Catherine Guastavino
Professor - School of Information Studies
Associate Member - Schulich School of Music
Member - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)
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- PhD, Psychoacoustics, Laboratoire d'Acoustique Musicale, Universit茅 Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
- MSc, Computer Science and Music Technology, Institut Recherche Coordination Acoustique et Musique (IRCAM), Universit茅 Aix-Marseille, France
- BSc, Mathematics, 平特五不中
- GLIS 657
- GLIS 692 Music Information Retrieval
- GLIS 703
- GLIS 617
Graduate students
- Cynthia Tarlao
- Richard Yanaky
- Christopher Trudeau
- Valerian Fraisse听(Music Technology, co-supervised with Marcelo Wanderley)
- Charlie Reimer听(Music Technology, co-supervised with Marcelo Wanderley)
Postdocs
- Daniel Steele
- Edda Bild
- Jos茅e Laplace
- Nicola Di Croce
- Frederik Leclerc
2021 鈥 2023 | MITACS 鈥 Accelerate Insight. Integrating sound considerations into the Montreal nightlight policy (P.I.) |
2020 鈥 2022 |
SSHRC 鈥 Insight Development Grant. Sound Art Documentation : Spatial Audio and Significant Knowledge.听(co-applicant, G. Boutard, P.I.) |
2020 鈥 2025 |
FRQSC/FRQNT - Regroupement Strat茅gique. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT).听(Co-applicant., I. Cossette, P.I. and Director and 52 others). |
2020 鈥 2021 | MSSS (Minist猫re de la Sant茅 et des Services sociaux). Valeurs guides, limites d'exposition et m茅thodes d'茅valuation appliqu茅es aux sources de bruit environnemental 鈥 Phase 2 (P.I.) |
2020 | MITACS 鈥 Accelerate. Understanding Montreal festival soundscapes, with Quartier des Spectacles. (P.I.) |
2019-2024 | NSERC - Discovery Grant and Discovery Accelerator Supplements. Sound in Space: towards a unified theory of auditory localization (P.I.) |
2018- 2019 |
MSSS-MELCC (Minist猫re de la Sant茅 et des Services sociaux - Minist猫re de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques). Valeurs guides, limites d'exposition et m茅thodes d'茅valuation appliqu茅es aux sources de bruit environnemental听(P.I., 5 co-applicants from 平特五不中, Ecole Technologie Sup茅rieure and Universit茅 Laval) |
2016-2023 听 |
Sounds in the City: a cross-sector partnership to make cities sound better See |
2018-2023 |
2018-2023 SSHRC - Partnership grant Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) (Co-I, S. McAdams, P.I.) |
2016-2017 |
NSERC. Engage and Engage Plus grants with Applied Acoustics Systems. Virtual Acoustics Models for Physically-modeled Musical Instruments听(P.I.) |
2016 |
CFI 鈥 NIF. Live Expression 鈥渋n situ鈥: Musical and Audiovisual Performance and Reception听(Co-I., M. Wanderley, P.I. and 8 others) |
2014 鈥 2015 | NSERC. Engage grant with industry partner Audiokinetic. Spatialized and interactive artificial binaural reverberation听(P.I.) |
2014 鈥 2019 | FRQ - Regroupement Strat茅gique. Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)听(Co-I., M. Wanderley, P.I. and 40 others). |
2014 | CFI 鈥 Leaders Opportunity Fund Award. Digital Musical Instrument Performance Research and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (PR2P)听(Co-I., M. Wanderley, P.I. and S. Ferguson). |
2013 | SSHRC 鈥 Connection. Colloque International : Analyser les processus de creation musicale / Tracking the creative process in music听(Co-I., J. Goldman, P.I. and 3 others). |
2012-2017 | NSERC - Discovery Grant. Upper limits of auditory motion perception听(P.I.) |
2011-2016 | NSF Research Coordination Network Grant. A global sustainable soundscape network听(Co-I., B. Pijanowski, P.I.) |
2006-2011 | Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Leaders Opportunity Fund. Perceptual evaluation of human-computer interaction: Applications to the design of adaptive multimodal systems听(P.I.) |
2010鈥2013 | NSERC - Collaborative Research and Development. Physical characterization and perception of vibration transmission of road bike components听(Co-I., Y. Champoux, P.I. and 1 other). |
2009鈥2012 | CFI 鈥 NIF. Vibroacoustics of large-scale, complex, multi-material structures in aerospace and terrestrial transport听(Co-I., A. Berry, P.I.). |
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Trudeau, C., King., N. & Guastavino, C. (2023). Investigating sonic injustice: a review of published research. Social Science & Medicine.
