Dr. Durand R Begault
Audio Forensic Center - Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc.
130 Sutter Street, Suite 500
San Francisco CA, 94104
US
Specialties: acoustics, audibility, tape enhancement, voice identification/elimination, authentication, intellectual property/patents, acoustical compliance, gunshot analysis.
None
Office:
(415) 397-0442 x261
Fax:
(415) 397-0454
DEGREES
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. 1987
Mills College, Oakland, California, M.F.A. 1981
University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. cum laude 1979
Forensic audio continuing education with Tom Owen (Owl Investigations, Colonia, NJ)
and Fausto Poza (Poza Consulting, Menlo Park, CA)
CONSULTING
1996-current Director, San Francisco, CA.
Audio forensic expert witness assignments, including: tape authentication and analysis; audibility
analysis and modeling of acoustical environments; courtroom demonstrations; voice
identification/elimination; gunshot analysis; acoustical compliance; videotape analysis and
authentication; occupationally related hearing loss; enhancement of speech from noisy recordings.
Qualified as an expert witness (Federal, California State courts). Expert witness for patentintellectual
property cases involving acoustics and audio signal processing. Acoustical engineering
for recording studio and concert hall design; environmental impact reports; noise control analysis
from machinery and aircraft; and residential acoustic analysis.
1988-1995 Independent consultant, audio forensic/intellectual property expert services for speech
enhancement, gunshot analysis, and audio technologies.
RESEARCH POSITIONS
1988-current NASA Ames Research Center
Principal Investigator, Spatial Auditory Display Laboratory
Research and development of new audio technologies for advanced human-machine interfaces for
aeronautic and space applications, virtual reality systems, and speech communications.
Coordination of research grants, experiments and publications on spatial hearing, speech
intelligibility, performance in virtual reality systems, room acoustic analysis and simulation,
audio-haptic and audio-visual interaction, and advanced technologies for communications and
warning systems.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Audio Engineering Society Fellowship Award for contributions to spatial hearing, 2002
NASA Ames Honor Award, contractor category, 1999
Six NASA Certificates of Recognition for Inventive Contributions, 1992-2002
Three NASA Garner Space Act Awards for US patents, 1994, 2002
Three NASA Directors Discretionary Funding awards 1992, 1997, 2001
NASA Ames Research Center Nielsen Award for best basic research proposal, 1992
National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Ames Research Center, 1988-90
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, U.C.S.D. Computer Audio Research Laboratory, 1987.
University of California Regent's Fellowship, U.C.S.D., 1981-2
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2003 McGill University, Montreal, Recording Engineering and Technology Program: Guest lecturer
1997-current Dissertation committee member, Helsinki University of Technology; U.S. Naval Postgraduate
School, Monterey; University of Paris VI; San Jose State University; University of Melbourne
1996 San Francisco State University, Conceptual Design Program, Department of Art.
Visiting Lecturer, Multimedia Technology
1995-7 University of California Santa Cruz Extension, Department of Science and Technology.
Visiting Lecturer, 3-D audio technology course.
1987-8 San Diego State University
Lecturer, Computer Music.
1981-7 University of California San Diego
Associate/Teaching assistant in Communications, Writing and Music departments.
REVIEW BOARDS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEES
Review board member, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.
Chairman, Audio Engineering Society, Technical Committee on Perception and Subjective
Evaluation of Audio Signals; member of Standards Committee SC-03-12 on Forensic Audio.
Review Board (guest), Journal of the Human Factors Society, Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, Journal of Experimental Psychology.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Acoustical Society of America
Audio Engineering Society
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
California Association of Licensed Investigators
PATENTS
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. 1987
Mills College, Oakland, California, M.F.A. 1981
University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. cum laude 1979
Forensic audio continuing education with Tom Owen (Owl Investigations, Colonia, NJ)
and Fausto Poza (Poza Consulting, Menlo Park, CA)
CONSULTING
1996-current Director, San Francisco, CA.
Audio forensic expert witness assignments, including: tape authentication and analysis; audibility
analysis and modeling of acoustical environments; courtroom demonstrations; voice
identification/elimination; gunshot analysis; acoustical compliance; videotape analysis and
authentication; occupationally related hearing loss; enhancement of speech from noisy recordings.
Qualified as an expert witness (Federal, California State courts). Expert witness for patentintellectual
property cases involving acoustics and audio signal processing. Acoustical engineering
for recording studio and concert hall design; environmental impact reports; noise control analysis
from machinery and aircraft; and residential acoustic analysis.
1988-1995 Independent consultant, audio forensic/intellectual property expert services for speech
enhancement, gunshot analysis, and audio technologies.
RESEARCH POSITIONS
1988-current NASA Ames Research Center
Principal Investigator, Spatial Auditory Display Laboratory
Research and development of new audio technologies for advanced human-machine interfaces for
aeronautic and space applications, virtual reality systems, and speech communications.
