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David Moffat
AI and Machine Learning Data Scientist
EO Instrumentation and Facilities
Research interests
I am an applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning researcher who focuses on the application of techniques to Earth Observation data to formulate a better understanding of the natural world. I work across environmental domains to interpret and analyse data.
Recent publications
A Deep Learning Approach to Downscaling Microwave Land Surface Temperatures for a Clear-Sky Merged Infrared-Microwave Product. 2025-11-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17233893
The theoretical role of the wind in aerosolising microplastics and nanoplastics from coastal combined sewer overflows. 2025-07-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06115-5 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2045-2322
Automatic Mapping and Characterising Of Ripple Patterns on Sand Dunes using U-Net and 2D Semi-Variogram.. 2025-03-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-6353
Ripple patterns on Martian barchan dunes in the north: indicators of the flow regime.. 2025-01-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-667
A Sentinel-3 foundation model for ocean colour. 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2509.21273
Segmenting and characterising ripple patterns on sand dunes using machine learning and 2D semi-variogram. 2025
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105017591291&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Sensing human health from Space: An assessment of applications and big data platforms. 2025
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105015588547&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Deciphering the variability in air-sea gas transfer due to sea state and wind history. 2024-09-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae389
From digital assistant to digital collaborator. 2024-02-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003118817-20 ISBN: https://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9781003118817
Drone imagery and deep learning for mapping the density of wild Pacific oysters to manage their expansion into protected areas. 2024
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85198538567&partnerID=MN8TOARS
TLS2trees: A scalable tree segmentation pipeline for TLS data. 2023-10-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14233 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2041-210X ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2041-210X
Determining drivers of phytoplankton carbon to chlorophyll ratio at Atlantic Basin scale. 2023-07-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1191216 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2296-7745
Analysis of Dune Ripple Patterns on the Surface of Earth and Mars to determine Local Sand Transport Conditions: A Machine Learning application.. 2023-05-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-392
TLS2trees: a scalable tree segmentation pipeline for TLS data. 2022-12-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.07.518693
Word Embeddings for Automatic Equalization in Audio Mixing. 2022-11-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0047 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1549-4950
Semantic Music Production: A Meta-Study. 2022-07-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2022.0023 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1549-4950
Measuring Audibility Threshold Levels for Attack and Release in a Dynamic Range Compressor. 2022
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85151540549&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Word Embeddings for Automatic Equalization in Audio Mixing. 2022
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85170912093&partnerID=MN8TOARS
You Only Hear Once: A YOLO-like Algorithm for Audio Segmentation and Sound Event Detection. 2022
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85127568529&partnerID=MN8TOARS
AI Music Mixing Systems. 2021-07-03
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72116-9_13
A Deep Learning Approach to Intelligent Drum Mixing With the Wave-U-Net. 2021-03-09
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2020.0031
Context-Aware Intelligent Mixing Systems. 2021-03-09
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2020.0043
AI Music Mixing Systems. 2021
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85124397094&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Artificially synthesising data for audio classification and segmentation to improve speech and music detection in radio broadcast. 2021
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85114965131&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Artificially synthesising data for audio classification and segmentation to improve speech and music detection in radio broadcast. 2021
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85169642121&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Investigating the effects of training set synthesis for audio segmentation of radio broadcast. 2021
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85103316785&partnerID=MN8TOARS
You Only Hear Once: A YOLO-like Algorithm for Audio Segmentation and Sound Event Detection. 2021
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85171216568&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Mixing with Intelligent Mixing Systems: Evolving Practices and Lessons from Computer Assisted Design. 2020-05
http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=20793
A History of Audio Effects. 2020-01-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app10030791
Composing, recording and producing with historical equipment and instrument models. 2020
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101727112&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Machine Learning Multitrack Gain Mixing of Drums. 2019-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17743/aesconv.2019.978-1-942220-31-2
Approaches in Intelligent Music Production. 2019-09-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/arts8040125 ISSN: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2076-0752
The Impact of Audio Effects Processing on the Perception of Brightness and Warmth. 2019-09-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3356590.3356618
An automated approach to the application of reverberation. 2019
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85084096102&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Automatic Mixing Level Balancing Enhanced through Source Interference Identification. 2019
Sound Effect Synthesis. 2019
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85141052858&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Perceptual Evaluation of Synthesized Sound Effects. 2018-04
Real-Time Physical Model for Synthesis of Sword Swing Sounds. 2017
ISBN: http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9789526037295
Real-time physical model of an Aeolian harp. 2017
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029432788&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Unsupervised Taxonomy of Sound Effects. 2017
https://dafx17.eca.ed.ac.uk/papers/DAFx17_Proceedings.pdf
Chair's introduction. 2016
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016986475&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Modal Synthesis of Weapon Sounds. 2016
An Evaluation of Audio Feature Extraction Toolboxes. 2015
Automatic Subgrouping of Multitrack Audio. 2015
