Ph. D. Positions in Automatic Speech Recognition and/or Machine Translation, Karlsruhe University

At the Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Lehrstuhl Prof. Waibel Universität Karlsruhe (TH) several Ph.D. positions

in the field of Automatic Speech Recognition and/or Machine Translation are to be filled immediately with a salary according to TV-L, E13.

The responsibilities include basic research in the area of automatic speech recognition, especially acoustic and language modeling, or machine translation, within application targeted research projects in the area of multimodal Human-machine interaction.  Set in a framework of internationally and industry funded research programs, the successful candidate(s) are expected to contribute to the state-of-the art of modern recognition and translation systems, improving recognition or translation performance.

We are an internationally renowned research group with an excellent infrastructure. Examples of our projects for improving Human-Machine and Human-to-Human interaction are: JANUS - one of the first speech translation systems proposed, simultaneous translation of lectures, portable speech translators, meeting browser and lecture tracker.

Within the framework of the International Center for Advanced Communication Technology (interACT), our institute operates in two locations, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany and at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.  International joint and collaborative research at and between our centers is common and encouraged, and offers great international exposure and activity. 

Applicants are expected to have:

• an excellent university degree (M.S, Diploma or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields
• excellent programming skills 
• advanced knowledge in at least one of the fields of Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, or Statistics

For candidates with Bachelor or Master’s degrees, the position offers the opportunity to work toward a Ph.D. degree.

In line with the university's policy of equal opportunities, applications from qualified women are particularly encouraged. Handicapped applicants will be preferred in case of the same qualification.

Questions may be directed to: Sebastian Stüker, Tel. 0721 608 6284, E-Mail: stueker@ira.uka.de,  http://isl.ira.uka.de

The application should be sent to Professor Waibel, Institut für Theoretische Informatik, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Adenauerring 4, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
 

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opening at ICSI

The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in spoken language processing. The Fellow will be working with Dilek Hakkani-Tur, along with other PhD student and international colleagues, in the area of information distillation. Some experience with machine learning for text categorization is required, along with strong capabilities in speech and language processing in general.

ICSI is an independent not-for-profit Institute located a few blocks from the Berkeley campus of the University of California. It is closely affiliated with the University, and particularly with the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department. See http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu to learn more about ICSI.

The ICSI Speech Group has been a source of novel approaches to speech and language processing since 1988. It is primarily known for its work in speech recognition, although it has housed major projects in speaker recognition, metadata extraction, and language understanding in the last few years.

The effort in information distillation will draw upon lessons learned in our previous work for language understanding.

Applications should include a cover letter, vita, and the names of at least 3 references (with both postal and email addresses).

Applications should be sent by email to dilek@icsi.berkeley.edu

ICSI is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications  from women and minorities are especially encouraged. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.

 

Ph. D. Position in Multimodal Dialog Systems, Karlsruhe University

At the Institut fur Theoretische Informatik, Lehrstuhl Prof. Waibel Universitat Karlsruhe (TH) a Ph.D. position in the field of Multimodal Dialog Systems is to be filled immediately with a salary according to TV-L, E13.

The responsibilities include basic research in the area of multimodal dialog systems, especially multimodal human-robot interaction and learning robots, within application targeted research projects in the area of multimodal Human-machine interaction. Set in a framework of internationally and industry funded research programs, the successful candidate(s) are expected to contribute to the state-of-the art of modern spoken dialog systems, improving natural interaction with robots.

We are an internationally renowned research group with an excellent infrastructure. Current research projects for improving Human-Machine and Human-to-Human interaction are focus on dialog management for Human-Robot interaction.

Within the framework of the International Center for Advanced Communication Technology (interACT), our institute operates in two locations, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany and at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. International joint and collaborative research at and between our centers is common and encouraged, and offers great international exposure and
activity.
Applicants are expected to have:
• an excellent university degree (M.S, Diploma or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or related fields
• excellent programming skills
• advanced knowledge in at least one of the fields of Speech and Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, or Machine Learning
For candidates with Bachelor or Master’s degrees, the position offers the opportunity to work toward a Ph.D. degree.
In line with the university's policy of equal opportunities, applications from qualified women are particularly encouraged. Handicapped applicants will be preferred in case of the same qualification.

