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Prof. Dragos BURILEANU Head of the Automatic Speech Synthesis Group
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Curriculum
Vitae
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTEREST
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITY
· Professor at “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology – Speech Technology & Signal Processing Laboratory.
Courses: Digital Signal Processing, Advanced Techniques for Digital Signal Processing, Programming Languages, and Speech Technology.
· Senior Researcher (grade I) at the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the Romanian Academy (RACAI), head of the Automatic Speech Synthesis Group, responsible of the Academy research program “Spoken Language Technologies: Development of a High-Quality Text-to-Speech Synthesis System in Romanian Language”.
Blvd. Iuliu Maniu 1-3, Sector 6, Bucharest 061071, ROMANIA
E-mail:
Tel: + 40 21 402 4688
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1999 Ph.D.
in Electrical Engineering, “Politehnica” University
of Bucharest.
Thesis: Contributions on Speech Synthesis from
Text in Romanian Language.
· 1982 MS in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications.
Thesis: DC/AC Analogue Electronic Circuits Simulator.
TEACHING
AND RESEARCH INTEREST :
q Spoken Language Technologies
q Digital Signal Processing
q Human-Computer Interaction
q Artificial Neural Networks
q Embedded Systems
q Programming Languages
q CAD for Analog Integrated Circuits
SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY :
· Research, consulting and teaching in the areas of speech technology, digital signal processing (algorithms, software implementations, digital signal processors, advanced techniques for digital signal processing), human-computer interaction (intelligent speech-enabled interfaces), artificial neural networks (basic principles, applications in speech processing), embedded systems (development of spoken language interfaces for embedded applications), programming languages, and analog integrated circuits (analysis and simulation).
· Worked for 20 years in the speech processing domain (speech analysis, voice coding, speech and speaker recognition, natural language processing, and text-to-speech synthesis), with significant results.
· Design and implementation of various spoken language technology applications; many important contributions to the development of speech technologies in Romanian language.
· Author or coauthor of 9 books, 48 articles in journals and conference proceedings, 2 patents, and more than 60 technical reports for scientific research contracts.
· Romanian Academy Award “Tudor Tanasescu” in 2004 (in the speech technology domain).
· Edited in 2002 a special issue of International Journal of Speech Technology on speech technology research in Romania: Vol. 5, Issue 3 – Special Issue on Recent Speech Technology Developments in Romania, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Sep. 2002.
· Membership: EURASIP (European Association for Signal and Image Processing), ISCA (International Speech Communication Association), IEEE; cited in the Directory of International Language and Speech Technology Experts of ELSNET (European Network of Excellence in Human Language Technologies). Also member of the Scientific Council at the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the Romanian Academy (RACAI).
· Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Speech Technology (IJST) – Springer Publishing House (formerly published by Kluwer Academic Publishers).
· Reviewer for IJST and for Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (JSCI).
· Constant participation in planning committees and review boards for professional conferences.
English, French – fluent.
Books :
· D. Burileanu, C. Dan, Fundamentals and Basic Techniques in Digital Signal Processing, Printech Publ., Bucharest, 2000 (in Romanian), ISBN 973-652-127-3.
· C. Dan, D. Burileanu, Introduction in Computer Programming. The C Language, Printech Publ., Bucharest, 2000 (in Romanian), ISBN 973-652-126-5.
· D. Burileanu, Applications of Neural Networks in Speech Processing, IMT Publishing House, 2002 (in English), IST-2000-30193.
· D. Burileanu, C. Dan, and M. Padure, Programming in C Language – Applications, Printech Publ., Bucharest, 2004 (in Romanian), ISBN 973-652-986-X.
· D. Burileanu, The Automatic Synthesis of Speech, Printech Publ., Bucharest, 2004 (in Romanian), ISBN 973-652-989-4.
