Scholar
Pol van Rijn
Google Scholar ID: siv0KZEAAAAJ
PhD Candidate, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Citations & Impact
Citations
439
H-index
9
i10-index
9
Publications
20
Co-authors
15
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple academic papers on topics such as modeling emotions in speech prosody, using genetic algorithms for sampling emotional prosody, and personalized voice generation in TTS, among others, in journals and conferences like Nature Human Behaviour, CogSci, and INTERSPEECH. Also presented posters at various international conferences.
Research Experience
- Conducting PhD research at the Max Planck Institute and HCM, investigating the mapping between speech prosody and emotion through corpus work and experimental work that iteratively changes speech to sound emotional, uncovering mental prototypes of emotions in speech.
Education
- Completed high school (VWO diploma) in 2013; moved to Germany in 2013 and started studying German and Dutch language & literature; picked up computer science in 2016; began PhD studies in computer science at MPI in 2019.
Background
- PhD candidate in computer science, with research interests in the mapping between speech prosody and emotion. Also works as a freelance designer and programmer.
Miscellany
- Recipient of the DAAD-Prize (2016) and Deutschlandstipendium (2017), recognizing outstanding achievement as an international student and providing financial support for studies.
