Calls for application

We now have Ph.D. positions open for application in 2023 and 2024. If you are interested, please send your CV to Dr. Si Chen (sarah.chen@polyu.edu.hk)

We now have post-doc positions open for application in 2023 and 2024. If you are interested, please send your CV to Dr. Si Chen (sarah.chen@polyu.edu.hk)

For the application of research assistants, please go to the website for the recent updates: https://jobs.polyu.edu.hk/research.php

Recent grants

1. PI: Early diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder based on an integration of robot and augmented reality technology

Sin Wai Kin Foundation Limited 2023-2025 (HK$2,500,000).

2.PI: Early diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder based on an integration of robot and augmented reality technology

RGC matching fund (HK1,250,000)

3. PI: Robot-assisted speech &musical training in improving speech prosody production &processing by Cantonese-speaking autistic children

Project of strategic importance, PolyU 2022-2024 ($2,000,000)

4. PI: Developing a Social Robot for Cantonese &Mandarin Speech Prosody Training in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Application No.: 2122-01) submitted for Research &Development (R&D) Projects 2021-22 of the Standing Committee on Language Education &Research (SCOLAR) ($1,128,760)

5. PI: The effects of robot-assisted speech training in improving speech prosody by trilingual children with autism spectrum disorder. RGC grant 2021-2023 ($200,000)

Recent publications

Wong, C. H., Wong, M. N., Chen, S., & Lin, W. Y. (accepted). Pitch-variation skills in Cantonese speakers with apraxia of speech after stroke: Preliminary findings of acoustic analyses. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Zhang, Y. X., Chen, X. (co-first author), Chen, S., Meng Y. Z., Lee K. L, Mizuguchi S., & Tateishi, K. (2023) Visual-Auditory Perception of Prosodic Focus in Japanese by Native and Non-native Speakers. Frontiers in Psychology.

Hong Y. T., Chen, S., Zhou, F., Chan, A., & Tang, T. (2023) Phonetic Entrainment in Human-Robot Interaction: An Investigation of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology.

Chen, S., Hong Y. T., Li B., & Chun E. (2023). The f0 perturbation effects in focus marking: evidence from Korean and Japanese. PloS one.

Chan, W. S. A., Chen, S., Tse, B., Hamdani, S. Z., & Cheng, C. W. (2023) Story telling in bilingual Urdu-Cantonese ethnic minority children: macrostructure and its relation to microstructural linguistic skills. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.924056

Chen, S., Zhang, C.C. Lau, P. Y., Yang, Y. K., Li, B. (2022). Modelling representations in speech normalization of prosodic cues. Scientific Reports 12(1), 1-21. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-18838-w

Chen, S., Li, B., He, Y., Chen, S., Yang, Y., & Zhou, F. (2022). The effects of perceptual training on speech production of Mandarin sandhi tones by tonal and non-tonal speakers. Speech Communication, 139, 10-21.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167639322000334

Chen, S., Yang, Y. K. &Wayland, R. (2021) Categorical Perception of Mandarin Pitch Directions by Cantonese-Speaking Musicians &Non-musicians. Front. Psychol. 12: 713949. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.713949/full