Engineering consultation and support services are available to support a range of technical topics, including data processing, laboratory equipment, and implementation of experiment designs.
Examples of engineering services:
- Programming
- Implement experiment design in E-Prime, Matlab, or Python
- Write programs to process experimental data
- Add gaze-contingent behavior to eye tracking experiments
- Research Technology Consultation
- Specify and install equipment for remote observation of a testing space
- Specify and install computer and A/V equipment for stimulus delivery
- Database Development & Hosting
- Create web-based databases of research participants, schedules, and research data
- Databases that are developed by the CTC can be hosted on a CTC-managed server for a monthly fee (rate not available for subsidy). The server is on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT)’s restricted data network, with encrypted back-ups occurring nightly. Users can access the database using a custom domain name, with access restricted by UW-Madison NetID, if desired.
CTC-Developed Software:
- WISP: A MATLAB-based program for creating and running experimental paradigms such as the Head-Turn Preference Protocol and Looking-While-Listening. Developed for the Infant Learning Laboratory.
- Peyecoder: An open-source program for coding eye movements in Looking-While-Listening experiments. Developed for the Little Listeners Laboratory.
- Salty: Python script to compute inter-rater reliability by comparing SALT (Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts) files. Developed for the Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication Laboratory.
Refer to rates.
Please direct requests and inquiries for engineering services to the CTC Engineer, Rob Olson, at rolson@waisman.wisc.edu or 608.890.3075.