Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] CFP: Computer Speech and Language Special Issue on Separation, Recognition, and Diarization of Conversational Speech From: Michael Mandel <mim@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:49:42 -0500--000000000000ff527305b8be5a4a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reminder: the extended deadline for submission to the special issue of Computer Speech and Language on Separation, Recognition, and Diarization of Conversational Speech is **** this Friday, January 15th, 2021 ****. Sincerely, the guest editors On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:05 AM Michael Mandel <mim@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all, > > Due to a number of requests, we will be extending the deadline for the > special issue of Computer Speech and Language on Separation, Recognition, > and Diarization of Conversational Speech to *** *January 15th, 2021 ****. > Note that unfortunately no additional extensions can be given after this > date, so this will be the final deadline. > > Sincerely, > the guest editors. > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 10:14 AM Michael Mandel <mim@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Submissions are now open for the special issue of Computer Speech and >> Language on Separation, Recognition, and Diarization of Conversational >> Speech. Please see the below CfP. >> >> Sincerely, >> the guest editors >> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:16 PM Michael Mandel <mim@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> *Call for papers* >>> >>> Computer Speech and Language >>> https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language >>> >>> Special Issue on Separation, Recognition, and Diarization of >>> Conversational Speech >>> >>> https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language/call-for= -papers/call-for-papers-computer-speech-and-language-special-issue >>> >>> *Submission deadline: December 15, 2020* >>> >>> >>> While great advances have been made in conversational automatic speech >>> recognition in recent years, several fundamental problems remain before= the >>> goal of a richly annotated transcript of speech and speakers can be >>> realized. The current special issue invites papers to discuss the >>> robustness of speech processing in everyday environments, i.e., real-wo= rld >>> conditions with acoustic clutter, where the number and nature of the so= und >>> sources is unknown and changing over time. >>> >>> Relevant research topics include (but are not limited to): >>> >>> - Speaker identification and diarization >>> - Speaker localization and beamforming >>> - Single- or multi-microphone enhancement and separation >>> - Robust features and feature transforms >>> - Robust acoustic and language modeling >>> - Traditional or end-to-end robust speech recognition >>> - Training schemes: data simulation and augmentation, >>> semi-supervised training >>> - Robust speaker and language recognition >>> - Robust paralinguistics >>> - Cross-environment or cross-dataset performance analysis >>> - Environmental background noise modelling. >>> >>> In addition to traditional research papers, the special issue also hope= s >>> to include descriptions of successful conversational speech recognition >>> systems where the contribution is more in the implementation than the >>> techniques themselves as well as successful applications of conversatio= nal >>> speech recognition systems. >>> >>> The recently concluded sixth CHiME challenge serves as a focus for >>> discussion in this special issue. The challenge considered the problem = of >>> conversational speech recognition and diarization in everyday home >>> environments from multiple distant microphone arrays. It used a >>> resychronized version of the Dinner Party speech data featured in CHiME= -5 >>> and added a new joint diarization and ASR task. Papers reporting evalua= tion >>> results on the CHiME-6 dataset or on other datasets are equally welcome= . >>> >>> >>> >>> *Submission instructions* >>> Manuscript submissions shall be made through: >>> https://www.editorialmanager.com/YCSLA/. >>> >>> The submission system will be open in November. When submitting your >>> manuscript please select the article type =E2=80=9CVSI:SeparateRecogniz= eDiarize=E2=80=9D. >>> Please submit your manuscript before the submission deadline. >>> >>> All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be >>> reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is >>> accepted, it will go into production, and will be simultaneously publis= hed >>> in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issue. >>> Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different regular issue= s of >>> the journal, though they will be clearly marked and branded as Special >>> Issue articles. Please see an example here: >>> https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/science-of-the-total-environment/= special-issue/10SWS2W7VVV >>> >>> Please ensure you read the Guide for Authors before writing your >>> manuscript. The Guide for Authors and the link to submit your manuscrip= t is >>> available on the Journal=E2=80=99s homepage https://www.elsevier.com/lo= cate/csl. >>> >>> >>> Important dates: >>> >>> - Submission opens: November 16, 2020 >>> - Submission deadline: December 15, 2020 >>> - Acceptance deadline: September 1, 2021 >>> - Expected publication date: November 1, 2021 >>> >>> >>> Guest editors >>> >>> - Michael Mandel, Brooklyn College, CUNY >>> - Jon Barker, University of Sheffield >>> - Jun Du, University of Science and Technology of China >>> - Leibny Paola Garcia, Johns Hopkins University >>> - Emmanuel Vincent, Inria >>> - Shinji Watanabe, Johns Hopkins University >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael I Mandel >>> Associate Professor >>> Department of Computer and Information Science, Brooklyn College >>> Computer Science PhD Program, CUNY Graduate Center >>> Linguistics PhD Program, CUNY Graduate Center >>> >>> http://mr-pc.org >>> 2232 Ingersoll Hall >>> 718-951-5000 x2053 (Office) >>> 347-881-6165 (Cell) >>> >> --000000000000ff527305b8be5a4a Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Reminder: the extended deadline for submission to the spec= ial issue of Computer Speech and Language on=C2=A0Separation, Recognition, = and Diarization of Conversational Speech is=C2=A0<b>*** this Friday,=C2=A0J= anuary 15th, 2021 ***</b>.<div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>the gues= t editors</div><div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"= ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:05 AM Michael Mandel &= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mim@xxxxxxxx">mim@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l= eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dear all,= <div><br></div><div>Due to a number of requests, we will be extending the d= eadline for the special issue of Computer Speech and Language on=C2=A0Separ= ation, Recognition, and Diarization of Conversational Speech to ***=C2=A0<b= >January 15th, 2021 ***</b>.