Dr Gordon Hunter

Dr Gordon Hunter

Senior Lecturer

Room: PR SB120
Tel: (+44) 020 8547 2000 Ext. 61048 | Fax: (+44) 020 8547 7497
Academic Qualifications: MA, MSc, PhD, CPhys MInst P, CMath FIMA, MIET, MIOA
Research Group(s): Computational Language, Acoustic and Speech Processing Group (CLASP)

Journal Papers

  1. AM Wigmore, G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, J.C.W. Denholm-Price, V Binelli, "Using Automatic Speech Recognition to Dictate Mathematical Expressions: The Development of the 'TalkMaths' Application at Kingston University" in 'Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching', 28(2) Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, April, pp. 177 - 189. ISSN 0731-9258 (2009) abstract
  2. AM Wigmore, G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, S Jalan, J.C.W. Denholm-Price, "“Talk to the Machine : it’s listening – but the hand ain’t typing !” The Development of the “KU-Talk” and “TalkMaths” Speech Interfaces at Kingston University" in 'Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (U.K.)', 30(2) April, pp. 654 - 661. ISSN 0309-8117 (2008) abstract
  3. K. Zienowicz, G.J.A. Hunter, A.I. Shihab, "The Use of Spectrographic Template Matching to Identify and Classify Salient Sound Events in Tennis Matches" in 'Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (U.K.)', 30(2) April, pp. 171 - 179. ISSN 1478-6095 (2008) abstract
  4. J.C.W. Denholm-Price, G.J.A. Hunter, S Jalan, E. Pfluegel, AM Wigmore, "The 'KU-Talk' Project at Kingston University - a Speech-Driven User-Computer Interface for Use in a University Environment" in 'Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (U.K.)', 30(1) The Institute of Acoustics, January, pp. 37-41. ISSN 1478-6095 (2008) abstract
  5. M.A. Huckvale, G.J.A. Hunter, "Learning on the Job : The Application of Machine Learning within the Speech Decoder" in 'Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics', 23(3) Institute of Acoustics, UK, April, pp. 71-80. ISSN 0309 - 8117 (2001) abstract
  6. G.J.A. Hunter, "A Question on Binocular Vision (in Discussion of paper 'The Visual Motion of Curves and Surfaces' by Roberto Cipolla)" in 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A', A 356, The Royal Society of London, pp. 1120. (1998) abstract
  7. G.J.A. Hunter, "On a Collision Course ?" in 'Mathematics Today', 33, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, U.K., pp. 4. (1997)
  8. G.J.A. Hunter, "Catches in the Calculations ?" in 'Mathematics Today', 32, Intstitute of Mathematics and its Applications, U.K., pp. 38. (1996)
  9. G.J.A. Hunter, "How to Catch a Cricket Ball : Flight of Fancy or Tangible Evidence ?" in 'Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications', 31, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, U.K., pp. 31. (1995)
  10. G.J.A. Hunter, C.W. Evans, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, E.W. Wynn, "Computer-Aided Generation of High-Temperature Series Expansions for Mixed Spin Ising Model Ferrimagnets" in 'Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials', 140-144, Elsevier, pp. 1513. (1995) abstract
  11. G.J.A. Hunter, "Mathematics Education in the Mari-El Republic of the Russian Federation" in 'Mathematics Education Review', 6, Association of Mathematics Education Teachers, U.K., June, pp. 37-46. (1995) abstract
  12. J.R. Brown, G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, S. Price, Y.G. Proykova, D.W. Salt, C.J. Tinsley, "Monte Carlo & Cumulant Expansion Studies of Ferrimagnetic Order in Ising & Classical Heisenberg Systems" in 'Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials', 104-107, Elsevier, pp. 207. (1992) abstract
  13. G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, "High-Temperature Series Expansions for Mixed Spin-S-Spin-S' Ising Models" in 'Journal of Physics A : Mathematical and General', 23(20) Institute of Physics, U.K., October, pp. 4547-4551. (1990) abstract

Abstracts

  1. G.J.A. Hunter, K. Zienowicz, A.I. Shihab, "The Use of Mel Cepstral Coefficients and Markov Models for the Automatic Identification, Classification and Sequence Modelling of Salient Sound Events Occurring During Tennis Matches" in 'Journal of the Acoustical Society of America', 123(5 (Part 2)) American Institute of Physics, May, pp. 3431-3432. (2008)

