Prof. Dr. Nadja Wallaszkovits

Patent

Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Method for Reconditioning Data Carriers. Inventors: P. Liepert, L. Spoljaric-Lukacic, N. Wallaszkovits. Appl. filed 23.12.2011,  published 05.07.2012. IPC: G11B 23/50 (2006.01), G03D 15/00 (2006.01). Pub. No.: WO/2012/088553

2022

Wallaszkovits, N., Bailer, J., Zappi, D., Varani, G., Iatsunskyi, I., & Giardi, M. T. High-Sensitivity Metal Oxide Sensors Duplex for On-the-Field Detection of Acetic Acid Arising from the Degradation of Cellulose Acetate-Based Cinematographic and Photographic Films. Chemosensors, 10(2), 2022, 60. doi.org

Wallaszkovits, Nadja:  Desarrollos recientes en ahorro de energía para el archivo audiovisualvanálogo que será digital.  In: Rodriges- Résendiz, Perla; Manfredi, Matteo; Bongarzone, Anotonella: Cambio climático y preservación digital sonora y audiovisual (Climate change and digital sound and audiovisual preservation). Primera edición, Quito, 2022, pp. 29–45. ISBN Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador: 978-9942-604-70-5

Wallaszkovits, Nadja: Archiving our Cultural Heritage on Cylinder Recordings: New Technologies and Trends in Preservation and Access. In: Phonograph Cylinders in the 21st Century. Dominika Machutová, Marcel Jánošík (edts.), Martin, Slovak National Library, 2022, p. 204–221. ISBN 978-80-8149-160-3

2021

Wallaszkovits, Nadja with A. Al Mohtar, M.L. Pinto, A. Neves, S. Nunes, D. Zappi, G. Varani, A.M. Ramos, M.J. Melo, J. H. Lahoz Rodrigo, K. Herlt & J. Lopes. 2021. Decision making based on hybrid modeling approach applied to cellulose acetate based historical films conservation. Scientific Reports 11(1): 16074. doi.org. PMID: 34373492; PMCID: PMC8352898. [peer reviewed, open access]

Wallaszkovits, Nadja with Abbasi, Reyhaneh, Peter Balazs, Johannes Spitzbart, Bernhard Graf. 2021: A Quantitative Comparison of Traffic Noise During, Before and Long Before the Pandemic Using A-Posteriori Heuristic Calibration. In: Fortschritte der Akustik – DAGA 2021. 47. Jahrestagung für Akustik, Online Proceedings (www.dega-akustik.de), 941–944.

2020

Wallaszkovits, Nadja, gemeinsam mit Nunes, Sofia; Ramacciotti, Francesca; Neves, Artur; Angelin, Eva Marisole; Ramos, Ana; Roldão, Élia; Armijo, Alfonso; Melo, Maria João: „A diagnostic tool for assessing the conservation condition of cellulose nitrate and acetate in heritage collections: quantifying the degree of substitution by infrared spectroscopy“. In: Heritage ScienceVolume 8, Issue 1, 1 December 2020, Article number 33.

2017

Wallaszkovits, Nadja: Fighting the Decay: Permanent Refreshment of Acetate Media. Proceedings of the Joint Technical Syposium JTS Singapore 2016, IU Press, pp. 196–204. 2017

2015

Wallaszkovits, Nadja; Engel, Friedrich: A Digitalização da Coleção Armando Leça: Revelando Tesouros Escondidos da Música Popular Portuguesa – The Digitisation of the Collection Armando Leça: Revealing Hidden Treasures of Portugese Folk Music. In: Pestana, Maria do Rosário (Hg.), The Alentejo: Voices and Aesthetics in 1939/40. A Critical edition of Armando Leça’s Sound Recordings. Vila Verde: Tradisom, S. 46–69. 2015

2014

Wallaszkovits, Nadja: Zur Neuübertragung der Tondokumente aus der Sammlung Georg Kotek/ On the re-recording of the sound documents of the collection Georg Kotek. In: Petermayr, Klaus. (Hrsg.), Die Volksliedersingen der Ravag in Oberösterreich. Bad Ischl 1934 – Pöstlingberg 1936. Oberösterr. Volksliedwerk/ Österr. Volksliedwerk/ Phonogrammarchiv; Linz, 2014. S. 17–22.

