Dr. Robert D. Rodman

Dr Rodman is currently engaged in research in computer speaker identification and automatic lip synchronization of spontaneously spoken speech. He is the author of three books in linguistics, voice recognition and computer speech technology. He has published peer-reviewed papers in linguistics, computational linguistics, social sciences computing, speech recognition and synthesis, speaker recognition and lip synchronization. He has addressed worldwide audiences as an invited speaker from Beijing to London to Ankara.

Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N. An Introduction to Language, Seventh Edition. Boston, MA:Heinle, A Division of Thomson Learning Inc., pp ix-620, 2003.

Rodman, R., McAllister, D., Bitzer, D., Cepeda, L., and Abbitt, P. Forensic Speaker Identification Based on Spectral Moments. Forensic Linguistics, 9(1), pp 22-43, July, 2002.

Rodman, R. Linguistics and the Law: How Knowledge of, or Ignorance of, Elementary Linguistics May Affect the Dispensing of Justice. Forensic Linguistics, 9(1), pp 92-101, July, 2002.

Wang, M., Bitzer, D., McAllister, D., Rodman, R., Taylor, J. An Algorithm for V/UV/S Segmentation of Speech. Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Speech Processing (ICSP’2001). Seoul, Korea: Acoustic Society of Korea (ASK), pp 541-546. September, 2001.

Taylor, J., Bitzer, D., Rodman, R., McAllister, D., Wang, M. Speaker Independence in Lip Synchronization of Vowels and Distinguishing between /m/ and /n/. Proceedings of the 5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2001) and the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS 2001). Skokie, IL:International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, August, 2001.

Krothapalli, C., McAllister, D., Rodman, R. Bitzer, D., Wang, M., and Taylor, J. Predictor Surfaces for Lip Synchronization Animation Of Voiced Input. Proceedings of the 5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2001) and the 7th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS 2001). Skokie, IL:International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, August, 2001. BEST PAPER IN SESSION AWARD.

Rodman, R. Computer Recognition of Speakers Who Disguise Their Voice. Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal Processing Applications & Technology 2000 (ICSPAT2000), October, 2000.

Rodman, R., McAllister, D., Bitzer, D., and Chappell, D. A High-Resolution Glottal Pulse Tracker. Proceedings of the International Conference on Spoken Language Processing. (ICSLP2000), October, 2000.

Rodman, R., McAllister, D., Bitzer, D., Fu, H. and Xu, B. A Pitch Tracker for Identifying Voiced Consonants. Proceedings of the 10^th International Conference on Signal Processing Applications and Technology (ICSPAT’99). November, 1999.

Fu, H., Rodman, R., McAllister, D., Bitzer, D. and Xu, B. Classification of Voiceless Fricatives through Spectral Moments. Proceedings of the 5^th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS’99). Skokie, IL:International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, pp 307-311, 1999.

McAllister, D., Rodman, R., Bitzer, D. and Freeman, A. Speaker Independence in Automated Lip-Sync for Audio-Video Communication. Computer Networks & ISDN Systems, V 30, No 21-22, pp 1975-1980, 1998.

Rodman, R., McAllister, D., Bitzer, D. and Freeman, A. Automated Lip-Sync Animation as a Telecommunications Aid for the Hearing Impaired. Proceedings of the Conference on Interactive Voice Technology for Telecommunications Applications (IVTTA’98). Published by the European Speech Community Association (ESCA) and the IEEE, pp 204-209, 1998.