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Børge LindbergAalborg University, Denmark
P r e s e n t s
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Speech
Signal Processing Research at Aalborg
University Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is
now being widely deployed in Denmark even though
Danish is a "small" language. In this talk an
accounting is given for the developments within
ASR in Denmark. Next, some recent work on speech
signal processing is presented (i) voice
activity detection and variable frame analysis
are applied for the improvement of noise
robustness of ASR, and (ii) joint speech
separation and speaker identification. Finally
some recent studies within automatic reading
tutoring are presented. The talk is concluded by
a short general presentation of the department
and a short comparison of US and Danish higher
education.
Børge Lindberg (M94) was born in Denmark in Nov.
1959. He received M.Sc. Degree in electrical
engineering from Aalborg University (AAU),
Denmark, in 1983. In 1983, he became a Research
Assistant at AAU, in 1986 he was with Jydsk
Telefon, RD Lab, Århus, Denmark, and in 1992 he
became a Research Assistant at AAU Center for
Person-Komunikation (CPK). In 1995, he was a
Visiting Researcher at the Defense Research
Agency, Great Malvern, U.K., studying methods
for predicting the performance of automatic
speech recognition systems. Since 1996, he has
been an Assoc. Professor at Dept. of Electronic
Systems, AAU, and since 2006 has been Dept. Head.
Much of his automatic speech recognition research
has been in collaboration with Danish and
European companies from public funding. His
current research interests include speech
recognition with a focus on robustness and
acoustic modeling techniques.
Friday, July 6, 2012 1030 AM Engineering
and Computer Science Complex on the UTD
Campus Electrical Engineering Conference
Room ECSN 4.728
Center for Robust Speech Systems (CRSS) Erik
Jonsson School of Engineering Computer
Science Department of Electrical
Engineering University of Texas at
Dallas Richardson, Texas 75083-0688, U.S.A.