PhD position available on automatic speaker recognition (Stefan Bleeck )


Subject: PhD position available on automatic speaker recognition
From:    Stefan Bleeck  <bleeck@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:51:20 +0000
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4 year fully funded (£15K p.a.) PhD position is available at the ISVR in Southampton, UK “My voice is my passport”. This technique serves as person identification method in Hollywood since 1992 (‘Sneakers’). In the real world, things are not so simple and even the best commercial and research systems have intolerable error rates. In this PhD, your task is to use bio-inspired signal processing methods based on latest brain research to overcome this barrier. We are not after incremental improvement of existing technology, but aim to utilize fundamentally novel bio-inspired algorithms using knowledge of human auditory and music processing to create a step change for future technologies. In your PhD, you will generate sparse representation of individual speaker features that are based on our human auditory perception model (www.acousticscale.org). You will also design algorithms that can identify speakers in the real world using recordings from speaker databases. The goal of this project is to develop a stand-alone demonstrator that is error tolerant in challenging environment and will form the basis of a commercial product. We are looking for a highly motivated EU student with a solid background in signal processing and at least one of the following: physics, electrical engineering, acoustics, hearing research, computer science or complexity science. You will working for 4 years in the world leading Institute of Sound and Vibration Research with unique interdisciplinary expertise in acoustical engineering, audiology and signal processing, the perfect setting for this challenging project (www.isvr.soton.ac.uk). If you wish to discuss any details of the project informally, please contact me! -- Dr. Stefan Bleeck Institute of Sound and Vibration Research Faculty of Engineering & the Environment University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK Room 4093, Tizard building (13) bleeck@xxxxxxxx Tel.: 02380 596682


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