Section: Bilateral Contracts and Grants with Industry

Bilateral Contracts with Industry

Orange

• Company: Orange SA (France)

• Duration: Nov 2016 – Nov 2019

• Participants: Laureline Perotin, Romain Serizel, Emmanuel Vincent

• Abstract: This CIFRE contract funds the PhD thesis of Laureline Perotin with Orange Labs. Our goal is to develop deep learning based speaker localization and speech enhancement algorithms for robust hands-free voice command. We are especially targetting difficult scenarios involving several simultaneous speakers.

Invoxia

• Company: Invoxia SAS (France)

• Duration: Mar 2017 – Mar 2020

• Participants: Guillaume Carbajal, Romain Serizel, Emmanuel Vincent

• Abstract: This CIFRE contract funds the PhD thesis of Guillaume Carbajal. Our goal is to design a unified end-to-end deep learning based speech enhancement system that integrates all steps in the current speech enhancement chain (acoustic echo cancellation and suppression, dereverberation, and denoising) for improved hands-free voice communication.

Studio Maia

• Company: Studio Maia SARL (France)

• Other partners: Imaging Factory

• Duration: Jul 2017 – Dec 2018

• Participants: Yassine Boudi, Vincent Colotte, Mathieu Hu, Emmanuel Vincent

• Abstract: This Inria Innovation Lab aims to develop a software suite for voice processing in the multimedia creation chain. The software is aimed at sound engineers and it will rely on the team's expertise in speech enhancement, robust speech and speaker recognition, and speech synthesis.

Samsung

• Company: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (South Korea)

• Duration: Jan – Nov 2017

• Participants: Aditya Nugraha, Romain Serizel, Emmanuel Vincent

• Abstract: This project aimed to transfer a modified version of dnnsep for hands-free voice command applications. We changed the type of multichannel filter used and modified the software so that it runs online in real time.