Connectionists: Job opening: 2-year post-doc in automatic speech recognition for low-resource languages

[Scharenborg, O.E. (Odette)]

Job opening: 2-year post-doc in ASR for low-resource languages

We are looking for a highly motived post-doctoral researcher in the area
of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for low-resource languages, as part
of the newly started “Human-inspired automatic speech recognition” lab of
Dr. Odette Scharenborg at the Technical University of Delft, The
Netherlands.

This project concerns building ASR systems for low-resource languages
using linguistic knowledge. The project aims to investigate different
learning and training strategies (e.g., semi- vs. unsupervised learning,
multi-task learning) and architectures of deep neural networks (DNNs) for
the task of low-resource ASR. An important focus of the project is on the
role of linguistic information and multi-linguality in building ASR
systems for low-resource languages. A second important aspect of the
project is opening the DNN ‘Black box’ by investigating the speech
representations in the hidden layers of the DNNs using visualization
techniques, and subsequently using this information to improve the ASR
systems.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong background
in:
-       Deep neural networks
-       Automatic speech recognition

Who preferably has knowledge of one or more of the following topics:
-       Visualization of DNNs
-       Different DNN architectures and training techniques
-       Semi-/unsupervised learning
-       Speech acoustics

Who has/is:
-       A PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computational
Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence or a related field
-       A strong analytical mind
-       Excellent verbal and written communicative skills in English
-       At least 2 journal published journal papers in high-impact journals or
conferences as first author
-       A strong team-worker

We offer a 2-year post-doctoral position in the Multimedia Computing
Group, Department of Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, Delft University of
Technology, the Netherlands.

For inquiries, please contact Dr. Odette Scharenborg
(o.e.scharenborg at tudelft.nl). Applications should be send to
o.e.scharenborg at tudelft.nl before August 13, 2018, and should include:
-       CV
-       Motivation letter
-       List of publications
-       Names and addresses of three referees.

The estimated starting date is October 1, 2018 or as soon as possible
after that. Interviews will likely be held in the week of August 20-24,
2018.

Dr. Odette Scharenborg
Associate Professor and Delft Technology Fellow
Multimedia Computing Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Mathematics, and Computer Science
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands

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