wrchen@um.edu.mo
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CHEN Wei-Rong
Programme Coordinator of MS in Data Science (Computational Linguistics)
Introduction
Wei-Rong Chen is an Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English. Before joining the University of Macau, he served as an Associate Research Scientist at Yale University and as a Research Scientist at Haskins Laboratories.
Education
He received his PhD in Linguistics from Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and completed postdoctoral training at Haskins Laboratories (affiliated to Yale University).
Research Interests
Phonetics, computational models of speech production and perception, speech pathology, and articulatory phonology.
Acoustic Society of America (ASA)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Chen, W.-R., Stern, M. C., Whalen, D. H., Derrick, D., Carignan, C., Best, C. T., & Tiede, M. (2024). Assessing ultrasound probe stabilization for quantifying speech production contrasts using the Adjustable Laboratory Probe Holder for UltraSound (ALPHUS). Journal of Phonetics, 105, 101339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101339
Shadle, C. H., Fulop, S. A., Chen, W.-R., & Whalen, D. H. (2024). Assessing accuracy of resonances obtained with reassigned spectrograms from the ground truth of physical vocal tract models. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155(2), 1253-1263. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0024548
Shadle, C. H., Chen, W.-R., Koenig, L. L., & Preston, J. L. (2023). Refining and extending measures for fricative spectra, with special attention to the high-frequency range. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(3), 1932-1944. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0021075
Cox, S. R., Huang, T., Chen, W.-R., & Ng, M. L. (2023). An acoustic study of Cantonese alaryngeal speech in different speaking conditions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153(5), 2973-2984. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019471
Whalen, D. H., Chen, W.-R., Shadle, C. H., & Fulop, S. A. (2022). Formants are easy to measure; resonances, not so much: Lessons from Klatt (1986). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 152(2), 933-941. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0013410
DiCanio, C., Chen, W.-R., Benn, J., Amith, J. D., & Castillo García, R. (2022). Extreme stop allophony in Mixtec spontaneous speech: Data, word prosody, and modelling. Journal of Phonetics, 92, 101147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2022.101147
Hui, T. F., Cox, S. R., Huang, T., Chen, W.-R., & Ng, M. L. (2022). The Effect of Clear Speech on Cantonese Alaryngeal Speakers’ Intelligibility. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 74(2), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1159/000517676
Roon, K. D., Chen, W.-R., Iwasaki, R., Kang, J., Kim, B., Shejaeya, G., Tiede, M. K., & Whalen, D. H. (2022). Comparison of auto-contouring and hand-contouring of ultrasound images of the tongue surface. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 36(12), 1112-1131. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2021.1998633
Chen, W.-R., Whalen, D. H., & Tiede, M. K. (2021). A dual mechanism for intrinsic f0. Journal of Phonetics, 87, 101063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2021.101063
Cox, S. R., McNicholl, K., Shadle, C. H., & Chen, W.-R. (2020). Variability of Electrolaryngeal Speech Intelligibility in Multitalker Babble. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(4), 2012-2022. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00092
Shaw, J. A., & Chen, W.-R. (2019). Spatially Conditioned Speech Timing: Evidence and Implications. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(2726), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02726
Whalen, D. H., & Chen, W.-R. (2019). Variability and Central Tendencies in Speech Production. Frontiers in Communication, 4(49). https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00049
Chen, W.-R., Whalen, D. H., & Shadle, C. H. (2019). F0-induced formant measurement errors result in biased variabilities. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(5), EL360-EL366. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5103195
Derrick, D., Carignan, C., Chen, W.-R., Shujau, M., & Best, C. T. (2018). Three-dimensional printable ultrasound transducer stabilization system. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(5), EL392-EL398. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5066350
Whalen, D. H., Chen, W.-R., Tiede, M. K., & Nam, H. (2018). Variability of articulator positions and formants across nine English vowels. Journal of Phonetics, 68, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2018.01.003
Shaw, J. A., Chen, W.-R., Proctor, M. I., & Derrick, D. (2016). Influences of tone on vowel articulation in Mandarin Chinese. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 59(6), S1566-S1574. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-S-15-0031
Chen, W.-R., Chang, Y.-c., & Iskarous, K. (2015). Vowel coarticulation: Landmark statistics measure vowel aggression. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138(2), 1221-1232. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4928307
Chen, W.-R., Chang, Y.-c., Best, C. T., & Derrick, D. (2015). Super-imposing maxillary and palatal locations for electroarticulometry: a SIMPLE method. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123( 2), EL161-EL166. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4927634