Friday 28 November 2025 - 11am

Speaker: Thomas Hueber (Grenoble-Alpes University)

Title: Computational Models of Speech Acquisition with Self-Supervised Deep Learning: From Audiovisual Predictive Coding to Vocal Imitation

Abstract: TBC

Biography: Thomas Hueber is a Senior Research Scientist (Directeur de recherche) at CNRS, conducting his research at GIPSA-lab in Grenoble, France, where he leads the CRISSP team (Cognitive Robotics, Interactive Systems, and Speech Processing). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris) in 2009 and his "Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR)" from Grenoble Alpes University in 2019. His research focuses on automatic speech processing, with an emphasis on models and systems inspired by, or grounded in, human speech perception and production mechanisms. Applications include assistive technologies and computational models of speech acquisition, perception, and control. He served as Associate Editor of the EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing (2019–2024) and is currently co-head of the CNRS national research group on natural language processing (GDR TAL). Since 2025, he has held the Chair in Developmental AI for Speech and Language at the Grenoble Institute on Artificial Intelligence.