Master Thesis: Enhanced AR Avatar for a Real-Time Demonstrator

## Join our Team About this opportunity: Our ability to locate sounds in three-dimensional space helps us understand where a speaker is, while visual cues can make interaction with a remote person feel more natural. This thesis will explore how an augmented reality (AR) avatar can represent a remote speaker through facial movements that closely match synthesized speech. The goal is to develop a method and algorithm for generating an avatar’s facial movements in a real-time AR application. Similar rendering techniques are used in video games, but this project focuses on synchronizing the avatar’s movements with synthesized speech for a remote conversation demonstrator. The project will take place in Kista during spring or summer 2027. You will work with an experienced research team at Ericsson. What you will do: * Review avatar facial representations and rendering methods, and select a suitable baseline system. * Implement an improved avatar for a remote speaker, including lip, jaw, and eyelid movements. * Train a compact deep neural network (DNN) to estimate avatar mouth and head movements from an incoming speech signal. * Evaluate the perceived conversation quality of the improved system against a baseline. The skills you bring: * You are pursuing a master’s degree, preferably in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a related field. * Coursework in signal processing and machine learning is essential. * You have good programming skills in MATLAB, C, or Python. * You are proficient in English. Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next. What happens once you apply?Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more. Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || Stockholm Req ID: 791814