Chapters in Books

  1. G.J.A. Hunter, A. D. Kelly, J. McEwan, Chapter "Integration of Mathematical Modelling within an Existing Course" in 'UMTC Mathematical Modelling Handbook', Edited by M.S. Townend, Pavic Publications, Sheffield Hallam University, ISBN 0 86339 5414 (1995)

Conferences

  1. AM Wigmore, E. Pfluegel, G.J.A. Hunter, J.C.W. Denholm-Price, M. Colbert, "TalkMaths Better ! Evaluating and Improving an Intelligent Interface for Creating and Editing Mathematical Text", 6th IEEE/AAAI International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'10), July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (2010) abstract
  2. AM Wigmore, G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, J.C.W. Denholm-Price, "TalkMaths : A Speech User Interface for Dictating Mathematical Expressions into Electronic Documents", 2nd ISCA Workshop of Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE 2009), International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), September 3-5, Wroxall, Warwickshire, U.K., pp. P3.4. ISBN 070442729X / 9780704427297 (2009) abstract
  3. AM Wigmore, G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, J.C.W. Denholm-Price, V Binelli, "'Let Them TalkMaths !' Developing an Intelligent System to Assist Disabled People to Learn and Use Mathematics on Computers through a Speech Interface : the TalkMaths and VoiceCalc Systems", 5th AAAI International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'09), Barcelona, Spain, IOS Press, July, (2009) abstract
  4. J.C.W. Denholm-Price, G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, AM Wigmore, "Speech Recognition and Mathematics : Development of the 'TalkMaths' Application at Kingston University", 4th European Workshop on Mathematical and Scientific e-Contents, NTNU-PPU Norweigan Technical National University (NTNU), September, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 28 - 29. ISBN 978-82-7923-057-1 (2008) abstract
  5. K. Zienowicz, A.I. Shihab, G.J.A. Hunter, "Detecting, Classifying and Predicting Salient Events Using Acoustic Signals and Markov Models", 4th IET/IEEE/AAAI International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'08), Seattle, USA, 2008, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), U.K., July, pp. 0090/1-8. ISBN 978-0-86341-894-5 (2008) abstract
  6. G.J.A. Hunter, K. Zienowicz, A.I. Shihab, "The Use of Mel Cepstral Coefficients and Markov Models for the Automatic Identification, Classification and Sequence Modelling of Salient Sound Events Occurring During Tennis Matches", Proceedings of "Acoustics '08 Paris" : Acoustical Society of America (ASA), European Acoustical Association (EAA) and Société Française d'Acoustique (SFA) Joint International Conference, Société Française d'Acoustique, June, Paris, France, pp. 3323 - 3328. ISBN 978-2-9521105-4-9 - EAN 9782952110549 (2008) abstract
  7. K. Zienowicz, A.I. Shihab, G.J.A. Hunter, "Automatic Identification, Classification and Temporal Sequence Modelling of Salient Sound Events Using Mel Cepstral Coefficients and Principal Components Analysis", Anglo-French Acoustics Conference (AFPAC 2008), Ashford, Kent, UK, Société Française d'Acoustique and Institute of Physics, U.K., January, (2008) abstract
  8. G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, S Jalan, "KUTalk - A Speech User-Interface for an Intelligent Working, Learning and Teaching Environment", 3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 07), Ulm , Germany, Institute of Engineering and Technology, September, pp. 124-130. ISBN 978-0-86341-853-2 (2007) abstract
  9. G.J.A. Hunter, A.I. Shihab, K. Zienowicz, "Modelling Tennis Rallies Using Information from both Video and Audio Signals", IMA International Conference on Mathematics in Sport 2007, Salford, U.K., Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, U.K., June, pp. 103 - 108. (2007) abstract download
  10. G.J.A. Hunter, A.I. Shihab, K. Zienowicz, "The Use of Acoustic Cues for the Detection of Strokes in Tennis Matches", Anglo-French Acoustics Conference (AFPAC 2007), Frejus, France, Société Française d'Acoustique and Institute of Physics, U.K., January, Frejus, France, pp. AFPAC2007/8. (2007) abstract download
  11. G.J.A. Hunter, M.A. Huckvale, "Is it Appropriate to Model Dialogue in the Same Way as Text ? A Comparative Study Using the British National Corpus", European Modelling Symposium 2006, University College London, EUROSIM - Federation of European Simulation Societies, September, London, U.K., ISBN ISBN/ISSN 0-9516509-3-9/978-0-9516509-3-6 (2006) abstract
  12. P. Bidgood, S. Crouch, G.J.A. Hunter, "Statistical Modelling of Demographic Trends and Changes in a London Suburb over the Nineteenth Century", European Modelling Symposium 2006, University College London, EUROSIM - Federation of European Simulation Societies, September, ISBN 0-9516509-3-9/978-0-9516509-3-6 (2006) abstract
