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Tanel Alumäe is a Tenured Associate Professor of Speech Processing and Head of the Laboratory of Language Technology at Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech). He holds a PhD in Information and Communication Technology from TalTech (2006) and has conducted research at institutions like LIMSI/CNRS, Aalto University, and Raytheon BBN Technologies. His research focuses on speech processing, speaker and language recognition, and low-resource language technologies.
- Affiliations: Department of Software Science, School of Information Technologies, TalTech.
- Education: PhD in ICT (2006), MSc in Informatics (2002), Diploma in Computer & Systems Engineering (1999).
Research interests include speech recognition, speaker diarization, spoken language translation, and combating DeepFake voices. He leads teams achieving top results in competitions like IARPA BABEL, NIST LRE, and Interspeech challenges. His work emphasizes open-source tools and equitable AI solutions.
Key Awards:
- Best Student Paper at Odyssey 2024 and TSD 2018.
- Keeletegu Awards (2019, 2011) for contributions to Estonian language technology.
Grants & Leadership: Managed the National Programme for Estonian Language Technology (2011–2017). Serves as Secretary of the Northern European Association for Language Technology (NEALT) and Area Chair for ICME, EACL, and Interspeech conferences.
Labs & Teams: Directs the Laboratory of Language Technology, focusing on practical applications of speech and language technologies.
