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Researcher
Nilesh Madhu
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Results
2025
Single-channel speech enhancement with prior knowledge
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
Kris Demuynck
Dissertation
2025
Towards deep localisation and separation with ad hoc distributed microphone arrays
Stijn Kindt
Nilesh Madhu
Tijl De Bie
Dissertation
2025
2024
Bitrate-informed coded speech enhancement model
Haixin Zhao
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2024
Efficient, cluster-informed, deep speech separation with cross-cluster information in AD-HOC wireless acoustic sensor networks
Stijn Kindt
Jihyun Kim
Hong-Goo Kang
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2024
Enhanced Deep Speech Separation in Clustered Ad Hoc Distributed Microphone Environments
Jihyun Kim
Stijn Kindt
Nilesh Madhu
Hong-Goo Kang
U
Conference
2024
Enhancing neural speech embeddings for generative speech models
Doyeon Kim
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
Hong-Goo Kang
P1
Conference
2024
Evaluation of BLE-based audio broadcasting under probabilistic interference
Mathias Baert
Bart Moons
Jowan Pittevils
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
Jeroen Hoebeke
A1
Journal Article
in
COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
2024
Heart-carotid pulse-wave velocity via laser-doppler vibrometry as a biomarker for arterial stiffening : a feasibility study
Simeon Beeckman
Soren Aasmul
Nilesh Madhu
Elie Mousseaux
Umit Gencer
Smriti Badhwar
Rosa Maria Bruno
Patrick Segers
C3
Conference
2024
Insights into magnitude and phase estimation by masking and mapping in DNN-based multichannel speaker separation
Alexander Bohlender
Ann Spriet
Wouter Tirry
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2024
Investigation on system bandwidth for DNN-based binaural sound localisation for hearing AIDS
Jonas Van Damme
Stijn Kindt
Siyuan Song
Jasper Maes
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2024
On the disentanglement and robustness of self-supervised speech representations
Yanjue Song
Doyeon Kim
Nilesh Madhu
Hong-Goo Kang
C1
Conference
2024
Phase reconstruction in single channel speech enhancement based on phase gradients and estimated clean-speech amplitudes
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2024
Robust detection of background acoustic scene in the presence of foreground speech
Siyuan Song
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
2024
Robustness of ad hoc microphone clustering using speaker embeddings : evaluation under realistic and challenging scenarios (vol 2023, 46, 2023)
Stijn Kindt
Jenthe Thienpondt
Luca Becker
Nilesh Madhu
Correction
2024
Spatially selective speaker separation : bridging the gap between blind and strongly location guided methods
Alexander Bohlender
Nilesh Madhu
Kris Demuynck
Dissertation
2024
Spatially selective speaker separation using a DNN with a location dependent feature extraction
Alexander Bohlender
Ann Spriet
Wouter Tirry
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
2024
Spectrum-aware neural vocoder based on self-supervised learning for speech enhancement
Yanjue Song
Doyeon Kim
Hong-Goo Kang
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2024
Weakly DOA guided speaker separation with random look directions and iteratively refined target and interference priors
Alexander Bohlender
Ann Spriet
Wouter Tirry
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2024
2023
Ad hoc distributed microphones clustering : a comparative analysis on using coherence and signal-specific features
Stijn Kindt
Martijn Meeldijk
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Aiding speech harmonic recovery in DNN-based single channel noise reduction using cepstral excitation manipulation (CEM) components
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
CRNN-based multi-DOA estimator : comparing classification and regression
Pieter Cooreman
Alexander Bohlender
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Comparative study of LC3plus and Lyra codec on DNN-based source localisation for hearing aids
Siyuan Song
Stijn Kindt
Jasper Maes
Alexander Bohlender
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Detecting translocation of DNA nanostructures through nanopores : first steps towards structural barcode readout
Pratima Upretee
Sybren Santermans
Koen Martens
Juliette Gevers
Sanjin Marion
Wouter Van Den Bosch
Jan Fostier
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Enhancing multichannel laser-doppler vibrometry signals with application to (carotid-femoral) pulse transit time estimation
Simeon Beeckman
Yanlu Li
Soren Aasmul
Roel Baets
Pierre Boutouyrie
Patrick Segers
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2023
Exploiting speaker embeddings for improved microphone clustering and speech separation in ad-hoc microphone arrays
Stijn Kindt
Jenthe Thienpondt
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Feasibility of laser-doppler-vibrometry to measure cardiac signals for heart-carotid pulse-wave velocity estimation
Simeon Beeckman
Smriti Badhwar
Rosa Maria Bruno
Pierre Boutouyrie
Patrick Segers
Soren Aasmul
Nilesh Madhu
C3
Conference
2023
Improved deep speaker localization and tracking : revised training paradigm and controlled latency
Alexander Bohlender
Liesbeth Roelens
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Influence of lossy speech codecs on hearing-aid, binaural sound source localisation using DNNS
Siyuan Song
Stijn Kindt
