Senior Research Scientist
Debuty Director
Hearing Cluster
Head of Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
Machine Learning
Tel. +43 1 51581-2527
Email: robert.baumgartner [at] oeaw.ac.at
Scientific IDs:
Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-4903
ResearcherID: N-4858-2015 (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/N-4858-2015)
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=bUQTvRIAAAAJ&hl=de
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Baumgartner5
Publons: publons.com/a/1404883/
Academic Background
- 2010: BSc in Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering at the University of Technology Graz (TUG) and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG)
- 2012: MSc (distinction) in Electrical Engineering and Audio Engineering with focus on acoustics and recording technology at TUG and KUG. Master thesis (conducted at ARI) honored by Student Award of the German Acoustics Association (DEGA)
- 2015: PhD (distinction) in Sound and Music Computing at KUG, conducted at the ARI. Thesis honored by Award of Excellence from the Austrian ministry (BMWFW) for Austrians best dissertations
- 2019: Lothar-Cremer Award of the German Acoustical Society for outstanding achievements of young scientists
Current Research
My research aims at understanding auditory cognition in simple and complex environments with the long-term vision to improve future hearing technologies, diagnostics, and therapies. To this end, I combine computational modeling with psychoacoustics and cognitive neuroscience methods while being committed to open and reproducible research allowing the scientific community to be fair and efficient.
In this short online lecture I explain further details about my current research: ÖAW Science Bites: Gefahr – wie wir sie hören. (German only)
Projects
Publications
Publications
- Majdak P.; Kreuzer W.; Baumgartner R.; Mihocic M.; Reichinger A. (2019) Method for determining listener-specific head-related transfer functions. .
- Baumgartner R. (2019) Predicting Externalization of Anechoic Sounds. Proceedings of ICA 2019.
- Deng Y.; Choi I.; Shinn-Cunningham B.; Baumgartner R. (2019) Impoverished auditory cues limit engagement of brain networks controlling spatial selective attention. Neuroimage, Bd. 202, S. 116151.
- Baumgartner R. (2019) Richtungshören - Lokalisieren, Externalisieren und Fokussieren. Fortschritte der Akustik DAGA2019. Rostock S. 8-10.
- Baumgartner R.; Reed D.K.; Tóth B.; Best V.; Majdak P.; Colburn H.S.; et al. (2017) Asymmetries in behavioral and neural responses to spectral cues demonstrate the generality of auditory looming bias. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Bd. 114, S. 9743-9748.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P.; Laback B. (2016) Erratum: Modeling sound-source localization in sagittal planes for human listeners [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 136, 791-802 (2014)]. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Bd. 140, S. 2456.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P.; Laback B. (2016) Modeling the Effects of Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Sound Localization in the Median Plane. Trends in Hearing, Bd. 20, S. 1-11.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P. (2015) Modeling Localization of Amplitude-Panned Virtual Sources in Sagittal Planes. J. Audio Eng. Soc, Bd. 63, S. 562-569.
- Baumgartner R. (2015) Modeling sound localization in sagittal planes for human listeners. . Kunstuniversität Graz, S. 92.
- Marelli D.; Baumgartner R.; Majdak P. (2015) Efficient Approximation of Head-Related Transfer Functions in Subbands for Accurate Sound Localization. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, Bd. 23, S. 1130-1143.
- Marelli D.; Baumgartner R.; Majdak P. (2014) Efficient Representation of Head-Related Transfer Functions in Subbands. 2014 Proceedings of the 22nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO).
- Majdak P.; Baumgartner R.; Laback B. (2014) Sound Localization Beyond the Horizontal Plane. AES 55th International Conference. S. CD-ROM.
- Majdak P.; Baumgartner R.; Laback B. (2014) Acoustic and non-acoustic factors in modeling listener-specific performance of sagittal-plane sound localization. Frontiers in Psychology, Bd. 5, S. 319(1-10).
- Altoè A.; Baumgartner R.; Majdak P.; Pulkki V. (2014) Combining count-comparison and sagittal-plane localization models towards a three-dimensional representation of sound localization. Proceedings of the 7th Forum Acusticum. Krakow, Poland S. 42522.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P.; Marelli D. (2014) Sound localization with an efficient representation of head-related transfer functions in subbands. Proceedings of the 7th Forum Acusticum. Krakow, Poland S. 42491.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P.; Laback B. (2014) Modeling Sound-Source Localization in Sagittal Planes for Human Listeners. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Bd. 136, S. 791-802.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P.; Laback B. (2013) Assessment of sagittal-plane sound localization performance in spatial-audio applications. In: The Technology of Binaural Listening.. Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York S. 93-119.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P. (2013) Modeling sound localization of amplitude-panned phantom sources in sagittal planes. Proceedings of the 134th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). Rome, Italy S. Convention paper 8910.
- Baumgartner R.; Majdak P.; Laback B. (2013) Modeling human localization performance of sound sources in sagittal planes. AIA-DAGA 2013. Meran, Italy S. 703-704.
- Baumgartner R. (2012) Modeling sagittal-plane sound localization with the application to subband-encoded head-related transfer functions. . Kunstuniversität Graz, S. 94.
Additional information
Projects at ARI
- 2020-2024: YIRG Dynamates: Dynamic Auditory Predictions in Human and Non-human Primates, Coordinator
- 2020-2024: Born2Hear: Development and Adaptation of Auditory Spatial Processing, PI
- 2016-2019: SpExCue: Role of Spectral Cues in Sound Externalization, PI
- 2012-2016: LocaPhoto: Virtual Acoustics: Localization Model & Numeric Simulations, Research Assistant (PhD Student)
Teaching
- 2024S: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (VO) and Psychology Discussion (KO), Philosopie, University of Vienna
- since 2020W: Auditory Cognition (SE), Psychology, University of Vienna
- 2020W: Spezialthemen aus der Kognitionspsychologie und aus den Neurowissenschaften (VU), Psychology, University of Vienna
- 2020W: Fachliteraturseminar (SE), Psychology, University of Vienna
- 2017W-19W: Laboratory Acoustics (PR), Physics, University of Vienna
- 2017S: Psychoacoustics and Electroacoustics (SLPA 6224, for AuD students), Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
see also: https://ufind.univie.ac.at
Memberships
- Audio Engineering Society (AES, http://www.aes.org/aes/rbaumgartner)
- Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
- German Acoustical Society (DEGA)