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Job Description

Early Stage Researcher (ESR) in FP7-PEOPLE Marie Curie Initial Training Network DREAMS (Dereverberation and Reverberation of Audio, Music, and Speech)

The DREAMS Initial Training Network will investigate the problem of modeling, controlling, removing, and synthesizing acoustic reverberation with the aim of enhancing the quality and intelligibility of audio, music, and speech signals. The ITN will host 12 Early Stage Researchers and 4 Experienced Researchers, each performing an individual research project around one of four themes that reflect the most challenging open problems in the area of (de-)reverberation. The research training will be organized and supervised by an international consortium of 12 leading institutions from academia and industry.

This job opening covers a 2-year research position in the frame of a 4-year doctoral program (resulting in a PhD degree awarded by KU Leuven). The main part of the research work will be carried out at NXP Software, Belgium (Supervisor: Dr. Wouter Tirry), and will include two 5-month research secondments at KU Leuven, Belgium (Co-supervisor: Dr. Toon van Waterschoot) and University of Oldenburg, Germany (Co-supervisor: Prof. Simon Doclo).

The direct-to-reverberant ratio (DRR) is a simple and intuitive measure for quantifying acoustic reverberation. Based on the intrinsic similarity of the DRR with the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), it is appealing to employ multi-channel acoustic noise reduction algorithms based on adaptive beamforming to the problem of dereverberation. The objectives of this research project are to derive optimal adaptive beamformers for the problem of dereverberation, to design a scalable algorithm that allows to achieve a pre-specified and possibly dynamic DRR, and to evaluate the algorithm for a high-end audio conferencing application on mobile devices.

Required Degree: Master Degree in Engineering (or equivalent), good basic knowledge of signal processing theory, about audio and acoustics, mainly in the speech processing domain.

Required Languages: English (Excellent)

Eligibility: < 4 years after obtaining Master Degree, < 1 year living/working in Belgium since 2010

Job Information

Contact
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Related URL
http://www.dreams-itn.eu/in...
Institution
NXP Semiconductors Belgium NV
Topic Category
Location
Leuven, Belgium
Closing Date
April 30, 2014