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Asst Prof Ross Adrian Williams
Assistant Professor, School of Art, Design and Media
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Before coming to NTU Ross Williams was the senior lead instructor in audio production and post-production in the Digital Film and Interactive Media Departments at the Art Institute of New York City. He completed his Masters and Doctorate in Musical Arts at Rice University in Houston, Texas. An Australian born sound designer and composer, Ross has composed and sound designed for theatre, museum installation and award winning independent feature and short films, as well as numerous concert works.
Implementation of audio stimuli to improve effectiveness of Robotic Motor Training to enhance Motor Control in Hemiplegia.

A collaboration with Dr Dylan Edwards, the Director of the Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and Human Motor Control Laboratory at the Burke Research Institute/ Cornell Medical School in New York. We are investigating the use of sound/music stimuli to improve the outcomes of stroke patients undergoing robotic motor training.

Aesthetics of sound design for fiction narrative, experimental and documentary film. Primarily practise based with a focus on multichannel implementation for desired aesthetic outcomes.

Spatialized sonification of Volcano infrasound: A collaboration (Tier 1) with Asst Prof. Benoit Tainse at the Asian School of the Environment (NTU)

Soundscapes as Cultural Heritage: Particularly urban soundscapes and assessing their potential cultural heritage value.

Sound, Memory and Image. Specifically does sound off screen sound evoke remembered visual images when experiencing film in 2d and VR.
 
  • A Choice for Life - Education about Diabetes in a Fully Immersive Environment (VR)
  • From Print to Digital Continued: Expanded Research into adapting Shakespeare for VR, AR and AI