Full PhD scholarships from

The Language and Speech Processing Group

Massey University, New Zealand

(28/07/2017)

 

We are seeing three PhD students in the field of Speech Recognition, in the Language and Speech Processing Centre (http://clsp.massey.ac.nz), Massey University, New Zealand. 

 

The scholarships come from a successful Marsden Fund application. Marsden Fund is one of most prestigious research grants in New Zealand. The project title is “No Longer Lost in Recognition: Development of Novel Large‐Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Techniques”. 

 

The principle investigator, project leader, the main supervisor of the students, Dr Ruili Wang, has supervised 8 PhD to completion in varied AI related areas including one in speech processing. The strong project team, the co-supervisors, includes renowned scientists in speech processing from Carnegie Mellon University and Kyoto University.  

 

The three available student positions investigating various aspects of speech recognition:

·       Developing novel acoustic and language modelling methods

·       Developing robust speaker adaptation methods

·       Developing techniques for spontaneous speech recognition

 

Candidates need to meet the following criteria:

 

·       Requirements for PhD enrolment at Massy University

·       Excellent academic record

·       Strong background in mathematics, AI and programming

·       Knowledge in speech processing and machine learning is plus

·       Creative thinking skills and good writing skills are required

·       Team-player and self-motivated

 

Interested candidates should email:  (i) a copy of their academic transcripts, (ii) curriculum vitae or  resume, (iii) a letter describing their research experience and interests (one-page limit), and (iv) the names and contact information of three referees

 

The full scholarship is over $30K per year, which covers tuition fees and living cost. The candidates will have chance to stay in Carnegie Mellon University and/or Kyoto University for a period of time.    

 

 

Dr Ruili Wang

                                                                                          

Director of the Language and Speech Processing Group 

Associate Professor in Computer Science and Information Technology

Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Massey University (Albany Campus)

North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand

Email:    R. Wang AT massey.ac.nz 

Phone:  +64-9-2136258

Free Phone: 0800-Massey (ext. 43258)

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