[AUDITORY] Affect Sub-Challenges are now open: The 10th Interspeech Computational Paralinguistics Challenge - ComParE 2018 (Bjoern Schuller )

Subject: [AUDITORY] Affect Sub-Challenges are now open: The 10th Interspeech Computational Paralinguistics Challenge - ComParE 2018 From: Bjoern Schuller <schuller@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:48:51 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_6caf7cf5a59e478b8e03c0f6a4a4f83cBADWLRZSWMBX12adsmwnde_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, This year's 10th anniversary Interspeech Computational Paralinguistics Chal= lenge (ComParE) just opened also the Atypical and Self-Assessed Affect Sub-= Challenges. All Sub-Challenges are now open for participation. Call for Participation INTERSPEECH 2018 ComParE Computational Paralinguistics challengE Atypical & Self-Assessed Affect, Crying & Heart Beats http://emotion-research.net/sigs/speech-sig/is18-compare Organisers: Bj=F6rn Schuller (University of Augsburg, Germany & Imperial College, UK) Stefan Steidl (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) Anton Batliner (University of Augsburg, Germany) Peter B. Marschik (MU Graz, Austria / UMC G=F6ttingen, Germany / KI, Sweden= ) Harald Baumeister (University of Ulm, Germany) Fengquan Dong (Shenzhen University General Hospital, PR China) Dates: 16 March 2018 Paper abstract registration 23 March 2018 Final paper submission 11 June 2018 Final result upload 17 June 2018 Camera-ready paper The Challenge: The Interspeech 2018 Computational Paralinguistics ChallengE (ComParE) is a= n open Challenge dealing with states and traits of speakers as manifested i= n their speech signal's acoustic properties. There have so far been nine co= nsecutive Challenges at INTERSPEECH since 2009 (cf. the Challenge series' r= epository at http://www.compare.openaudio.eu), but there still exists a mul= tiplicity of not yet covered, but highly relevant paralinguistic phenomena.= Thus, in this year's 10th anniversary edition, we introduce four new tasks= . The following Sub-Challenges are addressed: * In the Atypical Affect Sub-Challenge, emotion of disabled sp= eakers is to be recognised. * In the Self-Assessed Affect Sub-Challenge, self-assessed aff= ect shall be determined. * In the Crying Sub-Challenge, mood-related types of infant vo= calisation have to be classified. * In the Heart Beats Sub-Challenge, types of Heart Beat Sounds= need to be distinguished. All Sub-Challenges allow contributors to find their own features with their= own machine learning algorithm. However, a standard feature set and tools = will be provided that may be used. Participants will have to stick to the d= efinition of training, development, and test sets as given. They may report= results obtained on the development sets, but have only five trials to upl= oad their results on the test set per Sub-Challenge, whose labels are unkno= wn to them. Each participation has to be accompanied by a paper presenting = the results that undergoes the normal Interspeech peer-review and has to be= accepted for the conference in order to participate in the Challenge. The = organisers preserve the right to re-evaluate the findings, but will not par= ticipate themselves in the Challenge. In these respects, the INTERSPEECH 2017 Computational Paralinguistics chall= engE (ComParE) shall help bridging the gap between excellent research on pa= ralinguistic information in spoken language and low compatibility of result= s. We encourage both - contributions aiming at highest performance w.r.t. t= he baselines provided by the organisers, and contributions aiming at findin= g new and interesting insights w.r.t. these data. Overall, contributions us= ing the provided or equivalent data are sought for (but not limited to): * Participation in a Sub-Challenge * Contributions focussing on Computational Paralinguistics centred arou= nd the Challenge topics The results of the Challenge will be presented at Interspeech 2018 in Hyder= abad, India. Prizes will be awarded to the Sub-Challenge winners. If you are interested = and planning to participate in INTERSPEECH 2018 ComParE, or if you want to = be kept informed about the Challenge, please send the organisers an e-mail = (steidl@xxxxxxxx<mailto:steidl@xxxxxxxx>) to indicate your interest and v= isit the homepage: http://emotion-research.net/sigs/speech-sig/is18-compare With best wishes, Bj=F6rn Schuller On behalf of the organisers ___________________________________________ Professor Dr habil. Bj=F6rn W. Schuller FIEEE Chair of Embedded Intelligence for Health Care and Wellbeing University of Augsburg / Germany Head GLAM - Group on Audio, Language & Music Imperial College London / UK CEO audEERING GmbH Gilching / Germany Visiting Professor