PC Magazine

The Best Headphones for 2026

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...
PC Magazine

The Best Security Suites for 2026

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...
IEEE

An Attention-Based Time-Frequency Pyramid Pooling Strategy in Deep Convolutional Networks for Acoustic Scene Classification

Abstract: Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are frequently employed in acoustic scene classification (ASC) tasks due to their ability to gather time-frequency information pertaining to the spectrum ...
IEEE

Low Computational Complexity RLS-Based Decision-Feedback Equalization in Underwater Acoustic Communications

Abstract: The adaptive recursive least squares (RLS) algorithm plays a crucial role in underwater acoustic (UWA) communications because of its robustness and fast convergence. However, the high ...