Director
Dr. Bruce Walker
Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, and founder of the Sonification Lab. Dr. Walker completed his Ph.D. at Rice University in Human Factors Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction in 2001. He is a Core Faculty Member in the GVU Center, a member of the Center for Music Technology (GTCMT) and the Center for Biologically Inspired Design (CBID), and a Project Director in the WirelessRERC. Dr. Walker is currently the President of the International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD).
[bruce.walker@psych.gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Adrian Houtsma
Adjunct Professor in the School of Psychology. Dr. Houtsma completed his Ph.D. at MIT, and has had a distinguished career as a professor and research lab director in the US and The Netherlands. He is helping supervise graduate students and helping lead our Bone Conduction Audio research projects.
[adrianus.houtsma [at] psych.gatech.edu]
[Web page]
PhD Students
Carrie Bruce
Carrie is a Research Scientist at CATEA, and a PhD student in the School of Interactive Computing, in the HCC program. She is a speech-language pathologist and an assistive technology practitioner. Carrie studies discourse in human-technology interactions, and is a co-PI on the Accessible Aquarium Project.
[carrie.bruce [at] coa.gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Ben Davison
Ben is a PhD student in the School of Interactive Computing in the HCC program. His interests include studying the development, deployment, and usage of auditory interfaces in everyday computing devices. He is the lead developer on the Sonification Sandbox project, and a researcher on the Auditory Graphs and Advanced Auditory Menus projects.
[davison [at] gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Julia DeBlasio
Julia is a PhD student in the School of Psychology. Her interests include environmental design and auditory interfaces. She is currently working on the Medical Technology project.
[julia [at] gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Myounghoon "Philart" Jeon
Philart is a PhD student in the School of Psychology. His interests include audio design and perception for mobile devices such as cell phones and in-vehicle "infotainment" systems. He is working primarily on the Advanced Auditory Menus project, and also on the Accessible Aquarium project.
[mh.jeon [at] gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Jeff Lindsay
Jeff is a PhD student in the School of Psychology. His interests include cognitive neuroscience, wayfinding, navigation, and sensation and perception, especially with regards to audition. Jeff's primary projects involve cognitive and perceptual aspects of our System for Wearable Audio Navigation (SWAN).
[gte457e [at] mail.gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Lisa Mauney (née Siebenaler)
Lisa is a PhD student in the School of Psychology. Her interests include individual differences in the perception and comprehension of auditory displays, auditory graphs, and sonifications, as well as assistive technology and how people with low vision read. She started in the Lab as an undergraduate, and completed her Undergraduate Senior Thesis in the Lab, before joining us as a grad student. She is part of the Individual Differences and Training in Auditory Displays and Auditory Graphs projects.
[kint16 [at] yahoo.com]
[Web page]
Michael Nees
Mike is a PhD student in the School of Psychology. His interests include design of auditory graphs and training, and the internal representations of multimodal stimuli, including auditory graphs. He works on the Individual Differences and Training in Auditory Displays project, as well as the Advanced Auditory Menus project.
[mnees1984 [at] yahoo.com]
[Web page]
Ray Stanley
Ray is a PhD student in the School of Psychology. His interests include perception and psychophysics, and is currently studying bone conduction audio and bonephones. He is the lead researcher on the Bone Conduction Audio project. After graduating, Ray will be working as a postdoc in the lab of Art Wingman at Brandeis.
[rms [at] gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Jeff Wilson
Jeff is a research scientist in BITC and IMTC, and a PhD student in the School of Interactive Computing, in the CS/HCI program, and is interested in audio and interactive interfaces. He is a researcher and the lead developer of the System for Wearable Audio Navigation (SWAN). He also works on the Advanced Auditory Menus project, with particular interest in "push" menus.
[jeff.wilson [at] bitc.gatech.edu]
[Web page]
Current HCI and Computing Masters Students
In addition, the Sonification Lab also has several HCI Masters students, and Computer Science Masters students working in the lab. They work on all of the projects in the lab, with their contribtions ranging from programming to running experiments and analyzing data.