Harbin Institute of Technology / China Editor in Chief IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing schuller@xxxxxxxx<mailto:schuller@xxxxxxxx> http://www.schuller.one<http://www.schuller.one/> ___________________________________________ --_000_6caf7cf5a59e478b8e03c0f6a4a4f83cBADWLRZSWMBX12adsmwnde_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <meta name=3D"ProgId" content=3D"Word.Document"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15"> <meta name=3D"Originator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15"> <link rel=3D"File-List" href=3D"cid:filelist.xml@xxxxxxxx"><style></style> </head> <body lang=3D"DE" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72" style=3D"tab-interval:= 35.4pt"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This year’s 10th anniversary Interspeech Computational = Paralinguistics Challenge (ComParE) just open= ed also the Atypical and Self-Assessed Affect Sub-Challenges.<o:p></o:p> All Sub-Challenges are now open for pa= rticipation.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <table class=3D"MsoNormalTable" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding= =3D"0" width=3D"690" style=3D"width:517.3pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yf= ti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"> <tbody> <tr style=3D"mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;hei= ght:82.3pt"> <td width=3D"518" valign=3D"top" style=3D"width:388.15pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt = 0cm 5.4pt;height:82.3pt"> Call for Participation<o:p></o:p></b= > INTERSPEECH 2018 ComParE<o:p></o:p> Computational Paral= inguistics challengE <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Atypical & Self-Assessed Affect,= Crying & Heart Beats<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href=3D"http://emotion-research.net/sigs/speech-s= ig/is18-compare">htt= p://emotion-research.net/sigs/speech-sig/is18-compare</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Organisers:<o:p></o:p> Bj=F6rn Schuller (University of Augsburg= , Germany<spa= n lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#= 806000;background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> & Imperial College, UK)</sp= an><o:p></o:p> Stefan Steidl (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)<o:p></o:p> Anton Batliner (University of Augsburg= , Germany)<o:p></o:p> Peter B. Marschik (MU Graz, Austria / UMC G=F6ttingen, Germany / KI, Sweden)<o:p></o:p></= span> Harald Baumeister (University of Ulm, Germany)</sp= an><o:p></o:p> Fengquan Dong (Shenzhen University General Hos= pital, PR China)<o:p></o:p>= <o:p> </o:p> Dates:<o:p></o:p> 16 March 2018 Paper abstract registration <o:p></o:p> 23 March 2018 Final paper submission<sp= an lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:= black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p> 11 June   2018 Final result upload <o:p></o:p> 17 June   2018 Camera-ready paper<o:p></o:p></s= pan> <o:p> </o:p> The Challenge:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </td> <td width=3D"172" valign=3D"top" style=3D"width:129.15pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt = 0cm 5.4pt;height:82.3pt"> <o:p> </o:p> <sp= an lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",s= ans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p> <= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma&quot= ;,sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p> <sp= an lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",s= ans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p> <spa= n lang=3D"X-NONE" style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",= sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:X-NONE"><o:p> </o:p> <spa= n lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",s= ans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p> <= span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;co= lor:#008E40;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p> <= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma&quot= ;,sans-serif;color:#008E40;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span= > </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> The Interspeech 2018 Computational Paralinguistics ChallengE (ComParE) is= an open Challenge dealing with states and traits of speakers as manifested in their speech signal’s acoustic properti= es. There have so far been nine consecutive Challenges at INTERSPEECH since= 2009 (cf. the Challenge series‘ repository at <a href=3D"http:= //www.compare.openaudio.eu">http://www.compar= e.openaudio.eu</a>), but there still exists a multipli= city of not yet covered, but highly relevant paralinguistic phenomena. Thus, in this year’s 10th anniversary edition, we introduce four new = tasks. The following Sub-Challenges are addressed:<o:p></o:p></= p> <o:p> </o:p> <![if !supportLists]>•      &nbs= p;       <![endif]>In th= e Atypical Affect Sub-Challenge</span= >, emotion of disabled speakers is to be recognised.