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40
Citations
6364
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7328
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2003

Overview

William A. Sethares is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. The primary field of study is Computer Science, with a focus across related subfields including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Archeology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research topics span diverse areas such as:

  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • IoT-based Smart Home Systems
  • Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques
  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • Music and Audio Processing

Recent published papers demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach involving language, signal processing, and artificial intelligence:

  • Learning Relationships between Text, Audio, and Video via Deep Canonical Correlation for Multimodal Language Analysis (2020), published in Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Rethinking Measures of Functional Connectivity via Feature Extraction (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • Cooperative Networked PIR Detection System for Indoor Human Localization (2021), published in Sensors
  • Multi-Target PIR Indoor Localization and Tracking System with Artificial Intelligence (2022), published in Sensors
  • Building an ICCN Multimodal Classifier of Aggressive Political Debate Style: Towards a Computational Understanding of Candidate Performance Over Time (2023), published in Communication Methods and Measures

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, including:

  • Veena A. Nair
  • Vivek Prabhakaran
  • Liang Shang
  • Nagesh Adluru
  • Zhongkai Sun

Work has appeared predominantly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Sensors, Journal of Mathematics and Music, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. This indicates an active engagement with both open-access and peer-reviewed outlets in computational and engineering disciplines.

In addition to articles, William A. Sethares has published a book titled Political Rhetoric and the Media in 2022, through Purdue University Press.

Best Publications

  • Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale

    William A. Sethares

  • Learning Relationships between Text, Audio, and Video via Deep Canonical Correlation for Multimodal Language Analysis

    Zhongkai Sun;Prathusha Kameswara Sarma;William A. Sethares;Yingyu Liang

  • Nonlinear parameter estimation via the genetic algorithm

    Leehter Yao;W.A. Sethares

  • Sensor placement for on-orbit modal identification via a genetic algorithm

    Leehter Yao;William A. Sethares;Daniel C. Kammer

  • Periodicity transforms

    W.A. Sethares;T.W. Staley

  • Local consonance and the relationship between timbre and scale

    William A. Sethares

  • A blind adaptive TEQ for multicarrier systems

    R.K. Martin;J. Balakrishnan;W.A. Sethares;C.R. Johnson

  • Exploiting sparsity in adaptive filters

    R.K. Martin;W.A. Sethares;R.C. Williamson;C.R. Johnson

  • Rhythm and Transforms

    William A. Sethares

  • Rethinking Measures of Functional Connectivity via Feature Extraction.

    Rosaleena Mohanty;Rosaleena Mohanty;William A. Sethares;Veena A. Nair;Vivek Prabhakaran

  • Convex cost functions in blind equalization

    S. Vembu;S. Verdu;R.A. Kennedy;W. Sethares

  • Engineering induction of singular neural rosette emergence within hPSC-derived tissues.

    Gavin T Knight;Brady F Lundin;Nisha Iyer;Lydia Mt Ashton

  • Weak convergence and local stability properties of fixed step size recursive algorithms

    J.A. Bucklew;T.G. Kurtz;W.A. Sethares

  • Thermal parameter estimation using recursive identification

    G.L. Skibinski;W.A. Sethares

  • Approaches to blind equalization of signals with multiple modulus

    W. Sethares;G.A. Rey;C.R. Johnson

  • Parameter drift in LMS adaptive filters

    W. Sethares;D. Lawrence;C. Johnson;R. Bitmead

  • Software Receiver Design: Build your Own Digital Communication System in Five Easy Steps

    C. Richard Jr Johnson;William A. Sethares;Andrew G. Klein

  • Automatic decentralized clustering for wireless sensor networks

    Chih-Yu Wen;William A. Sethares

  • Power oscillation damping control strategies for FACTS devices using locally measurable quantities

    J.F. Gronquist;W.A. Sethares;F.L. Alvarado;R.H. Lasseter

  • Beat tracking of musical performances using low-level audio features

    W.A. Sethares;R.D. Morris;J.C. Sethares

Frequent Co-Authors

Yingyu Liang
Yingyu Liang University of Wisconsin–Madison
Iven Mareels
Iven Mareels IBM (United States)
Robert C. Williamson
Robert C. Williamson University of Tübingen
Tomy Varghese
Tomy Varghese University of Wisconsin–Madison
Patrice Abry
Patrice Abry École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Stéphane Roux
Stéphane Roux École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Stéphane Jaffard
Stéphane Jaffard Paris-Est Créteil University
Rebecca Willett
Rebecca Willett University of Chicago
Fernando L. Alvarado
Fernando L. Alvarado University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert H. Lasseter
Robert H. Lasseter University of Wisconsin–Madison

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