http://vimeo.com/37185830 View Seminar Video Abstract This talk addresses two questions: what are the properties of a good grammar representation for natural language processing applications, and how can such grammars be constructed automatically and efficiently? I[…]
http://vimeo.com/54572967 View Seminar Video Abstract Continuous latent variable models are probabilistic models that represent a distribution in a high-dimensional Euclidean space using a small number of continuous, latent variables. Examples include factor analysis, the generative[…]
Abstract In this talk, I will present the problem of quantifying anatomical shape as represented in an image within the framework of the deformable template model. Briefly, the deformable template model approach involves selecting a[…]
http://vimeo.com/32123662 View Seminar Video Abstract Automatic recognition of human-to-machine speech has made fantastic progress in the last decades, and current systems achieve word error rates below 5% on many tasks. But recognition of human-to-human speech[…]
http://vimeo.com/59811993 View Seminar Video Abstract Blind source separation of broad band signals in a multi-path environment remains a difficult problem. Robustness has been limited due to frequency permutation ambiguities. In principle, increasing the number of[…]
Abstract We are interested in providing automated services via natural spoken dialog systems. By natural, we mean that the machine understands and acts upon what people actually say, in contrast to what one would like[…]
http://vimeo.com/31960018 View Seminar Video Abstract The next generation of voice-based user interface technology will enable easy-to-use automation of new and existing communication services. A critical issue is to move away form highly-structured menus to a[…]
