Supercomputing and the Processing of Acoustic Transients by Biological Systemsand Machines

摘要

Funds were received for the acquisition of scientific instrumentation chosen tostrengthen the auditory research program in the Comparative Hearing Laboratory. Funds were used to purchase two commercial, research grade, sound booths, and for a computer network based on the 80486 microprocessor. This equipment is dedicated (1) to the laboratory control of psychoacoustical experiments, (2) to the efficient conduction of signal processing analyses suitable for processing on microcomputers, and (3) to serving as a high-speed file server and terminal for the conduction of large-scale signal processing analyses executed on the Alabama Supercomputer Network (Cray XMP-24).