Dissertations / Habilitations

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2026

  • Thorbecke, I. (2026). Contextualisation of Automatic Speech Recognition and Related Applications (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-293071
  • Bradshaw, L. (2026). The Flexibility of Voice and Its Impact on Human Voice Processing: Insights from Acoustic, Perceptual, and Cognitive Methods (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-433917
  • Haller, P. (2026). Reliability in Human Language Processing and Language Models (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-434367
  • Jiang, Z. (2026). Fundamentals of Sign Language Processing (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-434419
  • Fröhlich, A. (2026). Voice Super-Recognizers: Novel Approaches to Large-Scale Forensic Speaker Comparison (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-435262
  • Ockelmann, J. (2026). Speech-in-Noise Comprehension Difficulties in Age-Related Hearing Loss: Neurocognitive Dynamics and Interventions (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-435354

• 2025

  • Gnehm, A.-S. (2025). Bridging the Gap between Job Ad Texts and Labor Market Ontologies with Adaptation and Contextualization Techniques (Dissertation, University of Zurich)
  • Zhang, Y. (2025). Speaker Idiosyncrasy in Temporal Organizations in Speech Production (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-279607
  • Kostrzewa, M. (2025). Monolingual Sentence Alignment Using Deep Learning (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-278495
  • Choi, Y. (2025). L1 Regional Variety Effects on L2 Speech Perception and Production – Evidence from German and Korean (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-279201
  • Battisti, A. (2025). Analysis and Assessment of Continuous Swiss German Sign Language Production of Adult Learners (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-279194
  • Shaitarova, A. (2025). Generated Text as a Locus of Language Contact: Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on English and German (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-277983
  • Armitage, J. (2025). Embodied AI in Virtual Environments with Alignment of Visual and Linguistic Inputs (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-277246
  • Kew, T. (2025). Leveraging Data, Decoding, and Context for Controlling Text Generation from Pretrained Language Models (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-277664

• 2024

  • Zebe-Sheng, F. (2024). Vowel and Plosive Durations in Swiss German Varieties: Stability and Change (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-258873
  • Aepli, N. (2024). There Is Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Challenges & Opportunities in Low-Resource Non-Standardized Language Varieties (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-262877
  • Frei, V. (2024). Multisensory Immersion as a Platform for Studying Sensory and Cognitive Speech Processing in Older Adults with Hearing Impairment (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-263202
  • Kalmanovitch, Y. (2024). Intraspeaker Speech Variability in Interaction (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-254907
  • Bolt, E. (2024). Exploring cognitive decline through the aging ear with natural speech-based computational neurophysiology (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-263136
  • Perepelytsia, V. (2024). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Voice Recognition (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-261669
  • Pesantez Pesantez, A. C. (2024). L2 phonetic development in a foreign language learning setting: The case of Ecuadorian learners of English (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-262083
  • Lins Costa Almeida Castro Machado, C. (2024). Incorporating individual variation in the modeling of acoustic-articulatory relationships in vowel dynamics (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-262849

• 2023

  • Pelloni, O. (2023). Geometric Patterns in Text and Multilingual NLP (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-235813
  • Vamvas, J. (2023). Model-Based Evaluation of Multilinguality (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-232796
  • Makarov, P. (2023). Neural String Transduction for Morphology, Phonology, and Text Normalization (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-235815
  • Ibrahim, O. (2023). Speaker Adaptations as a Function of Message, Channel and Listener Variability (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-233694
  • Amrhein, C. (2023). Manipulating Data Representations for Neural Machine Translation (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-240162
  • Ströbel, P. (2023). Flexible Techniques for Automatic Text Recognition of Historical Documents (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-234886

• 2022

  • Bernardasci, C. (2022). Fonetica e fonologia del dialetto di Olivone. Saggio di dialettologia lombarda (Vol. 143). (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-292753
  • Bernardasci, C. (2022). Fonetica e fonologia del dialetto di Olivone – Saggio di dialettologia lombarda (Dissertation, University of Zurich)

• 2021

  • Furrer, L. (2021). Multi-type Bio-domain Named Entity Recognition and Normalisation (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-198272
  • Ruzsics, T. (2021). Multi-Level Modelling for Upstream Text Processing (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-203713
  • Ellendorff, T. (2021). Biomedical Text Mining for Etiological Factor Identification in Mental Health Publications (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-205675
  • Deriu, J. M. (2021). Evaluation of Dialogue Systems (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-208088
  • Müller, M. (2021). Robust Neural Machine Translation Systems (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-208945

• 2020

  • Korchagina, N. (2020). Temporal Entity Extraction from Historical Texts (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-189263
  • Läubli, S. (2020). Machine Translation for Professional Translators (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-193466
  • Amsler, M. (2020). Using Lexical-Semantic Concepts for Fine-Grained Classification in the Embedding Space (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-189884

• 2019

  • Kathiresan, T. (2019). Understanding the Effects of Intrinsic Speaker Variability to Enhance ASR Performance (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-182883

• 2018

  • Graën, J. (2018). Exploiting alignment in multiparallel corpora for applications in linguistics and language learning (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-153213

• 2017

  • He, L. (2017). Speaker Idiosyncratic Intensity Variability in the Speech Signal (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-145283
  • Kolly, M.-J. (2017). The influence of speaker origin and individuality on rhythmic features of non-native speech (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-147196
  • Mascarell, L. (2017). Crossing Sentence Boundaries in Machine Translation (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-151013
  • Plamadă, M. (2017). Exploiting comparable corpora for domain-specific statistical machine translation (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-153218

• 2016

  • Sugisaki, K. (2016). Automatic Annotation and Assessment of Syntactic Structures in Law Texts Combining Rule-Based and Statistical Methods (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-126637
  • Ebling, S. (2016). Automatic Translation from German to Synthesized Swiss German Sign Language (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-127751
  • Tuggener, D. (2016). Incremental Coreference Resolution for German (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-124915

• 2015

  • Rios, A. (2015). A Basic Language Technology Toolkit for Quechua (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-119943

• 2013

  • Sennrich, R. (2013). Domain adaptation for translation models in statistical machine translation (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-88574

• 2011

  • Mahlow, C. (2011). Linguistisch unterstütztes Redigieren: Konzept und exemplarische Umsetzung basierend auf interaktiven computerlinguistischen Ressourcen (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-48957

• 2009

  • Höfler, S. (2009). Modelling the Role of Pragmatic Plasticity in the Evolution of Linguistic Communication (Dissertation, The University of Edinburgh, College of Humanities and Social Sciences) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-25656
  • Rinaldi, F. (2009). Knowledge mining over scientific literature and technical documentation (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-163850
  • Clematide, S. R. (2009). Koordination im Deutschen und ihre syntaktische Desambiguierung (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-26847

• 2008

  • Schneider, G. (2008). Hybrid long-distance functional dependency parsing (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-7188

• 1995

  • Volk, M. (1995). Einsatz einer Testsatzsammlung im Grammar Engineering (Dissertation, University of Zurich)