MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science (FLiSS): meet the team (webinar)
Tuesday 3 December 2024, 11:00am to 11:50am
Venue
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All Lancaster University (non-partner) students, Alumni, Applicants, External Organisations, Families and young people, Postgraduates, Prospective International Students, Prospective Postgraduate Students, Prospective Undergraduate Students, Public, Staff, UndergraduatesRegistration
Free to attend - registration requiredRegistration Info
Registration requires an email address. This session is aimed at students from any disciplinary background, including linguistics, English language, psychology, law, criminology, sociology, computing, and so forth.
Event Details
Discover how Lancaster University's MSc in Forensic Linguistics and Speech Science tackles critical challenges like spoofing, deception, and cybercrime. This session offers insights into the course, application process, and future career paths in intelligence, security, law enforcement, and more.
How easy is it to fool a voice authentication system?
Can we identify cyber-criminals from their words?
Are those texts really from a long-lost friend... or is this a sophisticated AI-powered phishing scam?
There has never been more information at our fingertips, but this mass of spoken and written data poses rapidly evolving new challenges for security, protection, and intelligence roles. Lancaster University’s MSc in Forensic Linguistics and Speech Science (FLiSS) offers a unique opportunity to delve into many of the most critical issues of our time, from spoofing and deception to anonymous threats and organised crime.
This webinar presents an opportunity to meet some of the FLiSS team, ask questions, and get a sense of what the course will entail. We will discuss the application process including how to prepare for, and what to expect during the interview, what you need to know before you start, the general structure and assessments, and the kinds of futures that this course can lead to.
Lancaster University is a thriving hub of cutting-edge intelligence, investigative, and evidential research, and this professional, specialist MSc gives you a taste of what it takes to work at the forefront of one of the most critical, highstakes fields of our time.
Whether you’re already working in these fields or looking to get started, FLiSS is ideal for anyone interested in…
• Intelligence organisations and security sectors
• Language technology and voice biometrics
• Law enforcement and emergency services
• Negotiation and compliance
• Dispute and crisis resolution
• Political and corporate intelligence analysis
• Corporate and private investigative sectors
• Brand, media, and marketing consultancy
• Government, legal, and private consultancy
• Language policy and legislation
• Data analysis and data science
For more information, email the talk organiser or factor@lancaster.ac.uk.
Speakers
Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
I primarily research aggression, deception, and manipulation in computer-mediated communication (CMC) for evidential, investigative, and intelligence purposes. I tend to take a forensic linguistic approach, based on a corpus linguistic methodology, but due to the multidisciplinary nature of my research, I also inevitably branch out into areas such as psychology, law, and computer science.
Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
My research combines a number of subareas of speech science. I am mainly interested in forensic speech technology (accent recognition and speaker recognition systems) and how we can use phonetic and sociophonetic research to uncover the inner workings and potential of these technologies.
Contact Details
Name | Claire Hardaker |
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