Publications

Thesis and Dissertation

  1. J.-M. Valin, Auditory System For a Mobile Robot. PhD Thesis, 102 pp., 2005.
  2. J.-M. Valin, Extension spectrale d'un signal de parole de la bande telephonique a la bande AM. Masters dissertation, 65 pp., 2001.
This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.

Peer-reviewed journals

  1. J.-M. Valin, D. V. Smith, C. Montgomery, T. B. Terriberry, An Iterative Linearised Solution to the Sinusoidal Parameter Estimation Problem, Computers and Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 603-616, 2010.
  2. J.-M. Valin, T. B. Terriberry, C. Montgomery, G. Maxwell, A High-Quality Speech and Audio Codec With Less Than 10 ms delay, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 58-67, 2010.
  3. J.-M. Valin, S. Yamamoto, J. Rouat, F. Michaud, K. Nakadai, H. G. Okuno, Robust Recognition of Simultaneous Speech By a Mobile Robot, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 742-752, 2007.
  4. J.-M. Valin, I. B. Collings, Interference-Normalised Least Mean Square Algorithm, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 14, No 12, pp. 988-991, 2007.
  5. J.-M. Valin, On Adjusting the Learning Rate in Frequency Domain Echo Cancellation With Double-Talk. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 1030-1034, 2007.
  6. J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, J. Rouat, Robust Localization and Tracking of Simultaneous Moving Sound Sources Using Beamforming and Particle Filtering. Robotics and Autonomous Systems Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 216-228, 2007.
  7. F. Michaud, C. Cote, D. Letourneau, Y. Brosseau, J.-M. Valin, E. Beaudry, C. Raievsky, A. Ponchon, P. Moisan, P. Lepage, Y. Morin, F. Gagnon, P. Giguere, M.-A. Roux, S. Caron, P. Frenette, F. Kabanza, Spartacus attending the 2005 AAAI conference. Autonomous Robots (Springer), Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 369-383, 2007.
  8. S. Yamamoto, K. Nakadai, M. Nakano, H. Tsujino, J.-M. Valin, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Simultaneous Speech Recognition based on Automatic Missing-Feature Mask Generation integrated with Sound Source Separation (in Japanese). Journal of Robotic Society of Japan, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2007.
  9. S. Yamamoto, K. Nakadai, M. Nakano, H. Tsujino, J.-M. Valin, R. Takeda, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Improving Location-Based Speech Recognition of Simultaneous Speech Signals by Parameter Optimization with Genetic Algorithm (in Japanese). Human Interface, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 203-212, 2006.
  10. D. Létourneau, F. Michaud, J.-M. Valin, Autonomous Mobile Robot That Can Read. EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Special Issue on Advances in Intelligent Vision Systems: Methods and Applications, pp. 2650-2662, 2004.

Peer-reviewed conferences and workshops

    2012

  1. M. Frechette, D. Létourneau, J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, Integration of Sound Source Localization and Separation to Improve Dialogue Management on a Robot, Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012.

    2. 2009

  2. F. Sabrina, J.-M. Valin, Priority based dynamic rate control for VoIP traffic, Proceedings of Globecom, 2009.
  3. A. P. Badali, J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, P. Aarabi, Evaluating Real-time Audio Localization Algorithms for Artificial Audition on Mobile Robots, Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2009.
  4. J.-M. Valin, T. B. Terriberry, G. Maxwell, A Full-Bandwidth Audio Codec with Low Complexity and Very Low Delay, Proc. EUSIPCO, 2009.
  5. D. J. Ryan, I. B. Collings, J.-M. Valin, Reflected Simplex Codebooks for Limited Feedback MIMO Beamforming, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2009.

    6. 2008

  6. F. Sabrina, J.-M. Valin, Adaptive Rate Control for Aggregated VoIP Traffic, Proc. Globecom, 2008.
  7. J.-M. Valin, Perceptually-Motivated Nonlinear Channel Decorrelation For Stereo Acoustic Echo Cancellation, Proc. Joint Workshop on Hands­free Speech Communication and Microphone Arrays (HSCMA), 2008.
  8. S. Brière, J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, Dominic Létourneau, Embedded Auditory System for Small Mobile Robots, Proc. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2008.
  9. H. G. Okuno, S. Yamamoto, K. Nakadai, J.-M. Valin, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, "A Portable Robot Audition Software System for Multiple Simultaneous Speech Signals", Proc. Acoustics'08.

