Established in May 2015, SPIRE Lab conducts research in fundamental problems of signal processing, representation and statistical machine learning with emphasis on the analysis, modeling and interpretation of human-centered multi-modal signals including speech, audio, EGG, brain imaging and bio-medical signals. Research and development in SPIRE Lab focus on several applications including health-care (non-invasive health parameter monitoring, speech pathology), education (assistive tool for language learning) and defense (keyword spotting). Projects in SPIRE Lab are supported by grants from the department of science and technology (DST), Govt of India, ministry of human resource development (MHRD), Govt of India, and defence research and development organization (DRDO), Govt of India.