26 September: fyi -- speech, Germany

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Positions for:



* Speech Recognition Research Engineer and
* Speech Recognition PhD



Fraunhofer IAIS in St. Augustin (close to Cologne, Germany) is looking for
researchers and engineers in speech technology. The successful candidates
will investigate and develop novel solutions for spoken document retrieval
and ASR. This post would suit someone with a PhD in the area and
postdoctoral experience either in the industrial or academic area. Further
we are looking for a motivated PhD candidate for novel research work on ASR
technologies.



Fraunhofer is one of the leading research organisations in Europe. The
department NetMedia (http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de/netmedia.html ) of the
institute IAIS in St. Augustin investigates methods and solutions for
automatic media indexing and analysis. These technologies are applied for
multimedia search engines. The research work is carried out in several
European (Vitalas, Boemie, CitizenMedia, Chorus, Live) and national funded
(i.e. Theseus) projects and is applied in co-operations with industrial
partners.



Required for position:

PhD in a relevant subject (for Research Engineer)

Postdoctoral experience in speech recognition (for Research Engineer)

Good knowledge of pattern processing

Good knowledge skills in C++, Java, Perl and Linux

Experience of working in a team

Good level of German and English (spoken and written)



Desirable

Experience working with HTK and/or Julius

Experience in spoken document retrieval



Applicants should send a CV and a covering letter to:


Joachim.Koehler@iais.fraunhofer.de

Questions or requests for further details can be sent to Joachim Köhler at
the same email address.





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Dr.-Ing. Joachim Köhler

joachim.koehler@iais.fraunhofer.de

Fraunhofer Institut IAIS
http://www.iais.fraunhofer.de

Intelligente Analyse-

und Informationssysteme Phone: +49 2241 141900

Schloss Birlinghoven Fax. +49 2241 142597

53754 Sankt Augustin Mobil: +49 170 7834833


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