Upcoming & Past Talks

2023

A Statistical Approach for Quantifying Group Difference in Topic Distributions Using Clinical Discourse Samples

Topic distribution matrices created by topic models are typically used for document classification or as features in a separate machine …
Sep 13, 2023 10:45 AM — 12:30 PM SIGDIAL 2023 Conference, Prague, Czechia
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Computational Analysis of Backchannel Usage and Overlap Length in Autistic Children

Backchanneling (e.g., right, okay, uhhuh) during a dialogue signals that a person is engaged and following along with what is being …
Sep 12, 2023 11:00 AM — 11:40 AM ICARD Workshop @ SIGDIAL 2023 Conference, Prague, Czechia
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2021

Investigation on Examiner "Um" and "Uh" Usage in ADOS-2 Sessions

May 3, 2021 2:00 PM — 3:00 PM Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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2020

Towards an automated method for quantifying pedantic language in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Jun 12, 2020 1:00 PM — 2:30 PM Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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2019

Pedantic Speech in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Difficulties with language is one of the core characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Clinicians have described a …
May 14, 2019 11:45 AM — 1:00 PM Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon - GH47
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Math Meets Data

Figuring out how to put theory into practice is not always straightforward. Real world data, especially natural language data, can put …
Apr 4, 2019 3:30 PM — 4:30 PM Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon - JR Howard 259
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2018

A Sentiment Analysis of Child Language Acquisition Data

Join us for a night of four talks from students in OHSU’s Principles and Practice of Data Visualization, taught by Alison Hill, …
Aug 14, 2018 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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