Two postdoctoral positions in Speech Processing at Aalto University

Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics invites applications for
Two postdoctoral positions in Speech Processing
The Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics is a part of School of Electrical Engineering. The department consists of eight research groups led by its professors.
1) Postdoc position in Computational Modeling of Language Acquisition
The speech technology group (led by Prof. Unto 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 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).
Postdoc: 2 years. Starting date: as soon as possible.
2) Postdoc position in Speech Synthesis and Voice Source Analysis
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 the team’s research themes, particularly in the following topics:
statistical speech synthesis
voice source analysis
speech intelligibility improvement
Postdoc: 1-3 years. Starting date: January 2015
Requirements
All positions require doctoral degree in speech and language technology, computer science, signal processing or other relevant area, 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.
How to apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, apply by submitting the following documents in English and in electrical form (pdf) by December 31, 2014. Send your application, CV, a transcript of academic records and references directly by email to either Dr. Okko Räsänen (Position 1) or Prof. Paavo Alku (Position 2). Please insert the subject line “Aalto post-doc recruitment, autumn 2014”.
Additional information
Position 1: Okko Räsänen, okko.rasanen-AT-aalto.fi
Position 2: Paavo Alku, paavo.alku-AT-aalto.fi
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