Sony Research India is seeking a dynamic and motivated Speech Recognition Intern to join our innovative research team. As a Speech Recognition Intern, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in the field of speech recognition technologies. This internship is designed for individuals passionate about advancing their skills and knowledge in speech recognition, speech activity detection, speaker diarization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research and Development: Collaborate with our research team to design, implement, and evaluate state-of-the-art speech recognition models (e.g., Whisper, Wav2Vec2, Conformer, etc.)
• Algorithm Optimization: Work on optimizing existing speech recognition models for enhanced accuracy, noise robustness, and latency.
• Stay Current: Stay updated of the latest developments in the field of speech recognition, speaker diarization and contribute insights to enhance the teams knowledge base.

Work Location:

• Remote

Duration of the paid Internship:

• This paid internship will be for a period of 6 months starting May first week of 2025
• 9:00 to 18:00 (Monday to Friday)

Qualification:

Currently pursuing/completed Masters in (Research) or Ph.D. in deep learning/machine learning with hands-on experience on Transformer models with an applications audio/speech.

Must Have Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Python, shell scripting.
• Familiarity with ASR frameworks (e.g., HuggingFace Transformers, ESPnet, SpeechBrain, Kaldi, or OpenAI Whisper).
• Hands-on deep learning, machine learning (Pytorch, Tensorflow OR librosa).
• Strong foundation in machine learning and signal processing.

Good to have skills

• Knowledge of deep learning for speech (e.g., CTC, encoder-decoder, attention mechanisms).
• Prior experience in development of Indian Languages ASR and noise-robust ASR.