Research Interests

Auditory Engineering Lab (AEL) Members

Current AEL members

Former AEL members

Teaching

Present:

IBEHS 3A03: Biomedical Signals and Systems (Fall 2026)
ELECENG 3TP3: Signals and Systems (Fall 2026)

Past:

ECE 796: Models of the Neuron (Winter 2026; 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)
IBEHS 5P06B: Biomedical Capstone Design Project (Winter 2025; Fall 2025 & Winter 2026)
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)
ELECENG 4BB3: Cellular Bioelectricity (Winter 2023; Winter 2022; Winter 2021)
COMPENG 2DX4: Microprocessor Systems Project (Winter 2020)
ELECENG 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)
ELECENG 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)
ELECENG 4CL4: Control System Design (Winter 2004; Winter 2003)
COMPENG 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 article 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," JARO 27:583–609.

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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Created by Ian Bruce <brucei@mcmaster.ca> - last modified Tuesday, August 25, 2026