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Dr Maarten Van Walstijn

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Maarten Van Walstijn

Dr Maarten Van Walstijn

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

My research focuses on the all aspects of virtual-acoustic instruments, including numerical methods for efficient simulation of nonlinear phenomena encountered in musical instruments, modelling of articulation and parameter tuning, and real-time sensing of musician control parameters.

Contact info

  • m.vanwalstijn@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9024 4842

Research Interests

Dr Van Walstijn is open to PhD applications in the following areas:

  • Musical instrument modelling
  • Numerical methods
  • Physical modelling
  • Sound synthesis
  • Instrument design
  • Sensing and estimation

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Research students

PhD area Virtual-acoustic slide-string instruments: a holistic design approach combining physical modelling and sensor interfacing
Name Abhiram Bhanuprakash
   
PhD area Physics-Based Emulation of Spring Reverberation
Name Jacob McQuillan
   
PhD area Sensor-Based Control of Bowed Virtual-Acoustic Instruments
Name Eoghan O'Neill

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Boundary and medium modelling using compact finite difference schemes in simulations of room acoustics for audio and architectural design applications
Name Konrad Kowalczyk
Country Poland
Year of Study 2008
Current Position Associate Professor, Head of Signal Processing Group, AGH University of Krakow, Poland
   
PhD area Forward and inverse-modelling of the reed-mouthpiece system in woodwind instruments with application to musical sound synthesis
Name Vasileios Chatziioannou
Country Greece
Year of Study 2010
Current Position Senior Scientist at the Department of Music Acoustics, University of Performing Arts Vienna
   
PhD area Guitar effects-pedal emulation and identification
Name Ben Holmes
Year of Study 2019
Current Position Audio Hardware EE at Apple, CA

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