Professor Mark Rau’s Laboratory for Audio, Music, and Acoustics (LAMA) studies musical instruments, musicians, and music-making tools, through the lens of signal processing, acoustic and electronic measurement, and physical modelling. Occasionally, they also make music.
The LAMA team includes a variety of talented people with backgrounds in physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and more.
Learn more about LAMA.
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