Meet the participants - Caroline

Hi! I'm Caroline, and I'm originally from Glasgow in Scotland. I come from an engineering background, with my main areas of specialty including electronics, signal processing, communications, and biomedical applications. For more background information, please see my LinkedIn page.

I moved to Southampton just under a year ago to pursue a PhD in the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research. My research is sponsored by Philips Medical, and involves detecting changes in lung health through audio speech processing. This could mean that lung health would be monitored through the use of a microphone and analysis software, which would be especially useful in monitoring chronic conditions such as Asthma and COPD.

While studying at Southampton, I have been taking Japanese lessons with the Language department. Learning Japanese is a lot of fun, and I try to work hard, but I still don't think I'm very good! I am looking forward to getting the opportunity to practice my language skills with the Japanese students in Bristol, and hopefully I will improve enough to make my way around Kyoto!

I am really excited to be a part of this program, as one day I'd love to live and work in Japan. I'm sure I'm going to meet a lot of interesting people, both from Japan and the UK, and I hope I can build links that will aid in both my own and the other participant's future researching careers.

When I am not researching or studying Japanese, I usually spend my time reading fantasy/sci-fi novels, or playing computer games. However I am trying to be more active and taking advantage of the (occasional) good weather by cycling to and from University.

I will leave you with a picture of my in one of my favourite places in Scotland, Loch Lomond. If you have any questions, please leave a comment, and I will be happy to hear from you.

Thanks for reading!

読んでいただきありがとうございます！