Overview
The Cambridge Institute
for Automated Language
Teaching and Assessment (ALTA) is a virtual institute that
brings together researchers from Cambridge University Press & Assessment and the
departments of Computer Science and Technology and Engineering. Using
techniques from Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing,
ALTA's primary objective is to develop technology to enhance the
experience of language learning and to develop cutting-edge approaches
to automated assessment that will benefit learners and teachers
worldwide.
It forms part of Cambridge
University's Language Sciences
Interdisciplinary Research Center.
Sponsorship from Cambridge Assessment English
supports a team of PhD students and post-doctoral researchers
who investigate a range of topics, including:
- language assessment;
- teaching feedback;
- adaptive learning;
- content creation and calibration.
The institute comprises researchers at the Department of Computer Science and Technology (CST) and
the Department of Engineering (CUED), organised into a consortium of projects. The projects and their principal investigators are:
- Spoken Language Processing Technology (SLP)
- Language Technology
- Adaptivity
The ALTA research in the CUED Speech Group is focused on spoken
language assessment and learning. The group works on all aspects
of this area from core speech recognition and
machine learning, to spoken language assessment, to feedback and
the nature of the test.
Try it out: practise speaking English with Speak&Improve
Please email Kate Knill kate.knill @ eng.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Personnel Associated with ALTA Spoken Language Processing Technology (CUED)
- Prof Mark Gales [Co-Investigator]
- Dr Kate Knill [Principal Investigator]
- Dr Linlin Wang [Research Associate]
- Dr Mengjie Qian [Research Associate]
- Yassir Fathullah [Research Student] (Gates Scholar)
- Adian Liusie [Research Student]
- Yiting (Edie) Lu [Research Student] (part-funded)
- Potsawee Manakul [Research student] (Cambridge University funded)
- Vatsal Raina [Research Student] (DTP funded)
- Vyas Raina [Research Student]
- Qingyun Dou [Part-Time Researcher]
- Yufan Wang [MPhil student]
- Filip Cermak [UROP (50%)/UGrad Student]
- Zixin (Sharice) Liu [UROP/UGrad Student]
- Chentianyi Yang [UROP/UGrad Student]
- Ilora Ishaque [UGrad Student]
- Haifan Zhao [UGrad Student]
Collaborators:
- Stefano Bannò, FBK, Trento, Italy
- Dr Andrey Malinin, Yandex Research
- Dr Anton Ragni, University of Sheffield
- Dr Yu Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
- Dr Xixin Wu (CUHK)
Former members:
- Bertie Bull [UROP student/UGrad student]
- Karl Bates [UGrad student]
- Bhanu Balusu [UROP/UGrad Student]
- Dr Jeff Chen
[Research Associate]
Dr Rogier van Dalen [Research Associate]
Santiago Dubov [UGrad student]
Shixiang Gu [Research Student (part funded)]
Prof D. Littman [Visitor]
Sanchit Gandhi [UROP student/UGrad student]
Kostas Kyriakopoulos [Research Student]
Shangyi Lin [UGrad student]
Hanxu (Vicky) Lu [UROP/UGrad student]
Justine Hong [UGrad Student]
Bruno Mlodozeniec [UROP student]
Zhi Chen Neo [UROP student]
Preben Ness [UROP student]
Junjie Pan [MPhil student]
Sebastian Popescu [MPhil student]
Puria Radmard [UROP/UGrad Student]
Mohammad Rashid [MPhil student]
Ollie Rose [UGrad student]
Sense Sunyabhisithkul [UGrad Student]
Marco del Vecchio [MPhil student]
Xizi Wei [Research Assistant]
Guoxuan Xia [UGrad student]
Yisheng (Darren) Xu [UGrad student]
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