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Biography
My main research interests lie in forensic speech science, sociophonetics, acoustic phonetics, Bayesian statistics and the evaluation of voice evidence. My work in sampling variability in forensic voice comparison contributes to the on-going discussion of validity and reliability in the forensic evidence comparison. I argue that forensic experts should focus on measuring and minimising uncertainty, not maximising discriminability. I also maintain active research interest in articulatory phonetics and disordered speech. I use Electromagnetic articulography (EMA) and ultrasound tongue imaging (UTI) investigating the interpretability of acoustic signals from an articulatory perspective.
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Arts, Shanghai Maritime University
Bachelor of Arts in Communication and English Studies, University of Portsmouth
Master of Science in Forensic Speech Science, University of York
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of York
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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English Prosodic Focus Marking by Cantonese Trilingual Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Wang, B. X., Chen, S. (Corresponding Author), Zhou, F., Liu, J., Xiao, C., Chan, A. & Tang, T., 11 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 67, 3, p. 782-801 20 p.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
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UltraUNet: Real-Time Ultrasound Tongue Segmentation for Diverse Linguistic and Imaging Conditions
Myrgyyassov, A., Song, Z., Sun, Y., Wang, B. X., Wong, M. N. & Zheng, Y. (Corresponding Author), 7 May 2026, In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
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A Multimodal Chinese Dataset for Cross-lingual Sarcasm Detection
Gao, X., Wang, B. X., Zhang, M., Huang, S., Li, Z., Nayak, S. & Coler, M., Aug 2025, In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH. p. 3968-3972 5 p.Research output: Journal article publication › Conference article › Academic research › peer-review
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A new resource for Cantonese Forensic Voice Comparison
Wang, B. X., Huang, S. & He, L., 20 Jul 2025, (Not published / presented only).Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Poster › Academic research › peer-review
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An ultrasound and acoustic study estimating the vowel space of Cantonese-speaking healthy adults
Wang, S., Wong, M. N., Wang, B. X., Sun, Y., Song, Z., Ng, H. Y., Lam, H. C. & Zheng, Y., 26 Jun 2025, (Not published / presented only).Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Conference presentation (not published in journal/proceeding/book) › Academic research › peer-review
Activities
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Forensic Analysis of Contested Interpretation of the Slang Word “Po” A Preliminary Assessment
Wang, X. (Lead consultant) & Lam, W. Y. (Consultant)
29 Mar 2025 → 30 Mar 2025Activity: Consultancy