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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Congrats to Miles Williams on passing his #PhD #viva on "Towards Efficient and Effective Language Model Compression". Thanks to supervisor Prof Nikos Aletras and viva examiners Dr @edoardo-ponti.bsky.social (Imperial College London) and Professor @evasilaki.bsky.social (Sheffield)!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Could #AI technologies for processing #speech or #written #text / #language help your business? Want to leverage insights and value from existing documents or speech interactions? Our 'SLT Consultancy Hub' can help you - for FREE! Find out more: slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/consultancy-...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Register by 31 May for our annual #conference! Join us on 8 June in #Sheffield to hear about our researchers’ #AI #ML #speech and #NLProc #research! #Keynotes: @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

1 week to secure your place at our annual #conference! Join us on 8 June in #Sheffield to hear about our researchers’ #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc #research! #Keynotes: @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just 2 weeks left to secure your place at our annual #conference! Join us on 8 June in #Sheffield to hear about our researchers’ #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc #research! Cool keynote speakers too! Check out our website for more info! slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Today is our annual #conference abstract deadline. Non-Sheffield PhD students can present their #AI and #ML #speech or #NLProc research too! #Keynotes: @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) Find out more at slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Join us on 8 June in #Sheffield to hear about #PhD students’ #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc research! #Keynotes: @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) Find out more and #register (by 31 May) at slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Just 5 days until our #conference abstract deadline (24 Apr). Non-Sheffield PhD students can present their #AI and #ML #speech or #NLProc research too! #Keynotes: @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) More info: slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Ten days until the #conference abstract deadline (24 Apr). Non-Sheffield PhD students can present their #AI and #ML #speech or #NLProc research too! #Keynotes: @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) Find out more: slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Just 1 week left to apply for our fully-funded 3.5 year #AI #PhD studentship on “#Metamodelling of #Speech Domains” starting in Sept. Find out more and apply here: slt-cdt.ac.uk/apply #speech #Sheffield #research #university

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Congratulations to @tylerl404 on passing his #PhD #viva for his thesis on Assessing Phonetically and Phonologically Motivated Language Understanding. Thanks to supervisors Professor Chenghua Lin and Professor Rob Gaizauskas and viva examiners Dr Björn Ross (Edinburgh) and Dr Zheng Yuan (Sheffield)!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Non-Sheffield #PhD student working on #AI #ML #speech or #NLProc research? Present your work at our #conference on 8 June - submit an abstract by 24 Apr! #Keynotes: @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) More info slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Join us on 8 June in #Sheffield to hear about #PhD students’ #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc research! #Keynotes from @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social). Find out more and #register (by 31 May) at slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Easter vacation is here and what better time to make plans for the future? Join us in Sept on a fully-funded 3.5 year #AI #PhD studentship on “#Metamodelling of #Speech Domains”! ** Apply now! Deadline: 19 Apr ** slt-cdt.ac.uk/apply

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Join us in Sept on a fully-funded 3.5 year #AI #PhD studentship on “#Metamodelling of #Speech Domains” supervised by Prof Thomas Hain! Deadline for applications is 19 April. Find out more and apply here: slt-cdt.ac.uk/apply #speech #Sheffield #research #university

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Our #conference is on 8 June. Non-Sheffield #PhD students can present their #AI and #ML #speech or #NLProc research too - submit an abstract! #Keynotes from @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social). Find out more at slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Interested in doing an #AI #PhD on computational #speech processing? We have a fully-funded 3.5 year studentship on “#Metamodelling of #Speech Domains” available - Sept 2026 start! Find out more and apply here: slt-cdt.ac.uk/apply #speech #Sheffield #research #university

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Join us on 8 June in #Sheffield to hear about our #PhD students’ #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc research! #Keynotes from @egrefen.bsky.social (Google DeepMind) & Prof Wenwu Wang (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social). Find out more and #register (by 31 May) at slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Our annual #conference is on 8 June. Join us in #Sheffield to hear about our #PhD students' #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc research! Non-Sheffield PhD student? Present your #speech / #NLProc work! Submit an abstract by 24 Apr! Check our website for info: slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Congratulations to @oddtwang.bsky.social on passing his #PhD #viva for his thesis on human and language model processing of idiomatic expressions! Thanks to supervisors @carolscarton.bsky.social and @alinevillav.bsky.social and viva examiners Prof Lonneke van der Plas and Prof Rob Gaizauskas!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Congrats to Jason Clarke on passing his #PhD #viva for his thesis on Robust Audiovisual Active Speaker Detection for Egocentric Recordings! Huge thanks to his supervisors Prof Stefan Goetze and Dr Yoshi Gotoh and his viva examiners Prof Philip Jackson (Surrey) and @rogerkmoore.bsky.social!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Congratulations to Mary Hewitt on passing her #PhD #viva for her thesis "Speaking to the Edge: Conversational Control of Smart Home IoT with LLM AI and Deterministic Gatekeeping"! Thanks to supervisor @hamishcunningham.bsky.social and viva examiners @prof-thakker.bsky.social & @naletras.bsky.social