<o:p></o:p><= /p> <![if !supportLists]>•      &nbs= p;       <![endif]>In th= e Self-Assessed Affect Sub-Challenge<= /i>, self-assessed affect shall be determined.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>•      &nbs= p;       <![endif]>In th= e Crying Sub-Challenge, mood-rela= ted types of infant vocalisation have to be classified.<o:p></o:p></= p> <![if !supportLists]>•      &nbs= p;       <![endif]>In th= e Heart Beats Sub-Challenge, type= s of Heart Beat Sounds need to be distinguished.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> All Sub-Challenges allow contributors to find their own features with the= ir own machine learning algorithm. However, a standard feature set and tools will be provided that may be used. Participants will= have to stick to the definition of training, development, and test sets as= given. They may report results obtained on the development sets, but have = only five trials to upload their results on the test set per Sub-Challenge, whose labels are unknown to the= m. Each participation has to be accompanied by a paper presenting the resul= ts that undergoes the normal Interspeech peer-review and has to be accepted= for the conference in order to participate in the Challenge. The organisers preserve the right to re-eval= uate the findings, but will not participate themselves in the Challenge. <o:p></o:p> In these respects, the INTERSPEECH 2017 Computational Paralinguistics challengE (ComParE) shall help bridging the gap between excellent research on paralingui= stic information in spoken language and low compatibility of results. We en= courage both – contributions aiming at highest performance w.r.t. the= baselines provided by the organisers, and contributions aiming at finding new and interesting insights w.r.t. th= ese data. Overall, contributions using the provided or equivalent data are = sought for (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <ul style=3D"margin-top:0cm" type=3D"disc"> <li class=3D"MsoPlainText" style=3D"text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 l= fo4">Participation in a Sub-Challenge<o:p></o:p></spa= n></li><li class=3D"MsoPlainText" style=3D"text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 l= evel1 lfo4">Contributions focussing on Computational = Paralinguistics centred around the Challenge topics<o:p></o:p></li><= /ul> <= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-= ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p> The results of the Challenge will be presented at Interspeech 2018 in Hyd= erabad, India. <o:p></o:p> Prizes will be awarded to the Sub-Challenge winners. If you are intereste= d and planning to participate in INTERSPEECH 2018 ComParE, or if you want to b= e kept informed about the Challenge, please send the organisers an e-mail (= <a href=3D"mailto:steidl@xxxxxxxx">steidl@xxxxxxxx</a>) to indicate your interest and visit the homepage:<o:p></o:p> <a href=3D"http://emotion-research.net/sigs/s= peech-sig/is18-compare">http://emotion-resear= ch.net/sigs/speech-sig/is18-compare</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> With best wishes,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Bj=F6rn Schuller<o:p></o:p> On behalf of the organisers<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ___________________________________________<o:p></o:= p> <o:p> </o:p> Professor Dr habil.<o:p></o:p> Bj=F6rn W. Schuller<o:p></o:p> FIEEE<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Chair of Embedded Intelligence for Health Care and Wellbeing <o:p></o:p> University of Augsburg / Germany<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Head GLAM – Group on Audio, Language & Music<o:p></o:p>= Imperial College London / UK<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> CEO audEERING GmbH<o:p></o:p> Gilching / Germany<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Visiting Professor<o:p></o:p> Harbin Institute of Technology / China<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Editor in Chief<o:p></o:p> IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href=3D"mailto:schuller@xxxxxxxx">schuller@xxxxxxxx</a><o:p></o:p> <a href=3D"http://www.schuller.one/">http://www.schuller.one</a><= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></p= > ___________________________________________<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_6caf7cf5a59e478b8e03c0f6a4a4f83cBADWLRZSWMBX12adsmwnde_--

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