Subject: [AUDITORY] Speech research/machine learning internship @xxxxxxxx Alibaba From: Liu Gang <liugang.usa@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 11:25:50 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--001a1143dbca6338a70564a4434c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Title:* Speech research/machine learning internship @xxxxxxxx *Time:* Spring or summer, 2018 *Job location*: Seattle, WA / San Francisco / Beijing/ Hangzhou Link: https://sites.google.com/site/gangliuresearch/jobs *About You* A willingness to be a better you on a day by day basis. *About Us:* We are Machine Intelligence Technology - Speech, Alibaba Group (U.S.) Inc. We enable hundreds of millions of commercial and social interactions among our users, between consumers and merchants, and among businesses every day though speech. We are on the top a gold mine of high quality big data with millions of real data samples. *What You=E2=80=99ll Do* Develop and refine algorithms to improve speech system performance under adverse conditions. To be specific, we will assign either of the following project to you according to your background: 1)* Speaker recognition*: feature engineering, modeling, deep learning, system fusion 2) *Acoustic Event Identification:* data purification, audio event classification, abnormal audio event detection At the end of internship, a conference paper is expected. *Skills You=E2=80=99ll Need* MSc/PhD candidate in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field Proficiency in audio signal processsing and robust acoustic feature engineering is a plus Experience with speech system performance improvements under adverse condition is a plus Speaker/Language/Accent Identification is a plus Speaker Recognition Anti-spoofing is a plus Deep learning (DNN, CNN, LSTM) Familiarity with C++, Python, Bash shell Familiarity with ASR, DNN toolkits Solid publication record *Contacts:* Gang Liu g.liu@xxxxxxxx =EF=BC=88We will accept resume until the end of Feb, 2018. Interview will b= egin after that=EF=BC=89 --=20 *Gang LIU * Seattle, Washionton https://sites.google.com/site/GangLiuResearch <https://sites.google.com/site/gangliuresearch> --001a1143dbca6338a70564a4434c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"> <p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","= ;Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal= ;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;let= ter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit= e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-deco= ration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Title:</b>=C2=A0 Spe= ech research/machine learning internship @xxxxxxxx</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(= 50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode&q= uot;,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligature= s:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;tex= t-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-sp= acing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;t= ext-decoration-color:initial"><b>Time:</b><span>=C2=A0</span>Spring or summ= er, 2018</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande= ","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-= style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-we= ight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transfo= rm:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,20= 5);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Job loca= tion</b>: Seattle, WA / San Francisco /=C2=A0 <span style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande",&q= uot;Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:nor= mal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;= letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;w= hite-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-d= ecoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:in= line">Beijing/=C2=A0 Hangzhou=C2=A0</span></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,4= 1);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sa= ns-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:norma= l;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align= :left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0= px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-dec= oration-color:initial">Link:=C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://sites.google.com= /site/gangliuresearch/jobs" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(22= 6,85,0)">https://sites.google.com/site/gangliuresearch/jobs</a></p><p style= =3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida = Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-va= riant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spac= ing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:= normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-s= tyle:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">=C2=A0</p><p style=3D"color:rgb= (50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode&= quot;,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatur= es:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;te= xt-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-s= pacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;= text-decoration-color:initial"><b>About You</b></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50= ,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode&quo= t;,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:= normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-= align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spac= ing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;tex= t-decoration-color:initial">A willingness to be a better you on a day by da= y basis.</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande= ","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-= style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-we= ight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transfo= rm:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,20= 5);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">=C2=A0</p><= p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","= Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;= font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;lett= er-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white= -space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decor= ation-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>About Us:</b></p><p s= tyle=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Luc= ida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;fon= t-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-= spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-sp= ace:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decorati= on-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We are Machine Intelligence= Technology - Speech, Alibaba Group (U.S.) Inc. We enable hundreds of milli= ons of commercial and social interactions among our users, between consumer= s and merchants, and among businesses every day though speech.=C2=A0 We are= on the top a gold mine of high quality big data with millions of real data= samples.</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grand= e","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font= -style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-w= eight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transf= orm:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,2= 05);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">=C2=A0</p>= <p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","= ;Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal= ;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;let= ter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit= e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-deco= ration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>What You=E2=80=99ll = Do</b></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande&q= uot;,"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-st= yle:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weig= ht:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform= :none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205)= ;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Develop and r= efine algorithms to improve speech system performance under adverse conditi= ons. To be specific, we will assign either of the following project to you = according to your background:</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-famil= y:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font= -size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian= t-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-in= dent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background= -color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color= :initial"><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt">1)</s= pan><b