PhD thesis submission by Rodrigo Sanchez-Pizani

 

On the 31st July 2025 PhD candidate Rodrigo Sanchez-Pizani submitted his thesis, "Deep neural networks for audio quality and intelligibility in educational spaces". He has taken 7+ years on this research which became very popular under COVID with hybrid teaching being extensively used by universities. He defends the work in late September 2025, the team all wish him luck and success!   

Final UKAN+ Meeting Completed

 

The final UKAN+ management meeting was held on 1st July 2025. UKAN now has reached 2000 members, ran 440 events and funded 28 projects over an 8 year period. The team have been amazing. The final deliverable will be a co-funded Sound Economics report due October 2025, supported by the EPSRC Noise Network+ and the Institute of Acoustics. I like to thank Kirill Horoshenkov, Richard Craster and all the support teams and look forward to Virtual UKAN!. 

AI Sensors installed on Campus

 

PhD candidate Ekim Bakirci has installed his prototype AI enabled wireless Class 1 environmental sound monitoring system across the London South Bank University campus. This will enable automated sound event classification of the City Soundscape as well as noise monitoring the environment. Ekim is in his second year of studies and needs to train the system to monitor air, road and rail traffic. Let's hope he stays busy and the sun keeps shining!

Presentation at Euronoise 2025

 

On the 24th June at the Forum Acusticum / Euronoise 2025 conference in Malaga Professor Stephen Dance gave an invited paper. The paper entitled, "A possible universal single number criteria for classrooms" was presented in the Room Acoustics sessions to a full audience where Steve demonstrated that the value of your research is key, see President Trump and the National Institute of Health, and that the Tax Payer funds 90% of research. So he demonstrated value for money!

NTi-Audio Executives visit the Acoustics Group

 

On 11 June 2025, during the Institute of Acoustics (IOA) one-day conference on the acoustic challenges of air source heat pumps at London South Bank University (LSBU), NTI-Audio’s Chief Executive Officer, Hansjorg Prettner, and UK General Manager, Charles Greene, visited the LSBU Acoustics Group and its laboratory facilities. Dr. Luis Gomez-Agustina hosted the visit, providing an overview of the group's teaching and research activities. The discussions highlighted the long-standing relationship and mutual support between the two organizations. The NTI executives were particularly impressed by the laboratory instrumentation and facilities, especially the aural demonstrations in the anechoic and reverberant chambers

London South Bank University host Institute of Acoustics Event

 

On the 11th June London South Bank University hosed the Institute of Acoustics events around Noise and Air Source Heat Pumps. The event was organised by London branch by Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina and Dr Haydar Aygun. We had a full room, 140 delegates, for this full day event. The result being a plan to create additional guidance for heat pump installations that do not follow the MCS scheme.

Abstract submitted to Joint Japanese/American Conference

 

An abstract has been submitted to the 189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.  This will be the sixth time the conference has been jointly organised with the Acoustical Society of Japan. The paper is entitled, "Adjustment to the acoustics of a refurbished choral rehearsal room". It has been jointly written by Professor Stephen Dance with former Masters student Vincent Jee Sheng Tham. Looking forward to going back to Honolulu!