Richard Yanaky
MSc, University of Alberta; BA, York University
Research areas: Human-Computer Interaction, R&D using Immersive Technologies, Tools for urban soundscape design, Multimodal Interaction
2022 - Student Travel Award, issued by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) to present at the Urban Sound Symposium 2023 (Barcelona, Spain).
2022 - Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel (GREAT) Award, issued by Faculty of Arts, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ to present at Internoise 2023 (Chiba, Japan)
2022 - Best Paper/Presentation Award by a PhD Student at the 14th EBSI-SIS Student Symposium in Information Science
2022 - College Technology Transfer Centre Grant (CCTT) Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Appliquer la conception de paysage sonore au tourisme avec des outils immersifs. | Applying soundscape design to tourism with immersive tools
2021 - College Technology Transfer Centre Grant (CCTT) Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). étude de cas en vue d’une planification optimale d’aménagement sonore d’un environnement via la recherche et le développement d'outils immersifs | case study for planning of the sound design of an environment through the research and development of immersive tools.
2020 - CIRMMT Agile Seed funding (co-applicant with Edda Bild, Cynthia Tarlao, Richard Yanaky, Daniel Steele (McGill) & Johanne Brochu (Université Laval)), issued by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT). Sound fundamentals for urban professionals: a course for city-makers .
2020-22 - Doctoral Grant, issued by Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC). Conception de technologies immersives pour intégrer le sonore dans l’aménagement urbain | Design of immersive technologies to integrate sound into urban planning.
2020 - Student Research Award (co-application with Ying-Ying Zhang), issued by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) towards the creation of immersive soundscape educational modules.
2020 - Graduate Excellent Award for early completion of Comprehensive exam, issued by the School of Information Studies, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
2019 - Graduate Excellence Award, issued by the School of Information Studies, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
2018 - Arthur C. Tagge entrance Scholarship, issued by the Faculty of Arts, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Peer Reviewed Publications
Yanaky, R., Tyler, D., & Guastavino, C. (2023). City Ditty: An Immersive Soundscape Sketchpad for Professionals of the Built Environment. Applied Sciences, 13(3), 1611. Retrieved from
Conference Proceedings with short papers
Yanaky, R., & Guastavino, C. (2022). Addressing transdisciplinary challenges through technology: Immersive soundscape planning tools. The Annual Conference of CAIS/Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI.
Yanaky, Tarlao, & Guastavino. (2020). An Interactive Soundscape Simulator for Professionals of the Built Environment. Paper presented at the International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, HAID 2020, Montreal, Canada.
Other conference presentations
Yanaky. (2022). Addressing Transdisciplinary Challenges through Technology: Immersive Soundscape Planning Tools. Paper presented at the 14th annual EBSI-SIS Student Symposium in Information Science.
Yanaky. (2021). Educating professionals of the built environment in soundscape design through an immersive virtual reality tool pt. 2. Paper presented at the 3rd CIRMMT/OIRCM/BRAMS Student Symposium, Montreal, Canada.
Yanaky, & Zhang. (2020). Educating professionals of the built environment in soundscape design through an immersive virtual reality tool. Paper presented at the 2nd CIRMMT/OIRCM/BRAMS Student Symposium, Montreal, Canada.
Yanaky. (2020). Online Teaching Strategies. Presented at the 5th Interact@CIRMMT workshop.
Yanaky. (2019). Predicting emphatic speech: classification of non-literal utterance. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, Montreal, QC Canada.
Conference Posters
Yanaky, & Guastavino. (2021). Soundscape Design Tools for Professionals. Poster presented at the Urban Sound Symposium, Ghent – Montreal – Nantes – Zurich – Berlin – London (Online).
Bild, Steele, Yanaky, Tarlao, Di Croce, & Guastavino. (2021). Sound fundamentals for professionals of the built environment: a course for citymakers. Poster presented at the Urban Sound Symposium 2021, Ghent – Montreal – Nantes – Zurich – Berlin – London (Online).
Book Chapters
(in preparation) Yanaky, R., Fraisse, V., Reimer, P., Guastavino, C., Wanderley, M. (2024). Sound-Based Interaction. In 'Human Computer Interaction: Interaction Technologies and Techniques’. CRC Press.