Yanaky, R., Tyler, D., & Guastavino, C. (2023). City Ditty: An Immersive Soundscape Sketchpad for Professionals of the Built Environment. Applied Sciences, 13, 1611.
Tarlao, C., Steele, D., Blanc, G., & Guastavino, C. (2023). Interactive soundscape simulation as a co-design tool for urban professionals. Landscape and Urban Planning, 231, 104642.
Steele, D., Bild. E., & Guastavino, C. (2023). Moving past the sound-noise dichotomy: how professionals of the built environment approach the sonic dimension. Cities, 132, 103974, doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103974
Tarlao, C., & Guastavino, C. (2022). On the ecological validity of soundscape reproduction in laboratory. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 37, 57鈥60.
Laplace J. & Guastavino, C. (2022). Exploring sonic experiences in church spaces: A psycholinguistic analysis. The Senses and Society, 17 (3), 343-358.
Bild, E., Steele, D. & Guastavino, C. (2022). Revisiting public space transformations from a sonic perspective during the Covid-19 pandemic. Built Environment, 48(1), 244-263,
Boissinot, E., Bogdanovitch, S., Bockstael, A, & Guastavino, C. (2022). Effect of hearing protection use on听pianists鈥 performance鈥痑nd experience: Comparing foam and musician earplugs. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:886861, 听
Tarlao, C., Steele, D., & Guastavino, C. (2022). Assessing the ecological validity of soundscape reproduction in different laboratory settings. Plos One, 17.6 (2022): e0270401,
Di Croce, N., Bild, E., Steele, D., & Guastavino, C. (2022). A sonic perspective for the post-pandemic future of entertainment districts: the case of Montreal鈥檚 Quartier des Spectacles.听Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-24, doi.org/
Fraisse, V., Giannini, N., Guastavino, C., & Boutard, G. (2022). Experiencing sound installations: a conceptual framework. Organised Sound. 1-16, doi:10.1017/S135577182200036X
Boutard, G., Guastavino, C., Bernier, N., Gauthier, P-A., Fraisse, V., Gianini, N. & Champagne, J. (2022). A taxonomical review of contemporary sound installations in Qu茅bec. Resonance: The journal of sound and culture, 3(2), 177鈥193.
Bild, E., Steele, D. & Guastavino, C. (2022). Festivals and events as everyday life in Montreal鈥檚 entertainment district. Sustainability, 14(8):4559, doi.org/10.3390/su14084559
Frissen, I., Yao, H. Y., Guastavino, C., & Hayward, V. (2022). Humans sense by touch the location of objects that roll in handheld containers. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology,
Sullivan, J.. Guastavino, C., & Wanderley, M. (2022). Surveying digital musical instrument use in active musical practice. Journal of New Music Research, 1-18,听
Laplace, J. , Bild, E., Trudeau, C., Perna, M., Dupont, T. & Guastavino C. (2022). Encadrement du bruit environnemental au Canada. Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de politiques publiques, 48(1), 49-65.
Perna, M., Padois, T., Trudeau, C., Bild, E., Laplace, J., Dupont, T., & Guastavino, C. (2022). Comparison of road noise policies across Australia, Europe, and North America. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 173.听doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010173
Valentin, O., Gauthier P-A, Camier, C, Verron, C., Guastavino, C., & Berry, B. (2022). Perceptual validation of sound environment reproduction inside an aircraft mock-up. Applied Ergonomics, 88: 103603.
Bild, E., Steele, D., Guastavino, C. (2021). At home in Montreal鈥檚 Quartier des spectacles festival district. Journal of Sonic Studies, 21.
Steele, D., Guastavino, C. (2021). Quieted city sounds during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18: 5877.
Fraisse, V., Wanderley, M., & Guastavino, C. (2021). Comprehensive Framework for Describing Interactive Sound Installations. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 5(4), 19.
Tarlao, C., Fernandez, P., Frissen, I., & Guastavino, C. (2021). Influence of Sound Level on Diners鈥 Perceptions and Behavior in a Montreal Restaurant. Applied Acoustics. 174: 107772.
