I earned my PhD degree in computer science from University
of Nebraska - Lincoln in December 2011, co-advised by Dr. Jordan R. Green (communication
disorders) and Dr. Ashok Samal (computer
science). I was then
a postdoctoral research associate in the Neurogenetic
Communication Disorders Consortium, a joint program
between University
of Nebraska Medical Center and University
of Nebraska - Lincoln from January to August 2012
before I joined UTD Callier Center.
Selected Publications Wang, J.,
Green, J. R., Samal, A., & Yunusova, Y. (In press).
Articulatory distinctiveness of vowels and consonants: A
data-driven approach, Journal of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR).
Yunusova, Y., Green, J.R., Lindstrom, M.J., Wang, J., Pattee, G.L., & Zinman,
L. (2012). Speech in ALS: Longitudinal changes in lips and
jaw movements and vowel acoustics.
Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology. (in
press).
Wang, J.,
Green, J. R., Samal, A., Yunusova, Y., Kuruvilla, M. S.,
Patttee, G. P., & Boney, T. (2012). Articulatory and
acoustic vowel space changes in early ALS, ASHA Annual
Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Green, J. R., Yunusova, Y., Pattee, G., Zinman, L.,
Kuruvilla, M., Wang, J., &
Falikowski, M. (2012). Bulbar motor deterioration in ALS, the 64th Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Neurology.
Wiegert, R. G., Kuruvilla, M. S., Hogan, T. P., Wang, J., & Green, J. R. (2012).
Effect of phoneme frequency and age of acquisition on tongue
movement variability. University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Research Fair.
Wang, J., Green, J. R., Samal, A., Yunusova, Y.,
& Kuruvilla, M. S. (2012). Stage-based progression of
articulatory performances in early ALS, Conference
on Motor Speech, Santa Rosa, CA.
Wang, J., Green, J. R., Samal, A., & Carrell,
T. (2010). Recognizing Continuously Produced Vowels from
Articulatory Movements, Conference on
Motor Speech, Savannah, GA.
Yunusova, Y., Green, J. R., Wang, J.,
& Lingham, A. (2010). Jerk-cost and other motor indices
of disease progression in ALS, Conference
on Motor Speech, Savannah, GA.
Wang, J., Samal, A., Green, J. R., & Carrell,
T. D. (2009). Vowel recognition from articulatory position
time-series data, the 157th Annual
Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, Portland,
OR.
Awards
International Travel Award, College
of Education and Human Sciences, UNL, 2011
Research Mentoring Pair Travel Award, American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 2009
Dohrmann Fellowship, Dept of CSE, UNL, 2006-07
Professional Memberships
Member, American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 2012
Student Member, International Speech Communication
Association (ISCA), 2011
Student Member, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), 2009,
2011
Member, National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(NSSLHA), 2009
Fun Stuff
Our ALS research was highlighted on the huge screen
inside the Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE before the
Nebraska's historic game hosting Ohio State University,
Oct 08, 2011.