Bäckström, Tom
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-2349 Description of research
My research is focused on ethically sustainable speech communications technology, which refers to methods that use resources efficiently and ecologically and which do not expose the privacy or security of user more than necessary. I am the initiator and first chair of the ISCA Special Interest Group "Security and Privacy in Speech Communication". Previously, I have contributed to several international standards such as 3GPP Enhanced Voice Services and MPEG Unified Speech and Audio Coding. My current research topics include privacy-preserving speech processing, disentangled representations of speech, perception and design of privacy and trust, as well as modelling of speech interaction.Keywords
audio processing, distributed coding, privacy in speech processing, speech analysis, speech coding, speech processingAffiliations
Aalto University
Unit
Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics
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Title
Professor of practice 2016 - 2019
Unit
Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics
Source: Aalto University
Title
Professor (Associate Professor) 2019 - 2022
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
Unit
International Audio Laboratories Erlangen
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Title
professor (W2) 2013 - 2016
Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits
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researcher 2008 - 2013
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leading scientist 2013 - 2016
Education
Degrees
doctor of technology 1.5.2001 - 1.5.2004 / Helsinki University of Technology
Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology / Helsinki University of Technology
master of science 1.9.1993 - 31.4.2001 / Helsinki University of Technology
Publications (125)
Granted funding (1)
Designing Inclusive & Trustworthy Digital Public Services for Migrants in Finland Research Council of Finland2022 - 2025
Activities and awards (58)
memberEuropean Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) (External organisation)2020 - 2024
opponentAnalysis of dynamics of vocal tract system using Zero time windowing method2019 - 2019
speakerThe code-of-conduct process for data management in speech sciences2021 - 2021