Functional Phylogenies
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Statistics
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
John Aston (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Functional Phylogenies Group
(2012)
Phylogenetic inference for function-valued traits: speech sound evolution.
in Trends in ecology & evolution
Lila E
(2017)
Functional Statistics and Related Fields
Hadjipantelis PZ
(2012)
Characterizing fundamental frequency in Mandarin: a functional principal component approach utilizing mixed effect models.
in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Hadjipantelis P
(2014)
Analysis of spike train data: A multivariate mixed effects model for phase and amplitude
in Electronic Journal of Statistics
Description | This was a scoping project for the phylogenetic analysis of functions and signals. It has been demonstrated that this is not only possible in theory but also in practice, and that, in particular, linguistic analysis can be demonstrably performed not only on text but also on acoustic phonetic data. |
Exploitation Route | This opens up possibilities of phylogenetic analysis of morphometry data as well as other functional data. Indeed the techniques have already gained further funding, which as led to the production of synthetic languages. |
Sectors | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Description | EPSRC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Fellowship |
Amount | £1,060,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K021672/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2013 |
End | 07/2018 |
Description | SAMSI Institute |
Amount | £400 (GBP) |
Funding ID | Travel Grant |
Organisation | Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United States |
Start | 05/2011 |
End | 06/2011 |
Description | Cambridge Research Magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Cambridge Research Magazine - Research Horizons - ran an article on our research. This focused on the use of statistics and linguistics to recreate ancient languages. This was picked up by international media and the Daily Mail ran a long article on the ideas (see other entry). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://issuu.com/uni_cambridge/docs/issue_30_research_horizons/1?e=1892280/36314892 |
Description | Daily Mail Article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Daily Mail picked up the story detailed as well in the submission from the Cambridge Research Magazine. This has led to contacts from across the world about the research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3698184/Listen-mother-language-Researchers-recreate-w... |