جستجوی استاد راهنمای دانشگاهی

Sofia Martinhoمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Language Teaching and Learning
• Portuguese Language Pedagogy
• Digital Literacies & Pedagogies
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Sofia Martinho is Associate Professor of Portuguese at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds, where she also serves as Director of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies and Director of the Camões Centre for Portuguese Language. Her academic leadership extends to national and international professional networks, including TROPO UK, where she is President. Her research focuses on language pedagogy, particularly digital literacies, speaking skills development, and the integration of technology in language teaching. She is a founding co-editor of The Language Scholar , an international open-access journal, and actively contributes to the Centre for Excellence in Language Teaching (CELT). Her work emphasizes innovation in assessment, curriculum design, and autonomous learning. The recent publications highlight a consistent focus on second language speaking skills, authenticity in materials, and digital tools for language learning. Her scholarship bridges theory and practice, with strong implications for higher education and school-level language teaching. President, TROPO UK (2017–present) Co-founder and Chief Editor, The Language Scholar Director, Camões Centre for Portuguese Language Lead organizer of Fusão, a public cultural initiative Active participant in CPD workshops and national language education policy discussions She has led multiple conferences and professional development sessions for educators across the UK, advocating for modern foreign languages and supporting teacher training. Her work includes collaborations with institutions in India and Europe, particularly through COIL projects with the University of Goa. Sofia Martinho also contributes to public engagement through Leeds Language Week and spelling competitions, reinforcing the cultural and educational value of language learning. She is affiliated with several research groups, including Language at Leeds, Embracing Linguistic Diversity, Pedagogical Linguistics, and the Network for Hispanic and Lusophone Cultural Studies. Her leadership in Fusão underscores her commitment to showcasing Lusophone cultures in the UK.

• Human Language Technologies
• Robust Speech Recognition
• Speaker and Language Characterization
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Alberto Abad is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DEI), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and a researcher at INESC-ID. He is the coordinator of the Human Language Technologies (HLT) laboratory at INESC-ID and the deputy coordinator of the Master in Computer Science and Engineering at IST. He holds a PhD and a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). He is also an IEEE Senior Member, ACM Member, and ISCA Member. Alberto Abad’s research interests include: Robust Speech Recognition Speaker and Language Characterization Applied Machine Learning Healthcare Applications of Speech Processing Privacy-Preserving Speech Technologies Speech as a Biomarker for Disease Detection His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on privacy-aware speech systems, healthcare diagnostics (e.g., Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s), children’s speech recognition, and secure speaker verification. He has contributed to over 100 peer-reviewed publications in top-tier conferences and journals such as IEEE TASLP, ICASSP, Interspeech, and LREC. Alberto Abad has been Principal Investigator for multiple national and international projects, including VITHEA (FCT), DIRHA (European), Biovisualspeech (CMU-Portugal), TAPAS ITN (EU), and currently leads the INESC-ID/IST contributions in the Accelerat.ai project. He actively collaborates with industry and startups in the field of speech technology. He has supervised over 25 Master’s theses and more than five PhD students, either as advisor or co-advisor, in areas such as speech biomarkers, privacy-preserving ML, children’s ASR, and cognitive disorder detection. He teaches graduate courses including Speech Processing, Programming Fundamentals, and Master’s Dissertation in Informatics and Computer Engineering. He is involved in the development of tools and platforms such as the SPA web-based platform for speech processing, the VITHEA virtual therapist for aphasia, and the BioVisualSpeech corpus and therapy system. His work bridges theoretical advances with real-world clinical and industrial applications.

