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About Me

🚀 I'm a passionate researcher and educator specializing in the field of deep learning for Conversational AI.

Academic Roles

👨‍🏫 Assistant Professor at Concordia University: I hold the position of Assistant Professor at Concordia University in the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science. My primary focus is on deep learning for sequence processing, with a specialization in Conversational AI.

🎓 Adjunct Professor at Université de Montréal: I also serve as an adjunct professor at the renowned Université de Montréal, specifically in the Department of Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle (DIRO).

🔬 Associate Member at Mila - Quebec AI Institute: My involvement extends to the Mila - Quebec AI Institute, where I'm an Associate Member contributing to groundbreaking research.

🧠 Leadership in CRBLM: I assume the role of an axis leader in the Center for Research on Brain, Language, and Music (CRBLM).

Research and Teaching

📚 Prolific Researcher: With over 100 published papers spanning deep learning, conversational AI, and EEG signal processing, I've done my best to contribute to the field.

📖 Educator: Beyond research, I'm committed to form the next generation of innovators. I teach deep learning and machine learning courses to both graduate and undergraduate students. Moreover, I offer a novel course on Conversational AI, teaching the technology behind modern speech assistants and large language models. I also teach a course called Applied Deep Learning.

🗣️ SpeechBrain Project

I'm the creator and leader of the SpeechBrain project, a popular open-source Conversational AI toolkit. 

🏆 Awards and Achievements

My dedication to excellence has been widely acknowledged. I've been honored with numerous national and international awards, including the prestigious 2022 Amazon Research Award.

Academic Journey

🎓 Post-Doc Researcher at Mila: My academic journey began with a post-doctoral research role at Mila, where I had the privilege of working under the guidance of Turing Award recipient, Professor Yoshua Bengio.

👨‍🎓 Ph.D. with Distinction: In December 2017, I earned my Ph.D. with distinction (cum laude) from the University of Trento. 

Main Research Interests:

🧠 Deep Learning and Representation Learning

🗨️ Conversational AI

🤝 Novel Learning  Algorithms and Architectures

🎙️ Audio Tokens

🎤 Multimodal LLMs

🔍  Interpretable Deep Learning

 🌌 Unsupervised/Self-Supervised/Contrastive Learning

🧬 EEG Brain Signal Decoding