{"id":127,"date":"2022-11-08T20:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selma.ece.ufl.edu\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2022-11-08T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:13:05","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/selma\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Patents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yong Kyu Yoon, Ratree Wayland, Lori J Altmann, Saeyeong Jeon, Sunghyun Hwang &amp; Kevin Tang. 2025. Smart pseudo-palate for linguistic and biomedical applications. U.S. Patent No. 12,290,378.&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12290378. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage-ppubs.uspto.gov%2Fdirsearch-public%2Fprint%2FdownloadPdf%2F12290378&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419214049%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BVBScHgpC15vvZVdNJxApWeI%2BZcpcjX8ZqT8MVlhW%2F0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"11\">https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12290378<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Journal Papers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Wayland, R., Meyer, R., &amp; Tang, K. (2025). Speech Markers of Parkinson\u2019s Disease: Phonological Features and Acoustic Measures.&nbsp;<i>Brain Sciences,<\/i>&nbsp;October, 15, 1162.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">Wayland, R., Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Tang, K. (2025). Individual Differences in Language Acquisition: The Impact of Study Abroad on Native English Speakers Learning Spanish.&nbsp;<i>Speech Communication<\/i>, 103301.<\/li>\n<li>Ratree Wayland, Rachel Meyer, Ruhi Reddy, Kevin Tang &amp; Karen W. Hegland. 2024. Quantifying lenition as a diagnostic marker for Parkinson\u2019s Disease and Atypical Parkinsonism. <em>BioMedInformatics<\/em> 4(4). 2287\u20132305.&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3390\/biomedinformatics4040123. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3390%2Fbiomedinformatics4040123&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419090082%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4%2B4hWphSaA4a8FsL0zJdZuANt8GkpBve4wkwTNkq5zM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3390\/biomedinformatics4040123<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ratree Wayland, Rachel Meyer, Sophia Vellozzi &amp; Kevin Tang. 2024. Lenition in L2 Spanish: the impact of study abroad on phonological acquisition. <em>Brain Sciences<\/em> 14(9). <a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3390\/brainsci14090946. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3390%2Fbrainsci14090946&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419138704%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1kyI%2B41MgqGauSb2mJOYLMZmULOYoT6TTwdMjMkhVVk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3390\/brainsci14090946<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Tang, K., Wayland, R., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2024). Evaluating the consistency of lenition measures: Neural networks\u2019 posterior probability, intensity velocity, and duration. <em>The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(2),<\/em>&nbsp;1367-1379.&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1121\/10.0028299. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1121%2F10.0028299&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419223315%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sHPvakKRLETm5cpDeF%2BHgD7h5d%2BTLWbK%2F1VZE2WLmEM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"12\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1121\/10.0028299<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., &amp; Chen, S. (2024). Editorial: Linguistic biomarkers of neurological, cognitive, and psychiatric disorders: Verification, analytical validation, clinical validation, and machine learning. <em>Frontiers in Psychology, 15<\/em>, 1454225.&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2024.1454225. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.3389%2Ffpsyg.2024.1454225&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419240670%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ek%2FzLxNLaarahU%2Btijg1n2a1dSt6Z0wx4QMAZzouuWE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"14\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2024.1454225<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Tang, K. (2024). Lenition in L2 Spanish: The impact of study abroad on phonological acquisition. <em>Brain Sciences, 14(9),<\/em> 946. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/brainsci14090946\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/brainsci14090946<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tang, K., Wayland, R., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., Sengupta, R., &amp; Altmann, L. