Open postdoc position in Neural Speech Translation at LIUM, Le Mans, France
Context: The computer science laboratory of the University of Le Mans (LIUM
<http://www-lium.univ-lemans.fr/>) is seeking a strong candidate for an
up-to-one year postdoc on end-to-end speech translation for low resource
languages (Tamasheq, Pashto) in the framework of the ON-TRAC
<https://anr.fr/en/funded-projects-and-impact/funded-projects/project/funded/project/b2d9d3668f92a3b9fbbf7866072501ef-2df0232e1b/?tx_anrprojects_funded%5Bcontroller%5D=Funded&cHash=b1f79417f6ae3899fb5bccb9827f606c>
project.
Topics of interest (but not limited to) :
— End-to-end neural speech translation
— Supervised/self-supervised training and adaptation
In addition, the job includes the organisation of and participation to the next
IWSLT shared task on low resource Speech Translation
<https://iwslt.org/2021/low-resource> evaluation campaign.
Prerequisites: The ideal candidate will have a strong background in statistical
modelling, deep learning, speech and language processing and machine
translation. Several years of experience in using UNIX environments, including
the standard script and programming languages (shell, Python) is a necessary
condition.
Technical information: The research is supported by a large computing cluster
owned by our group. The working language is English and/or French.
Salary: This position is funded 45k€ (> 2100€ net salary per month), which is
confortable since the average cost of a flat in Le Mans is around 500€ per
month.
How to apply ? Please send a CV and names and contact information of two
referees to loic.barrault@univ- lemans.fr
<mailto:[email protected]>. Inquiries should be sent to the same
address.
When to apply ? Applications are welcomed from now until the position is
filled. Ideally the position should start as soon as possible and in December
2021 at the latest.
Loic Barrault, PhD
Department of Computer Science
University of Le Mans
LIUM, Le Mans, France
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