Zhizheng Wu

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Associate Editor at IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Zhizheng Wu is an Associate Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, focusing on generative AI for audio, speech generation, and deepfake detection. A PhD graduate from Nanyang Technological University, he has prior experience at Meta, Apple, and Microsoft Research Asia. He leads multiple influential open-source projects, including Merlin and Amphion, used by over 1000 organizations.

There is no publicly available information regarding Zhizhengs personal life or hobbies outside of his extensive academic and professional commitments. His work revolves around fostering a collaborative research community through workshops, academic challenges, and the development of open-source tools to support junior researchers and engineers in the field of audio generation.

He has been consistently listed in Stanford Universitys “Worlds Top 2% Scientists” and has received multiple best paper awards for his work in speech processing.

Personality Overview

Not Easily Convinced

Systematic

Price-Sensitive

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions.

Topics They Care About

Generative Audio AI
His core research focus is on speech generation, codec modeling, and AI music. He created Amphion, an open-source toolkit for audio, music, and speech generation.
Open-Source Development
He has initiated several influential open-source projects like Amphion, Merlin, and the Emilia dataset to support reproducible research and help junior engineers.
Audio DeepFake Detection
A key research area for him is developing countermeasures for audio spoofing and detecting manipulated or synthetic audio to combat misinformation.

Media Appearances

Zhizheng has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2022
Associate Editor at IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing
11-2020
Committee Member at IEEE Speech and Language Processing Technical Committee
10-2020
Scientific Advisor at Sanas
Associate Professor at CUHK-Shenzhen
Founder at Mel Lab

Education

2010 - 2014
PhD from Nanyang Technological University Singapore

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Insights For Selling To Zhizheng

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Zhizheng is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Zhizheng

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Zhizheng move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Zhizheng take some risk or not?

  • They can take some risk if they are confident that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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