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/asa.scitation.org\/doi\/10.1121\/10.0017247\">From sonority hierarchy to posterior probability as a measure of lenition: The case of Spanish stops<\/a>.&nbsp;<i>The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>153<\/i>(2), 1191-1203.<\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., Sengupta, R., &amp; Altman, L. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/asa.scitation.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1121\/2.0001728\">Lenition measures: Neural networks\u2019 posterior probability versus acoustic cues<\/a>.&nbsp;<i>The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<\/i>,&nbsp;<i>152<\/i>(4), A59-A59.<\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2226-471X\/8\/2\/98\">Quantitative Acoustic versus Deep Learning Metrics of Lenition.&nbsp;<i>Languages<\/i><\/a>,&nbsp;<i>8<\/i>(2), 98.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Proceeding papers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Ratree Wayland, Kevin Tang, Fenqi Wang, Sophia Vellozzi, Rachel Meyer &amp; Rahul Sengupta. 2024b. Neural network-based measure of consonant lenition in Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 52(1). 060003.&nbsp;<a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001913. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1121%2F2.0001913&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419148393%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cO5W3svFuHcdJZ3fdUdiVs136Ps0BaBvDOokGYwBXRA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001913<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ratree Wayland, Kevin Tang, Fenqi Wang, Sophia Vellozzi, Rachel Meyer &amp; Rahul Sengupta. 2024a. Neural network-based measure of consonant lenition in L2 Spanish. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 52(1). 060001. <a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001881. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1121%2F2.0001881&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419157020%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DTVyHucU%2Bng3eZ8i1iAE6ZD6Lmq5XDwQ1FubC1FfKIE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001881<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ratree Wayland, Kevin Tang, Fenqi Wang, Sophia Vellozzi &amp; Rahul Sengupta. 2023. Measuring gradient effects of alcohol on speech with neural networks\u2019 posterior probability of phonological features. In Radek Skarnitzl &amp; Jan Vol\u0131\u0301n (eds.), Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague 2023, 863\u2013867. Guarant International [<a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/www.kevintang.org\/Files\/publications\/WaylandTangVellozziWangSengupta_2023_ICPhS.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kevintang.org%2FFiles%2Fpublications%2FWaylandTangVellozziWangSengupta_2023_ICPhS.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419164990%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kQcmWCnf3zNUN4ncSoGcroWwAheUhVsaCoDmpWV4RTg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">pdf<\/a>]&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ratree Wayland, Kevin Tang, Fenqi Wang, Sophia Vellozzi &amp; Rahul Sengupta. 2023. Neural networks\u2019 posterior probability as measure of effects of alcohol on speech. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 51(1). 060001. <a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001764. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1121%2F2.0001764&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419172902%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1EDScT0aGYInvYwtYEn7zIJ6pCBrkK5gbeOCP0sk1A8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001764<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ratree Wayland, Kevin Tang, Fenqi Wang, Sophia Vellozzi &amp; Rahul Sengupta. 2022. Lenition measures: neural networks\u2019 posterior probability vs. acoustic cues. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 50(1). 060002. <a title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001728. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1121%2F2.0001728&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cs.jeon%40ufl.edu%7C273ee241489748fd2ece08ddd03b8e87%7C0d4da0f84a314d76ace60a62331e1b84%7C0%7C0%7C638895676419180966%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WNWv6Z7BvwwQNXTHwqZheVLeQRlNybHH05dM%2Fd5zgtM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1121\/2.0001728<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Conference presentations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Wayland, R., Meyer, R., Tang, K., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2025).&nbsp;<i>Neural network\u2013based measure of voice quality in Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/i>&nbsp;A poster presented at the 188th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA, May 18\u201323, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Wayland, R.,<b>&nbsp;<\/b>Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Tang, K. (2025, February 16).