2013

Wallaszkovits, Nadja: Digitisation of Small Sound Collections: Problems and Solutions. In: Duranti, L.; Shaffer, E. (edts.): Proc. “The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation. An international conference on permanent access to digital documentary heritage” 26.–28.90.2012, Vancouver/CANADA, p. 1440–1451. 2013

2012

Wallaszkovits, Nadja; Heinrich Pichler: Selected problems of noise reduction encoded analogue consumer tape formats for the archival transfer /Ausgewählte Probleme mit Rauschunterdrückungsverfahren bei der Archivierung analoger Consumer-Tonbandformate. Conference Proceedings, 27.Tonmeistertagung, VDT International Convention, Köln/Germany. ISBN 978-3-9812830-3-7, S. 338–356. 2012

2011

Wallaszkovits, Nadja; Franz Lechleitner; Heinrich Pichler:  Selected Playback Problems of Historical Grooved Media. In: Proceedings of the 130th AES Convention, 2011 May 13-16, London, UK. Convention Paper 8376, 1–7.

2010

Wallaszkovits Nadja: Digitisation of Research Sound Collections: Practical Application of IASA Guidelines in Small Scale Digitisation Projects. IASA Journal 35 (June 2010): 89–98.

2009

Co Author for IASA TC04: Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of digital audio objects (= IASA Technical Committee – Standards, Recommended Practices and Strategies, IASA-TC 04), second edition, 2009

Wallaszkovits, Nadja & Heinrich Pichler „Some Improvements of the Playback Path of Wire Recorders“ In: Proceedings of the 126th AES Convention, 2009 May 7–10, Munich, Germany. Convention Paper 7698, 1–7.

2008

Wallaszkovits Nadja: Digital Restoration of Historical Audio Recordings: A Balancing Act between Authenticity and Manipulation / Digitale Restaurierung historischer Tonaufnahmen: Eine Gratwanderung zwischen Authentizität und Manipulation. In: Proceedings of the 25. Tonmeistertagung, VDT International Audio Convention, 13th-16th Nov. 2008, Congress Center Leipzig. Leipzig: Bildungswerk des Verbandes Deutscher Tonmeister, 598–610.

Wallaszkovits, Nadja & Heinrich Pichler: Transfer of Digital Original Tapes to File-Based Archival Storage: Practical Experience with R-DAT / Archivierung digitaler Audiobänder: Praktische Erfahrungen mit R-DAT. In: Proceedings of the 25. Tonmeistertagung, VDT International Audio Convention, 13th–16th Nov. 2008, Congress Center Leipzig. Leipzig: Bildungswerk des Verbandes Deutscher Tonmeister, 611–622.

Wallaszkovits, Nadja & Heinrich Pichler: Replay Problems of PCM Adapter Based Digital Tapes /Wiedergabeprobleme bei PCM Adapter Digitalbändern. In: Proceedings of the 25. Tonmeistertagung, VDT International Audio Convention, 13th–16th Nov. 2008, Congress Center Leipzig. Leipzig: Bildungswerk des Verbandes Deutscher Tonmeister, 623–640.

2007

Wallaszkovits, Nadja, Franz Pavuza & Heinrich Pichler (2007) „Method Comparison of Pick-Up and Preprocessing of Bias Signal for Wow and Flutter Correction”. In: Proceedings of the 122nd AES Convention, 5th–8th May, Vienna, Austria Convention Paper 7011, 1–12.

