Keiichi Tokuda

Professor Emeritus / Visiting Professor
Nagoya Institute of Technology

Keiichi Tokuda is a researcher in speech synthesis, speech signal processing, and statistical machine learning. His work has contributed to statistical parametric speech synthesis, HMM-based speech synthesis, neural speech synthesis, singing voice synthesis, voice conversion, and related speech technologies.

He served as a professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology until March 2026. He is currently Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology.

Research Interests

  • Speech synthesis
  • Speech signal processing
  • Statistical parametric speech synthesis
  • Neural text-to-speech
  • Singing voice synthesis
  • Voice conversion
  • Speech technology resources and open-source tools

Selected Honors

  • IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award
  • ISCA Medal for Scientific Achievement
  • Medal with Purple Ribbon
  • IEEE Fellow
  • ISCA Fellow

Contact

Email: tokuda [at] nitech.ac.jp