INTERSPEECH 2025
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 17-22 August 2025
Chairs: Odette Scharenborg, Khiet Truong and Catha Oertel
26th INTERSPEECH event

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The Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association is honoured to have been selected to host INTERSPEECH 2026. Our theme of Diversity & Equity ? Speaking Together strongly reflects Sydney and our broader region. Sydney is Oceania?s largest city and is also its most linguistically diverse: more than 300 different languages are spoken and 40% of Sydneysiders speak a language other than English at home. Consistent with the goals of ISCA ?to promote, in an international world-wide context, activities and exchanges in all fields related to speech communication science and technology?, INTERSPEECH Sydney will highlight the diversity of research in our field with a firm focus on equity and inclusivity. Recognizing the importance of multi-dimensional approaches to speech, INTERSPEECH 2026 will foster greater interdisciplinarity to better inform current and future work on speech science and technology. We look forward to welcoming all to Sydney!

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Dear Speech Prosody SIG Members,

I'm pleased to announce that Speech Prosody 2026 will be in Philadelphia, organized by Jianjing Kuang and Mark Liberman.  (There were 80 votes for Shanghai, 128 for Philadelphia, and 15 had no preference.)

I’m also pleased to announce the resumption of our lecture series with a talk by Simon Roessig:

Syntagmatic prominence relations in prosodic focus marking

Lecturer: Simon Roessig (University of York, UK)

Host: Plinio A. Barbosa (Unicamp, Brazil)

Sept 24th at 1 pm (Brasilia time = UTC - 3)

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUE9pRbq9w0

Abstract: This talk is about the role of prenuclear prominences and their relation to nuclear accents in German and English. The production results (German) that I will present show that the realization of the prenuclear domain depends on whether it is focal or prefocal. The prenuclear noun is characterized by larger F0 excursions, higher F0 maxima, and longer durations when it is in broad focus than when it precedes a narrow focus. Furthermore, the realization of the prenuclear domain depends on the following focus type: The prenuclear noun is produced with smaller F0 excursions, lower F0 maxima and shorter durations before a corrective focus than before a non-corrective narrow focus. The findings suggest that the phonetic manifestation of information structure is distributed over larger prosodic domains with an inverse relationship in the syntagmatic dimension. In addition, the study contributes further evidence that continuous phonetic detail is used to encode information structural categories. An important question that arises from the production data is whether this phonetic detail can be used by listeners in perception. I will present first results from a series of perception experiments (German and English) to investigate this question.

Plan: 1. I will begin by outlining what we know about focus prosody in the nuclear and prenuclear domains. 2. I will then present findings from a production study that examines the prosody of the prenuclear domain in different types of focus. 3. These results show that there are interesting strength relations between prenuclear and nuclear prosody in the encoding of focus types. 4. I will present preliminary findings from perception experiments investigating the question whether listeners use prenuclear prominence modulations in identifying focus types. 5. Finally, I will conclude with a discussion of the results and future directions.

Nigel Ward, SProSIG Chair

nigel@utep.edu    https://www.cs.utep.edu/nigel/  

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The ISCA Board has decided to award the organisation of Interspeech 2027 to São Paulo, Brazil. We are very excited to introduce researchers from all over the world to the South American continent for the first time.

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Dear member of the Speech Prosody Special Interest Group.

We have received two excellent bids to host Speech Prosody 2026, from Shanghai and from Philadelphia.  Please review the bids at sprosig.org, and then vote your preference via the link below. If you have questions you can reach me at  nigelward@acm.org .

Nigel Ward, for the SProSIG Officers

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Now's the time of year that seminar programmes get fixed up.. please direct the attention of whoever organises your seminars to the ISCA INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SEMINARS scheme (introduction below). There is now a good choice of speakers:  see

https://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/distinguished-lecturers/online-seminars

ISCA INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SEMINARS

A seminar programme is an important part of the life of a research lab, especially for its research students, but it's difficult for scientists to travel to give talks at the moment. However,  presentations may be given on line and, paradoxically, it is thus possible for labs to engage international speakers who they wouldn't normally be able to afford.

ISCA has set up a pool of speakers prepared to give on-line talks. In this way we can enhance the experience of students working in our field, often in difficult conditions. To find details of the speakers,

• visit isca-speech.org
• Click Distinguished Lecturers in the left panel
• Online Seminars then appears beneath Distinguished Lecturers: click that.

