1.0INRShttps://dev.inrs.ca/en/inrsadminhttps://dev.inrs.ca/en/author/inrsadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QxEcjOnWxn"><a href="https://dev.inrs.ca/en/research/professors/tiago-h-falk/">Tiago H. Falk</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dev.inrs.ca/en/research/professors/tiago-h-falk/embed/#?secret=QxEcjOnWxn" width="600" height="338" title="“Tiago H. Falk” — INRS" data-secret="QxEcjOnWxn" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://dev.inrs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Falk-inrs.jpg900708 Research interest Multimedia communications and signal analysis: Multimedia quality measurement and enhancement, environment-robust speaker identification and speech recognition, speech-based age/gender/emotion classification. Atypical communications: Pathological speech assessment and enhancement, intelligent algorithms for hearing aid design, brain-computer interfaces, assistive technologies. Biomedical signal processing and analysis: Bioinformatics, biometrics (voice/face/physiology-based), biosensor fusion. Multimodal signal analysis and enhancement: human-computer interfaces, audio-visual disordered speech recognition, multimodal biometrics. Knowledge discovery: Machine learning, pattern recognition.  Current projects Multimedia communications1 Distributed quality-aware multimedia communications2 Neural correlates of natural and synthesized speech quality perception3 Neurophysiological models for ‘Quality-of-Experience’ prediction Health diagnostics1 Quality measurement and enhancement of disordered speech2 Automated diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease Human-machine interaction1 Intelligent signal processing for body area networks2 Adaptable brain-machine interfaces  Functions and biography Dr. Falk received the BSc degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2002, and the MSc and PhD degrees from Queen's University, Canada, in 2005 and 2008, respectively, all in electrical engineering. In 2007, he was a visiting Research Fellow at the Sound and Image Processing Lab, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, and in 2008 at the Quality and Usability Lab, Deutsche Telekom/TU Berlin, Germany. From 2009-2010 he was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, affiliated with the University of Toronto. Since 2010, he has been an Assistant Professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Falk is also an Adjunct Scientist at Holland-Bloorview and a Research Advisor for InteraXon - Thought Controlled Technologies in Toronto.