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Research interests
Dr. Alan Kan's research lies in the intersections of hearing technology, signal processing, spatial hearing, psychoacoustics, auditory neuroscience and computational modeling. He is most well known for his work with cochlear implants and audio virtual reality.
Biography
Alan received his PhD in engineering from the University of Sydney in 2010. During his PhD, he worked as a consultant for two startups developing technologies for personalizing audio VR and biomedical signal processing. In 2010, he moved to the United States to work at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Research Associate. He was promoted to Assistant Scientist in 2015. He also held an appointment as Lecturer in the Department of Communcation Sciences and Disorders at UW-Madison in 2013-2014. In 2019, he returned to Australian and is currently a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Macquarie University.
Teaching
At Macquarie University, Alan teaches the digital systems units (ELEC2042, ELEC3042, ELEC3043, ELEC4250, ELEC8250), and the Software Design Logic skills module in ENGG1000 Introduction to Engineering.
In the past, he taught CS&D854/855 Electroacoustic and Instrumentation Calibration to Doctorate of Audiology students in the Department of Communcation Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Research engagement
Beyond his position at the university, Alan is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. He served as a member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) – Psychological and Physiological Acoustics Technical Committee from 2018-2021. Currently, he is involved with the ASA Academy. He is also a regular reviewer for journals and conferences in signal processing, audio engineering, acoustics and hearing research.
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Mapping the curve of communication breakdowns during conversations in noise
Miles, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Buchholz, J. (Chief Investigator), Rotger-Griful, S. (Supervisor), Ibrahim, R. K. (Co-Investigator), Tran, Y. (Co-Investigator), Barnes, S. (Co-Investigator), Maggs, L. (Co-Investigator), Kan, A. (Co-Investigator), Richardson, M. (Co-Investigator), Weisser, A. (Co-Investigator), Keidser, G. (Co-Investigator), Christensen, J. H. (Co-Investigator) & Shiell, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/25 → 1/12/26
Project: Research
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PRISM: PRISM: PRedicting Interaction difficulty using Sensors and Micro-EMA
Bouveret, R. (Coordinating Investigator), Buchholz, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Kan, A. (Chief Investigator), Miles, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ibrahim, R. K. (Chief Investigator), Tran, Y. (Chief Investigator), Chong-White, N. (Associate Investigator), Monaghan, J. (Associate Investigator), Kitterick, P. (Associate Investigator), Mejia, J. (Associate Investigator), Smith, Z. (Associate Investigator), Maruthurkkara, S. (Associate Investigator), Carlile, S. (Associate Investigator), Yu, H. (Associate Investigator), Neal, K. (Associate Investigator), Leigh, G. (Associate Investigator), McAlpine, D. (Chief Investigator), Lyon, D. (Associate Investigator), Swanson, B. A. (Associate Investigator), Edwards, B. (Associate Investigator) & Davis, A. (Associate Investigator)
8/11/23 → 8/01/26
Project: Research
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MOSAIC: The MOSAIC Study: Motion Optics and Sound sensors to Assess Interactive Communication
Miles, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ibrahim, R. K. (Co-Investigator), Kan, A. (Co-Investigator), Weisser, A. (Co-Investigator), Buchholz, J. (Co-Investigator), Richardson, M. (Co-Investigator), Kim, J. (Co-Investigator), Davis, C. (Co-Investigator), Smith, Z. (Partner Investigator) & Carlile, S. (Partner Investigator)
1/10/23 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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A novel CI coding strategy based on a cochlear model and deep neural network
Hosseini, M., Brochier, T., Swanson, B., Kan, A. & Lyon, R. F., 2025, 2025 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses: program book. Lake Tahoe: Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, p. 156 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract
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Asymmetric temporal envelope encoding: Lateralization with varying envelope shape and spectral mismatch
Anderson, S. R., Kan, A., Goupell, M. J. & Litovsky, R. Y., 1 Nov 2025, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 158, 5, p. 3724-3743 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A systematic methodology for time-multiplexing algorithms on a reconfigurable system-on-chip
Vu, D. D., Biswas, S. K., Kan, A. & Cetin, E., 2025, 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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Comparison of hardware implementations of Particle Filter and Extrapolated Single Propagation Particle Filter for tracking of Radio Frequency Interference sources
VU, D. D., Biswas, S. K., Kan, A. & Cetin, E., 2025, 2025 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Meeting (AP-RASC). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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HLS learning approach: efficient optimization with instruction block diagram
Vu, D. D., Kroh, A., Kan, A. & Cetin, E., 2025, 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS). Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
Activities
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The Listen to Learn for Life (L3) Assessment Framework
Mealings, K. (Speaker), Miles, K. (Speaker), Kan, A. (Speaker), Ibrahim, R. K. (Speaker) & Buchholz, J. (Speaker)
5 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk