Julian Zaidi
Research Scientist - Machine Learning For Speech Synthesis at Ubisoft Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolJulian Zaidi is a research scientist specializing in machine learning for speech synthesis with nine years of experience bridging academic rigor and industrial R&D. Based in Montreal, he leads a small multidisciplinary team at Ubisoft La Forge developing deep learning text-to-speech systems and has a track record of moving prototype algorithms into production-grade research projects. His background in aerospace and mechanical engineering, plus hands-on experience in flight and fluid mechanics, gives him a unique quantitative perspective on modeling and signal processing challenges. Comfortable across Python, C++, MATLAB and PyTorch, he pairs strong mathematical foundations with practical engineering—having applied ML to biomechanics and prosthetics early in his career. Colleagues value him for combining leadership of mixed teams (R&D developers, researchers, post-grads) with a habit of shipping reproducible, experiment-driven results.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at Advanced Undergraduate Coursework in Mathematics & Science - PCSI/PC*Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering at Université de Montréal - École Polytechnique de MontréalEngineering degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Engineering degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at ISAE-SUPAERO
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (28)
prosody10
self-attention10
style-transfer9
daft9
siggraph9
speech7
speech-synthesis7
text-to-speech7
expressive6
generative6
synthesis6
barrage6
pytorch6
ray5
deep-learning5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ubisoft/ubisoft-laforge-daft-exprt
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
PyTorch Implementation of Daft-Exprt: Robust Prosody Transfer Across Speakers for Expressive Speech Synthesis
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 15 comments in 7 months
pytorchstyle-transferstyledaftsynthesis
julianzaidi/julianzaidi.github.io
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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