Subject: [AUDITORY] PhD position in neural speech processing From: Phil Garner <0000013979c4c85e-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 11:06:06 +0100Dear Colleagues, There is a fully funded PhD position open at Idiap Research Institute on "Neural Architectures for Speech Technology". The research will build on work done over the past few years at Idiap on creating tools for physiologically plausible modelling of speech. The current "toolbox" contains rudimentary muscle models and means to drive these using conventional (deep) neural networks. More recently, the focus has been on theoretical underpinnings via rigorous Bayesian techniques. Although the project remit is quite open, a significant research thread will be to factorise current neural vocoders into physiological and probabilistic components; this will be with a focus on identifying how they may be controlled by external agents such as dialogue managers. Another possible thread is to examine these models in the context of speech recognition. In doing this, we hope not only to enable the next generation of expressive speech recognition and synthesis, but also to make inference about the underlying physiological mechanisms of speech production and perception. For more information, and to apply, please follow this link: https://www.idiap.ch/education-and-jobs/job-10313 Idiap is located in Martigny in French speaking Switzerland, but functions in English and hosts many nationalities. PhD students are typically registered at EPFL. All positions offer quite generous salaries. Martigny is a local art, culture and viticulture hub, and is close to all manner of skiing, hiking and mountain life. There are other open positions on Idiap's main page: https://www.idiap.ch/en/join-us/job-opportunities Sincerely, -- Phil Garner http://www.idiap.ch/~pgarner