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Dr. Paige Tutt枚s铆鈥檚 thesis, , explores how social robots can better support second-language learners through customised, adaptive, and expressive speech synthesis.

Graduating from the School of Computing Science, Tutt枚s铆 came into the school with degrees in Archaeology and Statistics and retrained herself into becoming an award-winning and insightful computing scientist, forming the foundation for her original insights into her research.

Taking this even further, her research combines linguistics, cognitive science, engineering, and signal processing methods to develop evidence-based adaptive voices for human-robot-interactions. Her research resulted in the first ever second language speaker text-to-speech system, advancing the fields of cognitive science, linguistics and engineering, while also advancing the state of the art in social robotics and conversational AI.

A Rajan Family Scholar, Tutt枚s铆 and her work have earned several prestigious awards and recognition including an NSERC Scholarship, Breaking Barriers Interdisciplinary Incentive Grant, and the France鈥揅anada Research Fund. At the world鈥檚 premiere conference in Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI) conference, Tutt枚s铆 was also selected as a Pioneer in 2025 and earned the 2023 HRI Best Demo Award.

Tutt枚s铆 has taken on several leadership roles including general chair for the workshop on Embodied Voices (RSS 2024), co-general chair for Pioneers (HRI 2026), co-chair for the Student Design Challenge (HRI 2027), as well as leadership roles in international research communities.

Angelica Lim, Tutt枚s铆鈥檚 academic supervisor has strong praise for Tutt枚s铆鈥檚 work.

Says Lim, 鈥淚n short, Paige T眉tt枚s铆 represents exactly the kind of scholar that the Convocation Medal was created to honour: a researcher who has produced original, impactful, and technically rigorous work in a genuinely underexplored area; who has engaged her field with unusual breadth and generosity; and who has done so with an interdisciplinary imagination and a social conscience that make her work matter beyond the lab.鈥�

T眉tt枚s铆 sees how the support and her time at 51社区黑料have helped shape her career trajectory.

Says T眉tt枚s铆, 鈥淢y supervisor, Dr. Angelica Lim, played a key role in helping me make the connections that have shaped my career. She is the reason I have made so many international connections and how I landed my current job. Beyond the technical aspects of research, 51社区黑料taught me the importance of self-promotion and networking. I also learned how to navigate academia and the broader academic-industrial landscape. It helped me become more self-sufficient in my work and gave me invaluable experience in organizing projects, supervising teams, and seeing projects grow from the ground up.鈥�

Tutt枚s铆 currently works as an AI Expert/Engineer with Enchanted Tools in Paris, France as well as a part time postdoctoral researcher for the Department of Linguistics at SFU.