Research Output per year
Personal profile
Teaching
I teach on modules at most levels within our undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes, including:
- AC21009 - Computer Systems 2A: Architecture Fundamentals and Unix
- AC22005 - Computer Systems 2B: Architecture and Operating Systems
- AC32006/AC52001 - Database Systems
- AC42001/AC42002/AC52008 - Research Frontiers (Speech & Audio Processing)
Research interests
My main research interests are:
- how emotion and other stressing factors are conveyed in human speech
- how to simulate vocal emotion in synthetic speech
- the application of synthetic speech systems within voice output communication aids
Research
My research is conducted within the Human-Centred Computing research group within Computing in the School of Science & Engineering.
Biography
After his secondary education in Dunfermline, Dr Iain Murray went to the University of Dundee in 1982 where he gained an undergraduate degree in electronics and a postgraduate research degree on the subject of speech synthesis. He has been a lecturer in Computing there since 1991, still with an interest in speech synthesis and communication technology. He is a Member of the British Computer Society and is a member of their academic accreditation team.
He is the Treasurer of the Tayside & Fife Branch of the British Science Association, which organises an annual programme of public events, including a science public lecture series.
He has been interested in the work of Sir Barnes Wallis for many years, and his book “Bouncing-Bomb Man: the Science of Sir Barnes Wallis” was published in 2009; he is also the author of the Haynes technical manuals on the Dam Busters (2011) and Vickers Wellington (2012).
Keywords
- Q Science (General)
- speech synthesis
- speech
- emotion
- AAC
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Research Output 1993 2013
Using self-learning and automatic tuning to improve the performance of sexual genetic algorithms for constraint satisfaction problems
Xu, H., Petrie, K. & Murray, I., 2013, 2013 Imperial College Computing Student Workshop (ICCSW'13). Jones, A. V. & Ng, N. (eds.). Saarbrücken: Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, p. 128-135 8 p. (OASICS ; vol. 35).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Applying an analysis of acted vocal emotions to improve the simulation of synthetic speech
Murray, I. R. & Arnott, J. L., 2008, In : Computer Speech and Language. 22, 2, p. 107-129 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Virtual reality for putting people with disabilities in control
Alm, N., Arnott, J. L., Murray, I. & Buchanan, I., 1998, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE, Vol. 2. p. 1174-1178 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Emotional stress in synthetic speech: Progress and future directions
Murray, I. R., Arnott, J. L. & Rohwer, E. A., Nov 1996, In : Speech Communication. 20, 1-2, p. 85-91 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Synthesizing emotions in speech: is it time to get excited?
Murray, I. R. & Arnott, J. L., 1996, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Spoken Language, ICSLP 96. Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE, Vol. 3. p. 1816-1819 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Datasets
Dundee ADHD continuing care proforma (revised)
Coghill, D. (Creator), Lim, C. (Creator), Gomez Flores, L. (Creator), Seth, S. (Creator), University of Dundee, 2015
DOI: 10.15132/a54b467a-666a-4e45-a334-7c5a7a64c4e6
Dataset
Prizes
Sir Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteering
Iain Murray (Recipient), 7 Jun 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2014 2019
Sir Barnes Wallis: Discoveries and Recoveries
Iain Murray (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Sir Barnes Wallis: Discoveries and Recoveries
Iain Murray (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
2018 Strathmore Trophy
Iain Murray (Organiser)Activity: Other activity types › Schools engagement
Defying the Anonymity of Modernity
Iain Murray (Speaker)Activity: Other activity types › Schools engagement
2017 Strathmore Trophy
Iain Murray (Organiser)Activity: Other activity types › Schools engagement