MARUI Atsushi

April 2010

Dr. Marui is an associate professor at Department of Musical Creativity and the Environment, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Field of Research

The main field of interest is research and development of signal processing algorithms and their psychological evaluations for digital audio effect processors. His main interests include nonlinear distortion processors for musical instruments, artificial reverberation generator, experimental design and analyses, human-computer interface, and auditory display.

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Japan (2006)
  Title: Perceptually-based Control of Multiparameter Distortion Effects Processing for Musical Applications
  Supervisors: Dr. William L. Martens and Dr. Michael Cohen
  Committee Members: Dr. Michael Cohen; Dr. Sugiyama, Masahide; Dr. Jie Huang; and Dr. Steven D. Tripp
• M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, United States (2000)
  Title: Fast Vector Symbol Decoding using Vectorized Boolean Matrix
  Supervisor: Dr. John J. Metzner
  Committee Members: Dr. John J. Metzner, Dr. Paul E. Plassmann, and Dr. Dale A. Miller
• B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering (1998)
  Title: PMML Animator
  Supervisor: Dr. Nishimura, Satoshi
  Committee Members: Dr. Nishimura, Satoshi; Dr. Michael Cohen; and Dr. Okawa, Satoshi

Awards and Grants

• JSPS Kakenhi, April 2007-March 2010.
• AES Educational Foundation Grant, July 2006.
• CIRMMT Grant, October 2005.
• AES Educational Foundation Grant, July 2005.
• CIRMMT Grant, October 2004.
• Japan Student Services Organization Class-1 Grant, October 2000-September 2003.
• Magna Cum Laude, University of Aizu, March 1998.

Misc

Standardized Tests and Licenses

These are all scores from the past...

TOEFL CBT

273/300 (Listening 28/30, Structure&Writing 26/30, Reading 28/30, Essay 4.5/6.0), March 2003.

GRE CBT

Verbal 380/800, Quantitative 800/800, Analytical 4.0/6.0, October 2003.

TOEIC

940/990 (Listening 495/495, Reading 445/495), January 2004.

Teaching Certificate

High School Mathematics, High School Technology Education, and Junior High School Mathematics. Fukushima-ken, Japan. March 1998. (一種教育職員免許状：高校数学科・高校工業科・中学数学科)

Academic Contributions

• Audio Engineering Society
  • AES Japan Section, Section Officer for Public Relations (2007-Current)
• Acoustical Society of America
• Acoustical Society of Japan
  • Research Committee of Musical Acoustics, Secretary (2009/4-2012/3)
• Information Processing Society of Japan

• 日本音響学会 2011年春期研究発表会 副座長 (2011年3月)
• 日本音響学会 2010年秋期研究発表会 副座長 (2010年9月)
• 日本音響学会 2010年春期研究発表会 副座長 (2010年3月)
• 日本音響学会 2009年秋期研究発表会 副座長 (2009年10月)
• 日本建築学会 環境工学委員会 音環境運営委員会 室内音響小委員会 音響指標測定研究作業班 委員 (2009年12月〜2013年3月)
• 日本音響学会 音楽音響研究会 (MA研) 幹事 (2009年5月〜2012年4月予定)
• 日本電波産業会 品質評価法調査研究会 音声品質評価法作業班 客員委員 (2007年6月〜)

Social Contributions

• Over 135 times of blood donation, Japanese Red Cross Society
• Registered bone marrow donor, Japan Marrow Donor Program
• Registered organ donor, Japan Organ Transplant Network