Jagabandhu Mishra

Research Opportunities at IIIT Dharwad Assistant Professor Jagabandhu Mishra at the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI), Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad, is looking for students and researchers for M.Tech (Research), Ph.D., and Postdoctoral positions. The research theme is Speech AI , with openings aligned to: • Speech Large Language Models (Speech LLMs) and Foundation Models — speaker understanding, speaker discrimination, explainable speaker recognition, speaker diarization, and diarization-aware speech recognition. • Audio Deepfake Detection and Speech Forensics — synthetic speech detection, spoof-aware speaker verification, deepfake source tracing, and robustness to unseen synthesis methods. • Explainable and Trustworthy Speech AI — interpretable speaker recognition, explainable deepfake detection, fairness, bias, and generalization. • Voice-Based Kinship Verification — familial relationship inference from speech and acoustic representations. • Multilingual and Code-Switched Speech Processing — spoken language recognition, language diarization, and speech technologies for Indian languages. Applicants with backgrounds in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, AI/ML, or related fields are encouraged to apply, especially those interested in speech processing and machine learning. Location: IIIT Dharwad, Karnataka, India. Application: Interested candidates should use the recruitment link and contact the professor with a CV, research interests, and relevant projects or publications. Be sure to mention the position you want: M.Tech Research, Ph.D., or Postdoc. Funding: The post does not specify stipend, tuition support, or funding details.