Working Student / Intern (m/f/d) – Adaptive Binaural Reverb

at  FraunhoferInstitut fr Integrierte Schaltungen IIS

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 32 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros.
Listening to audio, such as music or movie content, via headphones typically results in a different experience as opposed to listening to audio via loudspeakers. The room acoustics and our spatial hearing capabilities contribute to a more immersive and natural sound. To enhance the listening experience via headphones, binaural hearing technologies have been developed that are capable to simulate the desired spatial and acoustic properties to a certain degree. In our group, we are working on adapting our binaural technology to different acoustic spaces. In particular, the reverberation must be matched in a perceptually satisfactory manner. To this end, different classical or machine learning-based signal processing algorithms are developed and tested. Designing a convincing demonstrator for an adaptive reverb and conducting listening tests are further crucial aspects of this project. Depending on your educational background, personal preferences, and current project status, you can contribute to any of these aspects.

• You implement and test state-of-the-art adaptive reverb algorithms
• You are conducting listening tests for a room-adaptive reverb
• You help to design a demonstrator to experience the technolog