Personal profile
Research Interests
Speech intelligibility enhancement
Perceptually-motivated signal processing
Computational modelling of speech perception in noise
Speech perception and production in non-ideal listening conditions
Blind source separation
Robust automatic speech recognition
Professional Information
My current research focuses on speech technologies such as speech intelligibility enhancement in adverse listening conditions, computational modelling of speech perception in noise and perceptually-motivated context-sensitive speech modification algorithms. My research interests also include speech perception and production in noise, psychoacoustics, source separation, and robust automatic speech recognition.
Education
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics (Computational Speech and Hearing), Universidad del País Vasco, Spain, 2014
MSc, Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK, 2008
MSc, Environmental Chemistry, Sichuan University, China, 2007
BSc, Environmental Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, China, 2004
Teaching
LING 291 - Linguistics Laboratory Research Experience
LING 391 - Honors Individual Study
LING 402 - Tools and Techniques for Speech and Language Processing
LING 446 - Fundamentals for Speech Signal Processing and Analysis
LING 448 - Introductory Machine Learning
LING 520 - Acoustic Phonetics
Office Address
707 S Mathews Ave
4023 LCLB
707 S Mathews
M/C 168
Urbana, IL 61801
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A tutorial on unsupervised Gaussian mixture model for performance clustering in second language research
Cai, H., Tang, Y. & Yan, X., Apr 2026, In: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. 5, 1, 100296.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identifying and Calibrating Overconfidence in Noisy Speech Recognition
Huo, M., Zhang, Y. & Tang, Y., 2025, In: Proceedings of the IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU) Workshop 2025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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Release from same-talker speech-in-speech masking: Effects of masker intelligibility and other contributing factors
Huo, M., Sun, Y., Fogerty, D. & Tang, Y., Nov 1 2024, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 156, 5, p. 2960-2973 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Intelligibility Benefits of Modern Computer-Synthesized Speech for Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners in Non-Ideal Listening Conditions
Ma, Y. & Tang, Y., 2024, In: Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Medicine. 5, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Misperception in Northern Vietnamese Tones due to the Lombard effect
Le, G. & Tang, Y., 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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