Steele, D.,听Fraisse, V., Bild, E., Guastavino, C. (2021). Bringing music to the park: the effect of Musikiosk on the quality of public experience. Applied Acoustics. 177: 107910.
Tarlao, C., Steffens, S., & Guastavino, C. (2021). Investigating contextual influences on urban soundscape evaluations with structural equation modeling. Building and Environment. 188: 107490.
Trudeau, C., Steele, D., Guastavino, C. (2020). A tale of three misters: the effect of water features on soundscape assessments in a Montreal public space. Frontiers in Psychology, section Environmental Psychology. Research Topic: Human Perception of Environmental Sounds,11: 570797.
Steele, D., Kerrigan, C., & Guastavino, C. (2020). Sounds in the City: bridging the gaps from research to practice through soundscape workshops. Journal of Urban Design, 25(5), 656-664.
Roggerone, V., Vacher, J., Tarlao, C., & Guastavino, C. (2019). Auditory motion perception emerges from successive sound localizations integrated over time. Scientific Reports, 9: 16437.
Axelsson, O., Guastavino, C., & Payne, S. (2019). Editorial: Soundscape assessment. Frontiers in Psychology, section Environmental Psychology, 10: 2514.
Steele, D., Bild, E, Tarlao, C., & Guastavino, C. (2019). Soundtracking the Public Space: Outcomes of the Musikiosk Soundscape Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16: 1865.
Payne, S. R., & Guastavino, C.听(2018). Exploring the validity of the Perceived Restorativeness Soundscape Scale: a psycholinguistic approach. Frontiers in Psychology, section Environmental Psychology, 9, 2224.
F茅ron, F-X, & Guastavino, C.听(2018). 脡tudier la musique sous toutes ses formes: la d茅multiplication des approches scientifiques en musicologie. Histoire de la recherche contemporaine, VII(1), 40-49.
Boutard, G., & Guastavino, C.听(2018). Cultural heritage, information science and the creative process. In N. Donin (Ed)., Oxford Handbook of Creative Process in Music(pp. 1-23). New York, N.Y: Oxford University Press.
Ayachi, F.S., Drouet, J-M., Champoux, Y., & Guastavino, C.(2018). Perceptual thresholds for vibration transmitted to road cyclists. Human Factors, 60(6), 844-854.
Roque, J., Guastavino, C.,听Lafraire, J. & Fernandez, P., (2018). Plating influences diners鈥 perception of culinary creativity. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 11, 55-62.
Guastavino, C. (2018). Everyday Sound Categorization. In T. Virtanen, M. D. Plumbley, & D. Ellis (Eds.), Computational Analysis of Sound Scenes and Events (pp. 183鈥213). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Saitis, C., Scavone, G., Fritz, C., Guastavino, C., & Dubois, D. (2017). Perceptual evaluation of violins: a psycholinguistic analysis of preference verbal descriptions by experienced musicians. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141 (4), 2746-2757.
Steffens, J., Steele, D., & Guastavino, C. (2017). Situational and person-related factors influencing momentary and retrospective soundscape evaluations in day-to-day life. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(3), 1414-1425.
Romblom, D., Guastavino, C. & Depalle, P. (2016). Perceptual thresholds for non-ideal diffuse field reverberation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(5), 3908-3916.
Camier, C., Boissinot, J., & Guastavino, C. (2016). On the robustness of the upper limit for circular auditory motion perception. Journal of Multimodal User Interfaces, 10, 295-298.
Gauthier, P-A., Camier, C., Lebel, F-A., Pasco, Y., Berry, A., Langlois, J., Verron, C., & Guastavino, C. (2016). Experiments of multichannel least-square methods for sound field reproduction inside aircraft mock-up: Objective evaluations. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 376, 194-216.
Romblom, D., Depalle, P., Guastavino, C., & King, R. (2016). Diffuse field modeling using physically-inspired decorrelation and B-format microphones: Part 1 Algorithm. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 64(4), 177-193.
Rummukainen, O., Romblom, D., & Guastavino, C. (2016). Diffuse field modeling using physically-inspired decorrelation and B-format microphones: Part 2 Evaluation. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 64(4), 194-207.
Luizard, P. , Katz, B. & Guastavino, C. (2015). Perceived suitability of reverberation in large coupled volume concert halls. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain, 25(3), 317-325.
