Subject: [AUDITORY] Announcing the CHiME-5 Challenge From: Jon Barker <j.p.barker@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 17:07:26 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--f4f5e8097fb04546290566ad5c2f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * --------------------------------------------- 5th CHiME Speech Separation and Recognition Challenge Deadline: August 3, 2018 Workshop: Microsoft, Hyderabad, Sep 7, 2018 http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chime_challenge/ <http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chime_challenge/> ----------------------------------------------Dear colleague,It gives us great pleasure to announce the official launch of the CHiME-5 Challenge.CHiME-5 considers the problem of distant-microphone conversational speech recognition in everyday home environments. Speech material was elicited using a dinner party scenario with efforts taken to capture data that is representative of natural conversational speech. Participants may use a single microphone array or multiple distributed arrays.FORUMIf you are considering participating, please join the CHiME-5 Google group for discussions and further announcements.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chime5/join <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/chime5/join>MATERIALSThe Challenge website is now live and contains all the information and data that you will need for participation:- a detailed description of the challenge scenario and recording conditions,- real training and development data,- full instructions for participation and submission.Baseline software for array synchronization, speech enhancement, and state-of-the-art speech recognition will be provided on March 12.If you have a question that isn't answered by the website and you expect other participants to have the answer or to be interested by the answer, please post it on the forum. Otherwise, please email us: chimechallenge@xxxxxxxx <chimechallenge@xxxxxxxx>.We look forward to your participation.IMPORTANT DATES5th March, 2018 =E2=80=94 Training and development set data released12= th March, 2018 =E2=80=94 Baseline recognition system released10th June, 2018 = =E2=80=94 Workshop registration openJune/July, 2018 =E2=80=94 Test data released3= rd Aug, 2018 =E2=80=94 Extended abstract and challenge submission deadline20th Au= g, 2018 =E2=80=94 Author notification31st August, 2018 =E2=80=94 Workshop reg= istration deadline7th Sept, 2018 =E2=80=94 CHiME-5 Workshop (satellite of Interspe= ech 2018) and release of results8th Oct, 2018 =E2=80=94 Final paper (2 to 6 pages)ORGANISERSJon Barker, University of SheffieldShinji Watanabe, Johns Hopkins UniversityEmmanuel Vincent, InriaSPONSORSGoogleMicrosoft ResearchSUPPORTED BYInternational Speech Communication Association (ISCA)ISCA Robust Speech Processing SIG * --f4f5e8097fb04546290566ad5c2f Content-Type: text/html; 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style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color= :transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-dec= oration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0------------------------------------= ----------</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margi= n-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Aria= l;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:= normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;whi= te-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleague,</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"li= ne-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:1= 1pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-we= ight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertica= l-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It gives us great pleasure to announ= ce the official launch of the CHiME-5 Challenge.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"lt= r" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tran= sparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decorati= on:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CHiME-5 considers the= problem of distant-microphone conversational speech recognition in everyda= y home environments. Speech material was elicited using a dinner party scen= ario with efforts taken to capture data that is representative of natural c= onversational speech. Participants may use a single microphone array or mul= tiple distributed arrays.</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-he= ight:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;f= ont-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:= 400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-ali= gn:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FORUM</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-= size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;v= ertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are considering partici= pating, please join the CHiME-5 Google group for discussions and further an= nouncements.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:= 0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/c= hime5/join" style=3D"text-decoration:none"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fo= nt-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weig= ht:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vert= ical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://groups.google.com/forum/#= !forum/chime5/join</span></a></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-heigh= t:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font= -family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400= ;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:= baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MATERIALS</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-= size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;v= ertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Challenge website is now l= ive and contains all the information and data that you will need for partic= ipation:</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;= margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rg= b(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;fon= t-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:p= re-wrap">- a detailed description of the challenge scenario and recording c= onditions,</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0p= t;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:= rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;f= ont-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space= :pre-wrap">- real training and development data,</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" s= tyle=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpare= nt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:no= ne;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- full instructions for pa= rticipation and submission.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-heig= ht:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fon= t-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:40= 0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align= :baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Baseline software for array synchronization= , speech enhancement, and state-of-the-art speech recognition will be provi= ded on March 12.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;mar= gin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ar= ial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-styl= e:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;w= hite-space:pre-wrap">If you have a question that isn't answered by the = website and you expect other participants to have the answer or to be inter= ested by the answer, please post it on the forum. Otherwise, please email u= s: <a href=3D"mailto:chimechallenge@xxxxxxxx">chimechallenge@xxxxxxxx</a>= .</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;mar= gin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0= ,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-v= ariant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-= wrap">We look forward to your participation.</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"lt= r" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tran= sparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decorati= on:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IMPORTANT DATES</span= ></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bot= tom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);b= ackground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:= normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5= th March, 2018 =E2=80=94 Training and development set data released</span><= span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-= color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex= t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class= =3D"gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:= Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-st= yle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline= ;white-space:pre-wrap">12th March, 2018 =E2=80=94 Baseline recognition syst= em released</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0= pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color= :rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;= font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-spac= e:pre-wrap">10th June, 2018 =C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=94 =C2=A0Workshop registrati= on open</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb= (0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font= -variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e-wrap">June/July, 2018 =C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=94 =C2=A0Test data released</spa= n></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom= :0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);back= ground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:nor= mal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3rd = Aug, 2018 =C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=94 Extended abstract and challenge submission = deadline</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;= margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rg= b(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;fon= t-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:p= re-wrap">20th Aug, 2018 =C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=94 =C2=A0Author notification</sp= an></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-botto= m:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);bac= kground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:no= rmal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">31s= t August, 2018 =C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=94 =C2=A0Workshop registration deadline</= span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bot= tom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);b= ackground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:= normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7= th Sept, 2018 =C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=94 =C2=A0CHiME-5 Workshop (satellite of In= terspeech 2018) and release of results</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"li= ne-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:1= 1pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-we= ight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertica= l-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8th Oct, 2018 =C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=94 = =C2=A0Final paper (2 to 6 pages)</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"= line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size= :11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-= weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;verti= cal-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ORGANISERS</span></p><br><p dir=3D= "ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tr= ansparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decora= tion:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jon Barker, Univers= ity of Sheffield</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-= top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;= color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:no= rmal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white= -space:pre-wrap">Shinji Watanabe, Johns Hopkins University</span></p><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span = style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color= :transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-dec= oration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emmanuel Vincent= , Inria</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-t= op:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;c= olor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:nor= mal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-= space:pre-wrap">SPONSORS</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:= 1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-f= amily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;f= ont-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:ba= seline;white-space:pre-wrap">Google</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-= height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt= ;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weigh= t:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-a= lign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Microsoft Research</span></p><br><br><p= dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-c= 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