Mary Frances Jones, MS-HCI (Psychology track),
Accessible Aquarium User Studies
Stephen Choi, MS-HCI (CS track),
Web-based Sonification Sandbox
Marc Buigues, MS-CS,
Development and Evaluation of Museum Visitor Tracking Software
Undergraduate Students
We have many undergraduate students, from all over the campus, including Psychology, Computing, LCC, ECE, etc., working on various projects. Students generally start in the lab by completing a project for credit. This may range from programming a bit of software, or running subjects, or entering and analyzing data, or doing usability testing, or... or .... This initial experience often leads to continued experience and further projects. Please contact Dr. Walker if you are interested in gaining experience or working on a project in the Lab's general areas of interest. Don't worry if you don't have a specific project in mind...On the other hand, if you do have a specific project in mind, that's cool too--we are always open to new ideas.
Undergraduate Senior Thesis Students:
Lisa Siebenaler, Fall 2002, Spring 2003
"Magnitude Estimation of Sound Attributes Used in Auditory Displays: A Study of Blind and Visually Impaired Listeners"
Received Georgia Tech President's Undergraduate Research Award
Yoko Nakano, Fall 2004, Spring 2005
"Systematic Evaluation of 'SoundScape' Sonifications"
Received Georgia Tech President's Undergraduate Research Award
Jennifer Holmes, Fall 2006, Spring 2007
"Wayfinding Effectiveness with the System for Wearable Audio Navigation (SWAN)"
Dianne Palladino, Spring 2007, Fall 2007
"Evaluation of Spearcons as an Auditory Interface Element"
Sara Cantu, Spring 2007, Fall 2007
"Evaluation of Advanced Tactile Interface Device"
Naomi Warnick, Spring 2008, Fall 2008
"Reaction Time for Sounds Presented via Bone Conduction Audio Devices" and
"Measuring the Effects of Physical Sound Stimulus and Bone Conducting Transducer Location on Reaction Time"
Received Georgia Tech President's Undergraduate Research Award
Tyler Campbell, Summer 2009, Fall 2009
"Trust, Technology, and Money"
Lab Graduate Student Alumni
Jason D'Orazio, MS-HCI (Psychology track), Dec 2002
"Issues in Car Navigation"
Daniel Smith, MS (Psychology), May 2003
"Effects of Training and Context on Human Performance in a Point Estimation Sonification Task"
Darren Hough, MS, (Architecture--Industrial Design), May 2003
"Aesthetics and Product Usability"
Justin Godfrey, MS-HCI (Psychology track), Aug 2004
"Development and Evaluation of the Audio Abacus"
Josh Cothran, MS-HCI (Computer Science track), Aug 2004
"Web Application for Controlled Burn Simulation "
Kathy Lau, MS-HCI (Psychology track), Dec 2004
"Tame Study "
Amanda Nance, MS-HCI (Computer Science track), May 2005
"Sonification of Menu Structures "
Kevin Stamper, MS-HCI (Computer Science track), May 2005
"Mobile Audio Designs (MAD) Monkey: A Tool for Sound Design "
Jeffrey Lindsay, MS Psychology, Sept 2005
"The Effect of a Simultaneous Speech Discrimination Task on Navigation in a Virtual Environment"
Britt Caldwell, MS-HCI (Psychology track) May 2006
"Effects of Technology Use on the Doctor-Patient Interaction"
Lisa Mauney, MS Psychology, Aug 2006
"Individual Differences in Cognitive, Musical, and Perceptual Abilities"
Ray Stanley, MS Psychology, Aug 2006
"Adapting Spatial Audio Displays For Use With Bone Conduction: How Bone-conducted Waves Interact With Air-conducted Waves at the Basilar Membrane"
Robert Gray, MS-HCI (Psychology track) Aug 2006
"Audio Task Assistance for Aircraft Maintainers"
Michael Nees, MS Psychology, Jan 2007
"Data Density and Trend Reversals in Auditory Graphs: Effects on Point Estimation and Trend Identification Tasks"
Pavani Yalla, MS-HCI (LCC track) May 2008
"Advanced Auditory Menus"
Anandi Pendse, MS-CS, May 2008
"Bone Conduction Audio Perception"
Vivek Muppalla, MS-CS, May 2008
"SWAN System Research and Development"
Les Smee, MS-HCI (CS track), Dec 2008
"MotoBridge GUI study: An interface study of the State of Georgia's interoperability solution"
Anna (Anya) Kogan, MS-HCI (Psychology track), May 2009
Auditory Graphs for Education; Spearcons in Dual Tasks
Siddharth Gupta, MS-HCI (CS track), May 2009
Advanced Auditory Menus
Unkyong Lee, MS-CS, May 2009
Sonification Sandbox: Online Version; Auditory Menus: Mobile Version
