Publications and Research

Papers

2025 Optimized feature gains explain and predict successes and failures of human selective listening
Ian M. Griffith, R. Preston Hess, Josh H. McDermott
May 2025. Preprint.

Conference Presentations & Posters

2025 Human-like feature attention emerges in task-optimized models of the cocktail party problem
Ian M. Griffith, R. Preston Hess, Josh H. McDermott
48th MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. February 2025. Podium Talk.
2025 Cross-Cultural influences of beating on music perception
Josh H. McDermott, Bryan Medina, R. Preston Hess, Malinda McPherson, Eduardo Undurraga, Ricardo Godoy
48th MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. February 2025. Poster Presentation.
2024 Human-like feature attention emerges in task-optimized models of the cocktail party problem
Ian M. Griffith, R. Preston Hess, Josh H. McDermott
Advances and Perspective in Auditory Neuroscience 2024. October 2024. Poster Presentation.
2024 Human-like feature attention emerges in task-optimized models of the cocktail party problem
Ian M. Griffith, R. Preston Hess, Josh H. McDermott
7th annual conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience. August 2024. Poster Presentation.
2024 Modeling auditory attention with machine learning
Ian M. Griffith, R. Preston Hess, Josh H. McDermott
47th MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. February 2024. Poster Presentation.
2023 Measuring and modeling real-rorld sound localization
Sagarika Alavilli, Andrew Francl, R. Preston Hess, Josh H. McDermott
Advances and Perspective in Auditory Neuroscience 2023. November 2023. Poster Presentation.

Music

2024 Creative Demos for Interactive Music Systems Course. These were a chance to show personal creativity using techniques we learned during a particular PSet. Audio and visuals programmed by me!
1: Programmed a Symple Synth
2: Programmed a Drum Machine for Practicing
3: Musical Version of Conways Game of Life (personal favorite)
4: Click and Drag ‘Smart Soloist’ w/ 3 different modes
5: Hand-Tracking Controlled Digital String Instrument
6: Guitar Hero!
2023 5-Minute Untitled Ambient Track

Design

2023 Class Portfolio, Design Studio: Design Techniques and Technologies

Miscellaneous

2023 Blog Post for Phillip Isola’s Graduate course, Deep Learning
2022 Podcast Episode for Simply Neuroscience, where I talk about my experience as a Neuro undergraduate at MIT!