Peter French - York Research Database

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Research interests

Human voice and speech behviour.

External positions

Visiting Professor, University of York St John

Apr 2019 → …

Professorial Fellow and Executive Board Member, University of Zurich

Mar 2019 → …

Visiting Professor of Forensic Speech Science, The University of Huddersfield

2016 → …

Chair, Home Office Forensic Science Regulator's Committee for Forensic Speech and Audio

2013 → …

Chairman, J P French Associates Forensic Speech and Acoustics Laboratory

1989 → …

10 Article
9 Conference contribution
9 Paper
5 Poster
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Speaker-specificity in speech production: the contribution of source and filter
Hughes, V., Cardoso, A. B., Foulkes, P., French, P., Harrison, P. & Gully, A., 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Phonetics. 97, 15 p., 101224.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Assessing the effects of accent-mismatched reference population databases on the performance of an automatic speaker recognition system
Watt, D., Harrison, P., Hughes, V., French, P., Llamas, C., Braun, A. & Robertson, D., 27 Aug 2020, In: International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law. 27, 1, p. 1-34 34 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Effects of formant settings and channel mismatch on semi-automatic systems in forensic voice comparison
Hughes, V., Harrison, P. T., Foulkes, P., French, J. P. & Gully, A. J., 2020, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). p. 3080-3084
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access
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The use and utility of localised speech forms in determining identity
Llamas, C. (Principal investigator), French, P. (Co-investigator), Watt, D. (Co-investigator) & French, P. (Other)
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC)
4/01/16 → 2/07/19
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
Voice and Identity: source, filter, biometric
Foulkes, P. (Principal investigator), French, P. (Researcher), Harrison, P. (Researcher), Hughes, V. (Researcher) & San Segundo Fernandez, E. (Researcher)
AHRC
1/02/15 → 11/09/19
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
Modelling features for forensic speaker comparison
Foulkes, P. (Principal investigator), French, P. (Researcher), Gold, E. A. (Researcher), Harrison, P. (Researcher) & Hughes, V. (Researcher)
THE BRITISH ACADEMY
1/06/13 → 31/05/15
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

1 Invited talk
1 Oral presentation

Analysing the effect of language on speaker-specific speech rhythm in Cantonese-English bilinguals
Li, A. (Speaker), French, P. (Speaker), Dellwo, V. (Speaker) & Chodroff, E. (Speaker)
Feb 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Voice and identity: applications and limitations of the voice as a biometric
Kavanagh, C. (Speaker), Foulkes, P. (Speaker), Hughes, V. (Speaker), French, J. P. (Speaker) & Harrison, P. T. (Speaker)
2 Oct 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Lifetime Achievement Award for services to forensic phonetics, Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics,
French, P. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: National/international honour
Honorary Life Membership of The International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics
French, P. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: National/international honour