<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>David S. Barbera</title><description>Applied Scientist and Speech ML Engineer building voice agents that understand disordered speech.</description><link>https://davidbarbera.github.io/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>AlphaZero and Monte Carlo Tree Search, explained from scratch</title><link>https://davidbarbera.github.io/blog/mcts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://davidbarbera.github.io/blog/mcts/</guid><description>An explanation of how MCTS works and its place in AlphaZero.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reinforcement Learning</category><category>notes</category></item><item><title>Fine-Tuning Whisper for Dysarthric Speech</title><link>https://davidbarbera.github.io/blog/whisper-clinical-speech-blog/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://davidbarbera.github.io/blog/whisper-clinical-speech-blog/</guid><description>How LoRA can help improve recognition in disordered speech.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ASR</category><category>notes</category></item></channel></rss>