Haris Gulzar
AI Researcher @NTT |Founder @TechNiva | Advisor @MEXT Scholar Association
Expertise: Conversation AI, Speech Processing, AI Agents
Contact: harisgulzar<at>outlook.com
Location: Tokyo, Japan
AI Researcher @NTT |Founder @TechNiva | Advisor @MEXT Scholar Association
Expertise: Conversation AI, Speech Processing, AI Agents
Contact: harisgulzar<at>outlook.com
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Professional
Hi, I’m Haris Gulzar, a trilingual AI researcher based in Tokyo, with a focus on Conversational AI, Speech Technologies, and LLMs. I currently work at NTT’s Software Innovation Center, where I build and fine-tune Spoken AI agents for various real-world applications.
My background includes a Master’s from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Now Science Tokyo), several research papers at conferences like INTERSPEECH and IEEE, and some fun side projects like voice-cloning TTS systems. I’m also big on community, leading the MEXT Scholars Association and co-organizing Tokyo AI Talks, where we bring AI folks together to share ideas and opportunities.
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Personal
I have a deep interest in Japanese Culture and Language. I also have business level Japanese Language skill (JLPT N2). Currently, I am also serving MEXT Scholars Association (MSA) as an advisor. MSA is a network of 8000+ MEXT scholars and alumni from all across the world.
Feel free to reach out to me if you wanna discuss any tech related collobarations in Japan.
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