2023

Wallaszkovits, Nadja, Hoffa, Brian, Reid Gordon, Thompson, Jessica (2023): “What amount of audio restoration is the right amount?” AES Conference on Audio Archiving and Restoration, US Library of Congress National Audiovisual Conservation Center, Virginia, USA, June1-3, 2023. aes2.org

Wallaszkovits, Nadja, Davis, Andrew, Walker, Dave (2023): “New developments and ongoing concerns about the physical accessibility of media”. AES Conference on Audio Archiving and Restoration, US Library of Congress National Audiovisual Conservation Center, Virginia, USA, June1-3, 2023. aes2.org

Wallaszkovits, Nadja; Ackerman, Kaylie; Bergh, Nicholas; Mc Coy, Brad (2023): “Why are standards important for archiving multi track and multi-channel audio?”, AES Conference on Audio Archiving and Restoration, US Library of Congress National Audiovisual Conservation Center, Virginia, USA, June1-3, 2023. aes2.org

2022

Wallaszkovits, Nadja, McCoy, Brad: “Keeping the oldies but goodies sounding great: Acetate tape preservation then and now”. AES Europe Spring 2022 Conference. May 16th 2022, online aeseuropespring2022.sched.com

2021

Wallaszkovits, Nadja: Keynote. From Wax Cylinder to Digital: A Time-Travel through the History of Field Recording Technology. International Scientific Conference “Sound Heritage in Ethnomusicology: Approaches and Perspectives”, Institute of Musicology SASA, October 27th, 2021 (online). dais.sanu.ac.rs

2016

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (2016): News from the Lab: Setting the Framework from Mechanical Refreshment to De-acidification. IASA Annual Conference 2016, Washington, USA

2015

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (2015): Between Standards and Arts: Digitization and Restoration of Audio Material – A Balancing Act between Authenticity and Manipulation? 1st International Workshop on Digital Philology for the Preservation of Sound Archives, 2015, Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy.

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (2015): Transferring Archival Research Collection into the Digital Domain: A Special Challenge. Harvard University Strategic Talk, Nov. 2nd 2015, USA

2013

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (2013): Spareparts and Equipment Availability in Audiovisual Archiving. IASA Annual Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania

2012

Wallaszkovits, Nadja; Liepert, Peter(5.11.2010): Digitization of Highly Degraded Acetate Tapes – A Treatment Report . IASA Conference, Philadelphia, USA

2010

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (2010). Audio goes Video. Joint Technical Symposium Oslo, Norway

2020

Wallaszkovits, Nadja & Abromeit, Katrin (04.06.2020): “Restoration and Optimized Transfer of Historical Magnetic Audio Tapes: Safeguarding Valuable Contemporary Audio Documents”. Vortrag bei: AES Spring International Online Convention, Virtual Vienna (Audio Engineering Society – AES), 02.-05.06.2020, online

2019

Wallaszkovits, Nadja, gemeinsam mit Kerstin Herlt, Ignazio Lahoz (3.10.2019): “NEMOSINE – The future of media storage.” Joint Technical Symposium 2019, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, October 3-5, 2019

2016

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (05.06.2016) Workshop (chair): Expert Transfer Techniques: A Special Focus on Mechanical Discs. 140th AES Convention Paris 2016, France

2015

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (04.- 06.11.2015) Workshop: Restoration: From Analogue Transfer to Digital Signal Enhancement. Semana del sonido  (Sound week), University of Bogotá, Colombia

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (31.10.2015) Special Challenge Metadata: Multimedia-Based Preservation of the Collection Oskar Sala. How to Safeguard Hitchcock’s Birds. 139th AES Convention New York 2015, USA
Wallaszkovits, Nadja (7.5.2015) Tutorial: Digital Transfer of the Armando Leça Folk Music Collection. 138th AES Convention Warsaw 2015, Poland.

2014

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (20.11.2014) Workshop: Digitisation of the three oldest magnetic tapes of Norway: A special challenge. 29th Tonmeistertagung ,VDT Int. Convention 2014, Cologne, Germany

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (10.10.2014) Workshop (participant): The End Is Near! The Pressing Need to Preserve Historic Analog Sound Recordings: An Overview of Strategies and Best Practices. 137th AES Convention, Los Angeles, USA

2013

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (20.10.2013): Archival & Restoration Track: A Contribution to the History of Field Tape Recording, 1939-1940. 135th AES Convention, New York, USA

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (09.10.2013) Workshop: Digitisation of Magnetic Audio Tape. IASA Annual Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania

2012

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (09-10.10.2012) Workshop: Issues of the replay path. Part 1 Tape/ Part 2 Disc. IASA Annual Conference, New Delhi, India

