Apr 18, 2024
FlipStar: A Survey of the Current State of Filipino ASR
A small introduction to Filipino automatic speech recognition (ASR) or speech-to-text
Speech Recognition Filipino Language
Hi, I'm Fed!
I am a signal processing enthusiast specializing in voice AI systems research. My interests include (but are not limited to) multimedia signal processing, voice and conversational AI, and the natural language processing that comes with creating voice interfaces. I am currently developing FlipVox, a suite of tools and recipes to enable voice AI for the Filipino language.
I like playing 🎮 video games 👾, singing 🎤, listening to 🎧 and playing music 🎼 on the piano 🎹
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Interests
🎧 Audio & Speech Signal Processing
🎙️ Voice & Conversational AI
📝 Natural Language Processing
Education
PhD in Media Network Technologies
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan • 2014
MS in Electrical Engineering
University of the Philippines, Diliman • 2009
BSc in Computer Engineering
University of the Philippines, Diliman • 2007
Experience
Voice AI R&D Consultant
myLanguage, Inc.
California, USA (Remote) • Nov 2024 - Present
- • In charge of voice AI development stacks used in translation products
- • General data and computing infrastructure management
Research Scientist / Assistant Manager
Rakuten Institute of Technology, Rakuten Group Inc.
Tokyo, Japan • Jan 2018 - June 2024
- • Voice and conversational AI R&D, applications, project management, and promotion
- • MLOps practices and benchmarking initiatives for voice AI
- • Recruitment, on-boarding, mentoring support
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Quezon City, Philippines • Jan 2010 - Jul 2017
- • Served various roles from teaching, research advising, lab directing, and organizing university-wide events
- • Taught university-level engineering courses from circuit theory to advanced signal processing, paneled for and advised undergraduate student projects
Recent Posts
Accomplishments
Coursera
Machine Learning
Stanford University
Mar 2013
Deep Learning Specialization (5 courses)
DeepLearning.AI
Sep 2017 - Mar 2018
Introduction to Game Development
Michigan State University
Dec 2018
Introduction to C# Programming and Unity
University of Colorado System
Jan 2019
edX
Artificial Intelligence
UC Berkeley (BerkeleyX)
May 2015
Discrete-Time Signal Processing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MITx)
May 2015
Circuits and Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MITx)
May 2015
Projects
FlipVox
A suite of tools and recipes to enable voice AI for the Filipino language. Includes ASR models, datasets, and benchmarking tools for Filipino speech recognition.
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