=C2=A0 Note that unfortunately no additional ex= tensions can be given after this date, so this will be the final deadline.<= /div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>the guest editors.</div><div>= </div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_= attr">On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 10:14 AM Michael Mandel <<a href=3D"mailto= :mim@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">mim@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><bl= ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-lef= t:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Dear a= ll,</div><div><br></div>Submissions=C2=A0are now open for the special issue= of Computer Speech and Language on Separation, Recognition, and Diarizatio= n of Conversational Speech. Please see the below CfP.<div><br></div><div>Si= ncerely,</div><div>the guest editors</div><div></div></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 21, 2020= at 10:16 PM Michael Mandel <<a href=3D"mailto:mim@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"= _blank">mim@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu= ote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,20= 4);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><b>Call for papers</b></div><div= ><br></div><div>Computer Speech and Language<br></div><div><a href=3D"https= ://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language" target=3D"_blank= ">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language</a><br></d= iv><div><br></div><div>Special Issue on Separation, Recognition, and Diariz= ation of Conversational Speech</div><a href=3D"https://www.journals.elsevie= r.com/computer-speech-and-language/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-computer= -speech-and-language-special-issue" target=3D"_blank">https://www.journals.= elsevier.com/computer-speech-and-language/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-c= omputer-speech-and-language-special-issue</a><div><br></div><div><b>Submiss= ion deadline: December 15, 2020</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div= >While great advances have been made in conversational automatic speech rec= ognition in recent years, several fundamental problems remain before the go= al of a richly annotated transcript of speech and speakers can be realized.= The current special issue invites papers to discuss the robustness of spee= ch processing in everyday environments, i.e., real-world conditions with ac= oustic clutter, where the number and nature of the sound sources is unknown= and changing over time.</div><div><br></div><div>Relevant research topics = include (but are not limited to):<ul><li>Speaker identification and diariza= tion</li><li>Speaker localization and beamforming</li><li>Single- or multi-= microphone enhancement and separation</li><li>Robust features and feature t= ransforms</li><li>Robust acoustic and language modeling</li><li>Traditional= or end-to-end robust speech recognition</li><li>Training schemes: data sim= ulation and augmentation, semi-supervised training</li><li>Robust speaker a= nd language recognition</li><li>Robust paralinguistics</li><li>Cross-enviro= nment or cross-dataset performance analysis</li><li>Environmental backgroun= d noise modelling.</li></ul>In addition to traditional research papers, the= special issue also hopes to include descriptions of successful conversatio= nal speech recognition systems where the contribution is more in the implem= entation than the techniques themselves as well as successful applications = of conversational speech recognition systems.<br><br>The recently concluded= sixth CHiME challenge serves as a focus for discussion in this special iss= ue. The challenge considered the problem of conversational speech recogniti= on and diarization in everyday home environments from multiple distant micr= ophone arrays. It used a resychronized version of the Dinner Party speech d= ata featured in CHiME-5 and added a new joint diarization and ASR task. Pap= ers reporting evaluation results on the CHiME-6 dataset or on other dataset= s are equally welcome.<br><br><br><b>Submission instructions<br></b><br>Man= uscript submissions shall be made through: <a href=3D"https://www.editorial= manager.com/YCSLA/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.editorialmanager.com/YCSL= A/</a>.<br><br>The submission system will be open in November. When submitt= ing your manuscript please select the article type =E2=80=9CVSI:SeparateRec= ognizeDiarize=E2=80=9D. Please submit your manuscript before the submission= deadline.<br><br>All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer revie= w will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscr= ipt is accepted, it will go into production, and will be simultaneously pub= lished in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issu= e. Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different regular issues= of the journal, though they will be clearly marked and branded as Special = Issue articles. Please see an example here: <a href=3D"https://www.scienced= irect.com/journal/science-of-the-total-environment/special-issue/10SWS2W7VV= V" target=3D"_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/science-of-the-t= otal-environment/special-issue/10SWS2W7VVV</a><br><br>Please ensure you rea= d the Guide for Authors before writing your manuscript. The Guide for Autho= rs and the link to submit your manuscript is available on the Journal=E2=80= =99s homepage <a href=3D"https://www.elsevier.com/locate/csl" target=3D"_bl= ank">https://www.elsevier.com/locate/csl</a>.<br><br><br>Important dates:<b= r><ul><li>Submission opens: November 16, 2020</li><li>Submission deadline: = December 15, 2020</li><li>Acceptance deadline: September 1, 2021</li><li>Ex= pected publication date: November 1, 2021</li></ul><br>Guest editors<br><ul= ><li>Michael Mandel, Brooklyn College, CUNY</li><li>Jon Barker, University = of Sheffield</li><li>Jun Du, University of Science and Technology of China<= /li><li>Leibny Paola Garcia, Johns Hopkins University</li><li>Emmanuel Vinc= ent, Inria</li><li>Shinji Watanabe, Johns Hopkins University</li></ul><div>= <br></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div= ><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Michael I Mandel</div><div>Ass= ociate Professor</div><div>Department of Computer and Information Science, = Brooklyn College</div><div><div>Computer Science PhD Program, CUNY Graduate= Center</div><div><div>Linguistics PhD Program, CUNY Graduate Center</div><= /div><div><br></div></div><div><a href=3D"http://mr-pc.org" target=3D"_blan= k">http://mr-pc.org</a></div>2232 Ingersoll Hall<br>718-951-5000 x2053 (Off= ice)<br>347-881-6165 (Cell)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>= </div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div> --000000000000ff527305b8be5a4a--