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Wednesday, December 07, 2011 by Chris Wellekens

6-26 (2011-11-15) Postdoc position at Institut Eurecom, Sophia Antipolis, France
  Post-Doctoral Research Position (M/F) at EURECOM, France Title: Speaker modeling, recognition and diarization Department: Multimedia Communications URL: http://www.eurecom.fr/mm.en.htm Start date: January/February 2012 Duration: 18 months contract Description: EURECOM?s Multimedia Communications Department invites applications for a full-time, 18-month post-doctoral research position (M/F) to work in speaker modeling, recognition and diarization within its Speech and Audio Processing Research Group. The group participates in a growing number of national, European and direct, industrial research projects. The performance of text-independent speaker recognition and speaker diarization systems typically degrades when only limited speaker-specific training data is available. Under such circumstances speaker models can be biased or poorly normalized across phones. Linguistic mismatch in test or clustering data leads to degraded speaker recognition and diarization performance respectively. This work will investigate new normalisation and marginalization approaches to improve speaker modeling and hence the robustness of recognition and diarization systems to nuisance and linguistic variation. The position is linked to the on-going Adaptable Ambient LIving ASsistant (ALIAS) project which is funded through the joint-national/European Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) programme. The ALIAS project, which involves several European academic and industrial partners, aims to develop a mobile robot system that interacts with elderly users, monitors and provides cognitive assistance in daily life, and promotes social inclusion by creating connections to people and events in the wider world. You will be required to work on the research, development and integration of speaker diarization, localization and recognition systems to identify and track different users in the context of an adaptable speech interface. The candidate is expected to represent EURECOM at technical project meetings and related international scientific events and conferences. Requirements: The successful candidate will have been awarded a PhD degree in a relevant field of speech processing prior to their joining EURECOM. You will have a strong research track record with significant publications at leading international conferences. Experience of collaborative research projects at the European level is desirable. You will be highly motivated to undertake challenging, applied research and have excellent English language speaking and writing skills. French language skills are a bonus. Applications: Please send to the address below (i) a one page statement of research interests and motivation, (ii) your CV and (iii) contact details for two referees (preferably one from your PhD or most recent research supervisor). The screening of applications will begin immediately and the search will continue until the position is filled. As part of its policy of promoting gender diversity, especially in computer science and scientific professions, EURECOM encourages women to apply for positions predominantly held by men. Contact: Dr Nicholas Evans Postal address: 2229 Route des Crêtes BP 193, F-06904 Sophia Antipolis cedex, France Email address: evans@eurecom.fr Web address: http://www.eurecom.fr/main/institute/job.en.htm Phone: +33/0 4 93 00 81 14 Fax: +33/0 4 93 00 82 00 EURECOM is a graduate school and a Research center in Communication Systems, located in Sophia Antipolis technology park, in close proximity with a large number of research units of leading multinational corporations in the telecommunications, semiconductor and biotechnology sectors, as well as other outstanding research and teaching institutions. EURECOM was founded in 1991 by TELECOM ParisTech (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications) and EPFL (Swiss federal institute of Lausanne) in a consortium form, combining academic and industrial partners. EURECOM deploys its expertise around three major fields: Networking and security, Multimedia Communications and Mobile Communications and has a strong international scope and strategy. EURECOM is particularly active in research in its areas of excellence while also training a large number of doctoral candidates. Its contractual research is recognized across Europe and contributes largely to its budget. --

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