Speakers may pre-record their talks if they wish, but they don't have to. It is up to the host lab to contact speakers and make the arrangements. Talks can be state-of-the-art, or tutorials.

If you make use of this scheme and arrange a seminar, please send brief details (lab, speaker, date) to education@isca-speech.org

If you wish to join the scheme as a speaker, we need is a title, a short abstract, a 1 paragraph biopic and contact details. Please send them to education@isca-speech.org

PS. The online seminar scheme  is now up and running, with 7 speakers so far:

Jean-Luc Schwartz, Roger Moore, Martin Cooke, Sakriani Sakti, Thomas Hueber, John Hansen and Karen Livescu.

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Dear Speech Prosody SIG Members,

We would like to draw your attention to three upcoming short courses from the Luso-Brazilian Association of Speech Sciences:

- Prosody & Rhythm: applications to teaching rhythm,
  Donna Erickson (Haskins), March 16, 19, 23 and 26

- Prosody, variation and contact,
  Barbara Gili Fivela (University of Salento, Italy), April 19, 21, 23, 26 and 28

- Rhythmic analysis of languages: main challenges,
  Marisa Cruz (University of Lisbon), June 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10

For details:
  http://www.letras.ufmg.br/padrao_cms/index.php?web=lbass&lang=2&page=3670&menu=&tipo=1
 
 
 
Plinio Barbosa and Nigel Ward

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- LT4All 2.0 - Advancing Humanism through Language Technologies

24-26 February 2025

❖ Language Technologies (LT), nurtured in research laboratories for half a century, are now spreading widely across numerous applications. However, the situation varies significantly among the more than 7,500 languages spoken worldwide.

❖ The first LT4All (LT4All 1.0) conference in 2019 highlighted the critical role of multilingualism in cutting-edge technology. This spurred significant initiatives by various research institutions and major technological companies toward developing language technologies for a wider range of languages.

❖ Despite significant progress, many communities are still being left behind.

The critical issue lies not just in creating language technologies for numerous languages but also in collaborating with communities to develop the solutions they need

Organized within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032) and to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of International Mother Language Day 2025, the second edition of LT4All (LT4All 2.0) aims to further the agenda of language technologies with a focus on community empowerment. The goal is to harness technology not only to advance itself but also to support and enhance individuals' capabilities.

The conference is organized by the international Language Resources Association (ELRA) and its Special Interest Group on Under-resourced languages (SIGUL), a joint SIG of ELRA and of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), in partnership with UNESCO.

Further details can be found at https: https://www.lt4all2025.eu/ Contact: lt4all2025-contact@ml.naist.ac.jp

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I would like to personally encourage you to attend our online 2025 conference and hopefully submit an abstract for the special conference entitled VOICE AND SPEECH SCIENCE IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Our keynote speakers are Frank Guenther and Shri Narayanan, international experts on this topic. The conference is organized by the National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS) and scheduled for March 3-4, 2025, only a few months away. Here are some topics that would fit into the general theme:

1. General voice and speech science
2. Management of large data bases
3. Handling systems with many degrees of freedom
4. Perception to physiology mapping
5. Motor control and learning
6. Maintaining the integrity of physical laws
7. Handling outliers and anomalies
8. Artificial Intelligence: its benefits and limitations in speech therapy, disorders, and training

Abstract submission is extended to January 6, 2025. You can submit an abstract here: https://forms.gle/aTEevwHnTzvVTBQr7

NCVS is committed to bringing new areas of science to the voice and speech community.

Cordially,

Ingo R. Titze, PhD

President, National Center for Voice and Speech

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FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Advanced Language Processing School (ALPS) 2025

March 30th - April 4th 2025

Aussois (French Alps)

We are pleased to announce the 5th edition of ALPS - the Advanced NLP School to be held in the French Alps from March 30th to April 4th 2025. 

This school targets advanced research students in Natural Language Processing and related fields and brings together world leading experts and motivated students. The programme comprises lectures, poster presentations, practical lab sessions and nature activities - the venue is located near a National Park.

