In the colloquium series of The Language and Speech unit speakers from companies and academic institutions are invited to present their work. Each month two speakers talk about a subject that is related to the field of language and speech technology. The colloquium takes place from 10:45 to 12:15 on the campus of the University of Nijmegen. All people interested are kindly invited! For further information on the colloquia please contact one of the members of the colloquium committee:
Daphne Theijssen
Eric Sanders
Nelleke Oostdijk
Maarten Versteegh
We are currently working on the colloquium series of 2011. Please check this page regularly for updates on speakers and topics.
1st Speaker (10:45h) | 2nd Speaker (11:30h) | |
March 2nd: Building: Erasmus Room: E2.70 | Modelling first language acquisition | |
Margaux Smets (KU Leuven) A U-DOP approach to modeling language acquisition |
Gideon Borensztajn (UvA) A connectionist model of grammar acquisition through topology formation inspired by the Memory Prediction Framework |
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April 6th: Building: Erasmus Room: E2.70 | Internet data for L&S Research | |
Carsten Eickhoff (TuD)
How Crowdsourcable is your Task? |
Claudia Peersman (UvAntwerp) Age and Gender Prediction on Netlog Posts |
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May 11th: Building: Erasmus Room: E2.70 | The history of LST | |
Leonoor van der Beek Of Mathematicians and Phycists |
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June 1st: Building: Erasmus Room: E2.70 | Forensic automatic speaker recognition | |
Didier Mieuwly (NFI) Forensic automatic speaker recognition |