[AUDITORY] 2 PhD positions in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (Naomi Harte )

Subject: [AUDITORY] 2 PhD positions in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland From: Naomi Harte <NHARTE@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 10:37:18 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_DB7PR02MB370675864D8DE8D043D7FED7AF060DB7PR02MB3706eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2 PhD positions available in the School of Engineering, Trinity College Dub= lin, Ireland, to start in Sept 2019. Both come with a stipend of 18000Euros= per year, along with full student fees for a 4 year period. Please contact= me at nharte@xxxxxxxx<mailto:nharte@xxxxxxxx> if interested in either post. Naomi. -- Human Speech? How do I know it's Real? 20 years ago, the major focus in developing speech synthesis systems was te= sting the intelligibility of the output speech. More recently, attention ha= s switched focus to assessing not only intelligibility, but also naturalnes= s, pleasantness, pauses, stress, intonation, emotion and listening effort. = The intelligibility of systems is now so high, that synthetic voices are be= coming more human-like. This is good news for generating realistic syntheti= c speech for applications such as voice reconstruction or gaming. In tandem= , research in the area of speaker verification, or voice based biometrics, = has started to pay closer attention to the issue of spoofing - where system= s are attacked with reconstructed speech. Now, with improvements in speech = synthesis, another realistic form of spoofing is the use synthetic speech g= enerated by modelling the target user. So how can you tell when speech is r= eal, or when it is fake? This is the focus of this PhD project and it goes = to the very core of the nature of human speech. Remote and Automatic Monitoring of Bird Populations The objective of this PhD project is to define the next-generation approach= es to the use of remote monitoring for populations of birds of conservation= concern. This PhD programme will develop acoustic techniques for the monit= oring of bird species of conservation concern by leveraging recent developm= ents in speech and language processing technologies. The PhD will develop a= ppropriate approaches to acoustic data collection in the wild to ensure tha= t acoustic surveys yield accurate bird population data and investigate audi= o signal analysis steps necessary to extract useful information from these = long recordings. Approaches will involve the use of signal processing and d= eep learning. The research will be conducted in collaboration with the Dept= of Zoology at TCD. -- Associate Professor Naomi Harte School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin www.sigmedia.tv<http://www.sigmedia.tv> +353 1 896 1861/1580 --_000_DB7PR02MB370675864D8DE8D043D7FED7AF060DB7PR02MB3706eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-IE" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <o:p> </o:p> 2 PhD positions available in the School of Engineeri= ng, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, to start in Sept 2019. Both come with = a stipend of 18000Euros per year, along with full student fees for a 4 year= period. Please contact me  at <a href=3D"mailto:nharte@xxxxxxxx">nharte@xxxxxxxx</a> if interested in either = post.<o:p></o:p> Naomi.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> --<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Human Speech?  How do I know it’s Real= ?<o:p></o:p> 20 years ago, the major focus in developing speech s= ynthesis systems was testing the intelligibility of the output speech. More= recently, attention has switched focus to assessing not only intelligibili= ty, but also naturalness, pleasantness, pauses, stress, intonation, emotion and listening effort. The intelligibil= ity of systems is now so high, that synthetic voices are becoming more huma= n-like. This is good news for generating realistic synthetic speech for app= lications such as voice reconstruction or gaming. In tandem, research in the area of speaker verification, or voi= ce based biometrics, has started to pay closer attention to the issue of sp= oofing – where systems are attacked with reconstructed speech. Now, w= ith improvements in speech synthesis, another realistic form of spoofing is the use synthetic speech generated b= y modelling the target user. So how can you tell when speech is real, or wh= en it is fake? This is the focus of this PhD project and it goes to the ver= y core of the nature of human speech.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Remote and Automatic Monitoring of Bird Populatio= ns<o:p></o:p> The objective of this PhD project is to define the n= ext-generation approaches to the use of remote monitoring for populations o= f birds of conservation concern. This PhD programme will develop acoustic t= echniques for the monitoring of bird species of conservation concern by leveraging recent developments in speec= h and language processing technologies. The PhD will develop appropriate ap= proaches to acoustic data collection in the wild to ensure that acoustic su= rveys yield accurate bird population data and investigate audio signal analysis steps necessary to extract usef= ul information from these long recordings. Approaches will involve the use = of signal processing and deep learning. The research will be conducted in c= ollaboration with the Dept of Zoology at TCD.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> --<o:p></o:p> Associate Professor Naomi Harte<o:p></o:p> School of Engineering,<o:p></o:p> Trinity College Dublin<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href=3D"http://www.sigmedia.tv">www.sigmedia.tv</a><o:p></o:p> +353 1 896 1861/1580<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_DB7PR02MB370675864D8DE8D043D7FED7AF060DB7PR02MB3706eurp_--

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