Hi. My name is Fengyue(Lisa) Zhao. I am a second-year PhD student at the Department of Linguistics, Cornell University. My research interests lie in phonetics, phonology, computational linguistics, and psycholinguistics. I am part of the Cornell Phonetics Lab and the Computational Psycholinguistics Discussions research group . I got my B.A. in Linguistics and B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Updated March 2024

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Research

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All Phonology and Phonetics Psycholinguistics Computational modeling
Syllable Position Prominence in Unsupervised Neural Network Segment Categorization
Employ an unsupervised autoencoder neural network to explore the correlation between phonological categories and network-learned representations.
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Syllable Position Prominence in Unsupervised Neural Network Segment Categorization
Probabilistic Listener: A Case of Reflexive ziji 'self' Ambiguity Resolution in Mandarin
Apply bayesian models to model pronoun ambiguity resolution.
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Probabilistic Listener: A Case of Reflexive ziji 'self' Ambiguity Resolution in Mandarin

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 
Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
Cornell University
Jan 2024 – May 2024
Independently lead two lab sections of 15 students each.
 
 
 
 
 
Introduction to Cognitive Science
Cornell University
Aug 2023 – Dec 2023
Held office hours and exam reviews for over 300 students.
 
 
 
 
 
Calculus for Life and Social Sciences II
UMass Amherst
Aug 2021 – May 2022
Organized tutoring sessions and exam reviews for over 150 students.
 
 
 
 
 
Elementary Chinese Tutor
UMass Amherst
Dec 2018 – Sep 2018
Tutored and designed learning materials for over 50 students.

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