Important Dates

• Oct 15th 2024: Application deadline

• Nov 15th 2024: acceptance notification

• Jan 15th 2025: registration deadline

• March 30th 2025: Start of School

Confirmed speakers so far:

• Kyunghyun Cho (New York University & Prescient Design)

• Titouan Parcollet (Cambridge University & Samsung AI Center)

• Barbara Plank (LMU Munich)

• François Yvon (ISIR CNRS)

Website and online application: https://alps.imag.fr/

Questions: alps@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

The registration fees for the event encompass accommodation and full board at the conference venue, the Centre Paul Langevin. We will announce the fee amounts later, and they will vary depending on the participant's background: students, academia, and industry. Student fees will be set at or below €600, including twin room accommodation. We will have a limited amount of scholarships for the registration: if you are interested please mark this in the application form. The rates for academia and industry will be higher, as is customary, and will include accommodation in a single room.

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Call for Science: 2025 Voice AI Symposium

hosted by the Bridge2AI-Voice Consortium

Submit your innovative research and technology to shape the future of AI and voice biomarkers!

This year's theme is 'Translating AI Research into Reality: Implementing Voice Biomarkers for Transformative Healthcare'

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT SCIENCE

Important Dates 

Submission Deadline for Abstracts: December 15th, 2024

Selection Notifications begin January 15th, 2025

Symposium + Hackathon Dates: April 22-24, 2025

We are welcoming submissions for the following categories

Podium or Poster Presentations

Panel Discussions

Voice AI Technology Fair

About: The Bridge 2AI Voice Symposium is more than a conference; it is an interactive and collaborative effort between three integral aspects which impact our understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML): people, ethics, and data. Submit your groundbreaking work for consideration to be a part of the 2024 Bridge 2AI Voice Symposium. Come join a global network of pioneers and collaborate with patients, scientists, clinicians, and industry. You play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI and ML. We will see you in sunny Tampa Florida April 22-24.

CATEGORY 1: PODIUM AND POSTER PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS 

Abstracts will be accepted for the presentation of research. We will be accepting presentations in the format of (1) oral presentation (30 minute oral presentation), (2) poster, or (3) either format. Reviewers will evaluate the submission and determine the best fit for presentation.  

The goals of the podium and poster sessions are to:  

1. Promote collaborative efforts in the emerging field of AI in voice research. 
2. Provide a unique networking and discussion opportunity among academic and industry peers participating in the Voice AI Symposium.  
3. Encourage presenters to think outside the box and brainstorm innovative approaches to address major challenges in AI research. While prior experimentation is welcome, it is not mandatory.  

Topic Areas for Submission:  We invite proposals for topics including but not limited to: 

Topic Area 1: 

The reliability of Voice AI in clinical diagnostics and prediction.  

Subjects can include specific disorders, public health, health policy and organization, and accessibility. Proposals can target clinician workflow, home health, virtual screening etc. Focus on tangible solutions rather than broad ideas. Current projects or new projects/ideas can be included. 

Topic Area 2: 

Validation of Voice AI processes and demonstrations of robustness.  

Subjects can include optimizing machine learning for voice data or identification of explicit and implicit biases in current clinical practice that could be exacerbated by voice AI. Topics should address mitigation strategies or systematic approaches to overcome these challenges. 

Topic Area 3: 

How can we build trust and transparency in voice AI, ensuring that it is used in responsible and effective ways to improve health outcomes and transform healthcare? 

Practical solutions presented can cover: highlighting methods to promote data privacy and security while fostering data sharing for research innovation, respecting patients’ rights, addressing biases and unintended consequences, and establishing a clear and consistent legal framework for voice AI in healthcare.  

Abstract Guidelines 

Specifications and submission details:  

There is no submission fee.   

Abstracts will be reviewed by committee who will determine best presentation for research (either poster or podium)

Podiums will be 30-minute oral presentations that offer valuable insights into the field of voice AI. Submissions should focus on either research or clinical applications of AI in voice.

Research Presentations: Share recent findings or ongoing research that advances our understanding of voice AI]. 

Clinical Presentations: Highlight innovative approaches to diagnosis, treatment, or service delivery for voice AI. Discuss the practical implications and benefits of your methods. 

Abstracts should include: an introduction stating its relevance to improving human health, approach, preliminary findings (if available), conclusion, and future direction of your work.  

Maximum character count per abstract submission is 1,900 characters NOT including spaces. If you choose to add an image or table to your abstract submission, it will count as 600 characters towards the total 1,900 characters that are allowed. 

