..
about me
Seraphina Fong (邝美玉)
PhD Student in Information Engineering and Computer Science @ University of Trento, Italy & SpeechTek Lab at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
A Singaporean in Italy. Outside of my professional life, sometimes I learn to dance `ori tahiti, other times I take film photos, but most of the time I like to paint.
Professional Interests
- AI for social good
- Inclusive and accessible AI
- More broadly: artificial intelligence, natural language processing, speech technology, language technology, and brain-computer interfaces
Academic History & Employment
- 11/2024-present: PhD Student in Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Italy & SpeechTek Lab at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
- 10/2023-11/2024: Research Fellow, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy. I implemented natural language processing and computer vision techniques for clinical psychology and healthcare research.
- 09/2022-10/2023: Speech Processing Research Intern, SpeechTek Lab @ Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy. I worked on projects related to voice conversion for privacy preservation and for pathological speech.
- 09/2021-10/2023: M.Sc. in Cognitive Science and Natural Language Processing, University of Trento, Italy
- 2017-2021: Research Assistant at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2017: B.A. in Linguistics and Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA