Dr. Jennifer Kuo has joined the department as an Assistant Professor.  Jennifer  is primarily interested in how different learning biases affect morphophonological learning.  She addresses this question by modeling how paradigms are (mis-)learned over time in a variety of Austronesian languages.  More recently, she is supplementing these findings with experimental results from Artificial Grammar Learning studies.

We welcome Jennifer to the Department and to the Phonetics Lab!

Post-Doctoral Researcher Dr. Jeremy Needle has joined the Phonetics Lab, where he will work with Dr. Sam Tilsen on various projects.  

Welcome Jeremy!

The Cornell Phonetics lab hooded four new PhDs in the Spring, 2003 Cornell hooding ceremony, held at Barton Hall on Saturday, May 27, 2023.  

From the left, in their graduation robes, are:

• Sireemas Maspong
• Francesco Burroni
• Professor Sam Tilsen
• Seung-Eun Kim
• Brynhildur Stefansdottir

Siri, Francesco, Seung-Eun, and Binna - best wishes on your new adventures - we will miss you!

Phonetics Lab Alumnus Dr. Linda Heimisdottir has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Miðeind, an Icelandic startup company that develops Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence technology for the Icelandic language.

Linda recently joined Miðeind as a Chief Operating Officer, and in a Linked-In post had this comment on her transition to the CEO role:

 "I am thrilled to announce that I have assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer at Miðeind. As we navigate the dynamic landscape of AI-based Language Technology, our team is actively exploring how LLMs can be integrated into our business strategy. I am fortunate to be working with an exceptional team, and I look forward to harnessing their collective talent and passion to develop outstanding products"