People
Students, collaborators, and prospective researchers.
I currently mentor 5 students (1 research assistant, 3 student contributors, and 1 intern) across Fanar, QVoice, MultimodalXplain, and AURA. I have previously supervised 16 students through QCRI research assistantships, internships, and external collaborations.
Current Research Areas
- Conversational AI and social speech understanding
- Speech and audio representation learning
- Multilingual, dialectal, and code-switching speech technology
- Multimodal interaction and evaluation
- Inclusive speech technology for children, learners, and neurodiverse users
Collaborators
Selected current and recent mentees/collaborators include:
- Houssam E. Lachemat - Research Assistant, AURA
- Mohamed Bayan - Research Assistant/Contributor, Fanar
- Vrunda N. Sukhadia - Research Assistant/Contributor, QVoice and Fanar
- Yassine El Kheir - Research Assistant and MSc co-advised thesis collaborator, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Md. Arid Hasan - MSc thesis mentoring collaborator, Daffodil International University
Prospective Students and Postdocs
The QCRI Speech team welcomes researchers interested in speech technology, multilingual modeling, conversational AI, multimodal AI, pronunciation assessment, and inclusive speech technology.
For research opportunities, email shchowdhury@hbku.edu.qa.