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Dushanthi presented her PhD work at The 12th ISCA-SAC Doctoral Consortium
Towards Trustworthy Speech-Based Multimodal Depression Detection
PhD student Dushanthi Manamalage discusses AI and mental health research on Radio New Zealand
More of us are using AI are therapists - should we be?
AI can’t replace mental health therapists. But here’s where it might make a difference
As more people turn to chatbots for support, new research is exploring a potential role for AI in spotting early signs of depression.
Dr. Shahamiri writes an opinion piece on how "intelligent" AI is
AI is an amplifier, not a replacement, and should always require human oversight
Interspeech 2026 success
DeepNet Discovery Network researchers have four papers accepted at Interspeech 2026
New Publication in NZMSJ 2025!
We are pleased to announce that the 2DN team has published a new editorial in the New Zealand Medical Student Journal (Issue 39) titled: “With data in mind: AI applications in depression, autism and dementia care.”
HealtheX 2025!
We are delighted to share that our members, Dushanthi Madhushika and Rabia Rao, had their abstracts accepted at the HealtheX 2025 Conference.
New Paper Alerts for ICCASP 2025!
We are delighted to announce that the atypical speech team has two papers accepted at ICASSP 2025 around Dysarthric Speech Recognition! Dr. Singh will present the papers on 2DN behalf.
ICONIP 2024!
The 2DN team has four papers accepted at ICONIP 2024!
Dr. Shahamiri talks to Radio New Zealand about 2DN projects
Should we be concerned about AI use in healthcare?
Dr. Shahamiri spends summer 2024 at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at UIUC, USA
Dr. Shahamiri spends summer 2024 at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at UIUC, USA
Dr. Shahamiri writes an opinion piece on the potentials of AI in Healthcare
We are already using Artificial Intelligence to transform healthcare services to be more accessible and affordable, and to relieve the pressure on medical staff so they can support us better.