&nbsp;<i>Individual differences in L2 acquisition of Spanish voiced stop lenition<\/i> (Poster presentation). Florida Psycholinguistic Meeting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.<\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R. (2024, November 2). Deep learning metrics for foreign accent. <em>Keynote presentation at the International Seminar on Pronunciation Teaching and Phonetic Research (Chongqing, China).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., Wayland, R., &amp; Tang, K. (2024). Measuring second language acquisition of Spanish lenition. <em>Oral presentation at SCiL 2024 (June 27-29, University of California Irvine, CA).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Vellozzi, S., Wang, F., Wayland, R., &amp; Tang, K. (2024). Comparing the degree of lenition in Parkinson\u2019s Disease patients (PD) and healthy control subjects. <em>The 25th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium (April 1, UF Center for Undergraduate Research, University of Florida).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2024). Impact of electropalatography on speech quality: A deep neural approach. <em>Oral presentation at the 6th Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting (April 21, 2024).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2024). Neural network-based measure of voice quality in Parkinson&#8217;s Disease. <em>Oral presentation at the 6th Florida Linguistics Yearly Meeting (April 21, 2024).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Meyer, R., Wayland, R., Tang, K., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2024). Measuring second language acquisition of Spanish lenition. <em>Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics (SCiL),<\/em> 297-301.<\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R. (2023, June 6). Deep learning metrics for foreign accent. <em>Keynote presentation at The International Symposium on Linguistics, Language Applications, and Translation Studies in the Big Data Era (City University of Hong Kong).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., Wayland, R., &amp; Tang, K. (2023). Variation in lenition degree in L2 Spanish: A machine learning approach. <em>Poster presented at NWAVE 52 (November 7-9, Miami, FL).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Tang, K., Wayland, R., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2023, October). Quantitative acoustic versus deep learning metrics of lenition. <em>19th Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum (University of Bern, Switzerland).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., Meyer, R., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2023, December). Neural network-based measure of consonant lenition in L2 Spanish. <em>Presented at the 185th joint meeting of ASA and the Australian Acoustical Society (December 4-8, Sydney, Australia).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., Meyer, R., &amp; Sengupta, R. (2023, December). Neural network-based measure of consonant lenition in Parkinson&#8217;s Disease. <em>Presented at the 185th joint meeting of ASA and the Australian Acoustical Society (December 4-8, Sydney, Australia).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Tang, K., Wayland, R., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., and Sengupta, R.,&nbsp; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/boris.unibe.ch\/186731\/\">Quantitative acoustic versus deep learning metrics of lenition<\/a>&#8220;, <em>19th Phonetik und Phonologie<\/em> im deutschsprachigen Raum, University of Bern, Switzerland, October, 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Meyer, R., Vellozzi, S., Wayland, R., Tang, K., and Sengupta, R., &#8220;Posterior Probability as a Measure of Lenition in L2 Spanish&#8221;, <em>Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting<\/em>, 21 October 2023, Gainesville, FL.<\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R., Tang, K., Wang, F., Vellozzi, S., and Sengupta, R. (2023). Neural networks\u2019 posterior probability as a measure of effects of alcohol on speech. <em>The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America<\/em>,&nbsp;<i>153<\/i>(3_supplement), A293-A293.