The Speech Technology and Hearing-Aids Group in the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics at CvO University Oldenburg has an opening (75% E13 TV-L, 3 years, m/f/d) for a
Research Associate and Ph.D. Student for Speech Processing in Hybrid Conferences
to commence as soon as possible. The position provides opportunity to prepare a Ph.D. with primary supervision by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Enzner. With additional third-party funding and adequate contributions by the research associate, this position in School VI for Medicine and Health Sciences can be expanded into 100% E13 TV-L compensation.
The new group for Speech Technology and Hearing Aids delivers research and education for better speech reception in adverse acoustic conditions. Your field of research consists in the optimization of speech and audio communication for hybrid video conferences with local group and single remote participants in one and the same meeting. This configuration currently proves considerable technical difficulties and therefore challenges the research. The hybird conference bears huge potential for future work organization with flexible office. The challenges for speech processing then include the consistent fusion of speech on a local acoustic sensor network, the acoustic echo cancellation of the far-end speaker at the local end, and the spatial sound production for the remote participant.
The research will rely on methods from digital signal processing and machine learning to solve the respective optimization problems, specifically the theoretical derivation of optimum filters, the implementation with modern software tools, and the experimental evaluation and scientific documentation in top-ranked conferences and journals. The latter as well is the baseline for scientific graduation in the Ph.D. program at Carl von Ossietzky University.
The official job ad with requirements and application deadline can be seen here:
https://uol.de/stellen/?stelle=68346
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Gerald Enzner
-- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Enzner Abteilung Sprachtechnologie und Hörgeräte (W2-0-068) Department für Medizinische Physik und Akustik Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg 26129 Oldenburg Telefon: 0441-798-3211 Email: gerald.enzner@xxxxxx