Tobias Weinberg
I am a CS PhD Student at Matter of Tech Lab with Prof. Thijs Roumen at Cornell Tech, dedicated to advancing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies. My research centers on developing systems to seamlessly integrate non-informative speech such as humor, interjection words/sounds, reading poetry, etc., enhancing expressivity for individuals with speech and motor impairments.
Areas of interest: accessibility, AAC, expressive communication, LLMs, human-AI interaction, and HCI.
Publications
Tobias Weinberg, Kowe Kadoma, Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela, Stephanie Valencia, Thijs Roumen
Pre-print
Exploring how AI-powered AAC interfaces can help users with speech disabilities deliver timely, humorous comments. This study highlights design insights to improve expressivity and timing in AAC technology.
Project page • Video • PaperNews
- Sep 2024: Article PiTech Fellowship Spotlight "Transforming Care with Smart Home Technology: Data-Driven Solutions for Group Homes"
- Jul 2024: Extremely proud of my team, and extremely honored to receive Amazon cloud computing grant from Cornell Data Science Center to further my research towards leveraging AI to bring expressive communication to people with speech disabilities!
- Mar 2023: Received Siegel Public Interest Technology Impact Fellowship
- Mar 2023: Article in Leading Newspaper (Infobae Argentina) "The young man with a brilliant mind and a rare illness who received a scholarship in the United States" (in spanish)
- Oct 2022: Article in the American Technion Society “The sky is not the limit . . . turning ideas into reality to change the world”