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Language communication 2011- 07-03. 2012 spring semester, Tue6 elective course for IMCTS graduate students IMC-101. make roster. write full name furigana email address pass sheet. informed consent.
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Language communication2011-07-03 2012 spring semester, Tue6elective course for IMCTS graduate studentsIMC-101
make roster • write • full name • furigana • email address pass sheet
informed consent • your speech and actions maybe recorded, archived and, without revealing your identity, used and made public for research and education purposes • if you disagree, I will neither record nor retaliate • 学生の言動を録音し、保存し、匿名としたうえで研究と教育のために利用したり公開する可能性がある
instructor • Goh Kawai (河合 剛かわい ごう) • born in Tokyo, raised in Toronto • came to Sapporo in 2003-04
goh’s academic background • Univ of Tokyo • BA linguistics, 1984 • ICU • MA educational technology, 1986 • Stanford Univ • linguistics (dropout) • Univ of Tokyo • PhD information and communication engineering, 1999
goh’s vocational background • Xerox Palo Alto Research CenterPalo Alto, CA • SRI International Menlo Park, CA • University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan • University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA • Oregon Graduate InstituteBeaverton, OR • UniversiteitAntwerpenAntwerpen, België
goh’s interests • research • spoken and written language processing technology applied to language learning • personal interests • flying, kayaking, cycling, snowshoeing, amateur radio, sado (way of tea)
alumni • 平野宏子東京大学 博士(科学)吉林華僑外国語学院 • 歌代崇史東京工業大学 博士(工学)北海学園大学 • 三角美樹札幌開成高校 • 壽崎尚美教材制作 • 片桐徳昭札幌開成高校、博士進学
online language courses • lots of • students (2665) • study hours (24x7) • assignments (45 hours worth) • we need • technology that scales • automatic grading tools
speech recognition • http://www.technobuffalo.com/comparisons/google-search-vs-apples-siri-voice-off-battle/
demo • view praat • time waveform • spectogram • spectral slice • sound sources show praat • vowels • consonants • pure tones (sinusoids)
natural language processing • machines grade essays
slideshow • if there's time
thanks, and good luck mailto:grad@kawai.com http://goh.kawai.com/