Model-based EM Source Separation and Localization (MESSL)

Ron, Dan, and I came up with a name for the source separation and localization system we’ve been working on. It’s so much easier to refer to a five-letter handle than an abstract concept, even one that we all share. MESSL is nice because it’s not too popular on google, it’s pronouncable, it’s short, and it includes all of the important features of the algorithm. It also meets Ron’s criterion of not including the word algorithm, so you can say “the MESSL algorithm” without the redundancy of “ATM machine” or “PIN number”.

Here are some of the other names we considered and rejected, in no
particular order:

MUSSL Model-based Underdetermined Source Separation and Localization
MISSL Model-based Interaural Source Separation and Localization
SMELS Source/signal model estimation for localization and separation
BULS Binaural Underdetermined Localization and Separation
BELS Binaural Em Localization and Separation
SLIME Separation and Localization using Interaural Model Estimation
SLIDE Separation and Localization using Interaural Difference Estimation
ELSIF EM Localization and Separation using Interaural Features
MELSA Model-based EM Localization and Separation Algorithm
ELSA EM Localization and Separation Algorithm
SMEBLS Source Model Estimation for Binaural Localization and Separation
MEBLS Model Estimation for Binaural Localization and Separation
MEMALS Model-based EM Algorithm for Localization and Separation

One Response to “Model-based EM Source Separation and Localization (MESSL)”

  1. mark Says:

    always good to avoid the RAS syndrome:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

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