🚀 PhD Position in Neural Speech Modeling & Generative Audio🎓
Are you eager to build your research career in the exciting field of AI applied to human–machine interaction?
The Speech Technology and Machine Learning Research Group at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is offering a 4-year fully funded PhD position to push the boundaries of speech intelligence and generative sound.
🔍 What we’re looking for:
- A university degree that qualifies for PhD studies (Bachelor + Master or equivalent, minimum 300 ECTS).
- Knowledge in machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, signal processing.
- Programming skills in Python/C and AI libraries (PyTorch, CUDA, PyDanticAI).
- English (C1 level or above preferred). Spanish is a plus.
- Motivation to conduct research in an international, multidisciplinary team.
🎯 Research topics include:
- Research and development of next-generation speech synthesis and recognition systems
- Investigation of diffusion models, flow matching, and generative modeling for speech/audio
- Design of neural architectures for TTS and ASR
- Training large-scale models using modern deep learning frameworks
- Publishing in leading conferences (Interspeech, ICASSP, NeurIPS, ICML)
- Collaboration in national and European research projects
💼 We offer:
- A full-time, 3-year contract.
- Annual gross salary: €25,000 (updated annually according to official pay scales) with possible complements.
- A cutting-edge research environment in Madrid, Spain 🌍.
- Teaching opportunities and the possibility of developing an academic career.
📍 Workplace: ETSI de Telecomunicación – UPM, Avenida Complutense 30, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
📢 How to apply: Send your updated CV, transcripts (Bachelor + Master) and a letter explaining how your experience applies to the offered position:
📧 ricardo.cordoba@upm.es | luisfernando.dharo@upm.es
✨ If you want to be part of a project that combines technology, innovation, and the future, we want to hear from you!