Amy Chuaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Foreign Policy
• Political Tribalism
• Ethnic Conflict
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Amy Chua is the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School, Yale University, where she teaches Contracts and International Business Transactions. She is a leading expert in foreign policy, ethnic conflict, political tribalism, and globalization. Education: A.B., Harvard University, 1984 (magna cum laude) J.D., Harvard Law School, 1987 (cum laude) Her research centers on the dynamics of political tribalism, ethnic conflict, and the challenges of multicultural democracies. She is renowned for her concept of the 'market-dominant minority' and her analysis of how identity politics undermines national unity. Chua argues that America functions as a 'supergroup'—a nation capable of integrating diverse subgroup identities—yet this model is under severe strain due to rising polarization and demographic change. Her most recent scholarly contributions include her 2023 novel The Golden Gate , nominated for an Edgar Award, and her influential 2018 book Political Tribes , which examines how tribal instincts shape both U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy failures. Earlier works like World on Fire (2003) and Day of Empire (2007) established her as a critical voice on globalization and imperial decline. Her writings blend legal scholarship, historical analysis, and sociological insight, often engaging broad public audiences. Scientific and Public Recognition: Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People (2011) Foreign Policy’s Global Thinkers The Atlantic’s Brave Thinkers Multiple Yale Law School “Best Teaching” awards Edgar Award nomination for debut novel Chua has advised and spoken at major institutions including the CIA, Brookings Institution, World Economic Forum (Davos), and World Knowledge Forum. She has been featured on major media outlets such as The Colbert Report , Charlie Rose , and Fareed Zakaria GPS . She has also mentored numerous students, though specific advisees are not named in the text. Her recent work emphasizes national service and cross-cultural dialogue as remedies for polarization. Labs and Research Initiatives: While no formal lab is mentioned, Chua’s intellectual leadership has inspired initiatives such as student-led national service projects and cross-partisan dialogue efforts like 'Make America Dinner Again.' Her work fosters interdisciplinary collaboration across law, political science, and sociology.

• Natural Language Processing
• Clinical Language Analysis
• Healthcare Applications
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Natalie Parde is a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago, specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP) with a strong focus on healthcare applications. Her research integrates computational linguistics, clinical psychology, and machine learning to address challenges in mental health, empathy modeling, dementia detection, and pediatric rehabilitation. She leads the UIC NLP research group, mentoring students and collaborating with clinicians to develop datasets like CareCorpus and AcnEmpathize, which support real-world healthcare solutions. Her work emphasizes empathy detection in online health communities, leveraging figurative language (metaphors, idioms) to improve conversational AI. She also pioneers methods for early Alzheimer's detection using spoken language biomarkers and domain adaptation techniques. In pediatric care, she designs NLP tools to classify caregiver strategies, enabling personalized rehabilitation plans. Research trends show consistent innovation in transformer-based models, data augmentation, and cross-domain generalization for clinical NLP tasks. While no awards are mentioned, she contributes to reproducibility initiatives (e.g., ReproHum) and educational resources, such as open-access NLP course slides. Her grants and lab details are unspecified, but collaborations span psychiatry (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia), rehabilitation science, and AI ethics.

• English Studies
• Linguistics
• Stylistics
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Manuel Jobert is a University Professor in the Department of English Studies at Jean Moulin University (University of Lyon 3), where he also serves as Vice-President for Europe and International Relations. He is affiliated with the Faculty of Languages and holds a visiting professorship in English Stylistics at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom. His research spans several key areas in linguistics and literary studies, with a strong focus on Stylistics, Pragmatics, Phonetics, and Phonostylistics . His work explores the intersection of writing and orality, spatial variation in language, the written representation of phonostyles, and Japanese-American literature. He has contributed significantly to the study of paralinguistic phenomena, narrative voice, and linguistic impoliteness. The recent publications reflect a consistent trajectory in phonostylistic analysis , particularly in literary texts such as Kate Chopin’s stories, Julie Otsuka’s novels, and even children’s literature like Winnie-the-Pooh . His scholarship combines theoretical rigor with close textual analysis, often bridging phonetics and narrative structure. Themes of voice, silence, dialect representation, and irony recur across his works. Manuel Jobert has co-edited and authored several influential volumes in stylistics and pragmatics, including works on irony, euphemism, and linguistic impoliteness. His editorial contributions highlight his leadership in the field. He has supervised doctoral research, as evidenced by his HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) from the University of Paris West Nanterre in 2010, and has taught courses in English phonetics, spoken language, and linguistics. His international experience includes teaching at the École Navale in France and serving as a French lecturer at the University of Leeds, UK. He is actively engaged in academic service and international collaboration through his vice-presidential role. He is associated with research teams and academic networks in stylistics and English studies, particularly through collaborative publications and editorial work. His visiting position at Huddersfield further extends his academic reach.

• Media in language teaching
• Podcasting
• Voiceover and subtitles
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Lauren Freede is a Lecturer in English Language Practice at the Institute of English and American Studies , part of the School of Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Osnabrück. Her role combines teaching, administrative coordination, and research in language pedagogy. Module coordinator for ang080 and ang900 Departmental equality officer ( Gleichstellungsbeauftragte ) Erasmus+ coordinator and European free mover advisor Research focuses on digital media integration in language education, including podcasting, voiceover, and subtitling; grammar/lexis exercise design ; and academic writing frameworks. Pre-2018 work explored classical music’s role in national identity and autobiographical identity construction. Teaching responsibilities include coordinating the Compulsory Stay Abroad module, supervising Erasmus+ internships, and delivering courses on academic speaking/writing , spoken/written English with thematic focuses like food culture and travel, and English for Educational Purposes with specialized grammar and vocabulary training.