Questions may be directed to: Hartwig Holzapfel,
Tel. +49 721 608 4057,
E-Mail: hartwig@ira.uka.de,
http://isl.ira.uka.de
The application should be sent to Professor Waibel, Institut fur Theoretische Informatik, Universitat Karlsruhe (TH), Adenauerring 4, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Ph. D. Position in Software System Integration of Automatic Speech Recognition and
Machine Translation for Speech based Multimedia Indexing, Karlsruhe University

At the Institut fur Theoretische Informatik, Lehrstuhl Prof. Waibel Universitat Karlsruhe (TH) a Ph.D. position in the field of Software System Integration of Automatic Speech Recognition and Machine Translation for Speech based Multimedia Indexing has to be filled immediately with a salary according to TV-L, E13.

The responsibilities include integration, fusion and development of core technologies in the area of automatic speech recognition, simultaneous machine translation, in the context of speech based indexing of multimedia documents within application targeted research projects in the area of multimodal Human-machine interaction. Set in a framework of internationally and industry
funded research programs, the successful candidate is expected to contribute to showcases for state-of-the art of modern recognition and translation systems. We are an internationally renowned research group with an excellent infrastructure. Examples of our projects for improving Human-Machine and Human-to-Human interaction are: JANUS - one of the first speech translation systems proposed, simultaneous translation of lectures, portable speech translators, meeting browser and lecture tracker.
Within the framework of the International Center for Advanced Communication Technology (interACT), our institute operates in two locations, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany and at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. International joint and collaborative research at and between our centers is common and encouraged, and offers great international exposure and
activity.

Applicants are expected to have:
• an excellent university degree (M.S, Diploma or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields
• excellent programming skills
• advanced knowledge in at least one of the fields of Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Statistics, or System Integration

For candidates with Bachelor or Master’s degrees, the position offers the opportunity to work toward a Ph.D. degree.
In line with the university's policy of equal opportunities, applications from qualified women are particularly encouraged.

Handicapped applicants will be preferred in case of the same qualification.
Questions may be directed to: Sebastian Stüker,
Tel. +49 721 608 6284,
E-Mail: stueker@ira.uka.de, http://isl.ira.uka.de
The application should be sent to Professor Waibel, Institut fur Theoretische Informatik, Universitat Karlsruhe (TH), Adenauerring 4, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
 

Research Engineer, Speech Dialog Systems, Nuance

In order to strengthen our Embedded ASR Research team, we are looking for a:
RESEARCH ENGINEER SPEECH DIALOGUE SYSTEMS
As part of our team, you will be creating speech technologies for embedded applications varying from simple command and control tasks up to natural language speech dialogues on mobile and automotive platforms.
 

OVERVIEW:
- You will work in Nuance's Embedded ASR research and production team, creating technology, tools and runtime software to enable our customers develop embedded speech applications. In our team of speech and language experts, you will work on natural language dialogue systems that define the state of the art.
- You will work at Nuance's International Headquarters in Merelbeke, a small town just 5km away from the heart of the picturesque city of Ghent, in the Flanders region of Belgium. Ghent has one of the most spectacular historic town centers of Europe and is known for its unique vibrant yet cozy charm, and is home to a large international university.
- You will work in an international company and cooperate with people on various locations
including in Europe, America, and Asia. You may occasionally be asked to travel.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
- You will work on the development of cutting edge natural language dialogue and speech recognition technologies for automotive embedded systems and mobile devices.
- You will design, implement, evaluate, optimize, and test new algorithms and tools for our speech recognition systems, both for research prototypes and deployed products, including all aspects of dialogue systems design, such as architecture, natural language understanding, dialogue modeling, statistical framework, and so forth.
- You will help the engine process multi-lingual natural and spontaneous speech in various noise conditions, given the challenging memory and processing power constraints of the embedded world.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- You have a university degree in computer science, (computational) linguistics, engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related field. A graduate degree is an asset.
- You have strong software and programming skills, especially in C/C++, ideally for embedded applications. Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages is a plus.
- You have experience in one or more of the following fields:
- dialogue systems
- applied (computational) linguistics
- natural language understanding
- language generation
- search engines
- speech recognition
- grammars and parsing techniques.
- statistics and machine learning techniques
- XML processing
- You are a team player, willing to take initiative and assume responsibility for your tasks, and are goal-oriented.
- You can work in a multi-national team and communicate effectively with people of different cultures.
- You have a strong desire to make things really work in practice, on hardware platforms with limited memory and processing power.
- You are fluent in English and you can write high quality documentation.
- Knowledge of other languages is a strong asset.
CONTACT:
Please send your applications, including cover letter, CV, and related documents (maximum 5MB
total for all documents, please) to
Deanna Roe Deanna.roe@nuance.com