Fernandez, P., Aurouze, B., & Guastavino, C. (2015).听Plating in gastronomic restaurants: A qualitative exploration of chefs鈥 perception. Menu, Journal of Food and Hospitality Research, 4, 16-22.
Steffens, J., & Guastavino, C. (2015). Trends in momentary and retrospective soundscape judgments. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 101(4), 713-722.
Absar, R., & Guastavino, C. (2015). The design and formative evaluation of nonspeech auditory feedback for an information system. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 66(8), 1696-1708.
Luizard, P. , Katz, B. & Guastavino, C. (2015). Perceptual thresholds for realistic double-slope decay reverberation in large coupled spaces. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1), 75-84.
Ayachi, F., Dorey, J., & Guastavino, C. (2015). Identifying factors of bicycle comfort: An online survey with enthusiast cyclists. Applied Ergonomics, 46(A), 124鈥136.
Frissen, I.,听 F茅ron, F-X., & Guastavino, C. (2014). Auditory velocity discrimination in the horizontal plane at very high velocities. Hearing Research, 316, 94-101.
Frissen, I.,听 & Guastavino, C. (2014). Do whole-body vibrations affect spatial hearing? Ergonomics, 57(7), 1090-1101.
Pras, A., Cance, C., & Guastavino, C. (2013). Record producers鈥 best practices for artistic direction 鈥 From light coaching to deeper collaboration with musicians. Journal of New Music Research, 42(4), 381-395.
Rosenblum, A. L., Burr, G., & Guastavino, C. (2013). Survey: Adoption of Published Standards in Cylinder and 78rpm Disc Digitization. International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives Journal, 41, 40-55.
Julien, C-A., Tirilly, P., Dinneen, J. D. & Guastavino, C. (2013). Reducing subject tree browsing complexity. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 64(11), 2201-2223.
Boutard, G., Guastavino, C., & Turner, J. (2013). A digital archives framework for the preservation of artistic works with technological components.听 International Journal of Digital Curation, 8(1), 42-65. Retrieved from
Pras, A., Lavoie, M. & Guastavino, C.听(2013). The impact of technological advances on recording studio practices. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 64(3), 612鈥626.
Pras, A., & Guastavino, C. (2013). Impact of producers鈥 comments and musicians鈥 self evaluation on perceived recording quality. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 6(1), 81-101.
Verron, C., Gauthier, P-A., Langlois, J, & Guastavino, C. (2013). Spectral and spatial multichannel analysis/synthesis of interior aircraft sounds. IEEE transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 21(7), 1317-1329.
Boutard, G., & Guastavino, C. (2012). Following gesture-following: Grounding the Documentation of a Multi-Agent Music Creation Process. Computer Music Journal, 36(4), 59-80.
Boutard, G., & Guastavino, C. (2012). Archiving electroacoustic and mixed music: significant knowledge involved in the creative process of works with spatialisation. Journal of Documentation, 68(6), 749-771.
Julien, C-A., Tirilly, P, Leide, J.E. & Guastavino, C. (2012). Constructing a True LCSH Tree of a Science and Engineering Collection. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(12), 2405-2418.
Frissen, I., Ziat, M., Campion, G., Hayward, V., & Guastavino, C. (2012). The effect of voluntary movements on auditory-haptic and haptic-haptic temporal order judgments. Acta Psychologica, 141, 140-148.
Giordano, B., Guastavino, C., Murphy, E., Ogg, M., Smith, B.K., & McAdams, S. (2011). Comparison of Dissimilarity Estimation Methods. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 46, 1-33.
F茅ron, F-X., Frissen, I., Boissinot, J., & Guastavino, C. (2010). Upper limits of auditory rotational motion. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(6), 3703-3714.
Guastavino, C., G贸mez, F., Toussaint, G., Marandola, F., G贸mez, E. (2009). Measuring similarity between Flamenco Rhythmic Patterns. Journal of New Music Research, 38(2), 175-184.
Guastavino, C. (2007). Categorization of environmental sounds. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 60(1), 54-63.
Keynotes at international conferences:
Guastavino, C. (2020). Current trends in urban soundscape research. 49th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Internoise 2020), Seoul, Korea, August 23-26, 2020.
Guastavino, C. (2019). Making sense of the sounds around us: Auditory scene analysis in everyday listening. 4th international workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustics Scenes and Events (DCASE 2019). New York, NY, USA, October 25-28.