Post-doctoral position in speech coding for speech synthesis

A post-doctoral research position in the field of speech synthesis is open at France Telecom-Orange Labs in Lannion, France. This study will involve the design and implementation of new speech coding methods particularly suited for speech synthesis. The objective of this work is twofold: to propose new algorithms for compressing acoustic inventories in concatenative synthesis; to implement the building blocks for speech coding/decoding in the context of parametric synthesis (HMM-based).
This one-year post-doctoral contract lies within a collaboration between Orange Labs (France) and the University of Crete (Greece). Travels between these two entities should thus be expected since the work will be developed in both sites.
Required Skills:
•
Excellent knowledge of signal processing and speech coding;
•
Extensive experience with C, C++ programming;
•
Good familiarity with Linux and Windows development environments.
Knowledge about Sinusoidal Speech modelling and coding will be considered as an advantage.
Salary: around 2300 € net per month depending on experience.
Closing date for applications: May 30th 2010.
Starting date: June/September 2010
Please send applications (CV+ 2 ref letters) or questions to:
Olivier Rosec
Tel: +33 2 96 05 20 67
olivier.rosec@orange-ftgroup.com
Yannis Stylianou
Tel: +30 2810 391713
styliano@ics.forth.gr