My M.Phil Congregation

12th May 2001 in Senate House, U. of Cambridge

Date:	Saturday, the 12th of May 2001
Place:	Senate House, University of Cambridge
Degree:	Master of Philosophy in Computer Speech and Language Processing
Department:	Engineering Department & Computer Laboratory Department
College:	Newnham College
University:	University of Cambridge
Location:	Cambridge, England (United Kingdom)
Matriculation on:	October 1999
Course Length:	12 month, October 1999 - September 2000
Dissertation:	A Phoneme-based Approach for Voice Morphing.
Final Results:	Coursework -- Upper 2.1 Honor (High Standard) Dissertation -- First Class Honor ..^^..

- Congregation -

The ceremony is one of the oldest traditions which have existed for 792 years.
The conferment of Degree is an act, approved by "Grace of the Regent House",
which the Senior Protor first reads an annoucement of 'Grace' (in Latin).
Then, the Praelector presents the graduants who hold his/her hand (say in Latin).
Finally, each graduant turn kneels before the Vice-Chancellor's deputy
with hands together enclosed in the deputy's to honor the conferred degree...

"Auctoritate mihi commissa admitto te ad gradum Masterei in Philosophei,
...in nomine Patris et Fillii et Spiritus Sancti" (as photo above)

- Acknowledgement -

For my Dissertation:

I am exceptionally grateful to my supervisor Dr Tony Robinson
... for his invaluable advice and for always being very understanding.

I would like to thank Matt Stuttle, Parham Zolfaghari and Gavin Smith
... for their suggestion on several speech techniques,
to Steve Morrell for sharing all sources of information, and...
to 20 listeners who spared their time participating in my listening experiment.

For my life here during studying M.Phil:

First of all, thank you my advisor Dr Thomas Neisler for all advices and helps,
thanks Mavis Barber for being a lovely course secretary and always helps,
thanks all Lecturers, Lab Demonstrators (e.g. Nathan Smith, K.K. Chin),
and Department Staffs in. Tea room, Library and Fallside lab (SVR group)
... for every lovely environment and several nice suggestions.

Thank for my lovely Thai friends in CUTS for fulfilling the happiness inside.
Especially, Weaw who always supports, encourages and used to cook with me :).
And, Tik for your friendship and always being there...

Thanks back to all my friends in Thai who haved cheered me up in several hard time.
Thanks Ja and Noon for constantly writting me letters and bright up my days...
Thanks Manow for always listening and giving several valuable suggestion...

Also, thank my Newnham Friends for spending nice time with me...
Especially, Wendy Chan and Calorien Smith who live in the same block with me.
And, must say, thanks Farah and Yan Qin for being my wonderful classmates :).

Finally, I also would like to acknowledge...
the Cambridge Thai Foundation and the Cambridge Overseas Trust
... for their scholarships that allow me to be here, and...
to my parents who always support me no matter how far away I live.

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