Research Associate Position

Dialogue Systems Group, Cambridge University Engineering Department

Applications are invited for a Research Associate position, working on automatic speech recognition. The project will be based in the Dialogue Systems Group, in the machine intelligence lab at the Cambridge University Engineering Department with an anticipated start date of March 2011 or soon after.
The aim of the project is to build a server-based robust spoken dialogue system providing tourist information for in-car users. The research associate will be involved in building the system's real-time conversational speech recognition engine. Tasks will include acoustic/language model training, implementing noise robustness techniques, decoder optimization, silence detection and turn taking research. ATK and HTK will be used as the speech recognition platform.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant area, such as speech recognition or computer science, and be familiar with HMM based speech recognition techniques. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in noise robustness research, end-to-end implementation of speech recognition systems, and those familiar with the ATK/HTK platforms. Salary will be in the range £27,319 to £35,646 depending on qualifications and experience.

The Dialogue Systems Group is a world-leading research group working on robust statistical spoken dialogue systems. During the project, there will be good opportunities to attend international conferences and workshops. Prospective candidates are encouraged to send their CV to Dr Kai Yu (ky219@cam.ac.uk).

The Dialogue Systems Group expects to have further vacancies in the near future and if you would like to be kept informed please also contact Dr Yu.


Kai Yu PhD. MIEEE MISCA MIET
Senior Research Associate
Dialogue System Group
Cambridge University Engineering Department