“AI technology researched by Vietnamese people to serve Vietnamese people”

Le Duy Khanh, a talented young engineer from Zalo AI, has just completed his presentation on his scientific project at the Interspeech scientific conference held in Greece from September 1-5, 2024.

With the topic " Improving Streaming Speech Recognition With Time-Shifted Contextual Attention And Dynamic Right Context Masking," the research by the engineer born in 2000 and his colleagues will make a significant contribution to upgrading speech recognition models, increasing the accuracy of the voice-to-text messaging feature and the voice-to-text feature on the Zalo application.

This research also aims to provide more context for speech recognition models, similar to "foreseeing" the future, thereby significantly improving accuracy without increasing latency. This is a major difference from previous studies.

“ This is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to present at a leading global scientific conference in the field of technology in general and speech processing in particular. This is the motivation for me to continue pursuing the path of AI development and contributing to Zalo AI research ,” Duy Khánh shared. Khánh’s presentation at the conference went quite smoothly with over 100 attendees. After finishing his presentation, Khánh received two questions about algorithms and processing speed. This year’s Interspeech International Conference brought together a host of leading global technology companies such as Microsoft, Meta, etc. In addition, more than 2,000 presentations and new research papers on AI were also presented by engineers, technology researchers, and AI experts from around the world.

The fact that research projects by Vietnamese engineers are being recognized internationally is a positive sign for Vietnam's nascent AI industry.

“ Participating in this Interspeech competition is not only a personal milestone but also a motivation for me to strive to bring AI technology closer to Vietnamese users. For young engineers like us in particular, and the Vietnamese AI technology industry in general, to develop, investing in research is essential. AI development always requires research; relying solely on existing technologies from other companies makes it difficult to progress ,” Duy Khánh shared.

Since embarking on its AI research journey in 2017, Zalo has always placed its trust in talented young people like Duy Khánh. Currently, 31% of Zalo's staff belong to Generation Z. This is also not the first time Zalo AI engineers have had their scientific papers recognized at the international level. In 2021, two other research projects were also recognized at the Pacific Asia International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 2021).

Source: https://www.vng.com.vn/news/enterprise/ky-su-zalo-ai-cong-nghe-ai-do-nguoi-viet-nghien-cuu-de-phuc-vu-cho-chinh-nguoi-viet.html