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/selma.ece.ufl.edu\/2023\/04\/uf-undergraduate-research-symposium_poster-presentation\/\">Vellozzi, S. Tang, K. Wang, F. and Wayland, R., &#8220;Comparing Degree of Lenition in Parkinson\u2019s Disease (PD) Patients vs. Healthy Control Subjects&#8221;, the UF Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 4, 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R. Tang, K. Wang, F. Vellozzi, S. and Sengupta, R., &#8220;Measuring Gradient Effects of Alcohol on Speech with Neural Networks&#8217; Posterior Probability of Phonological Features,&#8221; Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic 2023<\/li>\n<li>Wayland, R. Tang, K., &#8220;Neural Networks\u2019 Posterior Probability as Measure of Effects of Alcohol on Speech,&#8221; 184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 8-12 May 2023, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/selma.ece.ufl.edu\/2022\/11\/nanoday-2022_poster-presentation\/\">Jeon, Z. Jia, S. Hwang, S. Choi, J. Han, and YK. Yoon, &#8220;Smart Electropalatography thin-film flexible pressure sensor array for Linguistic and Medical Applications,&#8221; NaNoDay, 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/selma.ece.ufl.edu\/2022\/11\/2022-hilton-head-workshop_poster-presentation\/\">Jeon, Z. Jia, S. Hwang, S. Choi, J. Han, and YK. Yoon, &#8220;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/selma.ece.ufl.edu\/2022\/11\/nanoday-2022_poster-presentation\/\">Smart Electropalatography thin-film flexible pressure sensor array for Linguistic and Medical Applications<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/selma.ece.ufl.edu\/2022\/11\/2022-hilton-head-workshop_poster-presentation\/\">,&#8221; Hilton Head Workshops, 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/selma.ece.ufl.edu\/2023\/01\/2022-183rd-meeting-of-the-acoustical-society-of-america\/\">Wayland, R., Tang, K. Fang, F. Vellozzi, S. and Sengupta, R. Lenition Measures: Neural Networks\u2019 Posterior Probability versus Acoustic Cues. A poster to be presented at the 183<sup>rd<\/sup> meeting of the acoustical Society of America, Dec. 5-9, 2022, Nashville, Tennessee.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Science Communication\/Outreach<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kevin Tang. March, 2025. What\u2019s in a slip of the tongue? using articulatory-informed AI models to understand neurological disorders, intoxication, and second language accent. Brain Awareness Week, Heinrich Heine University D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany [Part of the Brain Awareness Week organised by Pamela Villar Gonz\u00e1lez] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ling.hhu.de\/en\/departments\/linguistik-iv-psycho-und-neurolinguistik\/brain-awareness-week\">Event page<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Tang, Anh Kim Nguyen, Christopher Geissler &amp; The Speech, Lexicon, and Modeling Lab. 2022. Role of linguistics in AI for social good. In Nacht der Wissenschaft. Shadowplatz, D\u00fcsseldorf. https:\/\/www.nachtderwissenschaft-duesseldorf.de\/ [<a href=\"https:\/\/slam.phil.hhu.de\/events\/ndw\/\">Event report<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/slam.phil.hhu.de\/ndw\/\">Virtual booth<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Invited Talks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kevin Tang. February, 2025(a). Using articulatory-informed neural network models to understand gradient phonetic variation in intoxication, neurological disorders, and second language acquisition. Sound Workshop, University of Massachusetts, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Tang. February, 2025(b). Using articulatory-informed neural network models to understand neurological disorders, intoxication, and second language accent. Linguistics Monday Colloquia, Yale University, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Tang. May, 2024. Navigating human behavior in health and education through the lens of natural language. Seminar, <a href=\"https:\/\/behavelab.org\/\">The BEHAVE lab of the Department of Social and Political Sciences<\/a>, the University of Milan<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Tang. July 2023. Computational models in Parkinson\u2019s disease research. <a href=\"https:\/\/tacosconference.github.io\/32.tacosConference\/\">32 Tagung der Computerlinguistik-Studierenden (TaCoS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kevin Tang. June, 2023. Quantifying articulatory precision and language complexity in Parkinson\u2019s disease patients. Colloquium, the Institut f\u00fcr Klinische Neurowissenschaften und Medizinische Psychologie, Heinrich-Heine-University D\u00fcsseldorf<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Tang. April, 2022. Quantifying articulatory precision with deep neural networks. Brown Bag Lunch, the Heine Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Heinrich-Heine-University D\u00fcsseldorf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patents Yong Kyu Yoon, Ratree Wayland, Lori J Altmann, Saeyeong Jeon, Sunghyun Hwang &amp; Kevin Tang. 2025. Smart pseudo-palate for linguistic and biomedical applications. U.S. Patent No. 12,290,378.&nbsp;https:\/\/image-ppubs.uspto.gov\/dirsearch-public\/print\/downloadPdf\/12290378 Journal Papers Wayland, R., Meyer, R., &amp; Tang, K. (2025). Speech Markers of Parkinson\u2019s Disease: Phonological Features and Acoustic Measures.&nbsp;Brain Sciences,&nbsp;October, 15, 1162. 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