability properties in hamiltonian perturbations of resonant PDE's with symmetry: the case of NLS, in Symmetry and perturbations theory, D. Bambusi and G. Gaeta eds., Quaderni GNFM, Firenze 1998
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Ph.D. Thesis

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