Emmanuel Ngue Umمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Language Documentation
• Language Revitalization
• Digital Humanities
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Emmanuel Ngue Um is an Associate Professor of African Languages and Linguistics at the Higher Teacher Training College of the University of Yaounde 1 in Cameroon. He also serves as Head of the Department of Cameroonian Languages and Cultures at the Ecole Normale Supérieure of the University of Bertoua. As a multilingual scholar fluent in several minority languages of Cameroon including Basaa, Ewondo, Duala, Bati, Bakola, and Mvumbo, Dr. Ngue Um brings firsthand experience of linguistic diversity to his academic work. Dr. Ngue Um's research focuses on bridging the gap between resource-rich and resource-poor languages through technology. His primary areas of interest include: Language documentation and description Language revitalization Digital Humanities applications for language preservation Artificial intelligence for linguistic diversity History of African linguistics Computational tools for language study His scholarly work demonstrates a consistent focus on how technology can be leveraged to preserve linguistic diversity and make artificial intelligence more equitable. Dr. Ngue Um has published extensively on topics ranging from verbal gestures in Cameroonian multilingual contexts to critical examinations of mainstream linguistics scholarship in Africa, with particular attention to the sociopolitical implications of language classification and policy. Dr. Ngue Um has received recognition through various professional roles: Member of the Endangered Languages Project Committee since 2018 Community representative for Basaa in Mozilla's Common Voice Initiative Principal Investigator for Common Voice Basaa Co-founding member and coordinator of the Association of Digital Humanities of French-speaking Africa (AHNAF) Promoter of the Institute of Digital Humanities of French-speaking Africa (INHUNUMAF) Editorial Board member for the Journal of Digital History and International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing His grant-funded work includes language documentation projects for Bakola and Bati languages, development of the Ewondo-French machine translation system, and contributions to the Common Voice project for Basaa language data collection. Dr. Ngue Um previously served as Director of the Archive of Languages and Oral Resources of Africa (ALORA) from 2014 to 2020 at CERDOTOLA. Dr. Ngue Um is actively involved with several research teams and initiatives focused on digital language preservation, including the Text Encoding Initiative consortium and Humanistica committee. His work consistently emphasizes the connection between language, wellbeing, and economic empowerment in endangered language contexts.

Hao Tangمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Speech and Language Processing
• Speech Representations
• Discrete Representations
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Hao Tang is a Lecturer in Speech Technology at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation (ILCC) and the Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR). He contributes to cutting-edge research in speech and language processing, with a focus on speech representations and self-supervised learning. PhD, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (2017–2020), advised by Karen Livescu Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Spoken Language Systems Group (2020–) Master’s, National Taiwan University, advised by Lin-Shan Lee Hao Tang’s research centers on speech representations, particularly discrete and geometric properties in self-supervised models. He investigates how speech systems encode speaker and phonetic information, and how these representations can be improved for tasks like phone segmentation, acoustic word embedding, and text-to-speech. He also works on text summarization, especially opinion and attributable summarization. His work bridges machine learning, cognitive modeling, and practical speech applications. His recent publications span top venues including Interspeech, ICASSP, ACL, NeurIPS, and IEEE/ACM Transactions. Key themes include self-supervised learning, disentangled representations, predictive coding, and efficient speech modeling. He has co-authored papers on discrete speech units, orthogonality in representations, and context modeling in neural speech systems. Best Student Paper Award, Interspeech 2020 Computational Modeling Prize for Perception & Action, CogSci 2024 Speech and Language Processing Student Paper Award, ICASSP 2016 Best Student Paper of Speech and Language Processing, ICASSP 2016 Best Paper Nominee, ASRU 2015 Hao Tang actively supervises PhD and Master’s students, many of whom have published at leading conferences and gone on to positions at Cohere, Apple, Sesame, and top PhD programs. He serves as Associate Member of IEEE SLTC, Meta Reviewer for ICASSP, Area Chair for ACL ARR, Action Editor for TACL, and Area Chair for ICLR and NeurIPS. He teaches core courses such as Machine Learning (INFR10086) and Automatic Speech Recognition (INFR11033) . Hao Tang leads a research group within ILCC and CSTR, collaborating with researchers like Sharon Goldwater, Jim Glass, and Karen Livescu. His team focuses on developing interpretable, efficient, and scalable models for speech and language understanding.

