Welcome!

Hello! My name is Tre DiPassio, and I am currently a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and the Audio and Music Engineering program. The objective of my research is to investigate how IoT devices (such as smart speakers) can transform the ways in which humans interact with technology, with their environment, and with each other. These devices record and process data at the “edge of the network,” such as on a wearable device being carried by the user, on a smart acoustic device in the user’s living space, or on a node that is in close physical proximity to the source of information . I believe that “close-to-the-user” computing systems provide engineers with an opportunity to facilitate natural and constructive interactions between users and their technology. I am also an active instructor, and am currently teaching a Senior Design course. I received my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Rochester in June 2023. I am also an alumnus of the Rochester Institute of Technology, graduating with BS/MS degrees in electrical engineering in 2018.

Research Areas:

• Audio and Speech Signal Processing

• Vibro-acoustics

• Embedded AI for Human-Computer Interaction

• Internet of Things (IoT) Sensor Networks

News:

• 11/2023 - I presented a poster at the IEEE WNYISPW conference on RIT’s campus

• 10/2023 - I presented my paper at the IEEE WASPAA conference in New Paltz, New York

• 08/2023 - I started as a Research Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

• 06/2023 - I successfully defended my thesis at the University of Rochester

• 06/2023 - I presented my paper at the IEEE ICASSP conference in Rhodes Island, Greece

• 06/2023 - Our paper is published in the Journal of Sound and Vibration

• 05/2023 - We presented a conference paper and our JAES paper at the AES Europe Convention in Helsinki, Finland

• 04/2023 - I won the Best Poster Award at the University Technology Showcase (CEIS / CoE in Data Science)

• 03/2023 - I won the Best Poster Award at the University of Rochester’s Graduate Research Symposium

• 03/2023 - I was chosen as a finalist in the University of Rochester’s 3 Minute Thesis competition

• 12/2022 - Our paper is published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (JAES)

• 10/2022 - Our paper (first author Michael Heilemann) won Best Paper at the AES Convention in NYC

• 04/2022 - Our undergraduate researchers Zilin Zeng and Tianwei Jiang won the Professor’s Choice Award at Undergraduate Research Symposium

• 03/2022 - Our undergraduate researcher Ben Kevelson is featured by the campus news center

• 04/2020 - I won the Edward Peck Curtis Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching by a graduate student

• 11/2019 - I won the Best Solution Award for the 2019 International Student Challenge Problem in Acoustic Signal Processing