Nishal Stanislaus Silva

List of Publications

Upcoming / Accepted / In Press

    • 2025 - under review.
      Real-Time Audio Pattern Detection for Smart Musical Instruments
      Silva, N. and Turchet, L.
      Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
    • 2025 - under review.
      Melody and Motion: Integrating Guitar Gesture Detection with Musical Patterns for Extended Control in Live Performance and Metaverse Applications
      Silva, N. and Wanderley, M. and Turchet, L.
      IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds
    • 2025 - accepted.
      Interactive IoMusT-Based Concerts: Real-Time Pattern Recognition and Audience Experience
      Silva, N. and Boem, A. andTurchet, L.
      International Conference on Immersive and 3D Audio
    • 2025 - accepted.
      User-Centered Evaluation of Smart Musical Instruments with Embedded Real-Time Pattern Detection
      Silva, N. and Turchet, L.
      International Conference on Immersive and 3D Audio

Publications

    • 2025
      Embedded Real-Time Musical Pattern Detection for Smart Musical Instruments
      Silva, N.
      PhD Thesis
    • 2024
      Real-Time Pattern Recognition of Symbolic Monophonic Music
      Silva, N. and Turchet, L.
      Proceedings of the 19th International Audio Mostly Conference
    • 2024
      Towards an Internet of Musical Things (IoMusT) ecosystem: Multi-sensory performances enabled through AI-based smart musical instruments
      Silva, N.
      11th International Conference on Arts & Humanities (ICOAH)
    • 2022
      A Structural Similarity Index Based Method to Detect Symbolic Monophonic Patterns in Real-Time
      Silva, N. and Turchet, L.
      25th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, DAFx
    • 2021
      Towards Real-Time Detection of Symbolic Musical Patterns: Probabilistic vs. Deterministic Methods
      Silva, N. and Fiscione, C. and Turchet, L.
      27th Conference of Open Innovations Association (FRUCT)
    • 2018
      On Musical Onset Detection via the S-Transform
      Silva, N. and Fiscione, C. and Weeraddana, P.C.
      52nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers
    • 2018
      On Musical Onset Detection via the S-Transform
      Silva, N.
      MSc Thesis
    • 2014
      A Hand Gesture Controlled TV Remote
      Silva, N.
      BEng Thesis

Short Papers and Talks

    • 2025
      Mixed Reality Demo for Smart Musical Instruments and the Musical Metaverse
      Kickoff Meeting for the Musical Metaverse - University of Trento, Italy
    • 2024
      Demo of a Smart Musical Instrument-Based Real Time Pattern Detection System
      Audio Mostly Conference - University of Milan, Italy
    • 2024
      Demo of a Smart Musical Instrument-Based Real Time Pattern Detection System
      ICT Days - University of Trento, Italy
    • 2024
      Real Time Musical Pattern Detection
      McGill University, Canada
    • 2023
      Demo of a Smart Musical Instrument to Control Peripheral Devices
      ISMIR Conference - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
    • 2023
      Demo of a Smart Musical Instrument to Control Peripheral Devices
      SoundMIT Synth Expo - Turin, Italy

Demos and Concerts

    • 2024 - Oct
      Multisensory Concert enabled by Smart Musical Instruments and Real-Time Musical Pattern Detection
      University of Trento, Italy
    • 2024 - May
      An Internet of Musical Things Performance Ecosystem Based on Real-Time Musical Pattern Recognition
      University of Trento, Italy
    • 2023 - Sep
      Real-time monophonic pattern recognition system based on MIDI data
      University of Trento, Italy