Coordination of research grants, experiments and publications on spatial hearing, speech
intelligibility, performance in virtual reality systems, room acoustic analysis and simulation,
audio-haptic and audio-visual interaction, and advanced technologies for communications and
warning systems.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Audio Engineering Society Fellowship Award for contributions to spatial hearing, 2002
NASA Ames Honor Award, contractor category, 1999
Six NASA Certificates of Recognition for Inventive Contributions, 1992-2002
Three NASA Garner Space Act Awards for US patents, 1994, 2002
Three NASA Directors Discretionary Funding awards 1992, 1997, 2001
NASA Ames Research Center Nielsen Award for best basic research proposal, 1992
National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Ames Research Center, 1988-90
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, U.C.S.D. Computer Audio Research Laboratory, 1987.
University of California Regent's Fellowship, U.C.S.D., 1981-2
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2003 McGill University, Montreal, Recording Engineering and Technology Program: Guest lecturer
1997-current Dissertation committee member, Helsinki University of Technology; U.S. Naval Postgraduate
School, Monterey; University of Paris VI; San Jose State University; University of Melbourne
1996 San Francisco State University, Conceptual Design Program, Department of Art.
Visiting Lecturer, Multimedia Technology
1995-7 University of California Santa Cruz Extension, Department of Science and Technology.
Visiting Lecturer, 3-D audio technology course.
1987-8 San Diego State University
Lecturer, Computer Music.
1981-7 University of California San Diego
Associate/Teaching assistant in Communications, Writing and Music departments.
REVIEW BOARDS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEES
Review board member, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.
Chairman, Audio Engineering Society, Technical Committee on Perception and Subjective
Evaluation of Audio Signals; member of Standards Committee SC-03-12 on Forensic Audio.
Review Board (guest), Journal of the Human Factors Society, Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, Journal of Experimental Psychology.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Acoustical Society of America
Audio Engineering Society
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
California Association of Licensed Investigators
PATENTS
Head related transfer function pseudo-stereophony. U.S. patent
5,173,944.
"Multi-channel spatialization system for audio signals. U.S. patent
5,438,623.
Auditory alert system having enhanced detection (formal application submitted
to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000).
Methodology and systems for providing auditory
feedback in response to tracked eye position (submitted to Ames Patent Council, 2001).
5,173,944.
"Multi-channel spatialization system for audio signals. U.S. patent
5,438,623.
Auditory alert system having enhanced detection (formal application submitted
to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000).
Methodology and systems for providing auditory
feedback in response to tracked eye position (submitted to Ames Patent Council, 2001).
BOOK PUBLICATIONS, CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS
3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multimedia. Cambridge, MA:
Academic Press Professional.
The Sonic CD-ROM for Desktop Audio Production. An Electronic
Guide to Producing Computer Audio for Multimedia. [CD-ROM]. Chestnut Hill, MA:
Academic Press Professional.
Virtual Environments as Human- Computer Interfaces. In M. Helander (Ed.),
Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction.
Amsterdam: Elsiver Science Publishers B.V.
Fundamentals of Acoustics. Psychoacoustics and Hearing.
Acoustical Measurements. In C. M. Salter (Ed.), Acoustics. Architecture, Engineering,
The Environement. New York: McGraw-Hill
3-D Sound and Auralization. In J. Sendra (Ed.) Computational
Architectural Acoustics. Southampton, UK: Computational Mechanics Publications.
Academic Press Professional.
The Sonic CD-ROM for Desktop Audio Production. An Electronic
Guide to Producing Computer Audio for Multimedia. [CD-ROM]. Chestnut Hill, MA:
Academic Press Professional.
Virtual Environments as Human- Computer Interfaces. In M. Helander (Ed.),
Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction.
Amsterdam: Elsiver Science Publishers B.V.
Fundamentals of Acoustics. Psychoacoustics and Hearing.
Acoustical Measurements. In C. M. Salter (Ed.), Acoustics. Architecture, Engineering,
The Environement. New York: McGraw-Hill
3-D Sound and Auralization. In J. Sendra (Ed.) Computational
Architectural Acoustics. Southampton, UK: Computational Mechanics Publications.
JOURNAL AND CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
Spatial Manipulation and Computers. Ex Tempore 4(1), 56-88.
Control of Auditory Distance. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Music
Department, U. C. San Diego. Available via University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI.
The Composition of Auditory Space: Recent Developments. Leonardo 23 (1), pp. 45-52.
Technical Aspects of a Demonstration Tape for Three-
Dimensional Auditory Displays. (Technical Memorandum 102286). NASA Ames Research
Center.
Preferred sound intensity increase for sensation of half distance.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 72, 1019-1029.
Control of Auditory Distance. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Music
Department, U. C. San Diego. Available via University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI.
The Composition of Auditory Space: Recent Developments. Leonardo 23 (1), pp. 45-52.
Technical Aspects of a Demonstration Tape for Three-
Dimensional Auditory Displays. (Technical Memorandum 102286). NASA Ames Research
Center.
Preferred sound intensity increase for sensation of half distance.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 72, 1019-1029.
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