The maths of speech!

The LPL has been invited one more time at the Maths Fair, a popular science event organized by the association “Maths for everyone”, in partnership with the CIRM. The fair, which invites primary, secondary and high school students to discover mathematics from a different angle, was held on Thursday, May 11 in the town of Rognac (34 booths in total).

This event offers conferences, numerous stands and activities provided by provided by researchers, teachers and students aiming to promote mathematics.

The LPL booth was about “The maths of speech” and was animated by Alain Ghio and Audrey Fokeer, a master student in language sciences and currently an intern at the LPL. They presented to the public the functioning of speech, with demonstrations with Coke bottles to understand the phenomena of geometry and resonance. Examples of the sounds of Tanzania’s languages or of patients with voice disorders were also discussed. Finally, they offered a demonstration of an automatic online transcription system which – despite the noise – is working better and better.

As a reminder, in 2019, Alain Ghio and Gilles Pouchoulin had already participated in the same fair in Aix-en-Provence.

Credits: A. Ghio and A. Fokeer

 

Open House Day: 50 years of the LPL!

The LPL celebrates its 50th anniversary!

The laboratory celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022 and is happy to open its doors to the general public on its site in Aix-en-Provence.

Thus, on Saturday October 15, a course of several workshops, demonstrations and a cycle of mini-conferences will make it possible to discover a rich panoply of the laboratory's research activities in the field of speech and language, and more broadly of communication.

The LPL open day will also be part of the national Fête de la Science 2022 event: https://www.fetedelascience.fr/le-laboratoire-parole-et-langage-fete-ses-50-ans

Where?  Speech and Language Laboratory, 5 avenue Pasteur, Aix-en-Provence
When?  Saturday, October 15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Reservation not required, your are warmly welcome within the limit of 100 people (at the same time on the site).

Contact: claudia . pichon-starke (at) univ-amu . fr

Information& program (in French): https://www.lpl-50ans.fr/

New LPL conferences at the Popular University of Marseille

The Popular University of Marseille (UPOP) has launched the new conference series about « Speech & language » and welcomes four LPL experts for this academic year.

All conferences are open to everybody (registration required) and their podcasts available on the UPOP Youtube channel.

Program 2021/2022:

25/4 Alain Ghio : De la parole normée à la variation atypique

2/5 Sandrine Eschenauer : Corps et langage

9/5 Núria Gala & Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus : Les dictionnaires

30/5 Núria Gala & Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus : La notion de dictionnaire et les changements

UPOP Website: https://upop.info/

Photo Flashback to the lab visits organized at the LPL !

>> Link to the program of saturday 9 October, 2021 (in French)

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