PhD: Assessment of Reading Proficiency through Automatic Speech Recogition

☞ KU Leuven

Aussicht: 150

Update Tag: 16-11-2025

Ort: Leuven Flemish Brabant

Kategorie: IT - Software IT - Hardware / Netzwerk Informationstechnologie

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The Centre for Processing of Speech and Images (PSI) of the department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of KU Leuven is at the forefront of computational science and deep learning in speech and image processing. It currently employs 58 PhD students and 10 postdocs.
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Children develop their reading skills mainly in primaryschools. This is an intensive process that requires many hours of the teacher’stime. Some children evolve faster than others, calling for a personalizedapproach in a setting with limited educational resources. Also, non-nativelearners face different challenges and require more time. In this PhD project,you will work on solutions based on deep learning to accurately provide feedback to learners,estimate their level of proficiency and stimulate reading.

This project is a collaboration between prof. Hugo Van hamme(Processing of Speech and Images research unit) of the Faculty of EngineeringScience who will act as the promoter of the PhD project and prof. Ghesquière(Parenting and Special Education research unit) of the Faculty of Psychologyand Educational Sciences, who will act as co-promoter. Your primary work placewill be the department of Electrical Engineering.


In this 4-year PhD project you will repurpose modernautomatic speech recognition technology to analyze the read speech, identifyreading mistakes and find ways to provide feedback to the pupil. You will alsoform diagnostic metrics for characterizing the reading strategy and performanceof the pupil.


You will also lead the data collection campaign in primaryschools.

Profile

  • A Master degree in artificial intelligence, electricalengineering or computer science.
  • Background in machine/deep learning.
  • Excellent programming skills.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Willingness to work inan interdisciplinary context.
  • An inquisitive and creative mind, good problem solving skills.
  • Knowledge of Dutch at a conversational level.

Offer

  • Exciting deep learning research
  • Research topic with a societal impact
  • Membership of a world-renowned lab, as part of a motivatedinterdisciplinary team, with an extensive international network
  • Membership of KU Leuven, one of the most innovating researchuniversities of Europe
  • The possibility to take part in international conferences andcollaborations
  • A competitive salary



Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Hugo Van hamme, tel.: +32 16 32 18 42, mail: hugo.vanhamme@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than September 19, 2022 via the online application tool
KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be.
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Frist: 31-12-2025

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