31.2246, Calls: Comp Ling, Forensic Ling, Phonetics, Phonology/Switzerland

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Subject: 31.2246, Calls: Comp Ling, Forensic Ling, Phonetics, Phonology/Switzerland

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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:50:56
From: Elisa Pellegrino [elisa.pellegrino at uzh.ch]
Subject: AISV 2021: Speaker Individuality in Phonetics and Speech Sciences: Speech Technology and Forensic Applications

 
Full Title: AISV 2021: Speaker Individuality in Phonetics and Speech Sciences: Speech Technology and Forensic Applications 
Short Title: AISV 2021 

Date: 04-Feb-2021 - 05-Feb-2021
Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Contact Person: Elisa Pellegrino
Meeting Email: aisv2021 at gmail.com
Web Site: https://www.cl.uzh.ch/en/aboutus/events/AISV2021.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology 

Call Deadline: 20-Sep-2020 

Meeting Description:

Research in language sciences typically focuses on the analysis of linguistic
systems and on aspects of language variation determined by sociolinguistic
parameters such as the geographical and social origin of the speaker or the
situational context. Research in speech sciences, on the other hand, is mainly
concerned with the dynamics of speech production and perception, so that
interspeaker acoustic variability - far from being a disturbance factor or
'noise' - may itself constitute an object of inquiry. Moreover, the
speaker-specific dimensions of variation are of great relevance in several
domains of applied sciences such as speech technologies (e.g., automatic
speech and speaker recognition) or forensic phonetics.

This conference provides a forum for discussing and sharing research
experiences related to different aspects of speaker individuality which are
investigated from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Among the possible
research topics we suggest the following:

- Speaker-specific acoustic properties of vowel and consonants (e.g.,
formants, spectral moments or VOT)
- Speaker-specific acoustic properties of intonational patterns (e.g., the
range and median of F0 or particular contours)
- Temporal aspects which contribute to speaker individuality (e.g.,
articulation and speech rate, rhythm metrics)
- Individual aspects of voice quality (such as creaky or breathy voice) and
their acoustic measurements (e.g., harmonics to noise ratio)
- Aspects related to the geographical origin of individual speakers (phonetic
features of dialects or regional varieties of standard languages)
- Socio-phonetic aspects of speech variation including gender, age, class or
'community of practice'
- Effects of voice disguise on speaker individuality and recognition
- Building and using corpora and databases for forensic purposes
- Qualitative and quantitative requirements for acoustic stimuli used as
forensic evidence
- Audio enhancement techniques for improving speaker recognition in noisy
signals
- Statistical models and tools for the analysis of speaker individuality and
speaker recognition
 
Following the tradition of AISV conferences, the programme will also include
open sessions on any aspect of speech science research.


Call for Papers: 

This conference provides a forum for discussing and sharing research
experiences related to different aspects of speaker individuality which are
investigated from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Possible research topic:
- Speaker-specific acoustic properties of vowel and consonants 
- Speaker-specific acoustic properties of intonational patterns 
- Temporal aspects which contribute to speaker individuality 
- Individual aspects of voice quality and their acoustic measurements 
- Aspects related to the geographical origin of individual speakers 
- Socio-phonetic aspects of speech variation including gender, age, class or
'community of practice'
- Effects of voice disguise on speaker individuality and recognition
- Building and using corpora and databases for forensic purposes
- Qualitative and quantitative requirements for acoustic stimuli used as
forensic evidence
- Audio enhancement techniques for improving speaker recognition in noisy
signals
- Statistical models and tools for the analysis of speaker individuality and
speaker recognition
 Following the tradition of AISV conferences, the programme will also include
open sessions on any aspect of speech science research.

Invited Speakers: 
- KIRSTY MCDOUGALL, University of Cambridge (UK)
- HELEN FRASER, University of New England (New South Wales - Australia)

Satellite workshop: 
A half-day satellite workshop on automatic and semi-automatic procedures of
speaker recognition, will be held by MICHAEL JESSEN (Bundeskriminalamt,
Wiesbaden, DE)

Round table: 
A round table on Current trends and issues in forensic phonetics research will
be moderated by PETER FRENCH (University of York). Round table participants
are: VOLKER DELLWO (University of Zurich), HELEN FRASER (University of New
England), MICHAEL JESSEN (BKA Wiesbaden), KIRSTY MCDOUGALL (University of
Cambridge) and LUCIANO ROMITO (Università della Calabria)

Abstract submission: 
Abstracts can be written in Italian or in English and should be limited to
1000‒1500 words (references excluded). The whole abstract, including
references and figures should not exceed two A4 pages. Abstracts should be
anonymous and submitted in PDF format only through EasyChair following the
procedure indicated on the conference website (available from 15 July 2020).
Both oral and poster presentations are possible: Authors may express their
preference (the final decision will be taken, however, by the organising
committee).

Presentations: 
Oral presentations will be limited to 15‒20 min., followed by a short
discussion. Slides should be prepared in *.ppt or *.pdf format. Poster
presentations will be introduced by a poster slam session during which authors
will present their research in one minute. Posters should be printed in A0
format (841mm × 1189mm) and in portrait orientation. The languages of the
conference are Italian and English. 

Important dates: 
- Abstract submission: 20 September 2020
- Notification of acceptance: 30 October 2020
- Conference dates: 4-5 February 2021
- Full paper submissions: 16 May 2021

Conference fees (including 1-year AISV membership): 
- full rate (post-docs and PhD students with scholarship): 125 euros
- reduced rate (graduate and undergraduate students, PhD students with no
scholarship): 75 euros
Online registration: 1 December 2020 until 15 January 2021. Registration will
be possible on site with an additional charge of 30 euros.

Franco Ferrero Award: 
https://www.aisv.it/it/premio-ferrero.html

Organising Committee: 
Camilla Bernardasci,  Volker Dellwo, Dalila Dipino, Davide Garassino, Michele
Loporcaro, Stefano Negrinelli, Elisa Pellegrino, Stephan Schmid, Dieter
Studer-Joho




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