Expert profile: Rodmonga Potapova

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Description:

   POTAPOVA RODMONGA
   K. - D.Ph., D.Sc. of Philology, Sc. Degree of Professor, Academician
   of the International Informatization Academy, Head of Department of
   Applied and Experimental Linguistics at Moscow State Linguistic
   University. World-wide Scientist on the domain of General and Applied
   Phonetics, Applied and Experimental Linguistics, Linguadidactics,
   Acoustics of speech, New Informatization Technologies Germanistics,
   Speech recognition and Speaker identification, Paralinguistics. Author
   of 390 Publications in Russia and other countries including well-known
   books and monographies:

   The Priority Trends in Dynamics of Modern Applied Speechology (2000)

   Fundamental modern methods of analysis and synthesis of speech (1971)

   Experimental phonetic investigations of speech segments (1979)

   Syllable phonetics of Germanic languages (1986)

   General and Applied Phonetics (1 Ed. 1986)

   Speech driving of robots (1989)

   Introduction into Lingua-cybernetics (1990)

   Peculiarity features of German pronunciation (1991)

   Mystery of modern centaur /human-machine interface/ (1992)

   Natural language-processing in science and industry (1992)

   Dictionary of German Pronunciation /especially for difficult pretonic
   vowels/ (1994)

   Speech: communication, information, cybernetics (1997)

   General and Applied Phonetics (2 Ed. 1997)

   Connotative paralinguistics (1997, 1998)

   Electronic Encyclopaedia for forensic phonetic experts (1999; 2000),
   etc.

   During many years is Head of Speech Communication commission of
   Scientific Technical Board of the Higher Education Ministry. Member of
   Editorial board of the Journal "Social and Human Sciences in Russia
   and foreign countries" (Institute of Scientific Information of the
   Science Academy of Russia). Member of International Association of
   Forensic Phonetics (Center - in UK). Member of Editorial Board of the
   International Journal "Forensic linguistics: Speech, Language and the
   Low" (Birmingham, UK). Vice-President of Interregional Association on
   cognitive, communicative and contrastive Linguistics (Center - in
   Moscow), Vice-President and Regional Secretary of International Soc.
   of Phonetic Sciences /ISPhS/ (Center - in Germany). International
   Award of Recognition: included in "5000 Personalities of the World"
   for Outstanding Contributions to Higher Education (Ed. 4) (USA).
   Recipient of the ABI's Gold Medal "In honor of Outstanding
   Achievements (USA, 1992), Grant-holder "Outstanding Scientist of
   Russia", State Title of Honored High Education Worker of Russia,
   Chairman of Speech Acoustics and Applied Linguistics Commission of
   Acoustic Society of Russia, etc.

   Current Professional Activity, Areas of Specialization: Applied and
   Experimental Linguistics, General and Applied Phonetics, Germanic
   Languages, Speechology, Artificial Intelligence, Analysis and
   Synthesis of Speech, Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding,
   Databases of Languages, Expert-systems, CALL (Computer Assisted
   Language Learning) systems, Forensic Phonetics.

   More detailed CV of R.K. Potapova is published in:

   Five Thousand Personalities of the World. The American Biographical
   Institute. Ed. 4.

   The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership. American
   Biographical Institute. Ed. 5.

   The World Who's Who of Women. International Biographical Center,
   Cambridge, England (1994-1995). Ed. 12.