Events

Eugenia Rho (Virginia Tech) “Words Matter: How Language Choices Predict Societal Trends and Outcomes in Media, Health and Policing”

August 27, 2023
When: November 3, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Where: Hackerman Hall B17, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

Abstract Effective communication lies at the heart of social harmony and individual well-being. However, key areas of our society face profound challenges in how we talk about things, or to each other. In this talk,[…]

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Sharon Goldwater (University of Edinburgh) “Analyzing Representations of Self-Supervised Speech Models”

August 27, 2023
When: October 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Where: Hackerman Hall B17, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

Abstract Recent advances in speech technology make heavy use of pre-trained models that learn from large quantities of raw (untranscribed) speech, using “self-supervised” (ie unsupervised) learning. These models learn to transform the acoustic input into[…]

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