Biography
Dr. Nils Peters is an Assistant Professor for acoustics and signal processing at Trinity College Dublin. Before joining TCD he was an Associate Professor at the International Audio Laboratories Erlangen (a joint research institute of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität and Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), and previously a 3D Audio research lead at Qualcomm HQ in San Diego. He holds a PhD in Music Technology from McGill University, Canada, and did postdoctoral work at University of California, Berkeley. He earned an MSc in Electrical and Audio Engineering from Graz University of Technology, Austria, where he also studied classical guitar. He serves as AES Co-Chair of the Technical Committee for Spatial Audio and is a steering board member of IEEE Internet of Sounds Emerging Technologies Initiative. His research focuses on audio signal processing, machine learning, spatial audio, XR, human-computer-interaction, and psychoacoustics. As an audio engineer, he did recording, postproduction, and sound design.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Anna Leschanowsky, Ünal Ege Gaznepoglu, Nils Peters, Voice Anonymization For All - Bias Evaluation Of The Voice Privacy, Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal, 2024, 2024
Jeremy Lawrence, Jens Ahrens, Nils Peters, Direction of Arrival Estimation with a Circularly Moving Microphone, Proc. of the 50th Annual Meeting on Acoustics (DAGA), 2024, 2024
Saikeerthi Chirumamilla Hagadur, Ünal Ege Gaznepoglu, Nils Peters, Investigation of Voice Privacy Challenge Baseline B1 performance under, Proc. of the 50th Annual Meeting on Acoustics (DAGA), 2024, 2024
Jerremy Lawrence and Jens Ahrens and Nils Peters, Direction of Arrival Estimation Using the Rotating Equatorial Microphone, Frontiers in Signal Processing, 2024
Anjana Rajasekhar, Anna Leschanowsky, Nils Peters, Towards Speech Privacy Assessment For Voice Assistants: Exploring, Proc. of the 35th Conference on Electronic Speech Signal Processing (ESSV), 2024, 2024
Jürgen Herre, Sascha Disch, Christian Borss, Andreas Silzle, Alexander Adami, Nils Peters, MPEG-I Immersive Audio: A Versatile and Efficient Representation of VR/AR, Proc. of the AES 6th International Conference on Audio for Games, 2024, 2024
Nils Peters, Dominik Häußler,Clara Romero Soria, Matthias Geier, Edwin Mabande, Alexander Adami, Stefan Döhla, Demonstrating Interoperable Immersive Audio Communication for the, IEEE 5th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds, Erlangen, Germany, 2024, 2024
Anna Leschanowsky and Birgit Popp and Nils Peters, Debiasing Strategies for Conversational AI: Improving Privacy and Security Decision-Making, Digital Society, 2023
Anna Leschanowsky, Birgit Popp, Nils Peters, Uncertain yet rational - Uncertainty as an Evaluation Measure of Rational, Proc. of the 25th International Conference On Human-Computer Interaction, 2023, 2023
Lorenz P. Schmidt, Beran Kiliç, Nils Peters, Submission to DCASE 2023 Task 1: Device Invariant Training with Structured, DCASE Challenge 2023, 2023, 2023
Andreas Silzle, Sascha Disch, Alexander Adami, Nils Peters, Jürgen Herre, MPEG-I Immersive Audio - The Upcoming New Audio Standard for Virtual /, Proc. of the 49th Annual Meeting on Acoustics (DAGA), 2023, 2023
Marcelo Moreno, Nils Peters, Pedro H. V. de Almeida, Carlos Pernisa Jr., Towards a Representation Model and Fog-Based Device Orchestration for, Proc. of the 4th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS2), 2023, 2023
Ünal Ege Gaznepoglu, Nils Peters, Evaluation of the Speech Resynthesis Capabilities of the VoicePrivacy, Proc. of the 3rd ISCA Symposium on Security and Privacy in Speech, 2023, 2023
Nils Peters, Improving scene classification models for audio coding artifacts, Proc. of the 49th Annual Meeting on Acoustics (DAGA), 2023, 2023
Ünal Ege Gaznepoglu, Nils Peters, Deep Learning-based F0 Synthesis for Speaker Anonymization, Proc. of the 31st European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), 2023, 2023
