Kei Hashimoto

English | Japanese


Biography
Kei Hashimoto received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, and Scientific and Engineering Simulation from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan in 2006, 2008, and 2011, respectively. From October 2008 to January 2009, he was an intern researcher at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Kyoto, Japan. From April 2010 to March 2012, he was a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan. From May 2010 to September 2010, he was a visiting researcher at University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University. From April 2012 to March 2017, he was a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan. From April 2017 to December 2018, he was a Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan, and now he is an Associate Professor at the same institute. His research interests include statistical speech synthesis and speech recognition. He is a member of the IEEE, the IEICE, and the Acoustical Society of Japan.
  • Professional Experiences
    • Jan. 2019 -- present  :  Associate Professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology
    • Apr. 2017 -- Dec. 2018  :  Specially Appointed Associate Professor (Postdoctoral Fellow) at Nagoya Institute of Technology
    • Apr. 2012 -- Mar. 2017  :  Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Postdoctoral Fellow) at Nagoya Institute of Technology
    • Apr. 2011 -- Mar. 2012  :  Research Fellow (PD) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Socience (JSPS)
    • May 2010 -- Sep. 2010  :  Visiting Researcher at University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University
    • Apr. 2010 -- Mar. 2011  :  Research Fellow (DC2) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Socience (JSPS)
    • Oct. 2008 -- Jan. 2009  :  Intern Researcher at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

  • Educations
    • Apr. 2008 -- Mar. 2011  :  Department of Scientific and Engineering Simulation, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (Ph.D)
    • Apr. 2006 -- Mar. 2008  :  Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (Master)
    • Apr. 2002 -- Mar. 2006  :  Department of Computer Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (Bachelor)

  • Awards
    • 1 April 2022  :  ASJ Tokai Society Activity Cotribution Award
    • 30 Aug. 2017  :  IEICE ISS Young Researcher's Award in Speech Field
    • 17 Mar. 2015  :  The 37th Awaya Prize Young Researcher Award
    • 11 Mar. 2011  :  The Vice-President Prize (Student Award at Nagoya Institute of Technology)
    • 16 Feb. 2010  :  The President Prize (Student Award at Nagoya Institute of Technology)

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Research Interests
  • Speech and language processing based on statistical machine learning
  • Speech synthesis and voice conversion based on deep learning
Lists of Publications


Contact Information
  • Address  : 
    • Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, JAPAN
  • E-Mail  : 
    • hashimoto.kei(at)nitech.ac.jp
  • TEL  : 
    • +81-52-735-5169


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