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Dr. Stephen Tobin

 

Campus Golm
Haus 70
Raum 1.18

Universität Potsdam
Institut für Informatik und
Computational Science
An der Bahn 2
14476 Potsdam

 

consulting hours
Jederzeit sofern die Tür offen steht

Curriculum Vitae

Stephen Tobin conducts research into speech production, speech perception and speech and language technology. From 2020 he complemented his studies in the areas of linguistics and cognitive science by attending a series of courses at the Institute of Computer Science.

He joined the Complex Multimedia Application Architectures group in 2022 and contributes to the X-Teach VR project. Over the course of the project foreign language and multilingual components will be added to the existing VR Classroom. 

Research Interests

  • Phonetic convergence und production-perception relations
  • Technologies for language learning and teaching
  • Technologies linguistic-phonetic data collection
  • Modelling and simulation of speech and communication processes

Education

  • BA (Hons) Modern & Medieval Languages; Girton College, University of Cambridge (2003)
  • MA Linguistics (Phonetics); University of Southern California (2005)
  • PhD Psychology (Language & Cognition); University of Connecticut (2015)

Career

2022-current        Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, University of Potsdam, Institute of Computer Science
2021-2021        Phonetics Lab Manager, Humboldt University, Institute of German Language and Linguistics
2020-2022        Independent Contractor, Berlin, (Data Analysis, English Tutoring)
2018-2020        Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Linguistics Department
2014-2018        Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, University of Potsdam, Linguistics Department
2012-2014        Assessment Specialist, Educational Testing Service, Assessment Development

Contributions to Research and Education Projects

  • X-Teach VR (Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre; PI: Lucke), 2022-current
  • The time course of speech perception and production in individual language users (NSF; co-PIs: Beddor, Coetzee), 2018-2019
  • Syllables and the timing of speech (ERC; PI: Gafos), 2014-2015
  • Extending the theory of articulatory phonology in speech and reading (NIH/NICHD; PI: Fowler), 2009-2010
  • Compensation for coarticulation: Implications for speech perception (NSF; co-PIs: Magnuson, Fowler, Viswanathan), 2007-2008
  • Dynamics of vocal tract shaping (NIH/NIDCD; co-PI: Byrd, Narayanan), 2005-2006

Stephen Tobin