e-mail: mori.kiyotada.mh5[at]naist.ac.jp/mr.kiyotada[at]gmail.com
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/mori-kiyotada-799184292
Curriculum Vitae: https://www.overleaf.com/read/dzwsmwjbxwcv#5f3811
Secure research funding for a PhD program in Japan.
Submit two papers to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing (TASLP) by March 2026.
Look for a research internship.
Seek a part-time research position (e.g., RA) in Japan, preferably around the Kansai area.
Pursue an assistant professor position after PhD graduation.
Especially: Speech Recognition Evaluation, Selective Listening, Response Prefetchings
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Division of Information Science
Supervisor: Koichiro Yoshino and Seiya Kawano
GPA 3.45
Kochi University
Department of Information Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Supervisor: Yasuo Miyoshi
GPA 3.7
Accelerated Degree, Selectivity: 0.11% , Past 10 Years
Kochi Higashi Technical High School
Department of Electronics
Signal and Interactive Systems Lab, Erasmus+ICM
RIKEN
Theme: Renewable Energy, Japan Representative Youth, Delegation to Kingdom of Morocco
Certificated by Japan Cabinet Office
Practice in Information Processing for Science and Technology in Kochi University
The Daiwa Institute of Research, The Japan Research Institute, Toshiba Digital Solutions
Computer Languages Python, C, JavaScript, Dart (Flutter)
Japanese Native
English TOEFL iBT Score 81/120 (R 18, L 26, S 17, W 20)
Kochi Rotary Club April 2021 – March 2024
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) April 2021 – March 2024
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Shimano Foundation April 2023 – March 2024
K. Mori, S. Kawano, C. Liu, C. Ishi, C. Angel, K. Yoshino, What Do Humans Hear When Interacting? Experiments on Selective Listening for Evaluating ASR of Spoken Dialogue Systems, Proc. Interspeech 2025 (In press).
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04402
K. Mori, S. Kawano, C. Angel, K. Yoshino, Dialogue Response Prefetching Based on Semantic Similarity and Prediction Confidence of Language Model, Proc. Interspeech 2025 (In press).
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04403
K. Mori, S. Kawano, C. Liu, I. Carlos Toshinori, K. Yoshino, Prediction Confidence Model Considering Semantic Similarity Proceedings of the 31 Annual Meeting of the Association for Natural Language Processing, pp. 993-997, 2025. (in Japanese)
K. Mori, S. Kawano, C. Liu, I. Carlos Toshinori, K. Yoshino, Consideration of Speech Recognition Evaluation Methods for Spoken Dialogue Systems Based on Human Selective Listening Proceedings of the 102th Conference of SIG-SLUD. The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, pp. 109-114, 2024. (in Japanese)
K. Mori, Y. Miyoshi, and R. Okamoto, Generating Japanese-accented English voices of 3 types according to the listening proficiency of Japanese ESL learners IEICE Technical Report EA2023-131, SIP2023-178, SP2023-113, pp. 411-414, 2024.
K. Mori, Y. Miyoshi, and R. Okamoto, A proposal for a voice conversion method using MelGAN-VC and TTS voices for listening practice of second-language learners Proceedings of the 22nd Forum on Information Technology. The Japanese Society for Information Science, pp. 311-314, 2023.
K. Mori, and Y. Miyoshi, Consideration of speech conversion methods using MelGAN-VC for second language learners Proceedings of the 97th Conference of SIG-SLUD. The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, pp. 1-4, 2023. (in Japanese)
The Best Presentation and Paper for each Session are selected by a Chairperson.
Title: A proposal for a voice conversion method using MelGAN-VC and TTS voices for listening practice of second-language learners
Kochi University of Science and Engineering Department of Information Science Research Encouragement Award
Kochi University Activity Excellence Award 2023 (for an individual)
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Information Processing Society of Japan, Shikoku Branch Incentive Award