CATEGORY 2: PANEL PRESENTATION ABSTRACT

We invite abstracts for panel presentations that address the effective development and use of AI in healthcare. Each panel will consist of a moderator and 3-4 presenters who will address moderator questions or present brief papers related to a specific topic. The panel session length will be approximately 60 minutes, and should include interaction with the audience through live polling questions, which we will facilitate through the use of 'Aha Slides' at the day of the event. The topic should be addressed within the context of our 3 key pillars – people, data, and ethics. The organizer of the symposium is expected to be the chair. Diversity of background and expertise within the panel is encouraged.Presenters should represent different laboratories and an international mix of contributors is encouraged. 

Specifications and submission details: 

There is no submission fee.   

Panel presentation abstracts should include bullets that include: a title, name and affiliation of the moderator, a list of the panelists, and an abstract describing the intent of the panel presentation.  

The abstract should include a brief overview of the panel presentation, a description of the structure of the presentation, the purpose and the intended outcome(s). 

The abstract should include 5 questions relevant to your panel that will be used in interactive 'Aha slides' on the day of the event (e.g. 'How do you think voice biomarkers are most likely to be implemented in the next year?' plus four answers for the audience to choose from)

Maximum character count per panel submission is 1,900 characters NOT including spaces. If you choose to add an image or table to your abstract submission, it will count as 600 characters towards the total 1,900 characters that are allowed. 

CATEGORY 3: CALL FOR TECHNOLOGY - VOICE AI TECH FAIR

A technology fair will be hosted during the 2025 Bridge 2AI Voice Symposium. Eligible participants include startup companies, independent tech researchers and voice AI companies with relevant technology for demonstration. Technology should be relevant to applications of Voice AI or voice biomarkers in healthcare. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with clinicians, scientists, and patients to discuss and provide hands on interactions with their tech.  

Specifications and submission details:  

• Cost per submission is $300  (payment not required until application is accepted by symposium committee)
• Submit a one paragraph description of your company, startup and/or technology, describe how you would demonstrate it to attendees, and describe how it is relevant to voice AI in healthcare or voice biomarker research

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Nous avons le plaisir de vous informer que le prochain Congrès Français d’Acoustique (https://cfa2025.fr), organisé sous l’égide de la Société Française d’Acoustique (SFA), se tiendra sur le Campus Pierre et Marie Curie de Sorbonne Université du 27 au 30 Avril 2025. L'Association Francophone de la Communication Parlée (AFCP) est société partenaire pour l'organisation avec le Groupe d'Acoustique de la Parole (GAP-SFA) d'une session générale intitulée : acoustique de la voix, de la parole et du chant. Cette session a pour objectif de donner un aperçu des recherches scientifiques actuelles en sciences phonétiques et en acoustique : études expérimentales, travaux en modélisation et simulation, en phonétique expérimentale et clinique, analyse et synthèse, et histoire des sciences de la parole.

Nous vous sollicitons aujourd’hui pour soumettre un résumé pour une communication orale à ce congrès. Le format d'un résumé est entre 120 et 300 mots, en langue française de préférence. Le résumé et les différentes informations saisies restent modifiables jusqu’à la date limite de contribution fixée au 01 décembre 2024.  Nous espérons que vous pourrez y participer pour présenter vos derniers travaux.

Veuillez noter que vous devez effectuer une pré-inscription avant de soumettre votre résumé, vous engageant ainsi à payer ultérieurement les frais d’inscription. Après avoir pris connaissance des informations sur l’inscription et la soumission des résumés sur  https://cfa2025.fr/ , vous pourrez procéder à l’inscription en vous enregistrant sur la plateforme https://conforg.fr/bin/IA/reg_cfa2025_fr puis en utilisant les identifiants pour soumettre votre résumé sur https://conforg.fr/bin/usrlogin_cfa2025. À la première étape, choisissez 'GAP - Voix et Parole' dans le menu déroulant nommé 'Thème', puis 'Session générale d'acoustique de la voix, de la parole et du chant' dans le menu déroulant 'Session spéciale'.

En espérant que vous accepterez cette invitation à participer, nous vous remercions par avance pour votre contribution à la réussite de cette manifestation.

Bien cordialement,

Nathalie Henrich Bernardoni, Coriandre Vilain et Claire Pillot-Loiseau

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Call for Papers

3rd International Conference on Tone and Intonation - TAI 2025

Date: 16-May-2025 to 18-May-2025
Location: Herrsching (near Munich), Germany
Meeting Email: tai2025@phonetik.uni-muenchen.de
Web Site: https://tai2025.org/

Call Deadline: 09-Dec-2024

Meeting Description:

The TAI conference is the result of the merging the International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL) and the Conference on Tone and Intonation in Europe (TIE). The TAI 2025 conference aims to bring together distinguished researchers, experts, and practitioners from around the world to exchange ideas, insights, and the latest advancements in the field of tone and intonation. The TAI proceedings are archived by ISCA, the International Speech Communication Association.