Jasper Maes
Alexander Bohlender
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Investigating spherical head models to simulate binaural room impulses for training deep neural networks
Jasper Maes
Siyuan Song
Stijn Kindt
Pieter-Jan Maes
Bruno Masiero
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2023
Investigations on the optimal estimation of speech envelopes for the two-stage speech enhancement
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
SENSORS
2023
Margin-mixup : a method for robust speaker verification in multi-speaker audio
Jenthe Thienpondt
Nilesh Madhu
Kris Demuynck
C1
Conference
2023
Measuring carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity with real-time laser-doppler vibrometry
Simeon Beeckman
Yanlu Li
Soren Aasmul
Nilesh Madhu
Smriti Bhadwar
Rosa-Maria Bruno
Pierre Boutouyrie
Patrick Segers
C3
Conference
2023
Robustness of ad hoc microphone clustering using speaker embeddings : evaluation under realistic and challenging scenarios
Stijn Kindt
Jenthe Thienpondt
Luca Becker
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
EURASIP JOURNAL ON AUDIO SPEECH AND MUSIC PROCESSING
2023
2022
Acoustic speech features in social comparison : how stress impacts the way you sound
Mitchel Kappen
Jonas Van Der Donckt
Gert Vanhollebeke
Jens Allaert
Vicky Degraeve
Nilesh Madhu
Sofie Van Hoecke
Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
2022
Analysis of a neural network approach to linear beamforming
Y. M. Kuno
B. S. Masiero
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2022
Audio-visual active speaker identification : a comparison of dense image-based features and sparse facial landmark-based features
Warre Geeroms
Gianni Allebosch
Stijn Kindt
Loubna Kadri
Peter Veelaert
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2022
Beamforming LDV-data for carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity estimation
Simeon Beeckman
Yanlu Li
Soren Aasmul
Rosa-Maria Bruno
Pierre Boutouyrie
Nilesh Madhu
Patrick Segers
C3
Conference
2022
DOA-guided source separation with direction-based initialization and time annotations using complex angular central Gaussian mixture models
Alexander Bohlender
Lucas Van Severen
Jonathan Sterckx
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
EURASIP JOURNAL ON AUDIO SPEECH AND MUSIC PROCESSING
2022
Drone ego-noise cancellation for improved speech capture using deep convolutional autoencoder assisted multistage beamforming
Yanjue Song
Stijn Kindt
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2022
Improved CEM for speech harmonic enhancement in single channel noise suppression
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
2022
Improved separation of closely-spaced speakers by exploiting auxiliary direction of arrival information within a U-net architecture
Stijn Kindt
Alexander Bohlender
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2022
Investigations on the optimal estimation of speech envelopes in speech enhancement
Yanjue Song
Nilesh Madhu
C3
Conference
2022
Portable and non-intrusive fill-state detection for liquid-freight containers based on vibration signals
Yanjue Song
Ernest Van Hoecke
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
SENSORS
2022
SoftVAD in iVector-based acoustic scene classification for robustness to foreground speech
Siyuan Song
Brecht Desplanques
Kris Demuynck
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2022
Speech as an indicator for psychosocial stress : a network analytic approach
Mitchel Kappen
Kristof Hoorelbeke
Nilesh Madhu
Kris Demuynck
Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt
A1
Journal Article
in
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
2022
Template matching and matrix profile for signal quality assessment of carotid and femoral laser doppler vibrometer signals
Silvia Seoni
Simeon Beeckman
Yanlu Li
Soren Aasmul
Umberto Morbiducci
Roel Baets
Pierre Boutouyrie
Filippo Molinari
Nilesh Madhu
Patrick Segers
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
2022
2021
2D acoustic source localisation using decentralised deep neural networks on distributed microphone arrays
Stijn Kindt
Alexander Bohlender
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2021
Exploiting temporal context in CNN based multisource DOA estimation
Alexander Bohlender
Ann Spriet
Wouter Tirry
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
2021
Foreground speech robustness for audio scene classification
Siyuan Song
Brecht Desplanques
Nilesh Madhu
C3
Conference
2021
NMF-weighted SRP for multi-speaker direction of arrival estimation : robustness to spatial aliasing while exploiting sparsity in the atom-time domain
Sushmita Thakallapalli
Suryakanth V. Gangashetty
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
EURASIP JOURNAL ON AUDIO SPEECH AND MUSIC PROCESSING
2021
Neural networks using full-band and subband spatial features for mask based source separation
Alexander Bohlender
Ann Spriet
Wouter Tirry
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2021
Robust acoustic scene classification in the presence of active foreground speech
Siyuan Song
Brecht Desplanques
Celest De Moor
Kris Demuynck
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2021
Robust period estimation of automated cutting systems by improved autocorrelation & linear regression techniques
Anthony McAtear
Ruben Gielen
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2021
2020
Least squares DOA estimation with an informed phase unwrapping and full bandwidth robustness
Alexander Bohlender
A. Spriet