  13. G.J.A. Hunter, M.A. Huckvale, "Cluster-Based Approaches to the Statistical Modelling of Dialogue Data in the British National Corpus", IEE/IET 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'06), July, National Technical University, Athens, Greece, pp. 229-238. ISBN 978-0-86341-663-7 (2006) abstract
  14. G.J.A. Hunter, M.A. Huckvale, "An evaluation of Statistical Language Models of Spoken Dialogue using the British National Corpus", Proceedings of IEE International Workshop on Intelligent Environments (IE'05), June, University of Essex, pp. 291 - 297. ISBN 0-86341-0519-9 (2005) abstract download
  15. G.J.A. Hunter, M.A. Huckvale, "Studies in the Statistical Modelling of Dialogue Turn Pairs in the British National Corpus", Proceedings of the 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Acoustics, Music, Speech and Language Processing, (published in November 2003), December, Tenerife, Spain, (2002) abstract
  16. C.W. Evans, G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, E.W. Wynn, "A Parallel-Implemented Computer Algorithm for the Generation of Ising Model Cumulant Expansion Graphs", I.M.A. Conference onParallel Computation, Oxford, U.K., Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, U.K. July, (1998)
  17. M. Barry, C.W. Evans, S.K. Houston, G.J.A. Hunter, "Evaluation of Innovations in Mathematics Teaching", Proceedings of the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC'97), Sheffield, U.K., Sheffield Hallam University, September, (1997)
  18. G.J.A. Hunter, L. Elton, T. Roper, "Service Mathematics - Easing the Tensions", Proceedings of the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC'96), Nottingham, U.K., Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, September, (1996)
  19. P. Edwards, P. Armstrong, G.J.A. Hunter, "The Use of Spreadsheets in Teaching and Learning Mathematics", Proceedings of the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC'95), Nottingham, U.K., Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, September, (1995)
  20. S. O'Broin, J. Goldfinch, C. Haines, G.J.A. Hunter, "The Lecturer as a Researcher into the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics", Proceedings of the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC'94), Nottingham, U.K., Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, September, (1994)
  21. G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, "An Effective-Field Model of Magnetic Orgering in Manganese (II) Ferrite, MnFe2O4", International Conference on Magnetism (ICM '94), August, Warsaw, Poland, (1994)
  22. G.J.A. Hunter, F.H. Berkshire, M. Davies, P. Maher, "The Assurance of Course Quality - The Role of Student Feedback", Proceedings of the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC'93), Nottingham, U.K., Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, (1993)
  23. J.R. Brown, R.C.L. Jenkins, O.J. Poole, C.J. Tinsley, G.J.A. Hunter, Y.G. Proykova, S. Price, "Monte Carlo Studies of Magnetic Order in Spinel Ferrites", European Physical Society Condensed Matter Physics Conference, Regensburg, Germany, The European Physical Society (E.P.S.), March, (1993)
  24. G.J.A. Hunter, J. McEwan, M.S. Townend, "A Handbook for Mathematical Modelling - A Guide for Instructors", Proceedings of the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC'92), Nottingham, U.K., Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, September, (1992)
  25. G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, "Monte Carlo and Series Expansion Studies of an Ising Model of Manganese Ferrite", Institute of Physics Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference, Sheffield, U.K., Institute of Physics, U.K., December, (1992)
  26. M. J. Crampin, S.K. Houston, G.J.A. Hunter, "The Experience of Mathematical Modelling", Proceedings of the Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference (UMTC'91), Nottingham, U.K., Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, September, (1991)
  27. G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, "Static Magnetic Properties of Mixed-Spin Ising Ferrimagnets", European Physical Society Condensed Matter Physics Conference, Exeter, U.K., The European Physical Society (E.P.S.), April, (1991)
  28. G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, "Cumulant Expansion and Monte Carlo Simulation Studies of Mixed-Spin Ising Ferrimagnets", European Physical Society Condensed Matter Physics Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, The European Physical Society (E.P.S.), April, (1990)
  29. G.J.A. Hunter, R.C.L. Jenkins, C.J. Tinsley, "A Cumulant Expansion Study of the Initial Susceptibility of an S=1, S'=3/2 Ising Ferrimagnet", Institute of Physics Solid State Physics Conference, University of Warwick, U.K., The Institute of Physics, U.K., December, (1989)
  30. C.J. Tinsley, G.J.A. Hunter, "Monte Carlo Simulations of Mixed-Spin Ising Model Ferrimagnets using a Distributed Array Processor", 1988 Institute of Physics Solid-State Physics Conference, Nottingham, U.K, Institute of Physics, U.K., December, (1988)

