INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH AND MACHINE LEARNING

https://vpspeech.github.io/summerschool2024/ 

 

University of Eastern Finland (UEF) summer school

August 12—16, 2024

Joensuu, Finland

 

Registration (deadline: June 15, 2024)

-> Apply here: https://apply.summerschool.uef.fi/ 

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ORGANIZER

 

Computational Speech Group, School of Computing, UEF

https://sites.uef.fi/speech/ 

Summer school chair: Tomi H. Kinnunen

 

CONFIRMED LECTURERS (in alphabetical order)

 

Rosa González Hautamäki, University of Oulu & UEF, Finland

Cemal Hanilci, Bursa Technical University, Turkey

Tomi H. Kinnunen, UEF, Finland

Sébastien Le Maguer, University of Helsinki, Finland

Jagabandhu Mishra, UEF, Finland

 

COURSE ASSISTANTS (alphabetic order)

 

Manasi Chhibber, UEF

Oðuzhan Kurnaz, Bursa Technical University, Turkey

Vishwanath Pratap Singh, UEF, Finland

 

COURSE OVERVIEW

 

University of Eastern Finland (UEF) hosts a number of different summer courses in August 2024. Introduction to Speech and Machine Learning is intended as a high-level introduction to machine learning techniques and their application to selected speech technology applications. The provisional course topics can be found on the course website at https://vpspeech.github.io/summerschool2024. 

 

The course includes lectures, quizzes (in Moodle), practicals, and a learning diary. While the basics of programming are necessary, we do not assume prior knowledge of speech or machine learning. The primary programming language used is Python (+ libraries and toolkits, including numpy, pyTorch). The practicals are carried out in the Google Colab environment. 

 

The course is taught in English and amounts to either 3 or 5 ECTS credits. The number of credits depends on whether or not the participant wishes to undertake 2 ECTS credits' worth of project work, which must submitted no later than 2 weeks after contact teaching ends. The course will be assessed as pass/fail. Students who pass the course will receive a course certificate.

 

SOCIAL PROGRAMME

 

The participants may participate in the social activities organized by the UEF. Please refer to https://www.uef.fi/en/uef-summer-school for updates.

 

MORE INFORMATION

 

Course-related matters:

Prof. Tomi H. Kinnunen, tomi.kinnunen@uef.fi 

 

General summer school matters (registration, social programme, etc)

summer.school@uef.fi