Dr. Jesus Villalba

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Jesus Villalba is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and is affiliated with the Center for Language and Speech Processing. His current research interests relate to information extraction in speech, exploring dimensions such as speaker identity, language variation, age recognition, and emotional detection. He has a specific focus on speaker diarization and unsupervised learning techniques applied to various speech-related applications. Villalba earned his Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering in 2004 and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 2014 from the University of Zaragoza, Spain. His doctoral thesis concentrated on challenges associated with speaker recognition in adverse environments. Since joining Johns Hopkins University as a postdoctoral fellow in October 2016, he has contributed to advancements in the field and was appointed as an Assistant Research Professor in 2019.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Research Professor

— Present

Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD

Appointed as Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Postdoctoral Fellow

2016-10-01 — Present

Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD

Joined the Center for Language and Speech Processing as a postdoctoral fellow.

Requirements for Johns Hopkins University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Inorganic Chemistry with Lab Organic Chemistry with Lab General Biology with Lab
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • CV
  • Personal statement
  • Three letters of recommendation
Specialization Notes

Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.