Lorenz P. Schmidt , Nils Peters, Device Generalization with Inverse Contrastive Loss and Impulse Response, Proc. of the 2023 Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic, 2023, 2023
Luca Turchet, Mathieu Lagrange, Cristina Rottondi, György Fazekas, Nils Peters, Jan Østergaard, Frederic Font, Tom Bäckström, Carlo Fischione, The Internet of Sounds: Convergent Trends, Insights and Future Directions, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023
Nils Peters, Nicolas Epain, Loudness Perception of Scene-Based Audio across Loudspeaker Configurations, Proc. of the 154th AES Convention, 2023, 2023
Anna Leschanowsky, Birgit Popp, Nils Peters, Privacy Strategies for Conversational AI and their Influence on Users' Perceptions and Decision-Making, Proc. of the European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC), 2023, 2023
Jeremy Lawrence, Jens Ahrens, Nils Peters, Comparison of Position Estimation Methods for the Rotating Equatorial, Proc. of the 17th International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement, 2022, 2022
Lorenz P. Schmidt, Beran Kiliç, Nils Peters, Feature Selection using Alternating Direction Method of Multiplier for, Proc. of the 2022 Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic, 2022, 2022
Rao Nagashree K., Peters Nils, On the Effect of Coding Artifacts on Acoustic Scene Classification, Proc. of the 2021 Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic, 2021, 2021
Gaznepoglu Ünal Ege, Peters Nils, Exploring the Importance of F0 Trajectories for Speaker Anonymization, Proc. of the 2021 Workshop on Machine Learning in Speech and Language, 2021, 2021
Leschanowsky Anna, Brüggemeier Birgit, Peters Nils, Design Implications for Human-Machine Interactions from a Qualitative, Proc. of the 1st ISCA Symposium on Security and Privacy in Speech, 2021, 2021
Graham Davis, Andre Schevciw, Isaac Munoz, and Nils Peters, Perceptual evaluation of personalized BRIRs and headphone compensation, 2019 AES International Conference On Headphone Technology, 2019, 2019
Ferdinando Olivieri, Nils Peters, Deep Sen, Scene-Based Audio and Higher Order Ambisonics: A technology overview and, European Broadcast Union, 2019, 2019
R. L. Bleidt et. al, Development of the MPEG-H TV Audio System for ATSC 3.0, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 63, (1), 2017, p202-236
Nils Peters, Deep Sen, Moo-Young Kim, Oliver Wuebbolt, and Merrill S. Weiss, Scene-based audio implemented with higher order ambisonics, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, 125, (9), 2016, p16--24
Deep Sen, Nils Peters, Mooyoung Kim and Martin Morrell, Efficient Compression and Transportation of Scene-Based Audio for, 2016 AES International Conference on Sound Field Control, 2016, 2016
Shankar Shivappa, Martin Morrell, Deep Sen, Nils Peters, S. M. Akramus Salehin, Efficient, Compelling, and Immersive VR Audio Experience Using Scene Based, 2016 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented, 2016, 2016
Jan C Schacher, Nils Peters, Trond Lossius, Chikashi Miyama, Authoring spatial Music with SpatDIF Version 0.4, Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC), 2016, 2016
Benjamin Elizalde, Howard Lei, Gerald Friedland, Nils Peters, An i-vector based approach for audio scene detection, 2013
Lalor, E., Mesgarani, N., Rajaram, S., O'Donovan, A., Wright, J., Choi, I., Brumberg, J., Ding, N., Lee, K. C., Peters, Nils, Ramenahalli, S., Pompe, J., Shinn-Cunningham, B., Slaney, M., and Shamma, S., Decoding Auditory Attention (in Real Time) with EEG, Proc. of the 37th ARO MidWinter Meeting, 2013, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 2013
Marc Schoenwiesner, Jonas Braasch, Nils Peters, and Robert Zatorre, Posterior Superior Temporal Sulcus Extracts Reverberation Cues, Proc. of the 21e Journée scientifique, CERNEC - Centre de Recherche en, 2013, 2013
Joao F. Santos, Nils Peters and Tiago H. Falk, Towards blind reverberation time estimation for non-speech signals, Proc. of the 21st International Congress on Acoustics (ICA), 2013, 2013