Call for Papers:

We are delighted to announce that the Third International Conference on Tone and TAI 2025 will be held in Herrsching near Munich, Germany, from 16–18 May 2025. Jointly sponsored by the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) and the International Phonetic Association (IPA), TAI 2025 will be hosted by the Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing of the LMU Munich.

With the theme of 'Variation and change in tone and intonation systems across space and time', our aim at TAI 2025 is to foster a more diverse and comprehensive understanding of tone and intonation by exploring variation in geographical as well as physical space, along with the dynamic evolution of tone and intonation across various timescales. We invite submissions that explore phonetic and phonological aspects of tone and intonation, with a particular focus on the following topics:

1. Variation and Change in Space:
- Cross-linguistics comparison of tone and intonation in well- and under-studied languages.
- Documentation of tonal and intonational patterns in endangered languages.
- Analysis of geographic variation in tone and intonation.
- Tone and intonation in language contact.

2. Variation and Change in Time:
- Diachronic change of tone and intonation.
- Generational differences of tone and intonation.
- Sociolinguistic factors influencing tonal and intonational change.

3. Variation Beyond Space and Time:
- Psycholinguistic, cognitive, and neural correlates of tone and intonation.
- Physiological underpinnings of tone and intonation.
- Acquisition of tone and intonation in L1 and L2.
- Tone and intonation in neurodevelopmental disorders and impairments.
- Role of tone and intonation in multimodal communication.
- Computational modeling and applications of tone and intonation.

We welcome submissions on any aspect of tone and intonation in language, not limited to the aforementioned topics. We encourage contributions from a wide range of theoretical and methodological perspectives, including experimental, descriptive, and computational approaches. Contributions by junior researchers and/or with interdisciplinary research methods are strongly encouraged.

Submission information:

Abstracts should be written in English and no more than 2 A4-sized pages (1 page of text and 1 page for tables, figures, and references), including up to 5 keywords that best describe the paper. All submissions should be in PDF format. Abstracts will be subject to double-blind peer review; please ensure that all identifying information is removed from the abstract.

Abstract submission opens: 15 October 2024
Abstract submission deadline: 9 December 2024
Notification of acceptance: 3 February 2025

Abstract submission will be via CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/TAI2025/

Sireemas Maspong

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10^e Journées de Phonétique Clinique

En 2025, les 10^e JPC auront lieu dans la proche région de Montpellier, à Sète du 10 au 12 Juin 2025.

Elles seront organisées conjointement par l’équipe d’Anthropologie Évolutive de l’ISEM UMR5554 (CNRS & Université de Montpellier), le laboratoire Praxiling UMR5267 (CNRS & Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), le CHU Gui de Chauliac (Service Voix Parole Déglutition), le Laboratoire Audiocampus (Faculté de Pharmacie) et le Département Universitaire d’Orthophonie (Faculté de Médecine). 

 Ces journées pluridisciplinaires sont principalement destinées à rassembler et à favoriser les échanges entre chercheurs, cliniciens et phonéticiens et avec tout autre professionnel s’intéressant aux mécanismes de production et de perception de la parole. Les JPC accueillent autant les experts que les jeunes chercheurs et les étudiants, des domaines cliniques (médecine, orthophonie, audiologie), psychologique, et des sciences du langage. Elles concernent tout ce qui a trait au langage, à la parole et à la voix de l’enfant et de l’adulte, sain ou atteint d’une pathologie. Ces aspects y sont abordés selon des points de vue variés, permettant le partage des savoirs et l’ouverture de nouvelles pistes de réflexion, de recherche et de collaboration.  Les Journées de Phonétique Clinique offrent aux jeunes chercheurs une plateforme d'échange et de formation en contact direct avec des experts du domaine. Ils peuvent y présenter leurs travaux, recevoir des retours critiques, et assister à des conférences spécialisées, ce qui favorise l'acquisition de nouvelles compétences méthodologiques et théoriques. Cette immersion dans un cadre scientifique et collaboratif enrichit leur parcours académique, soutient leur développement professionnel en recherche clinique et linguistique et leur ouvre des perspectives d’avenir pour la suite de leur parcours universitaire (post-docs).

