About the speaker:

Prof Ian McLoughlin, Singapore Institute of Technology

Professor Ian McLoughlin (Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology) was Head of the School of Computing at the University of Kent (Medway) from 2015-2019, a professor in the University of Science and Technology of China from 2012-2015. Before that, he spent 10 years at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and 10 years in the electronics R&D industry in New Zealand and the UK. He became a Chartered Engineer in 1998, a Fellow of the IET in 2013, and was twice a Chinese Academy of Sciences President's Fellow. He has over 250 papers, 5 books, and 10 patents in the fields of speech & audio, wireless communications, and embedded systems, and has steered numerous technical innovations from conception through to successful deployment.

Session 2: Advances in speech and audio AI

5 March Tuesday 14-15pm
Abstract: The latest advances in the speech and audio technology field are leading to systems with real-world capabilities that are poised to change the way we live and do business. Just as the neighbouring field of NLP has experienced a renaissance thanks to ChatGPT, the field of speech and audio has tremendous latent possibilities that researchers are beginning to unlock. In this talk, Prof. McLoughlin will explore the field and present some of his research areas in which machine learning and signal processing are combined to deliver future advanced speech and audio applications.

Host: UQ Cyber

For any questions about the the event please email cyber@uq.edu.au.