Nils Peters, Trond Lossius, and Jan C. Schacher, The Spatial Sound Description Interchange Format - Principles, Specification, and Examples, Computer Music Journal, 37, 2013, p11--22
Juan A. Colmenares, Nils Peters, Gage Eads, Ian Saxton, Israel Jacques, John D. Kubiatowicz, David Wessel, A Multi-core Operating System with QoS Guarantees for Network Audio Applications, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (JAES), 61, (4), 2013, p174--184
Nils Peters, Trond Lossius, Timothy Place, An Automated Testing Suite for Computer Music Environments. Nominated for, Proc. of the 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC), 2012, 2012, pp107-112-
Nils Peters and Stephen McAdams, A Perceptual Analysis of Off-Center Sound Degradation in Surround-Sound Reproduction Based on Geometrical Properties (A), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 131, 2012, p3256-3256
Nils Peters, Trond Lossius and Jan C. Schacher, SpatDIF: Principles, Specification, and Examples. Best Paper Award, Proc. of the 9th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC), 2012, 2012, pp500-505-
Nils Peters, Howard Lei and Gerald Friedand, Name That Room: Room Identification Using Acoustic Features in a Recording, Proc. of ACM Multimedia, 2012, 2012
Nils Peters, J. Choi, and Howard Lei, Matching artifcial reverb settings to unknown room recordings: a, Proc. of the 133rd AES Convention, Preprint 8700, 2012, 2012
Nils Peters and Jonas Braasch and Stephan McAdams, Sound Spatialization Across Disciplines Using Virtual Microphone Control {(ViMiC), Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies (JIMS), 5, (2), 2011
Nils Peters and Georgios Marentakis and Stephen McAdams, Current technologies and compositional practices for spatialization: A qualitative and quantitative analysis, Computer Music Journal, 35, (1), 2011, p10--27
Nils Peters, Jonas Braasch, Compensation of undesired Doppler artifacts in virtual microphone, Deutsche Jahrestagung fÃŒr Akustik, 2011, 2011
Juan Colmenares, Ian Saxton, Eric Battenberg, Rimas Avizienis, Nils Peters, Krste Asanovic, John D. Kubiatowicz and David Wessel, Real-Time Musical Applications on an Experimental Operating System for, Proc. International Computer Music Conference, 2011, 2011
Nils Peters, Andrew Schmeder, Beamforming using a spherical microphone array based on legacy microphone, Proc. of the International Conference on Spatial Audio, 2011, 2011
Nils Peters and Andrew W. Schmeder, Synthesizing classic recording microphones characteristics using a spherical microphone array (A), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 130, (4), 2011, p2507
Jonas Braasch, Nils Peters, Doug Van Nort, Pauline Oliveros, and Chris Chafe, A Spatial Auditory Display for Telematic Music Performances, Revised Selected Papers of the International Workshop on the Principles, 2010, Scientific World, 2010
Timothy Place, Trond Lossius, and Nils Peters, A Flexible And Dynamic C++ Framework And Library For Digital Audio Signal, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2010, 2010, pp157-164-
Timothy Place, Trond Lossius, and Nils Peters, The Jamoma Audio Graph Layer, Proc. of the 13th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects, 2010, 2010
Nils Peters, Trond Lossius, Jan Schacher, Pascal Baltazar, Charles Bascou, and Timothy Place, A stratified approach for sound spatialization, Proc. of the 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference, 2009, 2009, pp219-224-
Tim Place, Trond Lossius, Alexander Refsum Jensenius, and Nils Peters, Flexible control of composite parameters in Max/MSP, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2008, 2008, pp233-236-
Timothy Place, Trond Lossius, Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Nils Peters, Pascal Baltazar, Addressing Classes by Differentiating Values and Properties in OSC, Proc. of the Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, 2008, 2008, pp181-184-
