PhD Defense: On Representation Learning in Speech Processing and Automatic Speech Recognition

27 October 2022

Abstract: A central question in automatic speech processing is how and what representations to use, to facilitate further processing and to apply machine learning methods to automate speech processing tasks. A focus in this thesis is on training neural network models and learning representations from the speech data itself. To that end, unsupervised and self-supervised speech models are proposed. Furthermore, several contributions to German speech recognition and automatic subtitle generation are presented.

Date and Time: Thursday, 27.10.2022, 16:00 CET

Location: University of Hamburg, Informatikum Campus, Room D125/129