Research Interests

Auditory Engineering Lab (AEL) Members

Current AEL members

Former AEL members

Teaching

Present:

IBEHS 5P06B: Biomedical Capstone Design Project (Fall 2025 & Winter 2026)
ECE 796: Models of the Neuron (Winter 2026)

Past:

IBEHS 5P06B: Biomedical Capstone Design Project (Winter 2025)
IBEHS 3A03: Biomedical Signals and Systems (Fall 2025; Fall 2024; Fall 2022; Fall 2021; Fall 2020; Fall 2019)
ECE 797: Speech and Audio Processing (Fall 2024 as ECE 769; Fall 2022 as ECE 769; Winter 2004; Winter 2003 as ECE 769)
ELEC ENG 4BB3: Cellular Bioelectricity (Winter 2023; Winter 2022; Winter 2021)
COMP ENG 2DX4: Microprocessor Systems Project (Winter 2020)
ELEC ENG 3BA3: Structure of Biological Materials (Fall 2018; Fall 2017; Fall 2015; Fall 2014; Fall 2013; Fall 2012; Fall 2011; Fall 2010; Fall 2008; Fall 2007; Fall 2006; Fall 2005; Fall 2004)
ELEC ENG 3BB3: Cellular Bioelectricity (Winter 2019; Winter 2018; Winter 2017; Winter 2016; Winter 2015; Winter 2013; Fall 2011; Winter 2011; Winter 2008; Winter 2007; Winter 2006; Winter 2005)
ECE 795: Quantitative Electrophysiology (Fall 2014; Fall 2013; Fall 2012; Fall 2010; Fall 2008; Fall 2007; Fall 2006)
ECE 796: Models of the Neuron (Winter 2022; Winter 2021; Winter 2019; Winter 2018; Winter 2017; Winter 2016; Winter 2015; Winter 2013; Winter 2011; Winter 2009; Winter 2008; Winter 2007; Fall 2005; Fall 2004; Fall 2002 - as ECE 768)
ELEC ENG 4CL4: Control System Design (Winter 2004; Winter 2003)
COE 4TL4: Digital Signal Processing (Fall 2003)

You may be interested in having a look at my:

Curriculum Vitae

Reprints and Preprints (For a complete list of publications see my CV.)

New preprint in JARO: He, S., Bruce, I. C., Gao, Z., Aiello, R. A., and Mueller, C. R. (2026). "Evaluating the N1-P2 interpeak latency of the eCAP and its intertrial variability as potential indicators of neural synchrony in the auditory nerve of cochlear implant users," accepted for publication in JARO.

New article in JARO: He, S., Gao, Z., Oleson, J. J., and Bruce, I. C. (2026). "The interphase gap effect in cochlear implant users: biological basis, parameter selection, analytical methods, and quantitative scales," JARO 27:465–490.

New article in JASA Express Letters: Nagathil, A., Lentz, B., Mojica, G., Bruce, I. C., Völter, C., and Martin, R. (2026). "A computationally efficient music processing algorithm for cochlear implants based on an auditory adaptation model," JASA Express Lett. 6:044405.

New article in JARO: Yayli, M., and Bruce, I. C. (2026). "Effects of gap junctions and inhibition on the synchronization behavior of a biophysically detailed neural network model of bushy cells," JARO 27:189–208.

New article in Ear & Hearing: Gao, Z., Yuan, Y., Oleson, J. J., Mueller, C. R., Bruce, I. C., Gifford, R. H., and He, S. (2026). "The relationships between cochlear nerve health and AzBio sentence scores in quiet and noise in postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant users," Ear & Hearing 47(3):847–862.

Code: Updated version of the Zilany-Bruce-Carney labs' auditory-periphery model (Bruce et al., Hear. Res. 2018)

Code: Matlab code for the Negm–Bruce stochastic Hodgkin–Huxley auditory nerve models (Negm & Bruce IEEE TBME 2014)

Code for evaluation of Fox & Lu's approximation to stochastic Hodgkin–Huxley models (Bruce, ABME 2009)

Code for stochastic Hodgkin–Huxley models (Bruce, ABME 2007)

Code for the Mustafa-Bruce Formant Tracker (Mustafa and Bruce, IEEE-TASLP 200s6)

Code for the Bruce et al. (1999, 2000) stochastic electrical neural stimulation models

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