style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt"><span>=C2=A0</= span>Speaker recognition</b><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;fon= t-size:10pt">: feature engineering, modeling, deep learning, system fusion<= /span><span style=3D"background-color:transparent">=C2=A0</span></p><p styl= e=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida= Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-v= ariant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa= cing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space= :normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-= style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">2)=C2=A0<b>Acoustic Event Iden= tification:</b>=C2=A0=C2=A0data purification, audio event classification, a= bnormal audio event detection=C2=A0</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font= -family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-seri= f;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-= variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;t= ext-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;back= ground-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration= -color:initial"><span style=3D"font-size:13.3333px;background-color:transpa= rent">At the end of internship, a conference paper is expected.</span></p><= p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","= Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;= font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;lett= er-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white= -space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decor= ation-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></p><p style=3D"colo= r:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Uni= code",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-li= gatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:norm= al;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;w= ord-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:ini= tial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Skills You=E2=80=99ll Need</b></p><p= style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","L= ucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;f= ont-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;lette= r-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-= space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decora= tion-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">MSc/PhD candidate in Engi= neering, Computer Science or a related field</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50= ,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",= sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:nor= mal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-ali= gn:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing= :0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-d= ecoration-color:initial">Proficiency in audio signal processsing and robust= acoustic feature engineering is a plus</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);= font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-= serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;f= ont-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:le= ft;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;= background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decora= tion-color:initial">Experience with speech system performance improvements = under adverse condition is a plus</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-f= amily:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;= font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-va= riant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;tex= t-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;backgr= ound-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-c= olor:initial">Speaker/Language/Accent Identification is a plus</p><p style= =3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida = Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-va= riant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spac= ing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:= normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-s= tyle:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Speaker Recognition Anti-spoofi= ng is a plus</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Gr= ande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;f= ont-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;fon= t-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-tra= nsform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,23= 6,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Deep le= arning (DNN, CNN, LSTM)</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:&quo= t;Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:= 13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps= :normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0= px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color= :rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initi= al">Familiarity with C++, Python, Bash shell</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50= ,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",= sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:nor= mal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-ali= gn:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing= :0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-d= ecoration-color:initial">Familiarity with ASR, DNN toolkits</p><p style=3D"= color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans= Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-varian= t-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:= normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:norm= al;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style= :initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Solid publication record</p><p styl= e=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida= Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-v= ariant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spa= cing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space= :normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-= style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">=C2=A0</p><p style=3D"color:rg= b(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode= ",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatu= res:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;t= ext-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-= spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial= ;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Contacts:</b></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(5= 0,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode&qu= ot;,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures= :normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text= -align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spa= cing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;te= xt-decoration-color:initial">Gang Liu</p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);fo= nt-family:"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-se= rif;font-size:13.3333px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;fon= t-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left= ;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;ba= ckground-color:rgb(240,236,205);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decorati= on-color:initial"><a href=3D"mailto:g.liu@xxxxxxxx">g.liu@xxxxxxxx= c.com</a></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(50,50,41);font-family:"Lucida Grand= e","Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;font= -style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-w= eight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transf= orm:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(240,236,2= 05);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">=EF=BC=88W= e will accept resume until the end of Feb, 2018. Interview will begin after= that=EF=BC=89<br></p><br class=3D"gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"> <br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data= -smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>= <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><b><font style=3D"background-color:r= gb(255,255,255)" color=3D"#0000ff" size=3D"4" face=3D"arial black, sans-ser= if">Gang LIU=C2=A0</font></b><br>Seattle, Washionton=C2=A0<br><a href=3D"ht= tps://sites.google.com/site/gangliuresearch" target=3D"_blank">https://site= s.google.com/site/GangLiuResearch</a><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div= ></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> --001a1143dbca6338a70564a4434c--