W. Tirry
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2020
Spectral refinement with adaptive window-size selection for voicing detection and fundamental frequency estimation
Nilesh Madhu
M. Krini
P1
Conference
2020
2019
A neural network approach to broadband beamforming
Yugo M. Kuno
Bruno Masiero
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2019
A new weighted NMF algorithm for missing data interpolation and its application to speech enhancement
S. Thakallapalli
S. Gangashetty
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2019
A robust sequential hypothesis testing method for brake squeal localisation
Nilesh Madhu
Sebastian Gergen
Rainer Martin
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2019
Generalized refinement of short-term fourier spectra in time- and frequency-domain and its combination with polyphase filterbanks
M. Krini
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2019
Improved F0 estimation by generalised spectral refinement applied to DFT-modulated polyphase filterbanks
M. Krini
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2019
2018
A priori SNR computation for speech enhancement based on cepstral envelope estimation
S. Elshamy
Nilesh Madhu
W. Tirry
T. Finscheidt
P1
Conference
2018
DNN-supported speech enhancement with cepstral estimation of both excitation and envelope
Samy Elshamy
Nilesh Madhu
Wouter Tirry
Tim Fingscheidt
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
2018
Source number estimation for multi-speaker localisation and tracking
Nilesh Madhu
R. Martin
C1
Conference
2018
Source separation by feature-based clustering of microphones in ad hoc arrays
Sebastian Gergen
Rainer Martin
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2018
Source separation by fuzzy-membership value aware beamforming and masking in ad hoc arrays
S. Gergen
R. Martin
Nilesh Madhu
C1
Conference
2018
Steered mixture-of-experts approximation of spherical image data
Ruben Verhack
Nilesh Madhu
Glenn Van Wallendael
Peter Lambert
T. Sikora
P1
Conference
2018
2017
Instantaneous a priori SNR estimation by cepstral excitation manipulation
Samy Elshamy
Nilesh Madhu
Wouter Tirry
Tim Fingscheidt
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
2017
New insights into the role of the head radius in model-based binaural speaker localization
Mehdi Zohourian
Rainer Martin
Nilesh Madhu
P1
Conference
2017
Two-stage speech enhancement with manipulation of the cepstral excitation
Samy Elshamy
Nilesh Madhu
Wouter Tirry
Tim Fingscheidt
P1
Conference
2017
2015
An iterative speech model-based a priori SNR estimator
Samy Elshamy
Nilesh Madhu
Wouter Tirry
Tim Fingscheidt
P1
Conference
2015
2014
A hierarchical approach for the online, on-board detection and localisation of brake squeal using microphone arrays
Nilesh Madhu
Rainer Martin
Heinz{-}Werner Rehn
Sebastian Gergen
A. Fischer
P1
Conference
2014
Ideal time-frequency masking algorithms lead to different speech intelligibility and quality in normal-hearing and cochlear implant listeners
Raphael Koning
Nilesh Madhu
Jan Wouters
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
2014
Speaker recognition performance under ideal-knowledge noise suppression : an investigation
Nilesh Madhu
Sung-Kyo Jung
C1
Conference
2014
2013
Consistent iterative hard thresholding for signal declipping
Srdan Kitic
Laurent Jacques
Nilesh Madhu
Michael Peter Hopwood
Ann Spriet
Christophe De Vleeschouwer
P1
Conference
2013
The potential for speech intelligibility improvement using the ideal binary mask and the ideal Wiener filter in single channel noise reduction systems : application to auditory prostheses
Nilesh Madhu
A. Spriet
S. Jansen
R. Koning
J. Wouters
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
2013
2012
A unified treatment of the reference estimation problem in depth EEG recordings
Nilesh Madhu
Radu Ranta
Louis Maillard
Laurent Koessler
A1
Journal Article
in
MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING
2012
Relation between different measures of feedback in hearing aids and gain measures derived from percentile analysis
T. Bisitz
Nilesh Madhu
A. Spriet
J. Wouters
M. Moonen
B. Kollmeier
V. Hohmann
A1
Journal Article
in
ACTA ACUSTICA UNITED WITH ACUSTICA
2012
2011
A Versatile framework for speaker separation using a model-based speaker localization approach
Nilesh Madhu
Rainer Martin
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUDIO SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
2011
Low-complexity, robust algorithm for sensor anomaly detection and self-calibration of microphone arrays
Nilesh Madhu
R. Martin
A1
Journal Article
in
IET SIGNAL PROCESSING
2011
Reference estimation in EEG : analysis of equivalent approaches
R. Ranta
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING LETTERS
2011
Study on the applicability of instrumental measures for black-box evaluation of static feedback control in hearing aids
Nilesh Madhu
J. Wouters
A. Spriet
T. Bisitz
V. Hohmann
M. Moonen
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2011
2009
Note on measures for spectral flatness
Nilesh Madhu
A1
Journal Article
in
ELECTRONICS LETTERS
2009
2008
An EM-based probabilistic approach for Acoustic Echo Suppression
Nilesh Madhu
Ivan Tashev
Alex Acero
P1
Conference
2008
Temporal smoothing of spectral masks in the cepstral domain for speech separation
Nilesh Madhu
Colin Breithaupt
Rainer Martin
P1
Conference
2008
2005
Robust speaker localization through adaptive weighted pair TDOA (AWEPAT) estimation
Nilesh Madhu
Rainer Martin
C1
Conference
2005