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Robert Felty |
Résumé |
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August 26, 2009 |
Work Experience
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2009 Lecturer at University of Colorado - Boulder
Teaching Introduction to Computational Corpus Linguistics -
2008 Adjunct professor of Linguistics at Indiana University
Teaching a programming course for computational linguists (see below) -
2007–2009 — Post-doctoral fellow at Indiana University
Researching spoken word recognition through behavioral experimentation and cognitive modeling in normal-hearing listeners and cochlear-implant users -
2007 — Web developer for ExpOT conference
Designed and updated conference website -
2006–2007 — Linguistic Consultant for Marathon Global Technology
Helping to develop software to increase German vocabulary, including assisting in training and implementing a speech recognition component of the software -
2005 — Organizing committee member and webmaster for the 11th Midcontinental Workshop on Phonology
Designed and updated conference website -
2004–2005 — Research Assistant for Dr. José Benkí on the project “Measuring context effects in spoken word recognition”. Responsible for managing undergraduate research assistants, maintaining lab computers, and preparing materials for psychological experiments
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2004–2007 - Web developer for the University of Michigan Linguistics Department
Developed a custom content management and scheduling system
Technical Skills
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Competent in Macintosh, UNIX/Linux, and Windows operating systems
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Proficient in web development technologies, including (x)html, css, javascript, AJAX, apache, mysql, PHP, XML, and various CMS/Wiki/blogging systems
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Experience writing custom Wordpress themes and plugins
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Fluent in Perl, Python, Matlab, and UNIX shell scripting
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3+ years experience maintaining LAMP server hosting several different websites
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Comfortable with source content management (Subversion, git)
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Adept with acoustic analysis of speech signals with Praat
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Experience with a variety of statistical analysis methods, including ANOVA, multiple regression, monte-carlo, MDS, PCA, and bootstrapping, using SPSS, Matlab, and R
Education
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D. in Linguistics and Germanic Languages & Literatures, May, 2007
Dissertation title: Context Effects in Spoken Word Recognition of English and German by Native and Non-native Listeners -
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.A. in Linguistics, January, 2005 -
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
B.A. in German with honors, December, 2000 -
Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
Semester Abroad, Spring, 1999
Languages
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Fluent in English and German
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Linguistic knowledge of Spanish (particular phonetic and phonological), as well as rudimentary speaking skills
Selected Publications
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2009 — Robert Albert Felty, Adam Buchwald, and David B. Pisoni. Adaptation to frozen babble in spoken word recognition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125 (3), EL93–EL97.
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2008 — Effects of lexical status and morphology in spoken word recognition of English and German words and nonwords. (under review)
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2007 — Confusion patterns and response bias in spoken word recognition of German disyllabic words and nonwords, in Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, 1957–1960. .pdf
Selected Conference Presentations
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2008 — Robert Felty, Adam Buchwald, and David B. Pisoni. Lexical analysis of spoken word recognition errors. Poster to be presented at Acoustics ’08, Paris, France, June 29th–July 4th
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2007 — Robert Felty. Confusion patterns and response bias in spoken word recognition of German disyllabic words and nonwords. Poster presented at the 16th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken, Germany, August 6–10. .pdf
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2006 — José Benkí and Robert Felty. Relative contributions of initial and final similarity to neighborhood density effects on English spoken word recognition. Poster presented at the 5th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Montreal, Quebec, Oct. 10 - 12. handout
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2005 — Robert Felty and José Benkí. Asymmetries in patterns of confusion of American English vowels. 11th Midcontinental Workshop on Phonology. University of Michigan Abstract handout
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2004 — Phonetics in the German Classroom: Teaching Umlaut. 10th Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference. University of Michigan. Abstract
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2003 — Perception and Production of front rounded vowels by English-speaking learners of German. 25th Second Language Research Forum. University of Arizona.
Selected Awards
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2005 — Candidacy Fellowship (awarded by the Linguistics department)
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2001 — Regents Fellowship from the University of Michigan
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2001 — Phi Beta Kappa Member
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1997–2000 — Trustee Merit scholarship from Grinnell College
Courses Taught
University of Colorado - Boulder
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2009 Fall term — Linguistics 5200. Introduction of Computational Corpus Linguistics
Indiana University
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2008 Fall term — Linguistics 555. Programming for computational Linguists (using python)
University of Michigan
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2006 Summer term — Linguistics 211. Introduction to Language
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2005 Summer term — German 230. Third/Fourth semester intermediate course
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2003 Fall term — German 231. Third semester intermediate course
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2002 Spring term — German 102. Second semester introductory course
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2002 Winter term — German 101. First semester introductory course
Research Interests
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Automated speech recognition
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Speech perception
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Spoken word recognition
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Lexical Access
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Second Language Acquisition
Professional Societies
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Acoustical Society of America
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Linguistic Society of America