Lors de cette 10^e édition, les femmes, grandes oubliées de la recherche, seront mises à l’honneur. En effet, la recherche biomédicale vise à comprendre le fonctionnement, normal ou pathologique, du corps humain, afin d’améliorer la santé et la qualité de vie des individus. Que ce soit dans son volet clinique ou dans le domaine fondamental, elle s’est souvent cantonnée à des études sur des individus masculins sans tenir compte du fait que la prévalence de certaines maladies diffère selon le genre (Baggio et al. 2013). Ainsi, à l’heure actuelle, 60% des études publiées ne font aucunement mention du genre. La communauté scientifique a aujourd’hui pris conscience de l’importance d’inclure suffisamment de femmes dans les études et d’analyser ces données en fonction du genre.

 Les propositions de communication porteront sur les problématiques suivantes (liste non exhaustive) :

• Parole et perturbations des systèmes perceptifs, auditifs et visuels

   

• Modélisation de la parole et de la voix pathologiques

   

• Perturbations du système oro-pharyngo-laryngé

   

• Perception de la parole (notamment en milieu bruité)

   

• Interaction audio-visuelle chez les malentendants

   

• Évaluation fonctionnelle de la parole, du langage et de la voix

   

• Évaluation fonctionnelle de l'audition

   

• Troubles de la fluence

   

• Perception de la parole chez le malentendant

   

• Réhabilitation prothétique de la surdité

   

• Diagnostic et traitement des troubles de la parole et de la voix parlée et chantée

   

• Instrumentation et ressources en phonétique clinique

   

• Troubles cognitifs et moteurs de la parole et du langage

   

• Méthodes d’analyses / de mesures

   NB : Une attention particulière sera portée aux propositions en lien avec la santé des femmes, les méthodes de mesure spécifiquement adaptées aux voix féminines, les analyses comparatives en fonction du genre, etc…

 Dates importantes (site internet de soumission à venir)

 Date d’appel à communication : 12/11/2024

 ***Date limite de réception des soumissions (abstracts de 500 mots) : 31/01/2025

 Date de notification aux auteurs : 17/03/2025

 Dates d’inscription (early-bird) : 17/03/2025 au 14/04/2025 inclus

 Date d’inscription (tarif normal) : 15/04/2025 au 02/06/2025 inclus 

 Version finale des résumés : 16/05/2025

10^e Journées de Phonétique Clinique : 10-12 juin 2025

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Call for Submissions:

Special Session on Speaker Characterization: Speaker Recognition, Diarization, Speech Emotion Recognition

We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to the Special Session on Speaker Recognition, Diarization, and Speech Emotion Recognition at the upcoming Forum Acusticum Euronoise 2025, to be held from 23rd to 26th of June 2025 in Malaga. This session will focus on cutting-edge research in the fields of speech analysis, with particular emphasis on speaker recognition, diarization, and the recognition of speech-based emotions.

We welcome two types of submissions:

1. Oral Presentation of Published Work: Authors of previously published journal articles related to the session’s theme are invited to submit an abstract for an oral presentation of their work. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your research to an interdisciplinary audience and engage in discussions.

2. Full Paper Submissions for Review: Authors with unpublished research are invited to submit their full papers for review. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will also be eligible for oral presentation during the special session. Important Dates: - Abstract Submission Deadline: January 19th - Full Paper Submission Deadline: March 23rd - Notification of Acceptance: April 10th - Conference Dates: 23rd to 26th of June Submission Guidelines: - Abstracts for oral presentations of published work should be no more than 200 words. - Full paper submissions should be 2-4 pages for short papers, and up to 8 pages for long papers. - Detailed instructions can be found on the conference website https://www.fa-euronoise2025.org/ We look forward to your contributions and hope to see you at Forum Acusticum Euronoise 2025!

For more information, please contact:

Thomas Thebaud,

PhD Assistant Research Scientist,

Center for Language and Speech Processing Johns Hopkins University

tthebau1@jhu.edu

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Call for Papers: Prosody in Languages of the Middle East

Date: 25-Jun-2025
Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Contact Person: Niamh Kelly

Meeting Email: papeprosodyworkshop@gmail.com  ; niamh.kelly@newcastle.ac.uk

Webpage: https://agenda.uib.es/120122/section/53647/6th-phonetics-and-phonology-in-europe-pape-2025.html  
Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2025 

Organisers

• Dr Niamh Kelly (Newcastle University, UK)
• Dr Cong Zhang (Newcastle University, UK) 
• Dr Vahid Sadeghi (Imam Khomeini International University, Iran)
   

Meeting Description:
This is a half-day satellite workshop for the 6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE) conference.

