| Nov 08, 2026 | Paper submitted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics: Walking Through a Virtual Orchestra: Localization–Quality Trade-offs in Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Audio Rendering for Virtual Reality. |
| Nov 03, 2026 | Paper published: Latency and anchor dependence in objective binaural quality metrics: a cross-format evaluation of immersive audio, Applied Acoustics, vol. 257 (with Danowski; open access). DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2026.111643 |
| Nov 02, 2026 | Attended the Auralization school of the Autumn School Series in Acoustics (ASSA 2026), Eindhoven University of Technology. 2–6 November 2026. |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Presented a paper at the 21st Symposium on New Trends in Audio and Video Technology (NTAV 2026): Ambisonia wyższych rzędów w każdej przeglądarce: kontenerowy stos do transmisji 360° na żywo (“Higher-order Ambisonics in every browser: a containerised stack for live 360° streaming”). Also served on the recording competition jury, recusing from judging entries by supervised KNIDiO students – who themselves won prizes: 3rd prize (acoustic recording) for Alien (Paweł Szydłowski, Małgorzata Bernat, Jakub Tarczewski) and a distinction (studio recording) for The Light (Sylwester Rohde). Kamil Sterniuk also received a distinction in the Young Authors Competition. Wrocław, 15–17 October 2026. |
| Oct 09, 2026 | Participated in the VR film production Modlitwa w Ogrójcu (“Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane”) for Miejsce Słowa, covering the Prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane and the Arrest of Jesus, at the Olive Gardens of Lun, Croatia. 9–11 October 2026. |
| Oct 08, 2026 | Paper published: A seven-year Higher-Order Ambisonics recording corpus: dataset, methodology, and a co-located spherical microphone array comparison, IEEE Access (with Zaporowski). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3741586 |
| Oct 07, 2026 | Dean’s distinction (ETI Faculty, Gdańsk Tech) for supervising student group project: GuitarMicBot: an automatic Cartesian robot for remote microphone positioning near a guitar amplifier in an isolated room (Student Group Projects, 2025/2026 edition). |
| Oct 06, 2026 | Completed Computational Co-Creation for Societal Challenges, a module of the ENHANCE Alliance Certificate in Higher Education Teaching Programme (CHET), delivered by Gdańsk University of Technology. 25 hours, 1 ECTS, covering Challenge-Based Learning, stakeholder co-creation, and computational/AI-supported inquiry for societal challenges. |
| Oct 02, 2026 | Started teaching two courses at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk this academic year (2026/2027), as part of its new Music Production specialization: Editing and Post-production of Recordings (laboratory) and Analysis of Recordings and Music Production (lecture, biweekly). |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Presented Comparison of Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Rendering Algorithms for Classical Music Reproduction at the 72nd Open Seminar on Acoustics (OSA 2026) – the largest Polish acoustics conference, co-organised by Gdańsk University of Technology – and was awarded 2nd prize in the Marek Kwiek Competition for Young Acousticians. Krynica Morska, 14–18 September 2026. |
| Sep 09, 2026 | Rector’s Award (3rd degree) for individual teaching activity, Gdańsk University of Technology, for the 2025 academic year. |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Completed Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies for the Future Workforce, a module of the ENHANCE Alliance Certificate in Higher Education Teaching Programme (CHET), jointly delivered by Gdańsk University of Technology and Technische Universität Berlin. 75 hours, 3 ECTS, covering digital transformation, emerging technologies (AI, blockchain, FinTech), data-driven decision making, and digital project management. |
| Aug 06, 2026 | Paper submitted to IEEE MultiMedia: a cross-browser Media Source Extensions presentation-offset divergence between Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. Rejected 14 August 2026. Substantially reworked into a first-person Communications of the ACM Practice piece and resubmitted 16 September 2026 as Who Moved the Picture Two Seconds Early? |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Presented Complex Ratio Mask Ambisonics-to-Binaural Rendering with Intensity Vector Features and Perceptual Multi-Objective Optimization (with Zaporowski) at AES AVARIG2026 – 6th International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality and Immersive Games, Sorbonne University / IRCAM, Paris. 30 June – 3 July 2026. |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Attended the conference at Branżowe Centrum Umiejętności w dziedzinie realizacji nagrań i nagłośnień, Łódź. 24 June 2026. |