· D. Burileanu (coauthor), Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems (D. Gardner-Bonneau, H. Blanchard – Eds.), 2nd Edition, Springer Publishing House, Norwell, USA, 2007 (in English), ISBN 978-0-387-25482-1.
Journals articles :
· D. Burileanu, C. Burileanu, T. Niculiu, “Speech Synthesis by Optimum Unit Selection”, UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series C, Vol. 61, No. 3-4, Bucharest, pp. 235-245, 1999, ISSN 1454-234X.
· D. Burileanu, C. Burileanu, T. Niculiu, “Connectionist Methods Applied in Automatic Speech Synthesis”, Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 3, No. 3, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 201-210, 2000, ISSN 1453-8245.
· T. Niculiu, D. Burileanu, A.M. Manolescu, A. Manolescu, “Hierarchical Behavioral Adaptable Simulation”, Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 3, No. 3, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 243-256, 2000, ISSN 1453-8245.
· D. Burileanu, “Basic Research and Implementation Decisions for a Text-to-Speech Synthesis System in Romanian”, International Journal of Speech Technology, Vol. 5, No. 3, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 211-225, Sep. 2002, ISSN 1381-2416.
· C. Negrescu, D. Stanomir, D. Burileanu, “On Rationally DSP Implementation of the MP-MLQ/ACELP Dual Rate Speech Encoder for Multimedia Communications”, International Journal of Speech Technology, Vol. 5, No. 3, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 281-300, Sep. 2002, ISSN 1381-2416.
· D. Burileanu, A. Fecioru, D. Ion, “On Automatic Speech Synthesis for Spoken Language Interfaces”, in Speech Technology and Human-Computer Dialogue, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 127-138, 2003, ISBN 973-27-0963-4.
· D. Burileanu, M. Sima, C. Negrescu, V. Croitoru, “Robust Recognition of Small-Vocabulary Telephone-Quality Speech”, in Speech Technology and Human-Computer Dialogue, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 145-154, 2003, ISBN 973-27-0963-4.
· D. Burileanu, A. Fecioru, D. Ion, “Efficient Implementation of a Text-to-Speech Synthesis System on a DSP Platform”, UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series C, Vol. 64, No. 3/2002, Bucharest, pp. 45-58, 2004, ISSN 1454-234X.
· D. Burileanu, C. Negrescu, V. Croitoru, M. Sima, “On Using Simulated Data for Speech Recognition over Telephone Channels”, Acta Tehnica Napocensis – Electronics and Telecommunications Journal, Vol. 44, Nr.1/2004, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 61-68, 2004, ISSN 1221-6542.
· D. Burileanu, A. Dervis, “Key-Information Retrieval from Long Speech Documents”, Memoriile Sectiilor Stiintifice ale Academiei Romane, Series IV, Vol. XXVI/2003, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 253-266, 2005, ISBN 973-27-1135-3.
· A. Dervis, D. Burileanu, “A Fast Speaker Change Detection Method for Audio Data Processing”, in Trends in Speech Technology, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 145-152, 2005, ISBN 973-27-1178-7.
· M. Surmei, D. Burileanu, C. Negrescu, R. Pirvu, C. Ungurean, A. Dervis, “Text-to-Speech Engines as Telecom Service Enablers”, in Advances in Spoken Language Technology, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 89-98, 2007, ISBN 978-973-27-1516-1.
· C. Negrescu, A. Ciobanu, D. Burileanu, D. Stanomir, “An Improved Hybrid Time-Frequency Algorithm for Time-Scale Modification of Speech/Audio Signals”, in Advances in Spoken Language Technology, Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, pp. 147-162, 2007, ISBN 978-973-27-1516-1.
Conference papers :
· C. Burileanu, L. Bojan, D. Burileanu, M. Holland, A. Racz, M. Socaciu, “Real-Time Voice Communications on Computer Networks”, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Signal Processing, Application & Technology ICSPAT’95, Boston, USA, Vol. II, pp. 1873-1877, Oct. 1995.
