Harriet Fell
Harriet Fell
Harriet Fell
Harriet Fell
Education
- PhD in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
Professor Fell’s research focuses on designing and developing software to aid people with disabilities. Her work involves user interface design and signal processing for speech analysis as well as testing with people ranging in age from four months to adult.
She has designed and developed the Baby Babble Blanket, an interface for infants with severe motor disabilities; the Early Vocalization Analyzer, which automatically analyzes digitized recordings of infant vocalizations; and visiBabble, which provides real-time visual reinforcement of infant vocalizations for deaf or severely hearing-impaired infants. She also works on automatic detection of emotion in adult speech.
Fell joined Northeastern’s Mathematics Department in 1971 and played an instrumental role in establishing Khoury College of Computer Sciences in 1982, despite having no formal training in computer science.
Bringing her passion for drawing and painting to her computer science work, Harriet also developed graphics courses and built up the graphics program at Khoury. The courses were popular with students who were also looking for an opportunity to unite their artistic and computer science interests.
Although Harriet officially retired in 2015, she continued to write and collaborate with graduate students.
Education
- PhD in Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
Professor Fell’s research focuses on designing and developing software to aid people with disabilities. Her work involves user interface design and signal processing for speech analysis as well as testing with people ranging in age from four months to adult.
She has designed and developed the Baby Babble Blanket, an interface for infants with severe motor disabilities; the Early Vocalization Analyzer, which automatically analyzes digitized recordings of infant vocalizations; and visiBabble, which provides real-time visual reinforcement of infant vocalizations for deaf or severely hearing-impaired infants. She also works on automatic detection of emotion in adult speech.
Fell joined Northeastern’s Mathematics Department in 1971 and played an instrumental role in establishing Khoury College of Computer Sciences in 1982, despite having no formal training in computer science.
Bringing her passion for drawing and painting to her computer science work, Harriet also developed graphics courses and built up the graphics program at Khoury. The courses were popular with students who were also looking for an opportunity to unite their artistic and computer science interests.
Although Harriet officially retired in 2015, she continued to write and collaborate with graduate students.
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© 2024 Northeastern University
Khoury Social
Contact Khoury
440 Huntington Avenue, 202 West Village H
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.2462
TTY: 617.373.3768
Khoury Social
Contact Khoury
440 Huntington Avenue, 202 West Village H
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.2462
TTY: 617.373.3768
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Experiential Learning
Research
Life at Khoury
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