François Grondin
Assistant professor, Eng., PhD
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Université de Sherbrooke
2500 boul. Université, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1

2024

Sound event detection and audio sound track normalization in movie audio mix

MITACS Accelerate - Principal Investigator

107,000$

SCoPe-IoT: Developing a smart, connected and perceptive vehicular platform with novel user interaction modalities

NSERC Alliance - Co-Investigator

3,508,000$

2023

Smart, Connected and Perceptive (SCoPe) Off-Road Vehicles

NSERC Alliance - Co-Investigator

4,852,000$

Using sound signature for drone tracking with a microphone array

FRQNT Relève Professorale - Principal Investigator

46,000$

2022

Speech Keyword Spotting for Unmanned Ground Vehicles

MITACS Accelerate - Principal Investigator

60,000$

Research Infrastructure for Robot Audition

Canada Foundation for Innovation - Principal Investigator

225,000$

Design of a weeding robot for organic farming

FRQ Impulsion - Principal Investigator

100,000$

2021

Acoustic beacons for air intrusion detection in secured perimeters

MITACS Accelerate - Principal Investigator

45,000$

Speech enhancement on multi-microphone arrays under realistic settings

MITACS Elevation - Principal Investigator

60,000$

Robot audition in everyday environments with deep learning

NSERC Discovery Grant - Principal Investigator

150,000$

Efficiency of the multiple microphones SmartBelt to assist people with hearing loss

Société inclusive - Principal Investigator

25,000$

Design of a real-time acoustic imaging system for sound localization in work environment

IRSST Collaborative Research Grant - Co-Investigator

650,000$

Battery module with battery management (BMS) and intelligent thermal management (TMS) for aerospace applications

CRIAQ - Co-Investigator

120,000$

Design of an air and ground multimodal detection, localization and tracking system

MITACS Accelerate Entrepreneur - Principal Investigator

180,000$

2020

Signal processing and machine learning applied to multitouch sensing using ultrasounds

MITACS Elevation - Principal Investigator

120,000$

Tactile technology with ultrasound reflections

NSERC Idea to Innovation - Co-Investigator

350,000$

Noise-aware wearable speech enhancement system

MITACS Accelerate - Principal Investigator

45,000$

Battery pack thermal prediction and fault detection using machine learning

MITACS Accelerate - Principal Investigator

70,000$