Connectionists: Three Postdoctoral Researchers/Project Researchers (Speech Processing and Deep Learning)

[Md Sahidullah]

[Apologies for cross-posting]

Three Postdoctoral Researchers/Project Researchers (Speech processing and
deep learning)
Deadline: December 22, 2017 (by 24:00 EET)

The University of Eastern Finland, UEF, is one of the largest
multidisciplinary universities in Finland. We offer education in nearly one
hundred major subjects, and are home to approximately 15,000 students and
2,500 members of staff. From 1 August 2018 onwards, we’ll be operating on
two campuses, in Joensuu and Kuopio. In international rankings, we are
ranked among the leading universities in the world.

The Faculty of Science and Forestry operates on the Kuopio and Joensuu
campuses of the University of Eastern Finland. The mission of the faculty
is to carry out internationally recognised scientific research and to offer
research-education in the fields of natural sciences and forest sciences.
The faculty invests in all of the strategic research areas of the
university. The faculty’s environments for research and learning are
international, modern and multidisciplinary.  The faculty has approximately
3,800 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students and some 490 postgraduate
students. The number of staff amounts to 560. http://www.uef.fi/en/
lumet/etusivu

We are now inviting applications for three Postdoctoral Researcher/Project
Researcher positions in speech processing and deep learning funded by
Academy of Finland, School of Computing, Joensuu Campus.

o Two positions in automatic speaker rec, voice conversion, anti-spoofing
(NOTCH project)
o One position in deep reinforcement learning for physical agents (DEEPEN
project)

The two projects share similarities in terms of machine learning methods
being used and developed further, but are otherwise differently focused.

The NOTCH research project (NOn-cooperaTive speaker CHaracterization),
being led by Associate Professor Tomi Kinnunen, aims at advancing
state-of-the-art in automatic speaker verification (defense) and voice
conversion (attack) under a generic umbrella of non-cooperative speech,
whether being induced by spoofing attacks, disguise, or other intentional
voice modifications. A successful applicant needs to have background in
speaker verification, anti spoofing, voice conversion, machine learning or
closely related topics.

The DEEPEN research project (Deep Reinforcement Learning for Physical
Agents) is run in co operation between UEF and robotics group at Aalto
University. UEF’s part, lead by Senior Researcher Ville Hautamäki, aims at
designing new statistical models for simulated robot control and to take
steps towards solving the so-called “reality gap” problem.  The post-doc
may also contribute to speech and deep learning topics. A successful
applicant needs to have background in deep learning, reinforcement
learning, speech technology or machine vision. Practical experience in DRL
research environments (e.g. VizDoom or MuJoCo), will be counted as a plus.

The Machine Learning group of the School of Computing, at the facilities of
Joensuu Science Park, provides access to modern research infrastructure and
is a strongly international working environment. We hosted the Odyssey 2014
conference, were a partner in the H2020-funded OCTAVE project, and are a
co-founder of the Automatic Speaker Verification and Countermeasures
(ASVspoof) challenge series (http://www.asvspoof.org/).

A person to be appointed as a postdoctoral researcher shall hold a suitable
doctoral degree that has been awarded less than five years ago. If the
doctoral degree has been awarded more than five years ago, the post will be
one of a project researcher. The doctoral degree should be in  spoken
language technology, electrical engineering, computer science, machine
learning or a closely related field.  Researchers finishing their PhD in
the near future are also encouraged to apply for the positions.  However,
they are expected to hold a PhD degree by the starting date of the
position. We expect strong hands-on experience and creative out-of-the-box
problem solving attitude. A successful applicant needs to have an
internationally proven track record in topics relevant to the project he or
she applies to.

English may be used as the language of instruction and supervision in these
positions.
The positions will be filled from earliest January 1, 2018 for a period of
12 months. The continuation of the position will be agreed separately. The
position will be filled for a fixed term due to pertaining to a specific
project (Postdoctoral researcher positions shall always be filled for a
fixed term, UEF University Regulations 31 §).

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary
system of Finnish universities and is based on level 5 of the job
requirement level chart for teaching and research staff (€2.865,30/ month).
In addition to the job requirement component, the salary includes a
personal performance component, which may be a maximum of 46.3% of the job
requirement component.

For further information on the position, please contact (NOTCH): Associate
Professor Tomi Kinnunen, email: tkinnu at cs.uef.fi, tel. +358 50 442 2647
<+358%2050%204422647> and (DEEPEN): Senior Researcher Ville Hautamäki,
email: villeh at cs.uef.fi, tel. +358 50 511 8271 <+358%2050%205118271>.  For
further information on the application procedure, please contact: Executive
Head of Administration Arja Hirvonen, tel. +358 44 716 3422
<+358%2044%207163422>, email: arja.hirvonen at uef.fi.

A probationary period is applied to all new members of the staff.
You can use the same electronic form to apply for both research projects.
The electronic application should contain the following appendices:

- a résumé or CV
- a list of publications
- copies of the applicant's academic degree certificates/ diplomas, and
copies of certificates / diplomas relating to the applicant’s language
proficiency, if not indicated in the academic degree certificates/diplomas
- motivation letter
- a cover letter indicating the position to be applied for
- The names and contact information of at least two referees are requested
in the application form.

The application needs to be submitted no later than December 22, 2017 (by 24:00
EET) by using the electronic application form. Navigate to
http://www.uef.fi/en/uef/en-open-positionsand search for “Three
Postdoctoral Researchers/Project Researchers (Speech processing and deep
learning)” to find the link to the electronic application form.

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Dr. Md Sahidullah
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