• Software Engineering
• Formal Methods
• Verification and Validation
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Professor Wolfgang Reif serves as Director of the Institute for Software & Systems Engineering at the University of Augsburg's Faculty of Applied Computer Science. His research spans multiple domains where formal methods meet practical engineering applications, particularly in software engineering, robotics, and self-organizing systems. Prof. Reif's research interests focus on applying formal verification techniques to complex systems engineering challenges. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical applications in robotics, manufacturing, and autonomous systems. He has developed approaches for verification of concurrent systems, self-organizing production cells, and human-robot collaboration frameworks. His research demonstrates a consistent pattern of translating theoretical formal methods into practical engineering solutions for real-world problems. The recent publications reveal a strong trend toward integrating artificial intelligence with traditional engineering domains. His team has been particularly active in applying machine learning techniques to robotics, manufacturing processes, and verification problems. The publications show increasing focus on practical implementations of self-organizing systems, with applications in drone swarms, production automation, and composite material manufacturing. The work consistently demonstrates how formal verification can be applied to increasingly complex systems involving AI components. Prof. Reif leads a substantial research group with numerous PhD students and collaborators. His team operates within the Institute for Software & Systems Engineering, where they maintain active collaborations with both academic and industrial partners. The research environment supports work across multiple domains including formal verification, robotics, manufacturing systems, and AI applications. The team has developed several notable frameworks including PROTEASE for swarm robotics, SensorClouds for multi-modal sensor processing, and various verification tools built around the KIV system.

Raffaele ZAGOمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Spoken English
• Register Shift
• Corpus Linguistics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Raffaele ZAGO is an Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Catania, Department of Humanities (DISUM). He teaches English in undergraduate programs such as 'European, Euro-American and Oriental Languages and Cultures' and 'Sciences and Languages for Communication'. His research focuses on applied English linguistics, including spoken English, register shifts, and corpus-based analysis of telecinematic dialogue. He has co-authored a 2024 bibliography on fictional television and film dialogue with Monika Bednarek and contributed to the 2023 volume Language, Expressivity and Cognition with Serena Bruti. Zago is also the local coordinator of the PRIN project The Informalization of English Language Learning through the Media and serves as DISUM's delegate for Erasmus and Internationalization. His recent publications emphasize trends in telecinematic discourse, including the 2024 bibliography's exploration of corpus linguistics methodologies and the 2023 chapter on emotional teen dialogue in TV series. Zago's work consistently bridges corpus analysis with sociolinguistic and pedagogical applications.

Steven Coatsمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Corpus linguistics
• Computer-mediated communication
• Dialectology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Steven Coats is a Lecturer in English Philology at the University of Oulu's Faculty of Humanities. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Georgia (2015) and a Magister Artium in Deutsche Philologie from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. His research employs corpus-based methods to analyze language diversity, variation, and change, with specializations in regional English variations, computer-mediated communication, and computational linguistics. Dr. Coats' research interests focus on corpus linguistics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics, particularly examining language variation through large-scale speech corpora. He has created several major linguistic resources including the Corpus of North American Spoken English (CoNASE), Corpus of British Isles Spoken English (CoBISE), and Corpus of Australian and New Zealand Spoken English (CoANZSE). His work frequently intersects with computational methods and digital humanities. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on dialect variation, corpus construction methodologies, and computational analysis of spoken language. Major themes include regional syntactic variations (especially double modals), speech corpus development, and analysis of computer-mediated communication. The research spans multiple English varieties and incorporates both linguistic and technical innovation. Awards and Recognition: Best short paper award at the 20th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association (2022) Dr. Coats leads the development of several major linguistic resources and tools, including the searchable CoANZSE Audio corpus and ZipfExplorer for lexical frequency analysis. He contributes to CLARIN infrastructure development and has organized digital humanities hackathons.