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (29.10.2012) Workshop: The Replay of Historical Magnetic Tape – More than Pressing the Play Button. 133th AES Convention San Francisco 2012, USA

2011

Wallaszkovits, Nadja (5.-06.09.2011): Workshop: Handling problems in digitizing tapes and discs. IASA Annual Conference 2011, Frankfurt, Germany

Wallaszkovits, Nadja: Program Chair. AES Conference on Audio Archiving and Restoration, US Library of Congress National Audiovisual Conservation Center, Virginia, USA, June1-3, 2023. aes2.org 

Archival hands – on Training Kurse und Projektkonsultation für: 
Austrian National Library; Deutsches Museum München; Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg, Russia; Albanian Academy of Sciences, Tirana; Romanian Academy of Sciences, Bucharest; Romania Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV); Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC); Radio Nepal (RNE); Chinese Academy of Arts CAA Beijing; Normal University of Taiwan; Fonoteca National de México; Señal Memoria – Colombian National Archive Initiative  …und für viele weitere nationale und internationale Institutionen

University of the Philippines:
Digitization of the José Maceda Collection of the University of the Philippines

For this extraordinary project, the Phonogrammarchiv Vienna was awarded the UNESCO/Jikji Memory of World Prize, the first prize in the field of safeguarding documentary heritage

Diskographie: Auswahl an Aufnahmen/ Restaurierungen/ Masterings
Sound Documents from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The Complete Historical Collections 1899-1950, Dietrich Schüller (ed.), Wien: VÖAW. Series 1-19

Sound Documents from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences: Mechanical Music Intruments. Dietrich Schüller (ed.). Wien: VÖAW. Series 1-7

Sound Documents from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences: Roma Culture. cooperation with Romani-Projekt, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Dr. Dieter W. Halwachs): Romani Project CD 1-3, Computer-Language Training Series 1-4

Sound Documents from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Special Series. Julia Ahamer, Christiane Fennesz-Juhasz, Helmut Kowar (Eds.) Series 1

Sound Documents from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Field Recordings. Series 1

2014

Music from a new Veneto manuscript c. 1440. Klingende Forschung 5, Abteilung Musikwissenschaft des Instituts für kunst- und musikhistorische Forschungen (ed.). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2014

2013

Sound Documents from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mechanical Music Vol. 8: Music around 1600: The automatons of the Kunstkammer of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013

Kämpfe der Leidenschaften und des Verstandes – Schuberts späte Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen/ Schubert’s late compositions for piano duet. Klingende Forschung 4, Abteilung Musikwissenschaft des Instituts für kunst- und musikhistorische Forschungen (ed.). Verlag der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013

2012

Franz Schubert: Adrast D 137. Einzelnummern und Entwürfe zu einer Oper/ First complete recording of Franz Schubert’s opera project. Concert documentation of the live performance of the reconstructed unfinished fragments. Klingende Forschung 1, Abteilung Musikwissenschaft des Inst. für kunst- und musikhist. Forschungen (ed.). Verlag der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2012

2000

Sitularia: Klänge aus der Hallstattzeit/ Sounds from the Hallstatt-Time. Reihe: Mitteilungen der Prähistorischen Kommission, Band: 76, 2011. ISBN13: 978-3-7001-7002-0. • Knochenklang – Paläolithisches Ensemble: Klänge aus der Steinzeit/ Bone Sounds – Paäolithic Ensemble: Sounds from the Stone Age. Reihe: Mitteilungen der Prähistorischen Kommission, Band: 36, 2000. ISBN13: 978-3-7001-2961-5

seit 2020 Mitglied des National Recording Preservation Boards der Library of Congress für die Audio Engineering Society (AES): www.loc.gov/programs 

Audio Engineering Society (AES) www.aes.org

• Past President
• Awards Committee Chair
• Co-Chair Technical Committee on Archiving, Restoration & Digital Libraries
• Member of European Convention Organization Committee

International Association of Audiovisual Archives (IASA) www.iasa-web.org

• Vice Chair Technical Committee
• Member of Training and Education Committee (IASA certified Trainer)