Personal profile
Personal profile
My general research interest is Automatic Speech Recognition, with a focus on large-scale processing within Research Infrastructures and for the Dutch language.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Improving the State-of-the-Art Frisian ASR by fine-tuning Large-Scale Cross-Lingual Pre-Trained Models, University of Groningen
5 Sept 2022 → 31 Aug 2023
Award Date: 12 Sept 2023
Keywords
- Q Science (General)
- Automatic Speech Recognition
Artificial Intelligence Expert
- Deep Learning
- Media, Democracy and Legal Decision Making
- Human AI Interaction
- Data Dependencies, Quality and Enrichment
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Benchmarking State-of-the-Art Automatic Speech Recognition systems for Dutch
Bălan, D. A., Truong, K. P. & Ordelman, R. J. F., 10 Feb 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
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Enhancing Transcripts of Open-Source Automatic Speech Recognition Models Through Fine-Tuning with Laughter and Speech-Laugh
Ho, P. H., Bălan, D. A., Heylen, D. K. J. & Truong, K. P., Aug 2025, Interspeech 2025. p. 4513-4517 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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A Systematic Benchmark for Dutch Automatic Speech Recognition
Bălan, D. A., Ordelman, R. J. F. & van den Heuvel, H., 13 Jun 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
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Benchmarking and Research Infrastructures: Evaluating Dutch Automatic Speech Recognition
Bălan, D. A., Truong, K. P., van den Heuvel, H. & Ordelman, R. J. F., 16 Oct 2024, CLARIN Annual Conference Proceedings. Vandeghinste, V. & Kontino, T. (eds.). p. 140-143 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Evaluating the State-of-the-Art Automatic Speech Recognition systems for Dutch
Bălan, D. A., Ordelman, R. J. F. & Truong, K. P., 30 Aug 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
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Dutch Open Speech Recognition Benchmark
Balan, D. A. (Invited speaker)
19 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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4th International Conference ‘Language in the Human-Machine Era’, LITHME 2024 (Event)
Balan, D. A. (Reviewer)
13 Jun 2024 → 30 Jun 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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26th Interspeech 2025
Balan, D. A. (Participant)
1 Jul 2024 → 30 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...