Introduction
The Speech Technology and Machine Learning Group (Grupo de Tecnología del Habla y Aprendizaje Automático, THAU) is part of the Department of Electronic Engineering (Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, DIE), which belongs to the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM), at the High Technical School of Telecommunication Engineering (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, ETSIT).
Lines of research:
SPEECH TECHNOLOGY
- Speech Recognition
- Robustness in noise environments
- Recognition of far field speech
- Confidence measures
- Multilanguage speech recognition
- Adaptation methods
- Natural language (spoken) understanding
- Rule-based methods
- Stochastic methods
- Man-machine dialogue managing
- Tools for dialogue description
- Inference based systems
- Personalization
- Response generation
- Naturalness based in variability
- Personalization
- Text to speech conversion
- Synthesis of emocional speech
- Multispeaker speech synthesis
- Speaker recognition
- Topic identification
- Language/dialect recognition
MACHINE LEARNING THEORY and APPLICATIONS
- Machine learnning theory
- Machine learning applications to text processing
- Machine learning applications to signal processing
- Machine learning applications to video processing
SPEECH TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
- Speech based interaction in intelligent environments: automatic telephone answering, domotics, robotics, ofimatics, automotive systems
- Spoken language information indexing and retrieval
- Intelligent animated agents
- Technical aids for handicapped people
- Patological speech diagnosis and rehabilitation
- Speech and text analysis tools
- Forensic applications
- Language learning tools
WEARABLE AND MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
- Wearable sensing technologies for health monitoring
- Human motion modeling and analysis
- Detection and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson’s Disease)
- Perception and analysis of multimedia content in intelligent systems
SERVICES TO COMPANIES
- Project research and development
- Consulting services
- Education
- Technology survey and prospection
Address: Grupo de Tecnología del Habla y Aprendizaje Automático
Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica
ETSI Telecomunicación
Ciudad Universitaria s/n
28040-MADRID
SPAIN Phone: +34
E-mail: josemanuel.pardom@upm.es