Sebastien Vandenitteمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Linguistics
• Gesture Studies
• Sign Language
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Sebastien Vandenitte is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, specializing in the comparative analysis of sign and spoken languages. His work bridges linguistics and gesture studies, focusing on multimodal communication through the LSFB Corpus (French Belgian Sign Language) and FRAPé Corpus (Belgian French). He emphasizes constructed action techniques and referential strategies across modalities. Affiliation: Laboratoire de Langue des Signes de Belgique francophone Current Role: Postdoctoral Researcher Research interests include cross-modal differences in enactment, sociolinguistic aspects of sign language, and corpus-based methodologies. His projects explore how signers and speakers visualize referents, with applications to linguistic theory and multimodal data collection. Recent awards include the SofinaBoël Fellowship (2021) and recognition for public engagement in science communication. Collaborations span Belgium and Finland, with active participation in conferences and workshops on sign language studies.

Alysson Lepeutمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Sign Language
• Spoken Language
• Multimodal Communication
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Alysson Lepeut is a Researcher affiliated with the Namur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality and the Francophone Belgian Sign Language Laboratory (LSFB-Lab) . Their work focuses on the intersection of sign language , spoken language , and multimodal communication , with a particular emphasis on gestures, gaze practices, and social adaptation in interactions. Research Interests : Comparative analysis of LSFB and Belgian French, manual and vocal interactional practices, multimodal corpora construction, sociolinguistics of aging populations, and nonverbal communication. Key Contributions : Development of comparable corpora for LSFB and spoken French, studies on manual holds and gaze dynamics in conversational management. Scientific Awards Fulbright Award (2016) Fulbright Visiting Scholar (2021) Lepeut has led and collaborated on projects examining the social functions of hand and gaze practices in Belgium, with a focus on aging populations and cross-modal communication. Their research outputs include articles in journals like Corpora and Languages in Contrast , as well as book chapters exploring corpus methodologies and multimodal analysis.

• Pragmatics
• Interlanguage Pragmatics
• Corpus Linguistics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Ilka Flöck is an academic researcher affiliated with the University of Oldenburg at the School of Linguistics and Cultural Studies within the Institute for English and American Studies. Her work focuses on cross-cultural pragmatic variation, particularly in English dialects. Education: PhD in English Linguistics (2015, University of Oldenburg), MA in English Linguistics and Medieval Literature (2009, University of Bonn). Her research spans pragmatics, corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics , emphasizing speech acts like requests and suggestions in British and American English. She employs both conversational data and Discourse Completion Tasks (DCT) to analyze politeness strategies and cross-cultural differences. Recent publications highlight her contributions to variational pragmatics and methodological comparisons in EFL research. She has presented at international conferences such as Sociolinguistics Symposium 21 and IPrA, and collaborates with scholars like Ronald Geluykens and Joanna Pfingsthorn. Dr. Flöck teaches courses including Introduction to Linguistics and Research Methods in Linguistics , and her work influences English language teaching practices through corpus-based insights.

• Adult Education
• Second Language Acquisition
• German as a Second Language
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Moritz Sahlender serves as a Researcher at the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) within the Teaching and Learning unit, where he has held a research associate position since 2015. He earned his Doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Tübingen in 2024, following a Master's in Adult Education/Continuing Education (2012-2015) and Bachelor's in Educational Science with adult education focus (2009-2012) at the same institution. His educational background includes: Doctorate in Social Sciences, University of Tübingen (2024) MA in Adult Education/Continuing Education, University of Tübingen (2012-2015) BA in Educational Science (adult education focus), University of Tübingen (2009-2012) Sahlender's research centers on adult language education within immigration contexts, specializing in German as a Second Language (GSL) instruction for linguistically diverse classrooms. He investigates teacher competencies, learning processes in heterogeneous groups, adult literacy development, and digital tools for language-sensitive teaching. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in educator professionalization, emphasizing how instructors adapt methodologies—including nonverbal communication—to students' language proficiencies through interdisciplinary approaches combining corpus linguistics, video analysis, and cognitive assessment. Analysis of his 2019-2025 publications reveals consistent focus on GSL teacher competencies and classroom dynamics, with recent expansion into AI-human interaction studies. His methodological innovation stands out in video-based analysis of spoken classroom interactions and interdisciplinary data processing, while maintaining core contributions to understanding low literacy predictors and digital tool efficacy in teacher training. The 2025 LSE Impact Blog article signals growing interest in social dimensions of AI communication. At DIE, Sahlender actively contributes to the Meta-project on Language Education in Immigration Society and previously co-developed the COLD project (2019-2022) assessing GSL teacher competencies. He served as JURE coordinator for EARLI's Special Interest Group 6 'Instructional Design' during his PhD studies, demonstrating leadership in academic collaboration networks.