Connectionists: PhD position in Neural Architectures for Speech Technology

[Phil Garner]

Dear Colleagues,

We have a fully funded PhD position open at Idiap Research Institute on "Neural 
Architectures for Speech Technology".

Summary:  The particular focus of this thesis will be on physiological models 
of speech prosody, and how such models can be integrated into deep learning 
solutions. 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. Whilst we have focused so far on 
prosody (actually intonation), the application is open ended; the main goal is 
to generalise neural modelling to more closely mimic biological systems. The 
group also tries to use rigorous Bayesian techniques where possible.

For more information, and to apply, please follow this link:
  http://www.idiap.ch/education-and-jobs/job-10275

Idiap is located in Martigny in French speaking Switzerland, but functions in 
English and hosts many nationalities.  PhD students are registered at EPFL. 
All positions offer quite generous salaries.  Martigny is close to all manner 
of skiing, hiking and mountain life.

There are other related positions at all levels on our jobs page:
  https://www.idiap.ch/en/join-us/job-opportunities

Sincerely,
-- 
Phil Garner
http://www.idiap.ch/~pgarner