Jonas Braasch, Nils Peters, Daniel L. Valente, A Loudspeaker-Based Projection Technique for Spatial Music Applications Using Virtual Microphone Control, Computer Music Journal, 32, (3), 2008, p55--71
Nils Peters, Bruno L. Giordano, Sungyoung Kim, Jonas Braasch, Stephen McAdams, Predicting perceived off-center sound degradation in surround loudspeaker, 125th AES Convention, Preprint 7580, 2008, 2008
Gary S. Kendall, Nils Peters, Matthias Geier, Towards an Interchange Format for Spatial Audio Scenes, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2008, 2008, pp295-296-
Nils Peters, Tristan Matthews, Jonas Braasch, Stephen McAdams, Spatial Sound Rendering in Max/MSP with ViMiC, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2008, 2008, pp755-758-
Georgios Marentakis, Nils Peters, Stephen McAdams, Auditory resolution in virtual environments: Effects of spatialization algorithm, off-center listener positioning and speaker configuration (A), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 123, (5), 2008, p3798
Georgios Marentakis, Joseph Malloch, Nils Peters, Mark T. Marshall, Stephen McAdams, Marcelo M. Wanderley, The Influence of the Performer's Gesture on the Identification of Spatial, Proc. of the International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), 2008, 2008
Nils Peters, Proposing SpatDIF - The Spatial Sound Description Interchange Format, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2008, 2008
Georgios Marentakis, Nils Peters, Stephan McAdams, Making Spatial Music Accessible: Investigating elementary spatial movements, Echoes - Newsletter of the Acoustical Society of America, 18, (2), 2008, p3 -- 4
Nils Peters, Megan Evans, Eliot Britton, TrakHue - Intuitive gestural control of live electronics, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2007, 1, 2007, pp500-503-
Nils Peters, Sean Ferguson, Stephen McAdams, Towards a Spatial Sound Description Interchange Format (SpatDIF), Canadian Acoustics, 35, (3), 2007, p64 -- 65
Georgios Marentakis, Nils Peters, Stephan McAdams, Auditory resolution in auditory virtual environments (A), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122, (5), 2007, p3054
Georgios Marentakis, Nils Peters, Stephen McAdams, DJ SPAT: Spatialized interactions for DJs, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2007, 2, 2007, pp360-363-
Nils Peters, Jonas Braasch, Stephen McAdams, Evaluating Off-Center Sound Degradation in Surround Loudspeaker Setups for, 123rd AES Convention, Preprint 7197, 2007, 2007
Nils Peters, Jonas Braasch, Stephen McAdams, Determining the area of the sweet spot in a surround loudspeaker setup for various microphone techniques (A), J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 310, (5), 2006, p3125
Mark T. Marshall , Nils Peters , Alexander Refsum Jensenius , Julien Boissinot, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Jonas Braasch, On the Development of a System for Gesture Control of Spatialization, Proc. of the International Computer Music Conference, 2006, 2006, pp360-366-
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Srivatsav Chenna, Nils Peters, Storage and Authentication of Audio Footage for IoAuT Devices Using Distributed Ledger Technology, 2021
Nils Peters, Trond Lossius and Jan C. Schacher, Specification of the Spatial Sound Description Interchange Format, 2010, -
Research Expertise
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Best Paper Award, 4th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS2 2023)
Teaching Award for best rated laboratory course, FAU Faculty of Engineering
ISO Excellence Award
Qualcomm Qualstar Diamond Award
Qualcomm Qualstar Diamond Award
Qualcomm Qualstar Diamond Award
Best Paper Award, Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC 2012)
McGill GREAT Award
CIRMMT Student Award
McGill Alma Mater Award
Memberships
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Full Member
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Deutsche Gesellschaft füur Akustik (DEGA)
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media and Technology (CIRMMT), Affiliate Member