School of Computer Science and Statistics
This project will investigate how individuals adapt to each other during a dialogue. Rather than focusing on speech recordings only, this project will involve the data collection and analysis of neural data from electroencephalography from two individuals simultaneously as a dialogue unfolds. This is part of a bigger project led by a PhD students in … Read more
Speech production is a fundamental aspect of human communication, yet its underlying neural intricacies remain largely unexplored. This project aims to investigate how concepts are translated into spoken language by probing the neural mechanisms governing speech production. In this project, you will analyse brain data from electrophysiology to describe various facets of speech production. Through … Read more
This project will investigate how individuals familiarise with their conversational partners during a dialogue. The student will run an experiment to compare how the neural processing of speech changes as we learn about our interlocutor in different conversational scenarios. The project involves the design of a new experiment, collecting electrical brain data, and analysing that … Read more
Restoring speech communication in individuals that can’t speak or have difficulty speaking (e.g., individuals with ALS) is an important challenge that could benefit many. While many solutions have been proposed that have various limitations, recent progress in machine learning methods (e.g., transformers) open new opportunities. This project aims to decode the intended speech of individuals … Read more
The perception of speech has been studied extensively, due to its importance in our society. Sign language is an alternative form of communication, primarily adopted by individuals that are deaf, with severe hearing impairment, or with severe difficulties speaking to physically speak. However, it is unknown how the brain of the “listener” transforms sign language … Read more
Learning a second language is a challenging and time-consuming task. While a myriad of strategies have been proposed, we are still far from reaching an optimal personalised solution. Users either drop out early in the process or, once they reach a sufficient level of proficiency, they hit a plateau that seems impossible to overcome. This … Read more