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Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
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Planning Meeting - ASR, LLM, and TTS Development

· 4 min read
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Harald Berthelsen
Software Engineer
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant
Andy Murphy
Research Fellow
Joey McInerney
Masters Student
Christoph Wendler
Research Fellow
Simon Harshman-Earley
Research Assistant
Liam Lonergan
PhD Candidate

The team met to discuss strategic priorities and development plans across ASR, LLM, and TTS workstreams for the coming period.

October 20th ABAIR Meeting

· 3 min read
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project
John Sloan
Research Fellow
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant
Ciadhla Mulloy
Research Assistant
Liam Lonergan
PhD Candidate
Christoph Wendler
Research Fellow
Simon Harshman-Earley
Research Assistant
Cormac O'Sullivan
Undergraduate Student
Joey McInerney
Masters Student
Aifric Nic Niallais
Undergraduate Student
Amanda Bernhard
Research Fellow
Finn Farrell
Undergraduate Student

Highlights

  • Planning for the Oireachtas.

October 13th ABAIR Meeting

· 3 min read
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project
Liam Lonergan
PhD Candidate
Amanda Bernhard
Research Fellow
Joey McInerney
Masters Student
Simon Harshman-Earley
Research Assistant
Harald Berthelsen
Software Engineer
Christoph Wendler
Research Fellow
Tamás Grósz
Visiting Researcher
Muireann Nic Corcrain
Postgraduate Student
Ciadhla Mulloy
Research Assistant
Finn Farrell
Undergraduate Student
Aifric Nic Niallais
Undergraduate Student
Andy Murphy
Research Fellow
John Sloan
Research Fellow

September 29th ABAIR Meeting

· 4 min read
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project
John Sloan
Research Fellow
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant
Tamás Grósz
Visiting Researcher
Ciadhla Mulloy
Research Assistant
Liam Lonergan
PhD Candidate
Christoph Wendler
Research Fellow
Simon Harshman-Earley
Research Assistant
Cormac O'Sullivan
Undergraduate Student
Joey McInerney
Masters Student
Muireann Nic Corcrain
Postgraduate Student

Highlights

  • Application for supercomuting resources to be made on Wednesday.

September 22nd ABAIR Meeting

· 4 min read
John Sloan
Research Fellow
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant
Andy Murphy
Research Fellow
Liam Malone
Undergraduate Student
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project
Tamás Grósz
Visiting Researcher
Ciadhla Mulloy
Research Assistant
Liam Lonergan
PhD Candidate
Joey McInerney
Masters Student
Aifric Nic Niallais
Undergraduate Student
Ronan Hegarty
Undergraduate Student
Christoph Wendler
Research Fellow
Simon Harshman-Earley
Research Assistant

Highlights

  • One post per week to be put up on website/social media to promote ABAIR - need for the Oireachtas
  • API meeting on Thursday at 2pm to discuss all the recent requests for access.

September 12th ABAIR Meeting

· 3 min read
John Sloan
Research Fellow
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant
Andy Murphy
Research Fellow
Liam Malone
Undergraduate Student
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project
Tamás Grósz
Visiting Researcher
Ciadhla Mulloy
Research Assistant

Highlights

  • Prototype of the new website is live: click here
  • Offline synthesis working for Android and iOS! - should be ready to demonstrate on Geabaire in a few weeks.

September 5th ABAIR Meeting

· 4 min read
John Sloan
Research Fellow
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant
Andy Murphy
Research Fellow
Joey McInerney
Masters Student
Liam Malone
Undergraduate Student
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Liam Lonergan
PhD Candidate
Tamás Grósz
Visiting Researcher
Muireann Nic Corcrain
Postgraduate Student
Cormac O'Sullivan
Undergraduate Student

Highlights

  • Creating the Rinn voice is a top priority - current plan is to launch it at the Oireachtas.
  • Joey submitting thesis today! Performance of his LLM better than UCC in almost all categories.
  • New website coming along well - Oskar has created some great artwork for the front page.

August 22nd ABAIR Meeting

· 2 min read
John Sloan
Research Fellow
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant
Amanda Bernhard
Research Fellow
Andy Murphy
Research Fellow
Ciadhla Mulloy
Research Assistant
Joey McInerney
Masters Student
Harald Berthelsen
Software Engineer
Oscar Maharg Bravo
Undergraduate Student
Finn Farrell
Undergraduate Student
Cormac O'Sullivan
Undergraduate Student
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project

Highlights

  • Still on for doing recordings of children at the Oireachtas, but nothing booked yet.
  • Gemeni 2.5 pro the best LLM for Q&A in Irish.

July 11th ABAIR Meeting

· One min read
Liam Malone
Undergraduate Student
Finn Farrell
Undergraduate Student
Ailbhe Ní Chasaide
Adjunct Professor
Andy Murphy
Research Fellow
Neasa Ní Chiaráin
Assistant Professor of Speech and Language Technologies, PI ABAIR Project
Joseph Hand
Graduate Student
Oskar Mroz
Research Assistant

Highlights

  • Liam Maloneand Finn are back!
  • Cadhla might work on synthesis.
  • Minister of the Gaeltacht invited to visit the lab.
  • Development updates on An Scéalaí and Meall an Óige.