Olov Engwall
Professor
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About me
Professor in Speech Communication
- Director of Studies at the Department of Intelligent Systems
- Track director for Computer Science for the MSc programme in Industrial Management and Engineering.
Research interests and projects:
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NLP-based math tutoring |
Digital Futures Demonstrator project: Semi-automated math coaching –using NLP to extend mattecoach |
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Interaction with social robots for language learning and mathematics tutoring of students with diverse backgrounds |
CIRILA - Culturally Informed Robots in Learning Activities (WASP-HS, MAW 2021-2023, PI) Robot-assisted learning for students with diverse language backgrounds (VR 2023-2025) |
Ali Reza Majlesi (PI VR) |
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Guest editor for research topic in Frontiers in Robotics and AI |
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Robot-assisted language learning |
CORALL - COllaborative Robot-Assisted Language Learning (VR 2017-2020, PI) |
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Robot-assisted reading practice |
ROBERT -Robot Enhanced Reading Training for Students with Dyslexia (Promobilia 2019-2020, PI) |
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Mobile second language learning |
AI teacher for more efficient learning of the Swedish language (VINNOVA, 2019-2022) |
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Computer-assisted language learning and pronunciation training |
ARTUR- the Articulation tutor (VR 2004-2006) CALATEA - Computer animated language teachers (VR 2009-2011, PI) ADEPT - Audiovisual detection of errors in pronunciation training (VR 2006-2012, PI) |
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Articulatory speech production modelling |
Sten Ternström (PI) Oriol Guash (PI) |
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Acoustic to articulatory inversion |
ASPI - Audiovisual speech inversion (EU 2005-2008) |
Yves Laprie (PI) |
Organized conferences:
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SLaTE 2017: ISCA Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education | Chair |
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Interspeech 2017 | Organization committee, Workshops, Area chair |
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IS ADEPT 2012: International Symposium on Automatic Detection of Errors in Pronunciation Training | Chair |
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AVSP 2011: International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing | Organization committee |
Doctoral students & Postdocs:
- Pablo Oliveras, present
- Ronald Cumbal, present
- Alireza Mahmoudi Kamelabad, present (assistant supervisor)
- Huanchen Cai, present (assistant supervisor)
- Elisabeth Eir Cortes, present (assistant supervisor)
- Saeed Dabbaghchian, 2018
- Christos Koniaris, 2012
- G. Ananthakrishnan, 2012
- Preben Wik, 2011 (assistant supervisor)
- Kathy Tian, Postdoc present
Short background:
- Guest Editor Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Culturally and contextually aware robots
- Editor Computer, Speech and Language
- Post-doc Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2003
- PhD Speech Communication KTH, 2002
- MSc Engineering Physics KTH,1998
- Research visits INPG Grenoble (1999), LORIA Nancy (2006)
- IEEE Speech and Language Technical Committee 2009-2012
- CV October 2023
Courses
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, Second Cycle (DA231X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, Second Cycle (DA239X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, Second Cycle (DA250X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specialising in ICT Innovation, Second Cycle (DA256X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specialising in ICT Innovation, Second Cycle (DA258X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Industrial Management, Second Cycle (DA235X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Interactive Media Technology, Second Cycle (DA232X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Machine Learning, Second Cycle (DA233X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Engineering, specializing in Systems, Control and Robotics, Second Cycle (DA236X), examiner | Course web
Degree Project in Computer Science and Industrial Management, first cycle (DA151X), examiner, course responsible, teacher | Course web
Degree Project in Electrical Engineering, Second Cycle (EA250X), examiner | Course web
Multimodal Interaction and Interfaces (DT2140), teacher | Course web