Kei Hashimoto

English | Japanese


Biography
Kei Hashimoto received B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, and Scientific and Engineering Simulation from the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan in 2006, 2008, and 2011. From April 2010 to March 2012, he was a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). From April 2012 to March 2017, he was a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, and from April 2017 to December 2018, he was a Specially Appointed Associate Professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology. Since April 2019, he has been an Associate Professor at the same institute. His research interests include speech synthesis, singing voice synthesis, voice conversion, and speaker recognition. He is a member of the IEEE, IEICE, IPSJ, and ASJ.
  • 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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