Jesin James
Senior Lecturer at The University of Auckland
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolJesin James is a Senior Lecturer in Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering at the University of Auckland specializing in speech signal processing, under-resourced languages, and machine learning, with nine years of professional experience. Her research blends engineering and human-centred design—she developed a Malayalam TTS with a prosodic model and later worked on empathetic, natural-sounding robot speech for healthcare applications. She has led corpus collection and statistical parametric voice development for Te Reo Māori and other Pacific languages, tying technical innovation to language preservation and community collaboration. As an educator she practices ako, privileging reciprocal learning and reflective, research-informed teaching while mentoring projects that have won recognition. Originally from Kerala, she brings multilingual fluency and a musical sensibility to speech technology work, making language and empathy core to her engineering practice.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical and Computer Engineering Speech Signal Processing, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical and Computer Engineering Speech Signal Processing at The University of AucklandMASTER'S IN TECHNOLOGY SIGNAL PROCESSING, MASTER'S IN TECHNOLOGY SIGNAL PROCESSING at College of Engineering TrivandrumBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Rajagiri Valley P.O, Kakkanad, Kochi- 682 039
English, Malayalam, Hindi
Github Skills (27)
text-to-speech9
java9
speech-synthesis9
speech-to-text9
synthesis9
speech9
phonetics8
multilingual8
closed7
speech-recognition7
french7
acoustics6
praat5
vocoder4
nlp4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SpeechGroupUoAuckland/Speech-Technology-Basics
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Contributions:18 pushes in 16 days
jesinj/Jesin-James-Website
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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