Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics, Aalto University (formerly known as the Helsinki University of Technology), is looking for outstanding candidates for:

Postdoc position in Speech Recognition, Adaptation and Synthesis

The speech recognition group (led by Prof. Mikko Kurimo) at Aalto University works on machine learning and probabilistic modeling in speech recognition and model adaptation. The group belongs also to the national Center of Excellence in Computational Inference Research (by Prof. Oja, 2012-2017).

We are looking for a postdoc to join our research group to work on any of our research themes, for example:

• large-vocabulary speech recognition and text-to-speech synthesis

• acoustic and language model adaptation

• speech recognition in noisy environments

• large-vocabulary language modeling based on unsupervised morpheme models

• speech recognition for indexing streaming audio and video

• speech recognition for L2 pronunciation training

Postdoc: 1-2 years. Starting date: As soon as possible.

Send your application, CV and references directly by email to

Prof. Mikko Kurimo, mikko.kurimo at aalto.fi

Postdoc position in Computational Modeling of Language Acquisition

The speech technology group (led by Prof. Unto K. Laine) at Aalto University works on computational modeling of language acquisition, perception and production. The overall goal is to understand how spoken language skills can be acquired by humans or machines through communicative interaction with and without supervision. The research in our topic involves cross-disciplinary effort across fields such as machine learning, signal processing, speech processing, linguistics, and cognitive science. The research is funded by the Academy of Finland.

We are currently looking for a postdoc to join our research team to work on our research themes, including:

• pattern discovery from speech

• articulatory modeling and inversion

• modeling and methods for autonomous acquisition of lexical, phonetic, and grammatical structure from speech input

• multimodal statistical learning (associative learning between multiple input domains such as speech, articulation, and vision).

• context-aware computational systems

Postdoc: 2-2.5 years. Starting date: August/September 2014.

Send your application, CV and references directly by email to

D.Sc. (Tech.) Okko Räsänen, okko.rasanen at aalto.fi

Postdoc position in Speech Production and Synthesis

The speech communication technology research group (led by Prof. Paavo Alku) at Aalto University works on interdisciplinary topics aiming at describing, explaining and reproducing communication by speech. The main topics of our research are: analysis and parameterization of speech production, statistical parametric speech synthesis, enhancement of speech quality and intelligibility in mobile phones, robust feature extraction in speech and speaker recognition, occupational voice care and brain functions in speech perception.

We are currently looking for a postdoc to join our research team to work on any of the team’s research themes, for example:

• statistical speech synthesis: vocoding, adaptation etc.

• mathematical inversion in speech production

• robust feature extraction, e.g., in speaker verification

• speech intelligibility

Postdoc: 1-2 years. Starting date: September/October 2014

Send your application, CV and references directly by email to

Prof. Paavo Alku, paavo.alku at aalto.fi

General information

All positions require a relevant doctoral degree in CS or EE, skills for doing excellent research in a group, and outstanding research experience in any of the research themes mentioned above. The candidate is expected to perform high-quality research and assist in supervising PhD students. Please send your application email with the subject line “Aalto post-doc recruitment, spring 2014”.

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