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

It is great to welcome everyone to the 2025 #SLT #CDT Annual #Conference! It’s off to a great start with a #keynote from Prof Simon Dobnik entitled “Beyond pixels and words”. slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Not long until our #SLT #CDT Annual #Conference on 23 June! #Keynote Spotlight: Professor Carlos Busso from @cmu.edu will be giving a talk entitled "Improving Generalization in #Speech #Emotion Recognition". Find out more and #register (by 15 June) at slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🎉🥳 congratulations to Cliodhna. It was a privilege to examine this excellent MPhil thesis.

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Congratulations to @greatlikecheese.bsky.social on passing her #MPhil #viva with minor corrections! Huge thanks to her supervisors Prof Guy J Brown, Dr Ning Ma, & Prof Nicola Dibben; and her viva examiners @christianilbury.bsky.social (Univ of Edinburgh) & Prof Heidi Christensen (Univ of Sheffield)!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Registration deadline extended to 15 June!! Secure your place at our annual #conference now! Join us on 23 June to hear about our #PhD students’ #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc research! Cool keynote speakers too! Check out our website for more info! slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Congratulations to Edward Gow-Smith on passing his #PhD #viva with minor corrections! Huge thanks to his supervisor @alinevillav.bsky.social and his viva examiners Professor Dr Hinrich Schütze (@cislmu.bsky.social) and Dr Nafise Sadat Moosavi (University of Sheffield)!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Our annual #conference is now less than 5 weeks away! Join us on 23 June in sunny #Sheffield to hear about our #PhD students’ #AI and #ML #speech and #NLProc research! Check out our website for more info! slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/annual-confe...

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Congratulations to Sam Schmück (formerly Sam Hollands) on passing his #PhD #viva with minor corrections! Huge thanks to his supervisors Professor Heidi Christensen and Dr Daniel J Blackburn; and his viva examiners @catlai.bsky.social (Edinburgh) and Dr Ning Ma (Sheffield)!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Congratulations to Tomas Goldsack on passing his #PhD #viva with minor corrections! Huge thanks to his supervisors Prof Chenghua Lin and @carolscarton.bsky.social; his viva examiners Dr Stuart Middleton (Southampton) and @dianamaynard.bsky.social (Sheffield); and his sponsors the AMRC!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Last few days to get your application in for one of our two fully-funded 3.5 year #AI #PhD studentships in #spoken #language #technologies available for Sept 2025 start! ** Apply now! Deadline: 13 Apr 2025 ** slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/apply #speech #nlp #nlproc #research #sheffield

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

We have two affiliated fully-funded 3.5 year #AI #PhD studentships in #spoken #language #technologies available for Sept 2025 start! ** Apply now! Deadline: 13 Apr 2025 ** slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/apply #speech #nlp #nlproc #research #sheffield

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Applications for two affiliated fully-funded 3.5 year #spoken #language #technologies #AI #PhD studentships open! Join us! Sept 2025 start! ** Apply now! Deadline: 13 Apr 2025 ** slt-cdt.sheffield.ac.uk/apply #speech #nlp #nlproc #research #sheffield

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Massive congratulations to Guanyu Huang on passing her #PhD #viva with minor corrections! Huge thanks to supervisor @rogerkmoore.bsky.social, examiners @maryellenfoster.bsky.social (Glasgow) and @chaona-chen.bsky.social sky.social (Sheffield), and 'Internal Coordinator' @stevemaddock.bsky.social!

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CDT in Speech and Language Technologies @sltcdt.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Hello friends, colleagues, and 🦋! We're excited to be joining the speech processing and NLProc communities here! We'll be promoting the fantastic work of the PhD students in the @ukri.org AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Speech and Language Technologies (SLT) and their Applications!

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