Technical Reports

  1. G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, S Jalan, "The Development of Speech Interfaces to Enhance I.T. Access for Physically Disabled Students" in TR-Speech2006-01 (2006) abstract

Presentations

  1. K Barfoot, A Steffert, G.J.A. Hunter, "EEG Technology for Mind Coaching", London SciTech Challenges Showcase, 6th April 2009, April, (2009) abstract
  2. AM Wigmore, G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, J.C.W. Denholm-Price, "The Development of the "TalkMaths" Speech Interface at Kingston University", UK Speech One Day Conference for Young Speech Researchers, July, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K., (2008) abstract
  3. G.J.A. Hunter, M.A. Huckvale, "Statistical Language Modelling of dialogue material in the British National Corpus", Presented at the One-day U.K Speech Conference, April, UCL - Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, (2003) abstract
  4. G.J.A. Hunter, "The National Curriculum for England and Wales - a Review", Mari Institute of Education, Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russian Federation, August, (1993)

Seminars

  1. G.J.A. Hunter, "Paper discussion on Multi modal face tracking: Resynthesis of Facial and Intraoral Articulation from Simultaneous Measurements, by J. Beskow, O. Engwall, and B. Granström in International Conference on Phonetic Sciences  2003", SB122, 01 Oct 2008 (Chair: Norbert Buch), abstract
  2. G.J.A. Hunter, "Statistical and Other Approaches to the Modelling of Natural Spoken Language", SB329, 18 Sep 2008 (Chair: Dimitrios Makris), abstract
  3. G.J.A. Hunter, "Recent Advances in Speech Technology", IET Kingston-upon-Thames Branch, "The Lion", Hampton Wick, 04 Mar 2008 (Chair: David Lindsley), abstract
  4. G.J.A. Hunter, E. Pfluegel, "The KU-Talk System", SB329, 20 Sep 2007 (Chair: Dimitrios Makris), abstract
  5. G.J.A. Hunter, "Statistical Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Modelling of Natural Language and Demographic Data", Town House, Penrhyn Road, Kingston University, 21 Sep 2006 (Chair: Dr. P.L. Bidgood),
  6. G.J.A. Hunter, "Some statistical approaches to modelling modern British English dialogue (and some possible applications.)", 196, 13 Oct 2004 abstract

Theses

  1. G.J.A. Hunter, "Statistical language modelling of dialogue material in the British National Corpus", University College London, London, UK, PhD April, (2004) abstract
  2. G.J.A. Hunter, "A Model of Aspects of the Human Visual System Using a Feed-Forward Neural Network and Attentional Selection", University College London, Masters September, pp. 45. (1999) abstract

Other

  1. E Weston, G.J.A. Hunter, "Report on the One-Day Workshop on Speech Recording and Analysis" in 'Acoustics Bulletin, Vol. 35, Issue 4, pp 22 - 23', Institute of Acoustics, U.K., July, (2010)