Speech prosody refers to the suprasegmental aspects of speech, including intonation, tone, rhythm, stress, and so on. Prosody can be used, for example, for information structure, lexical contrasts, or to express questions vs statements. 
Languages of the Middle East are traditionally understudied when it comes to prosody. Research on the languages of the region has shown some interesting patterns relating to stress and prosodic focus (Egyptian Arabic (Hellmuth 2011), Jordanian Arabic (de Jong & Zawaydeh 1999)) and the interaction of tonal alignment with syllable structure (Persian (Sadeghi 2019), Lebanese Arabic (Kelly 2024)).
In this workshop on the prosody of languages of the Middle East (including Arabic, Persian, Kurdish languages, Turkic languages, etc), we intend to contribute to the discussion of word-level and sentence-level prosody in these languages, as well as create a space to make connections among researchers working on it. We particularly encourage submissions on lesser studied languages of the region, including work in progress. We also welcome submissions on the multilingual aspect of the region and how that may influence prosody. 

Submission information:
Deadline: February 1st 2025; notification of acceptance February 28th.

Abstract guidelines: Max. 1 page for the body of the abstract (font size 11-12) and max. 1 page for figures/references. Please submit your abstracts to: papeprosodyworkshop@gmail.com 

Oral sessions: 10 min talk, 5 mins for Q&A. There will also be a poster session.
This workshop will be held in a hybrid format so we can accept online talks. Participation at the workshop requires registration for the PaPE conference

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Appel à ateliers - CORIA TALN 2025

Dans le cadre de la conférence conjointe CORIA-TALN 2025 qui aura lieu à Marseille du 30 juin au 4 juillet 2025, nous invitons la communauté scientifique à soumettre des propositions d’ateliers. Ces ateliers doivent aborder une thématique spécifique en lien avec la Recherche d'Information ou le Traitement Automatique du Langage Naturel. L'objectif est de permettre des échanges approfondis et ciblés, complémentaires aux sessions plénières de la conférence principale.

Chaque atelier disposera de son propre président ou présidente et de son propre comité de programme. Les responsables de l'atelier auront en charge la coordination des activités, incluant la communication autour de l’atelier, la publication de l’appel à contributions, ainsi que la gestion du processus de soumission et d’évaluation des articles.

Les organisateurs et organisatrices de CORIA-TALN 2025 prendront en charge les aspects logistiques (par exemple : gestion des salles, pauses café).

Les ateliers se tiendront en parallèle sur une journée complète ou une demi-journée le lundi 30 juin 2025 sur le campus Saint-Charles d’Aix-Marseille Université, à Marseille.

Dates importantes

• Date limite pour la soumission des propositions d’ateliers :
  31 Janvier 2025
• Notification d’acceptation :
  14 Février 2025

Modalités de proposition

Les propositions d’ateliers (1 à 2 pages au format PDF) devront inclure :

• Le titre et l’acronyme de l’atelier.
• Une description synthétique de la thématique.
• La liste des organisateurs et organisatrices (responsable(s) et équipe).
• Un comité scientifique provisoire ou pressenti.
• L’adresse du site web de l’atelier, si disponible.
• Besoins spécifiques (audiovisuel, posters, etc.).
• La durée souhaitée (1 journée ou ½ journée) et une estimation du public cible.

Les propositions doivent être envoyées par courriel à coria-taln-25-ateliers@lis-lab.fr, avec pour objet : [Atelier CORIA-TALN 2025].

Modalités de sélection

Les propositions seront évaluées par des membres du comité d’organisation avec l’aide d’experts issus de la communauté CORIA et TALN, et validées par l’ATALA et l’ARIA. Les critères suivants seront pris en compte :

• L’adéquation aux thématiques de CORIA et/ou TALN.
• L’originalité et la pertinence de la proposition.

Format

Les ateliers pourront se dérouler en français ou en anglais (notamment pour les participants non-francophones). Les articles soumis devront respecter le format de CORIA-TALN 2025. Le calendrier de soumission des versions finales devra suivre celui de la conférence principale.

