[AUDITORY] PhD openings in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Univeristy of Udine - research topics concerning voice modeling and acoustic scene analysis

[Carlo Drioli <carlo.drioli@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear list,

We would like to announce that the call for admission to the next PhD 
programme in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the 
University of Udine is now open, and that this year it is possible to 
compete for a  thematic grant with a research program entitled

"Diagnosis of dysphonia and laryngeal pathologies using advanced 
numerical models of phonation and AI techniques".

In brief, the research program has as its objective the study of 
numerical models of the phonatory system,
and in particular of the vocal cords, for the design of medical devices 
aimed at the diagnosis,
treatment and rehabilitation of laryngeal pathologies and vocal cord 
dysfunctions.
The study aims to address the development of new integrated solutions by 
resorting to knowledge
in the field of digital imaging diagnostics and acoustic analysis of the 
voice using numerical models
of phonation organs. As part of the study of investigation methods, 
Artificial Intelligence will be
integrated with vocal folds models and analysis algorithms in order to 
improve the adaptation of
models to clinical observations and to produce diagnoses based on 
analysis results and
interpretation of the data that the models can in turn provide.
From a methodological point of view, the project will benefit from 
access to Big Medical Data databases and repositories and from the 
possibility of exploiting the computing resources of the Cloud High 
Performance Computing (HPC)
Data Center for the development of complex numerical models public and 
private, mainly regional.
The project will also analyze the possibilities of integrating such a 
diagnostic system within regional
healthcare and research structures.


The call for applications can be found at the following address (please 
refer to "Table 2" on p.18 of the document "PhD call for applications"):
https://www.uniud.it/en/research/do-research/doctorate-res/associazione/active-notice/call-for-application-for-admission-to-the-phd-programmes-a-a-2024- 
2025-40th-cycle

Moreover, applicants can also apply to the call with a research proposal 
concerning other topics of potential interest, including Acoustic scene 
analysis and Machine listening or Autonomous systems based on acoustic 
sensing. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information.

Best regards,
Carlo Drioli

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Carlo Drioli, PhD
Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics
University of Udine
Via delle Scienze, 206
33100 Udine
phone: +39-0432-558448
email: carlo.drioli@xxxxxxxx
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