Florian Kreyssig

Florian Kreyssig is a researcher currently based in Chicago, Illinois. His research interests primarily focus on active learning, semi-supervised learning, and acoustic modeling. He has been involved in various software projects, including HTK and PyHTK, and has taught courses in signal processing and machine learning.1

Education and Career

• Current Position: Researcher (June 2023 - Present)

• Previous Experience:

  • Research Intern (AI) at Meta (May 2022 - September 2022): Worked on self-supervised learning for speech processing.

  • Research Intern at the University of Cambridge's Department of Engineering (June 2016 - October 2017): Conducted research into neural network acoustic models for automatic speech recognition (ASR), contributing to advancements in HTK's deep learning capabilities.1

Achievements

Kreyssig has received several accolades, including the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE SLT 2021 for his work on "Discriminative Neural Clustering for Speaker Diarisation" and various awards from the University of Cambridge for his academic presentations and projects.1

Skills and Languages

Florian is proficient in both German and English, with limited working proficiency in Chinese. His technical skills encompass a range of programming and engineering tasks, particularly in the context of speech recognition and machine learning.1