· D. Burileanu, S. Marinescu, “A Neural System Architecture for a Text-to-Speech System in Romanian Language”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing, Application & Technology ICSPAT’96, Boston, USA, Vol. 2, pp. 1363-1367, Oct. 1996.
· D. Burileanu, M. Sima, C. Burileanu, V. Croitoru, “A Neural Network-Based Speaker-Independent System for Word Recognition in Romanian Language”, Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Text, Speech and Dialogue TSD’98, Brno, Czech Republic, pp. 177-182, Sep. 1998.
· D. Burileanu, “Natural Language Processing for Speech Synthesis in Romanian Language”, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Control System and Computer Science, Bucharest, Vol. II, pp. 1-6, May 1999.
· M. Sima, D. Burileanu, C. Burileanu, V. Croitoru, “Full-Custom Software for Start/End Point Detection of Isolated-Spoken Words”, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Control System and Computer Science, Bucharest, Vol. II, pp. 19-24, May 1999.
· D. Burileanu, M. Sima, A. Neagu, “A Phonetic Converter for Speech Synthesis in Romanian”, Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress on Phonetic Sciences ICPhS’99, San Francisco, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 503-506, Aug. 1999.
· D. Burileanu, C. Dan, M. Sima, C. Burileanu, “A Parser-Based Text Preprocessor for Romanian Language TTS Synthesis”, Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology EUROSPEECH’99, Budapest, Hungary, Vol. 5, pp. 2063-2066, Sep. 1999.
· T. Niculiu, D. Burileanu, A. Manolescu, J. Becker, M. Glesner, “Hierarchical Hardware/Software Co-Design”, Proceedings of the 11th European Simulation Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, pp. 697-699, Oct. 1999.
· D. Burileanu, C. Burileanu, A. Neagu, “Diphone Database Development for a Romanian Language TTS System”, Proceedings of the International Symposium “State-of-the-Art in Speech Synthesis”, London, Great Britain, pp. 9/1-9/6, Apr. 2000.
· D. Burileanu, L. Pascalin, C. Burileanu, M. Puchiu, “An Adaptive and Fast Speech Detection Algorithm”, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Text, Speech and Dialogue TSD’2000, Brno, Czech Republic, published in the volume Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence – 1902 (P. Sojka, I. Kopecek, K. Pala – Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 177-182, 2000, ISBN 3-540-41042-2.
· C. Burileanu, M. Puchiu, D. Burileanu, D. Moraru, A. Stan, “Cohort Normalization Methods for Speaker Verification”, Proceedings of the International Conference Communications 2000, Bucharest, pp. 118-121, Dec. 2000.
· D. Burileanu, L. Pascalin, C. Burileanu, M. Puchiu, “Automatic Volume Control in Speech Acquisition with Application to Speaker Recognition”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications ICT 2001, Bucharest, Vol. 2, pp. 317-322, June 2001.
· D. Burileanu, A. Dervis, “An Efficient Keyword Identification Method for Continuous Speech”, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference “Modern Technologies in the XXI Century”, Bucharest, pp. 195-201, Nov. 2003 (CD-ROM Proceedings, ISBN 973-640-012-3).
· D. Burileanu, A. Fecioru, D. Ion, M. Stoica, C. Ilas, “An Optimized TTS System Implementation Using a Motorola StarCore SC140-Based Processor”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ICASSP 2004, Montreal, Canada, Vol. 5, pp. 317-320, 2004.
· D. Burileanu, A. Dervis, “Modeling the Fundamental Frequency Contour for Text-to-Speech Synthesis in Romanian”, Proceedings of the International Conference Communications 2004, Bucharest, Vol. 1, pp. 189-192, 2004.
· D. Burileanu, C. Negrescu, “Prosody Modeling for an Embedded TTS System Implementation”, Proceedings of the 14th European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO 2006, Florence, Italy, pp. 715-718, Sept. 4-8, 2006.
Updated:
November 27, 2007