INTERSPEECH 2019

 GRAZ – AUSTRIA SEPTEMBER 15th – 19th 2019 WWW.INTERSPEECH2019.ORG

 https://interspeech2019.org

CROSSROADS OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE 

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS FOR TUTORIALS, SPECIAL SESSIONS/CHALLENGES, AND SHOW & TELL

INTERSPEECH is the world‘s largest and most comprehensive conference on the science and technology of spoken language processing. INTERSPEECH conferences emphasize interdisciplinary approaches addressing all aspects of speech science and technology, ranging from basic theories to advanced applications. In addition to regular oral and poster sessions, INTERSPEECH 2019 will feature plenary talks by internationally renowned experts, tutorials, special sesssions and challenges, show & tell sessions, and exhibits. A number of satellite events will also take place around INTERSPEECH 2019.

Original papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas:

1. Speech Perception, Production and Acquisition

2. Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody

3. Analysis of Paralinguistics in Speech and Language

4. Speaker and Language Identification

5. Analysis of Speech and Audio Signals

6. Speech Coding and Enhancement

7. Speech Synthesis and Spoken Language Generation

8. Speech Recognition – Signal Processing, Acoustic Modeling, Robustness, an Adaptation

9. Speech Recognition – Architecture, Search, and Linguistic Components

10. Speech Recognition – Technologies and Systems for New Applications

11. Dialog Systems and Analysis of Conversation

12.Spoken Language Processing – Translation, Information Retrieval, Summarization,

   Resources, and Evaluation

 A complete list of the scientific areas and topics including special sessions is available at » www.interspeech2019.org

 PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers intended for INTERSPEECH 2019 should be up to four pages of text. An optional fifth page could be used for references only. Paper submissions must conform to the format defined in the paper preparation guidelines and as detailed in the author’s kit on the conference webpage. Please be aware that INTERSPEECH 2019 will use new templates and submissions will be accepted only in the new format. Submissions may also be accompanied by additional files such as multimedia files, to be included on the proceedings’ USB drive. Authors must declare that their contributions are original and have not been submitted elsewhere for publication. Papers must be submitted via the online paper submission system. The working language of the conference is English, and papers must be written in English.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and to your participation in INTERSPEECH 2019.

 IMPORTANT DATES

 » November 30, 2018 Special session/challenges proposals due

 » February 1, 2019 Tutorial proposals due

 » February 15, 2019 Submission portal opens

 » February 28, 2019 Satellite workshops/events proposals due

 » March 29, 2019 Paper submission deadline

 » April 5, 2019 Final paper submission deadline

 » April 26, 2019 Show & Tell proposals due

 » June 17, 2019 Acceptance/rejection notification

 » June 24, 2019 Registration opens

 » July 1, 2019 Camera-ready paper due

 General Chairs:

 Gernot Kubin, TU Graz, Austria

 Zdravko Kacˇicˇ, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Technical Chairs:

 Thomas Hain, U Sheffield, UK

 Björn Schuller, U Augsburg/Imperial College, Germany/UK

Organising Committee Members:

  Michiel Bacchiani, Google NY, USA

 Gerhard Backfried, Sail Labs Vienna, Austria

 Jamilla Balint, TU Graz, Austria

 Eugen Brenner, TU Graz, Austria

 Mariapaola D‘Imperio, Aix Marseille U, France

 Dina ElZarka, U Graz, Austria

 Tim Fingscheidt, TU Braunschweig, Germany

 Anouschka Foltz, U Graz, Austria

 Anna Fuchs, AVL Graz, Austria

 Panayiotis Georgiou, USC Los Angeles, USA

 Franz Graf, Joanneum Research Graz, Austria

 Markus Gugatschka, MU Graz, Austria

 Martin Hagmüller, TU Graz, Austria

 Petra Hödl, U Graz, Austria

 Robert Höldrich, KU Graz, Austria

 Mario Huemer, JKU Linz, Austria

 Dorothea Kolossa, RU Bochum, Germany

 Christina Leitner, Joanneum Research Graz, Austria

 Stefanie Lindstaedt, KNOW Centre Graz, Austria

 Helen Meng, CU Hong Kong, China

 Florian Metze, CMU Pittsburgh, USA

 Pejman Mowlaee, Widex/TU Graz, Denmark/Austria

 Elmar Noeth, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

 Franz Pernkopf, TU Graz, Austria

Ingrid Pfandl-Buchegger, U Graz, Austria

 Lukas Pfeifenberger, Ognios Salzburg, Austria

 Johanna Pirker, TU Graz, Austria

Christoph Prinz, Sail Labs Vienna, Austria

 Michael Pucher, ÖAW Vienna, Austria

 Philipp Salletmayr, Nuance Vienna, Austria

 Barbara Schuppler, TU Graz, Austria

 Dagmar Schuller, audEERING, Germany

Jessica Siddins, U Graz, Austria 

Wolfgang Wokurek, U Stuttgart, Germany

 Kai Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China