Daniel Aalto, DSc, MSc
/'dɑniel 'ɑ:lto/
Pronouns: He/him
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Communication Sciences & Disorders
- aalto@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-8938
- Address
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6-129 Clinical Sciences Building
11304 83 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G3
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
speech production virtual surgical planning head and neck cancer stuttering oral motor control
About
Credentials
DSc - Mathematics - Aalto University, Finland, 2010
Lic. Sc (Tech.) - Engineering Mathematics - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, 2008
MSc (Tech.) - Engineering Physics and Mathematics - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, 2005
Areas of interest
Oral sensorimotor system; computer modelling of head and neck functions including speech, swallowing, chewing, breathing; development of assistive technology to improve the predictability of surgical treatments; experimental validation of computer models of speech, swallowing, and chewing; adoption of advanced simulation techniques to surgical planning workflows.
Memberships
Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute
Research
My research uses modelling to understand the oral motor system, in particular speech production. I apply the models to virtual surgical planning. I supervise Neuro 451/452 and Neuro 498/499 projects, CSD900 projects, MSc and PhD theses. If you are interested in a research experience in my lab, please mention the research course code in your email subject line.
Teaching
Fall 2025: CSD502
Winter 2026: CSD505
Announcements
Submit an abstract to Methods and Techniques in Phonetic Sciences (MaTiPS) meeting that will take place in Edmonton, October 17-19, 2025. The majority of the events will be on Saturday, October 18.
Courses
CSD 505 - Speech Science
Study of theoretical and applied aspects of acoustic phonetics, speech perception and speech production, including theory and application of methods (physiological, acoustic and perceptual) to record and analyze speech behaviors. Prerequisite or corequisite: CSD 502 or equivalent. (Restricted to MScSLP students only.) Not open to students with credit in SPA 505.
Featured Publications
Torrey M. Loucks, HeeCheong Chon, Naomi Gurevich, Jim Wright, Alyssa Hunter, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Daniel Aalto
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 2025 October; 10.1044/2025_PERSP-24-00306
Smith, C; Cheng, H; Palo, P; Aalto, D; Lulich, SM
Proceedings of the Interspeech 2025. 2025 August; 10.21437/Interspeech.2025-2444
Amir R Isazadeh, Julianna Zenke, Lindsey Westover, Hadi Seikaly, Daniel Aalto
Physics in Medicine & Biology. 2025 July; 10.1088/1361-6560/adebd8
Isazadeh, AR; Zenke, J; Westover, L; Seikaly, H; Aalto, D
Physic in Medicine & Biology. 2025 July; 70 10.1088/1361-6560/adebd8
Al-Zanoon, N., Cummine, J., Jeffery, CC, Aalto, D
Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. 2025 March; 10.1080/10255842.2025.2482128
Al-Zanoon, N., Cummine, J., Jeffery, CC, Westover, L., Aalto, D.
Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology. 2024 June; 10.1007/s10237-024-01860-4
Mitchell Holmes, Daniel Aalto, Jacqueline Cummine
PLOS ONE. 2024 May; 10.1371/journal.pone.0304356
Kieran Armstrong, Carolyn Kincade, Martin Osswald, Jana Rieger, Daniel Aalto
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization. 2024 January; 10.1080/21681163.2023.2264402
Amir Reza Isazadeh, Hadi Seikaly, Lindsey Westover, Daniel Aalto
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2024 January; 10.1007/s11548-024-03062-w
American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.103327
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.joms.2021.11.019
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 2021 January; 10.1080/10255842.2020.1870965
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.prosdent.2020.01.045
Lingbo Cheng, Jay Carriere, Jakub Piwowarczyk, Daniel Aalto, Nabil Zemiti, Marie de Boutray, Mahdi Tavakoli
Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2021 January; 10.1002/aisy.202000158
Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2021 January; 10.1039/d1tc00416f
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2021 January; 10.1186/s40463-021-00495-0
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2021 January; 10.1037/cep0000257
E Robertson, P Boulanger, P Kwan, G Louie, D Aalto
2020 March; 13 (2):122-129
JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2020 January; 10.1001/jamaoto.2019.4788
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2020 January; 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00387
International Journal of Audiology. 2020 January; 10.1080/14992027.2019.1708983
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 2020 January; 10.1080/10255842.2020.1795143
Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne. 2019 January;
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants. 2019 January; 10.11607/jomi.6608
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 2019 January; 10.1111/joor.12734
Canadian Acoustics - Acoustique Canadienne. 2019 January;
Journal of Medical Robotics Research. 2019 January; 10.1142/S2424905X19420054
Ear and Hearing. 2019 January; 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000634
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization. 2019 January; 10.1080/21681163.2017.1382392
J. Wang, AK Ho, G. Papadopoulos-Nydam, JM Rieger, Y. Inamoto, S. Fels, E. Saitoh, C. Guo, D. Aalto
Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering: imaging & visualization. 2018 March; 7 (4):389-395
Acta Acustica united with Acustica. 2018 January; 10.3813/AAA.919175
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 2018 January; 10.1007/s10936-018-9572-9
Dysphagia. 2018 January; 10.1007/s00455-017-9859-2
PLoS ONE. 2018 January; 10.1371/journal.pone.0190793
Measurement Science Review. 2018 January; 10.1515/msr-2018-0012
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2017 January; 10.1186/s40463-017-0234-y
Computer Speech and Language. 2017 January; 10.1016/j.csl.2016.11.001
Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2017 January; 10.3389/fnins.2017.00213
PeerJ. 2017 January; 10.7717/peerj.3734
Biological Psychology. 2016 January; 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.06.003
Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody. 2014 January;
Applied Acoustics. 2014 January; 10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.03.003
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Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.
If you are interested in a research opportunity, include a course code (e.g., NEURO452) in the subject line.