Michael C. Brady


Selected Publications

  • Brady, M.C. & Campbell, N. (2008) Timing expectancies in Japanese speech. Second International Workshop on Language and Speech Science, Tokyo. (.pdf)

  • Brady, M.C. (2008) A spectral timing model pour L'ART. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sapporo, Japan.

  • Hart, C. & Brady, M.C. (2008) Jazzbot: an anthropomorphic music cognition research tool. International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Sapporo, Japan.

  • Brady, M.C. (2008) Demonstration of a mechanical vocal tract for speech interaction research. In HRI Caught on Film 2: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Amsterdam.

  • Brady, M.C. & Port, R.F. (2007) Quantifying vowel onset periodicity in Japanese. Proceedings of the International Conference on Phonetic Science, Saarbrucken, Germany. (.pdf)

  • Brady, M.C. (2007) ART for implementing a motor theory of speech perception. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston.

  • Brady, M.C., Port, R.F. & Nagao, K. (2006) Effects of speaking style on the regularity of mora timing in Japanese. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(5), 3208

  • Brady, M.C. (2006) Adaptive resonance situated for articulatory speech learning and synthesis. Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning, Bloomington. (.pdf)

  • Brady, M.C. (2005) Synthesizing affect with an analog vocal tract: glottal source. Special Workshop on Android Science at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Stressa, Italy. (.pdf)

  • Brady, M.C. (2005) An 'integrating pulse' model for perceived similarity of rhythmic feature patterns. Proceedings of the Special NSF Conference: Connectionist and Dynamic Systems Approaches to Development, Iowa City.

  • Brady, M.C. (2003) Perceived metrical accent in musical rhythms. Proceedings of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Las Vegas. (.pdf)



Appointments

  • Lab Technician July, 2005 - Present
    Cognitive Robotics Lab, Indiana University
    Responsible for development and maintenance of a variety of robotics projects and demonstrations. Duties involve mechanical parts fabrication, electronics development, and software design and implementation.

  • Assistant Instructor (various semesters as graduate student)
    Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University
    Highly involved with teaching a yearly introductory course on autonomous robotics. Have supervised advanced undergraduate independent study projects on autonomous robotics and machine intelligence. Also have assisted with a graduate level course on digital signal processing.

  • English Teacher July 1999 - July 2002
    UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mazatlán
    Taught English as a second language to Mexican college students.

  • Systems Specialist May 1997 - July 1999
    Music Cognition Group, The Ohio State University
    Responsible for generation of software related to collection and analysis of human music processing data. General technical support in three music cognition labs. Unix, Linux, and NT LAN administration.

  • Reseach Assistant September 1996 - April 1997
    Gluck Lab, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers-Newark
    Contributed to development of hippocampal/connectionist network model of learning and memory. Also was responsible for design and implementation of computerized experiments to be run on amnesiac patients as well as normals.



Synergistic Activities

I am very interested in the interplay between science and popular culture. In light of this, I began curating an art exhibition and symposium a number of years ago. The exhibition is called Robotic and Emergent Systems (RES-Arts) and is meant to bring artists, scientists, and engineers together to engage in dialog about technological change. I have also worked to help organize numerous robotics open houses and other robotics related events - all geared at capturing the imaginations of the public and of future researchers. I have presented my work at pop-culture exhibitions such as Maker Faire, and have been written up in pop-culture publications such as Robot Magazine.