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X by design

From privacy to explainability, trust and robustness

Jan 5, 2022

X by design

Jan 5, 2022

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TDS Archive

Information bottlenecks

Sep 3, 2021

Image by author (code above)

Sep 3, 2021

Lattice quantization

Sep 1, 2021

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Sep 1, 2021

Log-normal magnitudes

Aug 16, 2021

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Aug 16, 2021

Notes about Speech Processing: 6dB per octave

Aug 13, 2021

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Aug 13, 2021

Remote academic research

Lessons learned during the pandemic

Aug 5, 2021

Remote academic research

Aug 5, 2021

Grown askew

A year later I got myself invited to a party of the old crew. I was just visiting in the city, but I knew they’d have a gig with an…

Jul 31, 2021

Grown askew

Jul 31, 2021

Opinion: Proactive Digital Intelligence for Law Enforcement

There has been a great deal of discussion in the public about the need for law enforcement agencies to actively pursue surveillance. The…

Jan 14, 2021

Opinion: Proactive Digital Intelligence for Law Enforcement

Jan 14, 2021

Fallacies of Forgiveness

In response to the podcast “A bit of optimism” by Simon Sinek

Dec 30, 2020

Fallacies of Forgiveness

Dec 30, 2020

Existential threats and control theory

In response to “Owen Cotton-Barratt on epistemic systems and layers of defense against potential global catastrophes” on The 80,000 Hours…

Dec 30, 2020

Dec 30, 2020

Is my data any good?

Trustworthiness of research databases

Feb 28, 2020

Is my data any good?

Feb 28, 2020

ISCA Special Interest Group: Security and Privacy in Speech Communication (SPSC)

A new community for researchers

Jan 15, 2020

ISCA Special Interest Group: Security and Privacy in Speech Communication (SPSC)

Jan 15, 2020

Smart Move by Sonos

Sonos acquires Snips, a privacy-by-design voice interface company

Nov 26, 2019

Smart Move by Sonos

Nov 26, 2019

Published in
UX Collective

Privacy in voice-based user interfaces: introductions to guest users

Voice assistants in smart devices are sometimes referred to as personal digital assistants. This highlights a feature of their design…

Oct 22, 2019

Privacy in voice-based user interfaces: introductions to guest users

Oct 22, 2019

The environmental cost of AI and machine learning

Machine learning methods have taken tremendous steps in the last decade. State of the at is truly impressive. At the same time, I feel…

Oct 6, 2019

Oct 6, 2019

Published in
UX Collective

User-centric privacy and security

On The Importance of Current Research Topics

Jul 31, 2019

User-centric privacy and security

Jul 31, 2019

Published in
UX Collective

Are users’ preferences about privacy relevant?

Design of user-interfaces with respect to privacy

May 30, 2019

Are users’ preferences about privacy relevant?

May 30, 2019

Can you identify me from a crowd?

A modern “Where’s Waldo?” problem

Mar 7, 2019

Can you identify me from a crowd?

Mar 7, 2019

Paradoxes in Standardization

Lessons learned from the speech and audio coding industry

Jan 24, 2019

Paradoxes in Standardization

Jan 24, 2019

What machine learning can teach about philosophy of science — and what it can’t

Machine learning is currently the hot trend in engineering sciences. Though I’m divided as to whether machine learning tradition follows a…

Nov 12, 2018

Nov 12, 2018

Tom Bäckström

Tom Bäckström

An excited researcher of life and everything. Associate Professor in Speech and Language Technology at Aalto University, Finland.

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