2019
- A doctoral defense will be held. (update on June 24th)
- Justine Hui received “Research Encouragement Prize” for female students. (update on June 6th)
- The third anniversary of NHK show (update on May 7th)
- The 2019 schol year starts. (updata on May 7th)
- Prof. Arai delivered a keynote speech at ISAPh2018. (update on Sep. 30th)
- Prof. Arai gave lectures at several universities in Indonesia as an ISCA-Distinguished Lecturer. (update on Aug. 27th)
- Graduation ceremony was held. 10 members graduated from Sophia University. (update on May 7th)
- Doctoral defenses were held. (update on May 7th)
- Dr. Kerrie Beechler Obert gave a talk on March 11th, 2019. (update on May 7th)
2018
- Prof. Takayuki Arai delivered an invited lecture at Tohoku Universal Acoustical Communication Month 2018.(updated on Nov 7th, 2018)
- C. T. Justine Hui delivered presentations as an Invited Young Lecturer at Tohoku Universal Acoustical Communication Month 2018.(updated on Nov 7th, 2018)
- Dr. Yusuke Hioka (Acoustics Research Centre, The University of Auckland, New Zealand) will be giving a talk on Nov 12th.(updated on Nov 7th, 2018)
- NHK show supervised by Prof. Takayuki Arai is currently on air. (updated on June 13th, 2017)
- Dr. Florian Schiel will be giving a talk on May 15th, 2018.(updated on May 8th, 2018)
- Iwagami Eri’s doctoral defence will be held on February 2nd 2018.(updated on Jan 31st, 2018)
- Prof. Takayuki Arai was awarded with demonstration award at the Acoustical Society of Japan 2018 Spring meeting from March 13th to 15th 2018. (updated on April 26th, 2018)
2017
- Prof. Takayuki Arai and members of the lab participated in the Acoustical Society of Japan 2017 Autumn meeting from September 25th – 27th 2017.(updated on Oct 5th, 2017)
- Prof. Takayuki Arai was awarded with the Best Show & Tell Paper Award at INTERSPEECH2017. (updated on Oct 5th, 2017)
- Yun Ji Hyeon was awarded with the Best Student Presentation at the ASJ 2017 Autumn meeting as well as the Best Student Paper Award at Seoul International Conference on Speech Science 2017. (updated on Jan 31st, 2018)
- Exhibited at the Science Square event held at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo on August 12th – 13th 2017. (updated on Oct 5th, 2017)
- Prof. Spencer D. Kelly and Prof. Yukari Hirata will be ginving a talk on Jun. 6th, 2017. (updated on May 16th, 2017)
2016
- Prof. Takayuki Arai supervised experiments for an NHK TV program for children. (updated on Nov. 24, 2016)
- Prof. Takayuki Arai’s vocal-tract models are now exhibited at Science Center for children “Hachilabo” in Shibuya. (updated Nov. 24, 2016)
- “MyVoice Project” received Academic Research Incentive Award 2015 from Phonetic Society of Japan. (Phonetic Society of Japan website) (updated on Nov. 24, 2016)
- Mako Ishida’s defense for the doctoral degree is scheduled on Dec. 13th, 2016. (updated on Nov. 16, 2016)
- Prof. Arthur G. Samuel will be giving a talk on Dec. 12th, 2016. (updated on Nov. 16, 2016)
- Prof. L. Davidson will be giving a talk on Oct. 17th, 2016. (updated on Oct. 5, 2016)
- Yuri Amimoto received “Research Encouragement Prize” for female students. (updated on Jun 14、2016)
- Prof. Takayuki Arai’s Vocal-Tract Models are Now Exhibited at the Händel-Haus Museum. (updated on Jun 6, 2016)
- Prof. E. Hume will be giving a talk on June 14th, 2016. (updated on Jun 8, 2016)
- Takako Igeta and Emi Yanagisawa obtained PhD. (updated on May 25, 2016)
- Prof. Arai supervised experiments for a NHK TV program for children. (updated on Jan. 15, 2016)
- Prof. Arai’s lectures received “Good Practice Award” from Sophia Univ. (updated on Jan. 15, 2016)
- Prof. Arai’s Vocal-trac Models had been exhibited at Tachnorama in Swtizerland. Go to Sophia University’s website for further details. (updated on Jan. 15, 2016)
- Prof. Arai supervised demonstrations of “Onsei to Kotoba no Fushigi (Wonders of Voice and Laugugage)” for kids at Nihon Univ. (updated on Jan. 4, 2016)
- The Lab collaborated in an educational exibition of acoustics called “Science Square” (only Japanese available) at the National Museum of Nature and Science. (updated on Jan. 4, 2016)
2015
- Emi Yanagisawa’s defense for the doctoral degree is scheduled on Jan. 9th, 2016. (updated on Dec. 28, 2015)
- Takako Igeta’s defense for the doctoral degree is scheduled on Jan. 8th, 2016. (updated on Dec. 28, 2015)
- Dr. Jason Shaw will be giving a talk on Dec. 14, 2015. (updated on Dec. 28, 2015)
- Marino Kasuya awarded by ASJ (2015/04/24 update).
- Prof. Takayuki Arai delivered an invited lecture at ASJ (2015/04/24 update).
- Defence of Doctoral Thesis took place in March 2015 (2015/04/24 update).
2014
- Added What’s New page (2014/11/01 update).
- Added publications (2011) (2014/10/23 update).
- We have an invited talk on the following date:
October 22 (Tue.) Takayuki Ito, Ph.D. (Haskins Laboratories) (2014/9/23 update) - We have an invited talk on the following date:
September 22 (Mon.) William F. Katz, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Dallas) (2014/9/5 update) - We have two invited talks on the following dates:
July 21 (Mon.) Dr. Reiner Wilhelms-Tricarico (Haskins Laboratories)
July 29 (Tue.) Dr. Natasha Warner (University of Arizona) (2014/7/8 update) - Exibition of the Vocal Tract Model at the following places from April 9, 2014 to December 31, 2015: Okinawa Zoo & Museum and Swiss Science Center TECHNORAMA [jump to Sophia Press Release] (2014/5/23 update).
2013
- We have released Acoustic-Phonetics Demonstrations (APD) (2013/5/1 update).