Matt Coler @Mattcoler@fediscience.org

Today at #sigul2022 (#lrec2022) our team will present research on phoneme mapping and source-language selection in transfer learning for TTS in under-resourced languages. Full paper here http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2022/workshops/SIGUL/pdf/2022.sigul-1.3.pdf #speechtech #text2speech #speechsynthesis

The penultimate chapter of our book is now available ahead-of-print #openacess : “Language use and variation within the #Greek linguistic minorities of Southern Italy” written by Manuela Pellegrino + Maria Olimpia Squillaci 🇬🇷🇮🇹📕 https://langsci-press.org/catalog/view/332/3573/2504-2

Interesting #speechtech job: Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Common Voice #mozilla — more info: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3074447615/?eBP=JOB_SEARCH_ORGANIC&recommendedFlavor=IN_NETWORK&refId=%2F1dFsv%2FpaQHUrb0skdAupg%3D%3D&trackingId=il%2B74RRs6ajFwTzwM1afew%3D%3D&trk=flagship3_search_srp_jobs

Fully-funded #phdPosition in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Does #crypto have any impact on political sanctions & international relations?🔦🔐🗺 Deadline 7/17. Pls share.

Just as expected.

Psyched that my team has a paper accepted at
INTERSPEECH22 in South Korea 🇰🇷 — we will be discussing automatic detection of sarcasm:

“Deep CNN-based Inductive Transfer Learning for Sarcasm Detection in Speech” (Gao, Nayak, Coler)

This is food violence — deeply offensive on a gustatory level. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a covert PETA ad. If so, brilliant.

The Fryske Akademy (Fryslân NL) is hiring a software developer — great place to work! Apply before June 15 2022! https://www.fryske-akademy.nl/en/about-us/job-vacancies/

Hasto nei 1 juny 2020 in #masterskripsje skreaun oer in ûnderwerp op it mêd fan ’e Fryske #taal en #kultuer? Doch dan mei oan ús skripsjepriisfraach en wa wit winsto €1000! Ynstjoere kin oant 1 juny 2022:
https://fryske-akademy.nl/skripsjepriis/

interested in synthesizing under-resourced languages? Check out the exciting research of my PhD student, recently featured in the university magazine ukrant.nl/magazine/a-frisian-v... #Frisian #Frysk #synthesis #speechtotext #LanguageTechnology

Here’s an interesting funded #phdPosition in the Netherlands: Human-robot interactions in regional language #LanguageTechnology https://www.rug.nl/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S00098MP

Interesting opportunities for 2 #phd and 2 #Postdoc Positions to join a #RobotLearning & Interaction group at “Idiap” in Switzerland. #phdPosition #postdocposition
To apply or find out more
PhD ▶️ https://careers.werecruit.io/en/idiap/offers/two-phd-student-positions-in-learning-and-optimal-control-for-robot-manipulation-c526a9
Postdoc ▶️ https://careers.werecruit.io/en/idiap/offers/two-postdoc-positions-in-learning-and-optimal-control-for-robot-manipulation-00d134...

Here’s a link to a pre-print of my #openaccess article on Trilingual modality: “Towards an analysis of mood and modality in Aymara, Quechua and Castellano Andino as a joint systematic concept”

https://langsci-press.org/catalog/view/332/3561/2486-1
“Castellano Andino reflects #Aymara and #quechua mood by illustrating the emerging strategies used to express the modal values in Aymara and Quechua grammar on different structural levels.“

#mood #modality #castellano #spanish

The University of Verona and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano have currently opened 6 #phdPosition within their joint Ph.D. programme in #linguistics. Selected Ph.D. candidates will receive a 3-year fellowship. For information about the research areas and faculty members involved in the programme see: https://www.dlls.univr.it/?ent=cs&id=1007&tcs=DR&lang=en

Interested in #cognition, #perception, #sensation and #semiotics ? Check out our book “Sensory experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses” https://benjamins.com/catalog/celcr.24
We explore sensation/perception, cognition, language + tech w/ methodological concerns e.g. stimuli design, experimental protocol, ecological validity, etc.
Sadly not open access but ask me for a pre-print!

Excited that my #openaccess book with Andrew Nevins "Contemporary research in minority and diaspora languages of Europe" (Language Science Press) is nearly complete! Download it here for free! https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/332. #sorbian #nahuat #greek #aymara #quechua #diaspora #minorities