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13th ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW13) - 24-26 August 2025 in Leeuwarden, NL - <https://blogs.helsinki.fi/ssw13-2025/>

We are delighted to announce the 13th edition of the Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW) which will take place in Leeuwarden (the Netherlands), from Sunday the 24th till Wednesday the 26th of August 2025. The workshop is a satellite event of the Interspeech 2025 conference (held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands).

The SSW is the main meeting place for research and innovation in speech synthesis, i.e. predicting speech signals from text input. Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology is a key component of numerous applications: speech-to-speech translation, digital assistants, conversational agents, social robots. While early research focused on basic intelligibility, contemporary systems now achieve remarkable naturalness. Current research frontiers include emotional expression, speaking style control, and efficient deployment for the world's languages.

**Theme: Scaling down: Sustainable synthesis for language diversity**

SSW13 focuses on making speech synthesis more accessible for the world's languages. We encourage submissions addressing:

- Data-efficient methods for low-resource languages
- Computationally sustainable approaches
- Cross-lingual transfer learning
- Language-specific challenges in TTS


= Key Information =

- Paper Format: Up to 6 pages including references using the Interspeech 2025 template
- Review Process: Double-blind peer review
- Presentation format: Oral and poster sessions
- Virtual Participation: None, in-person only

= Important Dates =

- January 30, 2025: Submission site opens
- **April 1, 2025: Initial submission deadline (title/abstract/authors)**
- April 14, 2025: Full paper deadline
- June 14, 2025: Notification of acceptance
- June 28, 2025: Camera-ready deadline
- August 17-22, 2025: Interspeech (Rotterdam)
- August 24-26, 2025: SSW13 (Leeuwarden)


= Topics =

SSW welcomes contributions not only in the core TTS technology but also includes researchers from related science -- from phoneticians, phonologists, and neuroscientists to experts of multimodal human-machine interaction.


Core tech
- End-to-end text-to-speech synthesis
- Direct waveform generation
- Voice conversion and modification
- Multilingual/cross-lingual synthesis
- Low-resource TTS methods


Linguistic aspects
- Text normalization and preprocessing
- Prosody modeling
- Expression and emotion
- Natural language generation for TTS
- G2P conversion


Applications & eval
- Speech synthesis for accessibility
- Embedded/edge deployment
- Quality assessment metrics
- Privacy and security
- Ethical considerations


Special applications
- Singing synthesis
- Non-human vocalization
- Talking faces/avatars
- Clinical applications

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The First VoicePrivacy Attacker Challenge 

• https://www.voiceprivacychallenge.org/attacker/

• Task: develop attacker systems against voice anonymization

• Deadline for participants to submit a list of training data and models: 13th October 2024

• Publication of the full final list of training data and models: 15th October 2024

• Deadline for participants to submit scores, evaluation results and system descriptions: 5th December 2024

• Deadline for participants to submit 2-page papers to ICASSP-2015 (by invitation only): 9th December 2024

• Paper acceptance notification: 30th December 2024

• Camera-ready 2-page papers due: 13th January  2025

• Special session at ICASSP 2025 (Hyderabad, India): 6-11 April 2025

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Dear colleagues,

Registration for The First VoicePrivacy Attacker Challenge is now open!

The First VoicePrivacy Attacker Challenge is supported by ICASSP 2025 as the SP Grand Challenge (https://2025.ieeeicassp.org/sp-grand-challenges/#gc7). It focuses on developing attacker systems against voice anonymization, which will be evaluated against a set of anonymization systems submitted to the VoicePrivacy 2024 Challenge. Training, development, and evaluation datasets are provided along with a baseline attacker system. Participants shall develop their attacker systems in the form of automatic speaker verification systems and submit their scores on the development and evaluation data to the organizers. To do so, they can use any additional training data and models, provided that they are openly available and declared before the specified deadline. The metric for evaluation is equal error rate (EER). Results will be presented at the ICASSP 2025 special session to which 5 selected top-ranked participants will be invited to submit and present their challenge systems.

Please find more information in The First VoicePrivacy Attacker Challenge Evaluation Plan: https://www.voiceprivacychallenge.org/attacker/docs/Attacker_Challenge_Eval_Plan.pdf

Registration: https://t.co/pPEXxHEtP6

Contact: attacker.challenge@inria.fr

The VoicePrivacy Attacker Challenge Organizers:

Xiaoxiao Miao - Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore

Natalia Tomashenko - Inria, France

Emmanuel Vincent - Inria, France

Junichi Yamagishi - NII, Japan

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