Center for Language & Speech Processing(CLSP), JHU Courses

OUCH: Investigating Limitations of Hidden Markov Models in Speech Recognition

Explore speech recognition challenges, focusing on Hidden Markov Model limitations. Examine frame-to-frame independence assumptions and their implications for improving recognition accuracy.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Structure-Sensitive Dependency Learning in Recurrent Neural Networks - 2017

Explore RNNs' ability to learn structure-sensitive dependencies in language, focusing on English subject-verb agreement and comparing network performance to human errors.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

New Machine Learning Tools for Structured Prediction - 2012

Explore advanced machine learning techniques for structured prediction in NLP and social network analysis, focusing on Markov Random Fields and risk minimization approaches.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Constrained Conditional Models: Integer Linear Programming Formulations for Language Understanding

Explore Integer Linear Programming formulations for Natural Language Understanding tasks, focusing on Constrained Conditional Models to enhance probabilistic approaches with declarative constraints.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Semantic Lexicons and Semantic Tagging: Towards Content Interoperability

Explore large-scale language resources, computational lexicons, and semantic tagging for content interoperability. Learn about European initiatives, challenges, and future paradigms in language technology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Flexible Models for Microclustering with Application to Entity Resolution - 2016

Explore microclustering models for entity resolution and community detection, focusing on sublinear cluster growth and applications in various fields like genetics and human rights.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Towards Large-Scale Natural Language Inference with Distributional Semantics

Explore natural language inference using distributional semantics, covering summarization, semantic models, and knowledge induction for advanced text analysis.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Opportunities from Social Media Data for Public Health

Explore social media's potential in public health research and interventions. Learn data analysis techniques for extracting valuable health insights from online platforms.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learning and Exploiting Statistical Dependencies in Networks - 2007

Explore statistical dependencies in networks, focusing on learning joint distributions, network navigation, and structure indexing. Discover applications in web mining, bioinformatics, and fraud detection.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Integrating Evidence Over Time: Conditional Models for Speech and Audio Processing

Explore conditional random fields for speech recognition and auditory scene analysis, integrating local acoustic evidence over time sequences to improve event detection and classification.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Demographic Factors Influence on NLP - How Texts Reflect Personal Backgrounds

Explore how demographic factors influence language use and NLP systems, combining sociolinguistics and statistical methods to improve performance and fairness in natural language processing.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Music Fingerprinting Using Finite State Transducers - A Novel Application of FSTs

Explore innovative music fingerprinting techniques using finite state transducers and acoustic modeling, with applications in speech and multimedia indexing and retrieval.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modeling Bottom-Up and Top-Down Visual Attention in Humans and Monkeys - 2009

Explore computational models of visual attention combining bottom-up and top-down influences, comparing predictions to human and monkey behavior, with applications to real-world vision challenges.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Automated Scalable Bayesian Inference via Data Summarization - 2018

Explore scalable Bayesian inference techniques using data summarization. Learn about coresets, theoretical guarantees, and practical applications in large-scale data settings.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Speech Technologies for Language Learning - Supporting Speaking, Listening, and Conversation Skills

Explore innovative speech technologies enhancing language learning, from prosody training to robust listening skills and comprehensibility assessment for non-native speakers.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video