Background

I defended my Ph.D. in April, 2009 in the Computer Science Department at Princeton where I was a member of the Graphics Group and the Sound Lab. My advisor was Tom Funkhouser, and my research focused on computational room acoustics and edge-diffraction modeling. I spent the 2004-2005 academic year as a guest with the Acoustics Group in the Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where I worked with Peter Svensson. From August 2005 to December 2008 I also was teaching in the Graduate Program in Architectural Acoustics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As of January 2009 I am a member of the Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Education

PhD Computer Science, Princeton University, June 2009.
Thesis: Advances in Edge-Diffraction Modeling for Virtual-Acoustic Simulations.

MA Computer Science, Princeton University, May 2004.

MS Electrical Engineering, Engineering Acoustics Program, University of Texas at Austin, 1998.
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Localization of a Close-Range Acoustic Source Using Binaural Cues.

BS Mathematics, Duke University, May 1992.

Publications

Journal Articles

"Singularities in first-order wedge-diffraction expressions within narrow, finite 3D wedges," P. Calamia and U. P. Svensson, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 97 (3), pp. 525 - 529, 2011.

"Frequency-domain edge diffraction for finite and infinite edges," U. P. Svensson, P. Calamia, and S. Nakanishi, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 95 (3), pp. 568 - 572, 2009.

"Diffraction culling for virtual-acoustic simulations," P. Calamia, B. Markham, and U. P. Svensson, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, Special Issue on Virtual Acoustics, 94 (6), pp. 907 - 920, 2008.

" Topological sound propagation with reverberation graphs," E. Stavrakis, N. Tsingos, and P. Calamia, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, Special Issue on Virtual Acoustics, 94 (6), pp. 921 - 932, 2008.

"Measurement and modeling of diffraction from an edge of a thin panel," T. Lokki, V. Pulkki, and P. Calamia, Applied Acoustics, 69 (9), pp. 824 - 832, 2008.

"Fast time-domain edge-diffraction calculations for interactive acoustic simulations," P. Calamia and U. P. Svensson, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Spatial Sound and Virtual Acoustics, vol. 2007, Article ID 63560, 2007.

"Edge-diffraction impulse responses near specular-zone and shadow-zone boundaries," U. P. Svensson and P. Calamia, Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 92 (4), pp. 501 - 512, 2006.


Conference Papers

"A Perforated Desk Surface to Diminish Coloration in Desktop Audio-Production Environments," K. Gentner, J. Braasch, and P. Calamia, Proc. 123rd AES Convention, New York, October 5-8, 2007.

"Culling insignificant diffraction components for interactive acoustic simulations," P. Calamia and U. P. Svensson, Proc. 19^th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2007), Madrid, September, 2007 (invited).

"Edge subdivision for fast diffraction calculations," P. Calamia and U. P. Svensson. Proc. 2005 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA 2005), New Paltz, NY, October 2005.

"Integration of edge-diffraction calculations and geometrical-acoustics modeling," P. Calamia, U. P. Svensson, and T. Funkhouser. Proc. Forum Acusticum 2005, Budapest, August 2005.

"Scattering from simple-shaped objects using edge diffraction," U. P. Svensson and P. Calamia. Proc. AIJ/ASJ Symposium on Computational Acoustics, March 2005.

"Refurbishment of the Barbican Concert Hall," Carl P. Giegold and Paul T. Calamia, Proc. Institute of Acoustics Auditorium Acoustics Conference, London, July 2002.


Conference Presentations

"Optimized overdetermination for interior Helmholtz-problem coupled solvers," Alexander Bockman, Paul Calamia, and Ning Xiang, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, p. 2735 (2009) (A).

"Diffraction culling for virtual-acoustic simulations," Paul Calamia, Benjamin Markham, and U. Peter Svensson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, p. 2586 (2009) (A).

"A geometric-acoustics simulation proposal for curved geometry," Arthur van der Harten and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, p. 3770 (2008) (A).

"Multi-resolution geometrical-acoustics modeling," Benjamin Markham and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, p. 3759 (2008) (A).

"Frequency-domain diffraction for edges of arbitrary length with efficient numerical integration," U. Peter Svensson and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, p. 3148 (2008) (A).

"Numerical solution of high-frequency acoustic scattering problems by integral equations preconditioned using pseudo-differential impedance operators," David Calvo and Paul Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, p. 3033 (2007) (A).

"Investigation of voice stage support: A subjective preference test using an auralization system of self-voice," Cheuk Wa Yuen and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, p. 3174 (2007) (A).

"Acoustical requirements for music in non-Western worship spaces," Paul T. Calamia and Jonas Braasch, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, p. 3193 (2007) (A).

"Cross-modal perception of room acoustics," Anthony McCreery and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, p. 3150 (2006) (A).

"Edge diffraction in computer modeling of room acoustics," U. Peter Svensson and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, p. 2998 (2006) (A).

"Measurement and Prediction in Concert-Hall Design," Paul Calamia, Presented at the 95th Semi-Annual Symposium of the New York State Section of the American Physical Society, Potsdam, NY, October 21, 2006 (invited).

"Time-domain edge-diffraction calculations near zone boundaries," Paul T. Calamia and U. Peter Svensson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 118, p. 1970 (2005) (A).

"A case-study comparison of computer modeling and scale modeling in acoustics consulting," Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, p. 2370 (2002) (A).

"The renovation of Madison’s Oscar Mayer Theater," Joseph W.A. Myers and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, p. 2341 (2002) (A).

"Applications of physical and mathematical modeling in concert hall design," Paul T. Calamia and Martha M. Larson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109, p. 2389 (2001) (A).

"Renovating a landmark: London's Royal Festival Hall," Carl P. Giegold and Paul T. Calamia, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106, p. 2300 (1999) (A).

"The effect of closely spaced high-frequency reflections on the perception of music," Paul T. Calamia and Scott D. Pfeiffer, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 105, p. 1046 (1999) (A).

"Measurement of the head-related transfer function at close range," Paul T. Calamia and Elmer L. Hixson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, p. 3117 (1997) (A).

"On the use of pavement surfaces to attenuate traffic noise," Paul T. Calamia, Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac, Tracy A. Turen, and Michael T. McNerney, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101, p. 3076 (1997) (A).


Miscellaneous

"Interactive Sound Rendering," Dinesh Manocha, Ming Lin, Paul Calamia, Lauri Savioja, and Nicolas Tsingos, SIGGRAPH 2009, Course Notes, New Orleans, LA, August 2009.

"Recent advances in diffraction modeling with the Biot-Tolstoy-Medwin method," Paul Calamia and Peter Svensson, Presented to the Spatial Audio and Room Acoustics Research Group in the Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory at the Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, March 3, 2005.

M. McCann, P. Calamia, and N. Ailon, "Audio Extraction from Optical Scans of Records," 2004.

M.J. Lucas and P.T. Calamia, "Military Operating Area and Range Noise Model MR_NMAP User’s Manual," Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: AAMRL, AL/OE-MN-1996-0001, 1996.