Research positions in speech synthesis and audio processing

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The Laboratory for Speech and Audio Processing of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels is looking for two junior researchers for its text-to-speech research as well as a senior researcher and a research engineer for its audio R&D.

The successful candidates will work in a young and dynamic research team in a stimulating environment on the university campus.
The junior researchers will work on a new approach for the development of speech synthesis engines in the context of the inter-university research project SPACE (http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~spch/projects/SPACE/). If successful this research can earn them the PhD degree.

Requirements: University degree in a relevant subject Good English and communication skills Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing Preferred: Electrical Engineer, Master in Computer Science, or related discipline Knowledge of Advanced Signal Processing and Speech Technology
The senior researcher and the research engineer will work on several projects in audio coding, audio analysis and related topics in the context of the Interdisciplinary institute for BroadBand Technology (http://www.ibbt.be).
Requirements: University degree in a relevant subject Strong background in at least one field of audio processing Good English and communication skills

Preferences senior researcher: PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline Experience of supervising technical work of others Background in more than one field of Digital Audio Processing Background in Audio Coding and/or Audio Analysis

Preferences research engineer: Good software skills using Matlab, C and/or C++, Windows Knowledge of Speech Technology

Applicants should send a CV and a covering letter to Werner Verhelst at wverhels@etro.vub.ac.be.
Questions or requests for further details can be sent to the same email address.

Prof. Werner Verhelst,
Laboratory for Speech and Audio Processing,
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, department Electronics and Informatics ETRO-DSSP,
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
http://www.etro.vub.ac.be/Research/DSSP/dssp.htm