Birger Moëll
A researcher, psychologist, and AI developer who loves people and strives to create meaningful connections through technology and understanding.
Research & AI
Exploring the intersections of artificial intelligence, language, and human cognition to foster deeper connections and understanding.
Clinical Linguistics & Speech Analysis
Developing machine learning models for analyzing speech patterns in neurodegenerative disorders.
Swedish Chatbot Arena
A platform comparing different LLMs in Swedish language processing.
Swedish Medical Benchmark
Evaluating language model performance for healthcare applications in Swedish.
Technical Projects
Creating innovative platforms and tools that harness the power of AI to connect people with cutting-edge technology in meaningful ways.
Portable FNIRS
Development of wearable functional near-infrared spectroscopy devices using specialized lasers to non-invasively monitor brain activity and detect cognitive states.
Everything AI Web
A sophisticated web platform providing access to state-of-the-art AI models for creators and developers.
Everything AI Discord
A powerful Discord bot with access to advanced AI features including document creation, website building, speech, music, images, and video generation.
Journal
An innovative journaling application enhanced by large language models to facilitate reflection and personal growth.
Healthcare Innovation
Creating technology that enhances human wellbeing and facilitates healing through compassionate, intelligent systems.
SMART Studying
An online cognitive behavioral therapy program helping students with ADHD improve organization, attention, and study abilities through smartphone applications and interactive tools.
AI-Powered Therapy
Exploring AI applications to improve mental health accessibility and outcomes.
Voice Generation for Clinical Use
Creating synthetic voice solutions for patients with speech impairments.
Wellscribe
A startup promoting health through reflective journaling and AI-assisted self-care.
Academic Work
Bridging research and application to nurture knowledge that serves humanity and deepens our understanding of ourselves.
Publications
Research at the intersection of AI, psychology, and cognitive science.
Speech & Language Processing
Multi-modal classifiers for clinical applications and assessments.
Synthetic Speech Datasets
Creating specialized datasets for medical transcription and analysis.
Selected Publications
2025
The order in speech disorder: a scoping review of state of the art machine learning methods for clinical speech classification
B Moell, FS Aronsson, P Östberg, J Beskow | arXiv preprint
Voice Cloning for Dysarthric Speech Synthesis: Addressing Data Scarcity in Speech-Language Pathology
B Moell, FS Aronsson | arXiv preprint
Large Language Models and Mathematical Reasoning Failures
J Boye, B Moell | arXiv preprint
Language Complexity Measurement as a Noisy Zero-Shot Proxy for Evaluating LLM Performance
B Moell, J Boye | arXiv preprint
2024
You don't understand me!: Comparing ASR results for L1 and L2 speakers of Swedish
R Cumbal, B Moell, J Lopes, O Engwall | arXiv preprint
Fake it to make it: Using synthetic data to remedy the data shortage in joint multimodal speech-and-gesture synthesis
S Mehta, A Deichler, J O'regan, B Moëll, J Beskow, GE Henter | Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Comparing the efficacy of GPT-4 and Chat-GPT in mental health care: A blind assessment of large language models for psychological support
B Moell | arXiv preprint
Evaluating Large Language Models with Human Feedback: Establishing a Swedish Benchmark
B Moell | arXiv preprint
Scoping Review-NLP and Gen-AI in Primary Care
D Sundemo, A Entezarjou, B Moell, FS Aronsson, R Arvidsson | OSF
Empathy and Algorithms: Comparing Written Psychological Advice by AI and Experts
E Zapel, E Lindsäter, B Moell, M Lekander, LF Föyen | OSF
2022
Speech data augmentation for improving phoneme transcriptions of aphasic speech using wav2vec 2.0 for the psst challenge
B Moëll, J O'Regan, S Mehta, A Kirkland, H Lameris, J Gustafsson | 4th RaPID Workshop
Spontaneous Neural HMM TTS with Prosodic Feature Modification
H Lameris, S Mehta, GE Henter, A Kirkland, B Moëll, J O'Regan | Fonetik 2022
2021
Multimodal capture of patient behaviour for improved detection of early dementia: clinical feasibility and preliminary results
P Jonell, B Moëll, K Håkansson, GE Henter, T Kucherenko, O Mikheeva | Frontiers in Computer Science
A framework for integrating gesture generation models into interactive conversational agents
R Nagy, T Kucherenko, B Moell, A Pereira, H Kjellström, U Bernardet | arXiv preprint
2017
Towards Bidirectional Brain-computer Interfaces that Use fNIRS and tDCS
SW Hincks, M DeBellis, EY Lee, R ten Brink, B Moëll, RJK Jacob | PhyCS
2015 & 2013
Living SMART—A randomized controlled trial of a guided online course teaching adults with ADHD or sub-clinical ADHD to use smartphones to structure their everyday life
B Moëll, L Kollberg, B Nasri, N Lindefors, V Kaldo | Internet Interventions
Living SMART: an Internet course for adults with ADHD
B Moëll | 2013
Creative Projects
Expressing ideas through art and technology that inspire connection, wonder, and contemplation of our shared experience.
