About this episode

Orchisama Das discusses her journey in audio research, covering topics like artificial reverberation and the gender imbalance in the industry.

Orchisama Das is an outstanding audio researcher known for her work in virtual acoustics, artificial reverberation, and immersive audio. She holds a PhD from Stanford University’s prestigious CCRMA and has contributed to groundbreaking research at leading universities and major tech companies. During this interview, we talk about her path in academia and industry. Orchisama shares her thoughts about the realities of audio research, offering great insights and a very frank and honest perspective on her journey. We dive into technical topics such as artificial reverberation, virtual acoustics, immersive audio, and open problems in DSP, as well as topics like the gender imbalance in the audio research industry and how to stay productive and motivated during research. The episode is scattered with many resources and tips for anyone interested in learning the mentioned topics. It is a very inspiring and informative talk for people who are doing audio research, or curious about getting started. Note: If you like the podcast so far, please, go to Apple Podcasts and leave me a review there . You can do so on Spotify as well . It will benefit both sides: more reviews mean a broader reach…

People in this episode

Host: Jan Wilczek

Guest: Orchisama Das

Topics covered

• audio research
• artificial reverberation
• virtual acoustics
• immersive audio
• gender imbalance in audio research
• DSP

Keywords

• audio programming
• immersive audio
• virtual acoustics
• DSP
• research
• gender imbalance
• productivity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stanford University, CCMRMA

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