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DESCRIPTION:Unpacking the Speech Chain: A window of scientific and technolo
 gical opportunities\n\nSatrajit Ghosh\, MIT\n	Tuesday October 18\, 12-1pm\n
 	Zoom Link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/86855481591\n\nAbstract: Speaking is o
 ne of the most complex tasks carried out by humans and we do it\, mostly\,
  effortlessly. We use it to communicate our thoughts\, feelings\, and inte
 nt. In our group we have targeted this model system as a window into the h
 uman brain to understand basic brain and behavioral mechanisms\, and as a 
 rich signal for developing new technologies and applications. Lately\, the
 re has been a significant increase in the attention to and relevance of th
 is seemingly simple timeseries thanks in large part due to pervasive growt
 h of smartphones\, voice assistants\, and machine learning technology. In 
 this talk\, I will present the connectedness and current knowledge of spok
 en communication in relation to ongoing projects on stuttering\, on identi
 ty\, and on mental health. Each of these projects started with a simple qu
 estion that drew us in through different angles to understand the system b
 etter. Mumble melody\, the project on stuttering explores mechanisms to in
 duce greater fluency in people who stutter. A question of quantifying how 
 similar two people sound led us to a project on identity and privacy. Evid
 ence of speech signals related to neuropsychiatry and neurology has spurre
 d intersecting speech and linguistics into mental health and wellbeing. Ea
 ch of these projects have made us question existing knowledge and models a
 nd has opened doors for new science\, technology\, and education. I will e
 nd by discussing the goals of a new consortial project recently launched b
 y the US National Institutes of Heath to study and evaluate voice as a bio
 marker across health. This project will focus on generating a rich\, diver
 se\, standardized\, and ethically considered dataset that accelerates the 
 development of reduced-bias machine learning algorithms and technologies t
 hat can be used scalably\, reliably\, and remotely\, and address individua
 ls across social determinants of health.\n
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SUMMARY:QLS Seminar Series - Satrajit Ghosh
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