We had an opportunity to meet researchers from a wide range of institutions and organizations working on speech and audio technologies. We were grateful for the strong interest in the Podonos Research Support Program and for the thoughtful conversations shared at our booth.

After carefully reviewing all the numerous applications, research focus areas, and proposed use cases, we are excited to announce the teams selected for this program.

Selected Institutions and Organizations

The following teams have been selected to receive support through the Podonos Research Support Program:

• Carnegie Mellon University

• Johns Hopkins University

• LIA - Avignon Université

• Nagoya University

• Resemble AI

• The University of Tokyo

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

• University of Michigan

  
  

(Institutions are listed in no particular order.)

About the Research Support Program

The Podonos Research Support Program is designed to help research teams run reproducible, high-quality subjective speech evaluations at scale. Selected teams receive $1,000 of Podonos credits to support their ongoing or upcoming research, with additional support available for teams that publicly share their evaluation methodology and results.

Through this program, we aim to encourage the speech research community toward transparent and reliable performance evaluations.

Looking Ahead

We are excited to support these teams and look forward to seeing how Podonos is used in their research workflows, publications, and open-source projects.

To everyone who applied or stopped by to talk with us at ASRU 2025, thank you. We plan to continue expanding this program and collaborating closely with the research community.

Stay tuned for future updates and research highlights from the Podonos Research Support Program.

Podonos Team