Speech synthesis, voice conversion, signal processing, machine learning
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Senior researcher (April 2023-present)
Research and development division, AI Inc.
Senior research scientist (May 2017-March 2019)
Corporate Officer (April 2019-June 2021)
Director (June 2021-March 2023)
Knowledge media laboratory, Toshiba research and development center, April 2010-April 2017.
Engeneer (April 2010-June 2015)
Research Scientist (July 2015-April 2017)
Research and development of speech synthesis and its applications
Internship researcher, ATR Spoken Language Communication Research Laboratories, September 2006-March 2009.
Developed speech generation system for“ Dive Into the Movie” project. It was adopted as “Research and Development program for Resolving Critical Issues” by the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
A member of Exploratory Software Project, IPA, May 2006-February 2007.
Developed voice conversion software based on eigenvoices. Details are seen here (in Japanese).
Ph.D. in Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan, March 2010
Concentration: Statistical voice conversion, Speech and acoustics processing Laboratory
M.E., Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan, March 2007
Concentration: Statistical voice conversion, Speech and acoustics processing Laboratory
B.E., School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, March 2005
Concentration: digital signal processing, Iikuni Laboratory
Please see here.
Yamato Ohtani, ``Voice conversion based on eigenvoices,'' Talk, GIPSA-Lab, France, July 2009.
ASJ Autumn Meeting (domestic conference), Session Sub-Chair, September (2011-2015)
IEICE General conference, Session Chair (March 2013-2014)
IEICE/ASJ Speech Research Committee, Sub-organizer, May 2012-May 2014
The 39th Awaya Prize Young Researcher Award from the ASJ in 2015
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan (IEICE)
The Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ)
International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)