    10. 2007

  10. J.-M. Valin, D. V. Smith, C. Montgomery, T. B. Terriberry, Low-Complexity Iterative Sinusoidal Parameter Estimation, Proc. International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), pp. 276-283, 2007.
  11. J.-M. Valin, I.B. Collings, A New Robust Frequency Domain Echo Canceller With Closed-Loop Learning Rate Adaptation, Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2007.
  12. S. Yamamoto, K. Nakadai, M. Nakano, H. Tsujino, J.-M. Valin, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Design and Implementation of a Robot Audition System for Automatic Speech Recognition of Simultaneous Speech, Proc. ASRU, 2007.

    13. 2006

  13. J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, J. Rouat, Robust 3D Localization and Tracking of Sound Sources Using Beamforming and Particle Filtering. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 841-844, 2006.
  14. J.-M. Valin, C. Montgomery, Improved Noise Weighting in CELP Coding of Speech - Applying the Vorbis Psychoacoustic Model To Speex. Proc. of the 120th AES Convention, 2006.
  15. J.-M. Valin, Channel Decorrelation For Stereo Acoustic Echo Cancellation In High-Quality Audio Communication. Proc. Workshop on the Internet, Telecommunications and Signal Processing (WITSP), 2006.
  16. S. Yamamoto, K. Nakadai, M. Nakano, H. Tsujino, J.-M. Valin, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Real-Time Robot Audition System That Recognizes Simultaneous Speech in the Real World. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2006.
  17. S. Yamamoto, R. Takeda, K. Nakadai, M. Nakano, H. Tsujino, J.-M. Valin, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Recognition of Simultaneous Speech by Estimating Reliability of Separated Signals for Robot Audition. Proc. 9th Biennial Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), pp. 484-494, 2006.
  18. S. Yamamoto, K. Nakadai, M. Nakano, H. Tsujino, J.-M. Valin, R. Takeda, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Genetic Algorithm based Improvement of Robot's Hearing Capabilities in Separating and Recognizing Simultaneous Speech Signals. Proc. Nineteenth International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligence Systems (IEA/AIE), pp.207-217, 2006.
  19. S. Briere, D. Letourneau, M. Frechette, J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, Embedded and integration audition for a mobile robot. Proceedings AAAI Fall Symposium Workshop Aurally Informed Performance: Integrating Machine Listening and Auditory Presentation in Robotic Systems, FS-06-01, 6-10, 2006
  20. S. Yamamoto, R. Takeda, K. Nakadai, M. Nakano, H. Tsujino, J.-M. Valin, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Leak Energy based Missing Feature Mask Generation for ICA and GSS and Its Evaluation with Simultaneous Speech Recognition, Proceedings of ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Statistical and Perceptual Audition (SAPA), pp.42-46, 2006.

    21. 2005

  21. S. Yamamoto, K. Nakadai, J.-M. Valin, J. Rouat, F. Michaud, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Making a robot recognize three simultaneous sentences in real-time. Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2005.
  22. M. Murase, S. Yamamoto, J.-M. Valin, K. Nakadai, K. Yamada, K. Komatani, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Multiple Moving Speaker Tracking by Microphone Array on Mobile Robot. Proc. European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology (Interspeech), 2005.
  23. F. Michaud, Y. Brosseau, C. Côté, D. Létourneau, P. Moisan, A. Ponchon, C. Raïevsky, J.-M. Valin, E. Beaudry, F. Kabanza, Modularity and Integration in the Design of a Socially Interactive Robot. Proc. International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 172-177, 2005.
  24. S. Yamamoto, J.-M. Valin, K. Nakadai, J. Rouat, F. Michaud, T. Ogata, H. G. Okuno, Enhanced Robot Speech Recognition Based on Microphone Array Source Separation and Missing Feature Theory. Proc. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2005.
  25. F. Michaud, D. Létourneau, P. Lepage, Y. Morin, F. Gagnon, P. Giguère, É. Beaudry, Y. Brosseau, C. Côté, A. Duquette, F.-F. Laplante, M.-A. Legault, P. Moisan, A. Ponchon, C. Raïevsky, M.-A. Roux, T. Salter, J.-M. Valin, S. Caron, P. Frenette, P. Masson, F. Kabanza, M. Lauria, Socially interactive robots for real life use, Proceedings Workshop on Mobile Robot Competition, American Association for Artificial Intelligence Conference (AAAI), 2005.
  26. F. Michaud, D. Letourneau, P. Lepage, Y. Morin, F. Gagnon, P. Gigere, E. Beaudry, Y. Brosseau, C. Côté, A. Duquette, J.-F. Laplante, M.-A. Legault, P. Moisan, A. Ponchon, C. Raïevsky, M.-A. Roux, T. Salter, J.-M. Valin, S. Caron, P. Masson, F. Kabanza, M. Lauria, A brochette of socially interactive robots. Proc. American Association for Artificial Intelligence Conference, pp. 1733-1734, 2005.