| Jun 19, 2026 | Ran a three-day Ambisonics workshop (19–21 June) at Branżowe Centrum Umiejętności w dziedzinie realizacji nagrań i nagłośnień, Łódź – from higher-order Ambisonics theory to hands-on listening through head trackers, with a range of ambisonic microphones (including Zylia and Spcmic) to compare. Thanks to Magdalena Piotrowska for the invitation. |
| Jun 17, 2026 | NCN Miniatura 10 grant now underway – Pilot Subjective Quality Evaluation of Immersive Audio Formats in a Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Virtual Reality Environment. Grant no. 2026/10/X/ST7/00128. |
| May 30, 2026 | Attended AES 160th Convention (AES Europe 2026), Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, 28–30 May 2026. Presented Express Paper Zylia ZM-1 vs. Harpex Spcmic: A Case Study of Higher-Order Ambisonic Recording Performance as a poster (with Zaporowski); co-authored Express Paper The Ambisonic Denoising Paradox: U-Net Processing Degrades ASR Transcription Quality for Medical Speech (presented by Zaporowski). Served on the Organizing Committee as Student Volunteers co-chair and led a 9-student KNIDiO delegation, with entries in the Student Recording Competition (4 entries) and Student Design Competition (4 entries). |
| May 30, 2026 | NCN Miniatura 10 grant recommended for funding – Pilot Subjective Quality Evaluation of Immersive Audio Formats in a Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Virtual Reality Environment ranked 2nd on the first-round results list. Grant no. 2026/10/X/ST7/00128. |
| May 29, 2026 | Accepted as a member of the Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne (Polish Acoustical Society). |
| May 01, 2026 | Young Researcher Program agreement extended, Gdańsk University of Technology. |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Completed Engineering Education by Design: Active, Authentic, and Inclusive Teaching for Higher Education, a module of the ENHANCE Alliance Certificate in Higher Education Teaching Programme (CHET), jointly delivered by Gdańsk University of Technology and Warsaw University of Technology. 25 hours, 1 ECTS, covering backward design, inclusive teaching, assessment, and reflective teaching practice. |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Participated in training Publication Pathways: Choosing the Right Journal for Your Research, Gdańsk University of Technology (organized by the Young Researchers Office). |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Gdańsk Tech Open Day: I presented KSMM Studio. |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Member of Scientific Committee and jury member for the student recording competition at OSKA 2026 (X Ogólnopolska Studencka Konferencja Akustyków – jubilee edition), Poznań, 19–22 March. |
| Mar 06, 2026 | Appointed by Vice-Rector for Research Prof. Dariusz Mikielewicz to the Working Team for the CoARA Action Plan 2026–2028 at Gdańsk University of Technology – contributing to the development of PG’s institutional plan for responsible research assessment in line with the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment principles. Plan completed April 2026. |
| Mar 01, 2026 | Appointed mentor of the Sound and Image Engineering student research club (KNIDiO) and Faculty Advisor of the AES Student Section at Gdańsk University of Technology. |
| Feb 27, 2026 | NCN Miniatura 10 grant application submitted: Pilot Subjective Quality Evaluation of Immersive Audio Formats in a Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Virtual Reality Environment. |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Dataset published: Spatial Acoustic Impulse Response Dataset of the Main Auditorium — Musical Theatre in Gdynia, Bridge of Data, Gdańsk Tech (with Swarcewicz, Repiński, Fortuniak). DOI: 10.34808/3382-JV10 |
| Feb 09, 2026 | Paper submitted to ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction: ventriloquist effect in 6DoF VR with Higher-Order Ambisonics (with Perkowski). Desk-rejected 12 February (scope mismatch); resubmitted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics on 6 March 2026. |
| Feb 05, 2026 | Paper submitted to Applied Acoustics: seven-year HOA recording corpus – methodology, diversity, and microphone array comparison. Desk-rejected 10 February; revised and resubmitted to Archives of Acoustics on 27 February 2026. Withdrawn 11 June 2026; substantially revised and resubmitted to IEEE Access. Published October 2026. |
| Feb 05, 2026 | B.Sc.Eng promoted: Piotr Krzyżanowski – Close-miking instruments using an Ambisonic microphone. |
| Jan 19, 2026 | Paper published: Using vowel characteristics for multi-channel signal decorrelation and reverberation, International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications (with Pizzi). DOI: 10.24425/ijet.2026.157864 |