Xinbing Luo
- PhD Student
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About
I am a third-year PhD student in the Phonetics Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Prof Brechtje Post and Prof John Williams. My research centres on the implicit learning of tonal phonology and connectionist modelling. Prior to embarking on my doctoral study, I obtained an MPhil degree in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge (supervised by Prof Brechtje Post). My MPhil dissertation delved into the implicit learning of tone-segment associations. I also hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Beijing Foreign Studies University (supervised by Dr Ting Zou). My BA thesis looked in the implicit learning of Tianjin Mandarin tone sandhi patterns by Beijing Mandarin speakers. Additionally, I bring valuable experience from the Text-to-Speech (TTS) industry to my academic pursuits.
Reviewer for Journal of the International Phonetic Association and Phonetica.
Research
tone sandhi, implicit learning, cognitive modeling, individual differences, cognitive science of music
Projects
ProsodAI: Neural Encoding of AI-Generated Speech Prosody by L1 and L2 Speakers (Cambridge Language Science Incubator Fund (£ 5000).
- Role: Research Assistant (Advanced Data Analyst)
- Link: https://www.phonetics.mmll.cam.ac.uk/prosodai-neural-encoding-ai-generated-speech-prosody-l1-and-l2-speakers
ManyTones: Perception of fundamental frequency perturbations across many languages (Big Team Science Project supported by Many Languages)
- Role: Project Manager
- Link: https://chenchenzi.github.io/manytones/people/
- News: https://bsky.app/profile/manylanguagesc.bsky.social/post/3ljaovxl5gs2v
Teaching and supervision
Li6 (2025, lecture) Phonetics (Acoustics)
Li3 (2025-2026, supervision) Language, Brain, and Machine
Li1 (2024-2025, supervision) Sounds and Words
Li16 (2023-2024, supervision) Psychology of Language Processing and Learning