Connectionists: PhD position in neural speech processing

[Phil Garner]

Dear 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