The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) invites applications for a postdoctoral Fellow position in acoustic event detection. The Fellow will be working with Nelson Morgan, along with international colleagues, in the area of the detection of one particular target word and/or sound in the background of all other possible words or any other realistic sounds. The applicant is expected to have strong capabilities in signal processing. Familiarity with speech algorithms per se is a plus but is not absolutely required. ICSI is an independent not-for-profit institute located a few blocks from the University of California Berkeley campus. It is closely affiliated with the University, and particularly with the EECS Department. It has world-class activities in Internet research, natural language processing, bioinformatics, and speech processing. See www.icsi.berkeley.edu to learn more about ICSI. The ICSI Speech Group (including its predecessor, the ICSI Realization Group) has been a source of novel approaches to speech processing since 1988. It is primarily known for its work in speech recognition, although it has housed major projects in speaker recognition and metadata extraction in the last few years. The new effort will draw upon lessons learned in our feature extraction work for speech recognition. 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 morgan@icsi.berkeley.edu or by postal mail to: Director (re Acoustic Event Detection Postdoctoral Search) ICSI 1947 Center Street Suite 600 Berkeley, CA 94704 ICSI is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. For this particular position, US citizenship is required.
Post-doc in Acoustic Event Detection (US citizens only)
Started by ●August 24, 2006
Reply by ●August 24, 20062006-08-24
dave_gelbart@yahoo.com wrote:> The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) invites > applications for a postdoctoral Fellow position in acoustic event > detection. The Fellow will be working with Nelson Morgan, along with > international colleagues, in the area of the detection of one > particular target word and/or sound in the background of all other > possible words or any other realistic sounds.Like 'bomb' maybe? Now I wonder what the application for this is..... Surely nobody would be so stupid as to use actual names but would use code-names instead. The rain is very heavy in Moscow today comrad but the trees are happy...
Reply by ●August 24, 20062006-08-24
Security applications aside, this sort of capability could be useful for communicating with devices, such as in speech-driven home automation or a speech "remote control" for home entertainment systems.
Reply by ●August 24, 20062006-08-24
"this-email-address-is-invalid" <dave_gelbart@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1156470512.312142.69710@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...> Security applications aside, this sort of capability could be useful > for communicating with devices, such as in speech-driven home > automation or a speech "remote control" for home entertainment systems. >It's the US citizens only that is the give away! M. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
Reply by ●August 25, 20062006-08-25
dave_gelbart@yahoo.com wrote:> The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) invites > applications for a postdoctoral Fellow position in acoustic event > detection. The Fellow will be working with Nelson Morgan, along with > international colleagues, in the area of the detection of one > particular target word and/or sound in the background of all other > possible words or any other realistic sounds. The applicant is expected > to have strong capabilities in signal processing. Familiarity with > speech algorithms per se is a plus but is not absolutely required.This has to be a hoax. While I have heard this sort of statement privately from reputedly skilled people in the past, I never believed -- and still don't -- I should see this expressed so unequivocally in a signed official document issued by a presumably competent R&D organization: "...detection of detection of one particular target word and/or sound in the background of ***all***other***possible*** words or any other realistic sounds." They don't actually expect competent people to apply, do they? Anyone with infitesimal knowledge of applied DSP would know about that ghost that haunts any data processing project: Ambiguity. Assuming such a project does exist, no skilled professional would apply. Such a person would know that this is sort of project is a one-way street into oblivion. One or two inexperienced yougsters might apply, but that wouldn't matter since they would fall short of stated qualifications. Nah, the ad is a hoax. Rune
Reply by ●August 25, 20062006-08-25
Rune Allnor wrote:> dave_gelbart@yahoo.com wrote: >> The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) invites >> applications for a postdoctoral Fellow position in acoustic event >> detection. The Fellow will be working with Nelson Morgan, along with >> international colleagues, in the area of the detection of one >> particular target word and/or sound in the background of all other >> possible words or any other realistic sounds. The applicant is expected >> to have strong capabilities in signal processing. Familiarity with >> speech algorithms per se is a plus but is not absolutely required. > > This has to be a hoax.Don't bet the farm on that. It might be the work of an exceedingly stupid person or group. There are some who uncritically believe that technology can accomplish anything. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●August 25, 20062006-08-25
well, quite funny answers everybody gave, i loved the answer of allnor.good humour allnor keep it up. but yes i found the ad on the website too http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/about/speechpost.html regards particle filter
Reply by ●August 25, 20062006-08-25
Rune and Jerry, If I understand your complaint correctly, I think you are reading the ad as saying that the detection task is to be accomplished perfectly in all possible conditions? I did not write the ad myself but I am sure that perfect performance is not what the author meant. As Rune said, that would be a rather unrealistic expectation. Regards, David
Reply by ●August 25, 20062006-08-25
Rune Allnor wrote:> dave_gelbart@yahoo.com wrote: >> The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) invites >> applications for a postdoctoral Fellow position in acoustic event >> detection. The Fellow will be working with Nelson Morgan, along with >> international colleagues, in the area of the detection of one >> particular target word and/or sound in the background of all other >> possible words or any other realistic sounds. The applicant is expected >> to have strong capabilities in signal processing. Familiarity with >> speech algorithms per se is a plus but is not absolutely required. > > This has to be a hoax. > > While I have heard this sort of statement privately from reputedly > skilled people in the past, I never believed -- and still don't -- I > should see this expressed so unequivocally in a signed official > document issued by a presumably competent R&D organization: > > "...detection of detection of one particular target word and/or sound > in the background of ***all***other***possible*** words or any other > realistic sounds." > > They don't actually expect competent people to apply, do they? > > Anyone with infitesimal knowledge of applied DSP would know about > that ghost that haunts any data processing project: Ambiguity. > > Assuming such a project does exist, no skilled professional would > apply. Such a person would know that this is sort of project is a > one-way street into oblivion. One or two inexperienced yougsters > might apply, but that wouldn't matter since they would fall short of > stated qualifications. > > Nah, the ad is a hoax. > > Rune >I think you are too hasty in your reaction. The description doesn't say a number of relevant things which would affect the feasibility of the task. Are they looking for a particular person saying something, or an arbitrary one? That they say "word or sound" seems to indicate it would be a particular sound, so a particular person. That seems to narrow the problem quite a lot. In many applications precision would not be that big an issue. If it could pick out candidates for human confirmation, with a moderately low false alarm rate, it might be a valuable tool. I think it sounds like a tough problem, but it would only seem like a hoax if homeland security were attached to it. :-) Steve
Reply by ●August 25, 20062006-08-25
dave_gelbart@yahoo.com wrote:> Rune and Jerry, > > If I understand your complaint correctly, I think you are reading the > ad as saying that the detection task is to be accomplished perfectly in > all possible conditions?No, I am not. I am reading the ad as to say that whatever task the applicant is supposed to work with, is to be attmpted solved by comparing a measured sound by all other possibly measured signals. This is a ridiculous strategy for any task regarding DSP. To whoever accused me of being humourus about the ad: No, this is no joke. I have worked on projects that were the solution was attempted solved by this very strategy. Think what you may about my other writings, but believe me on this if nothing else: This is no joke. People actually try these things and expect them top work. Carreers go bust -- not the carreers of the people in charge, mind you -- , companies go bancrupt, various security issues are blown wide open. This is no joke.> I did not write the ad myself but I am sure that perfect performance is > not what the author meant. As Rune said, that would be a rather > unrealistic expectation.If the ad really is for real, I suggest you go back to whoever wrote the ad and ask them to think carefully about what people they attempt to attract by the ad, and who they would like to be repelled by it. Rune