Calbert Graham

Dr Calbert Graham is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Phonetics Laboratory within the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. He is affiliated with the Theoretical and Applied Linguistics department and holds the position of Senior Research Associate.

• Education
  • MPhil in Applied Linguistics and Language Technology from the former Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics (RCEAL) (2010)
  • PhD from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (DTAL) (2014)
  • MA in Applied Linguistics and Language Technology at Kyoto University as a Monbusho Scholar (2009)
• Research Interests
  • Second language acquisition theory
  • Quantitative methods in applied linguistics (statistical modelling, machine learning, NLP tools)
  • Language technologies (CALL/CAPT systems, automated assessment)
  • Second/foreign language teacher training and development
• Research Projects
  • Current: Computational modelling and automatic synthesis of speech in forensic speech sciences
  • Past: Learner speech corpus research in the ALTA project
• Affiliations
  • Phonetics & Phonology Research Cluster
  • Computational Linguistics Research Cluster
  • Cambridge Language Sciences Strategic Initiative
• Scientific Awards
  • Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow
  • Monbusho Scholar