    27. 2004

  27. J.-M. Valin, J. Rouat, F. Michaud, Enhanced Robot Audition Based on Microphone Array Source Separation with Post-Filter. Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 2123-2128, 2004.
  28. C. Côté, D. Létourneau, F. Michaud, J.-M. Valin, Y. Brosseau, C. Raievsky, M. Lemay, V. Tran, Code Reusability Tools for Programming Mobile Robots, Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1820-1825, 2004.
  29. J.-M. Valin, J. Rouat, F. Michaud, Microphone Array Post-Filter for Separation of Simultaneous Non-Stationary Sources. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pp. 221-224, 2004.
  30. J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, B. Hadjou, J. Rouat, Localization of Simultaneous Moving Sound Sources for Mobile Robot Using a Frequency-Domain Steered Beamformer Approach. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1033-1038, 2004.
  31. M. Lemay, F. Michaud, D. Letourneau, J.-M. Valin, Autonomous Initialization of Robot Formation. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 3018-3023, 2004.

    32. 2003

  32. J.-M. Valin, F. Michaud, J. Rouat, D. Létourneau, Robust Sound Source Localization Using a Microphone Array on a Mobile Robot. Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1228-1233, 2003.
  33. D. Létourneau, F. Michaud, J.-M. Valin, C. Proulx, Textual Message Read by a Mobile Robot. Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2724-2729, 2003.
  34. D. Létourneau, F. Michaud, J.-M. Valin, C. Proulx, Making a Mobile Robot Read Textual Messages. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp. 4236-4241, 2003.

    35. 2002

  35. F. Michaud, D. Létourneau, M. Gilbert, J.-M. Valin, Dynamic Robot Formations Using Directional Visual Perception. Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2740-2745, 2002.

    36. 2000

  36. J.-M. Valin, R. Lefebvre, Bandwidth Extension of Narrowband Speech for Low Bit-Rate Wideband Coding. Proc. IEEE Speech Coding Workshop (SCW), 2000, pp. 130-132.

    37. 1999

  37. J.-M. Valin, D. Stork, Open Mind Speech Recognition. Proc. Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop (ARSU), 1999.
  38. S.D. Peters, P. Stubley, J.-M. Valin, On the Limits of Speech Recognition in Noise. Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 1999,  pp. 365-368.

IETF Documents

    RFC

  1. J.-M. Valin, K. Vos, T. B. Terriberry, Definition of the Opus Audio Codec, RFC 6716, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Sep 2012.
  2. J.-M. Valin, S. Borilin, K. Vos, C. Montgomery, R. Chen, Guidelines for the Codec Development Within the IETF, RFC 6569, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Mar 2012.
  3. C. Perkins, J.-M. Valin, Guidelines for the Use of Variable Bit Rate Audio with Secure RTP, RFC 6562, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Mar 2012.
  4. J.-M. Valin, K. Vos, Requirements for an Internet Audio Codec, RFC 6366, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Aug 2011.
  5. G. Herlein, J.-M. Valin, A. Heggestad, A. Moizard, RTP Payload Format for the Speex Codec, RFC 5574, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), June 2009.

    6. Internet Drafts

    Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress."
  6. J. Spittka, K. Vos, J.-M. Valin, RTP Payload Format for Opus Speech and Audio Codec, Internet draft, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), July 2012.
  7. J.-M. Valin, C. Bran, WebRTC Audio Codec and Processing Requirements, Internet draft, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), September 2012.