Artistic Works
Language Models
Swedish GPT
A GPT language model trained on Swedish text, including Swedish Wikipedia and the Oscar dataset, one of the first Swedish transformer language models.
Eir
A medical domain model for Swedish healthcare applications, merging Swedish Mistral with BioMistral for improved clinical text understanding.
Swedish Wav2vec2
Speech recognition model fine-tuned on Common Voice for Swedish language, enabling accurate transcription of Swedish speech.
Rapid Cycling
A merged model leveraging multiple foundation models, delivering strong performance for Swedish natural language processing tasks.
Research Datasets
Synthetic Dysarthria Dataset
Speech dataset generated to simulate dysarthric speech patterns in individuals with ALS and CP, addressing data scarcity in speech pathology.
Cookie Theft Reasoning
A specialized dataset using the classic cookie theft description task, enhanced with reasoning annotations from DeepSeek R1.
Synthetic Compassion Dataset
Audio dataset of synthetic compassionate responses, designed to model empathetic speech patterns for healthcare applications.
AI Education
Sharing knowledge and demystifying artificial intelligence through teaching, workshops, and consulting to empower the next generation of innovators.
Training LLM Models
Technical workshops on the creation and fine-tuning of large language models for researchers and developers.
Generative Art for Artists
Five-year teaching engagement at Konstfack, introducing art students to AI and generative techniques.
AI Fundamentals
Accessible introductions to artificial intelligence concepts for broader audiences and organizations.
AI Strategy Consulting
Helping organizations navigate cutting-edge AI developments and implement effective AI strategies.
Technical Training Expertise
I provide specialized workshops and training on advanced AI model development, covering the full spectrum from data preparation to deployment.
Model Architecture
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Transformer architectures & attention mechanisms
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Encoder-decoder vs. decoder-only models
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Scaling laws and parameter efficiency
Training Methodologies
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Pre-training and fine-tuning approaches
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RLHF and instruction tuning techniques
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Model merging and knowledge distillation
Dataset Engineering
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Data curation and quality assessment
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Synthetic data generation strategies
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Domain-specific data preparation
Deployment & Integration
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Efficient inference for production environments
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Quantization and model optimization
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API design and system integration
Teaching Highlights
Years teaching AI at Konstfack arts university, introducing technical concepts to creative minds
Workshops conducted for students, professionals, and researchers across various disciplines
Organizations provided with strategic AI consulting and specialized training programs
Personal Life
Finding joy in the richness of relationships, the wisdom of nature, and the pursuit of a meaningful, connected existence.
Beyond my professional pursuits, I find fulfillment in a rich personal life deeply connected to family, nature, and continuous learning.
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Licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy
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Lives in northwestern Uppland, Sweden with family
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Father to a two-year-old son and a newborn baby
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Caretaker of two cats named Pettson and Findus
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Keeps heritage breed chickens and connects with nature
Let's Connect
I believe in the power of human connection. Reach out to explore collaborations, share ideas, or simply start a conversation.
birger.moell@gmail.com