Voice banking is a new technology that safeguards the distinctive vocal signatures of people who have lost the power of speech. Though this might sound like a good-news story, Soumi Banerjee and Dipjyoti Paul show how such advancements might widen existing cleavages between the affluent and economically disadvantaged, prioritising certain voices over others
PhD Candidate, Department of Computer Science, University of Crete
Dipjyoti received a BTech in electronics and communication engineering from St Thomas’ College of Engineering and Technology, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, in 2013.
In 2017 he gained an MSc in electronics and electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
He is currently pursuing a PhD in speech signal processing.
His research interests span the general area of theory and applications of machine learning algorithms, especially deep learning.
His research agenda is to establish a thorough understanding of the theoretical concepts and then leverage these concepts for solving various real-world problems.
Dipjyoti has research interests in diverse areas such as applied probability theory, machine / deep learning, computer vision, signal / speech processing, and optimisation theory.
He also has a broad interest in probabilistic machine learning methods and generative models.
We use necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set analytics cookies that help us make improvements by measuring how you use the site. These will be set only if you accept.
▼
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.
▼
Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics
We'd like to set Google Analytics cookies to help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. For more information on how these cookies work please see our Privacy Notice.
