PhD Researcher in Speech & Audio AI: Watermarking & Deepfakes

Aalto; Espoo; Hybrid; EUR 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, invites applications for a Doctoral Researcher in Speech and Language Technology. The project focuses on detecting AI-generated audio, with work across watermarking, detection robustness, and attribution. You will develop detectors, build datasets, and publish results in top venues.

Under supervision by Dr. Lauri Juvela, you will collaborate internationally, use HPC resources, and contribute to open-source software and models.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or near completion in related field (speech, audio processing, ML).
• Strong interest in doctoral research on audio deepfake detection, watermarking, and generative AI.
• Good programming skills, especially Python and ML tools.
• Fluent in English; Finnish language not required.

Responsibilities

• Detect generated audio content from multiple sources.
• Develop datasets of real and generated speech and audio.
• Adapt detector baselines for multi-objective detection.
• Publish research and contribute to open-source releases.

Skills

Audio deepfake detection

Watermarking

Source tracing

Generative AI

Python

ML tools

Experimental evaluation

Education

Master's degree in related field

Near completion of Master's degree

Tools

Python

Deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow/PyTorch)

Job description

Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, invites applications for a Doctoral Researcher in Speech and Language Technology. The project focuses on detecting AI-generated audio, with work across watermarking, detection robustness, and attribution. You will develop detectors, build datasets, and publish results in top venues.

Under supervision by Dr. Lauri Juvela, you will collaborate internationally, use HPC resources, and contribute to open-source software and models.