This thesis has three main objectives. The first objective (A) includes Study I, which investigates the parameter fundamental frequency (F0) and its robustness in different acoustic contexts by using different measures. ...

The past two decades have seen impressive progress in a variety of areas of AI, particularly NLP, through the application of machine learning methods to a wide range of tasks. With the intensive use of deep learning methods ...

Dis)embodiment brings together researchers from several areas examining the role of grounding and embodiment in modelling human language and behaviour – or limits thereof. The conference covers areas such as machine learning, ...

The purpose of our conference is to bring together researchers from several areas of NLP, addressing datasets, methods and limits of effective (machine) learning with small data containing natural language and associated ...