!!Ailbhe Ní Chasaide - Biography
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Ailbhe Ní Chasaide is Professor in Phonetics in Trinity College Dublin. She set up Trinity’s Phonetics & Speech Laboratory, and leads a research group, which has collaborated in funded projects in Europe and nationally. Her research focuses on (i) the human voice, how it conveys linguistic and affective prosody and how to capture this in synthetic speech, and (ii) Irish prosodic structure, linguistic resources, speech technology and applications for the Irish dialects. \\
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__Employment__
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*2003 Professor in Phonetics, Trinity College Dublin\\
*1993 - 2003    Senior Lecturer in Phonetics, Trinity College Dublin\\
*1979 - 1992    Lecturer in Phonetics, Trinity College Dublin\\
*1974 - 1975    Research and Teaching Fellow, National University of Ireland, Galway
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__Education__
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*1985 PhD Experimental Phonetics, University of Wales, Bangor\\
*1977 MA Linguistics, University of Wales, Bangor\\
*1975 Maîtrise ès Lettres French Literature, Université de Bordeaux, France\\
*1973BA French/German, University College Galway, Ireland
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__Memberships and Awards (selection)__
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*2021            ISCA - IAC Advisory Committee\\
*2019            Council of the IPA \\
*2003            Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship\\
*1998            Fellow Trinity College Dublin (elected)\\
*1995            Treasurer of the International Phonetic Association \\
*1993            Vice President of the International Phonetic Association \\
*1987            Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship to MIT & Haskins Laboratories, New Haven\\
*1986            Swedish Institute Scholarship to KTH, Stockholm\\
*1982            Senior Research Fellowship, Oxford University
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__Research Mentoring__
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*Research group, currently: 4 Postdocs, 2 Research Assistants, 5PhDs, & 6 part time researchers. \\
*Co-founded under/postgraduate programmes in the discipline in Ireland\\
*Extensive PhD, MA and MPhil research supervision
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__Research Projects (sample)__
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Over 20 funded research projects, including: \\
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*ABAIR I, II & III (2011-2025): linguistic resources and technologies for Irish  [[Irish Govt., Dept of the Gaeltacht, totalling €3.85m]\\
*FastNet (2011-15): Voice in Social Interaction [[Science Foundation Ireland, €1.12m]\\
*RóbóGlór (2013 & 2022-24): Expressive Voice in Irish Synthesis [[Irish Govt., Dept. of Gaeltacht, [[€136,000]\\
*HUMAINE (2003-7): Emotion in Human-Machine Interaction [[EU 6th Framework, €101,000]\\ \\