[AUDITORY] Call for Participation: The Interspeech 2018 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge (Bjoern Schuller )

Subject: [AUDITORY] Call for Participation: The Interspeech 2018 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge From: Bjoern Schuller <schuller@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:32:08 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_5d813f892f2f4ec2806b0db9598e79c2tumde_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, we hope you may find interest in this year's 10th anniversary Interspeech C= omputational Paralinguistics Challenge (ComParE): 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): =B7 Participation in a Sub-Challenge =B7 Contributions focussing on Computational Paralinguistics centred= around 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_5d813f892f2f4ec2806b0db9598e79c2tumde_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang=3D"DE" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> we hope you may find interest i= n this year’s 10th anniversary Interspeech Computational P= aralinguistics Challenge (ComParE):<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"1379" style=3D"width:517.3pt;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr style=3D"height:82.3pt"> <td width=3D"1035" 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> INTERSPEECH 2018 ComParE</spa= n><o:p></o:p> Computational Paralinguistics challengE <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Atypical & Self-Assessed Affect, Crying & Heart Beat= s<o:p></o:p></= b> <o:p> </o:p> <a href=3D"http://emotion-research.net/sigs/speech-s= ig/is18-compare">http://emotion-research.net/sigs/spee= ch-sig/is18-compare</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Organisers:<o:p></o:p> Bj=F6rn Sc= huller (University of Augsburg, Germany & Imperial College, UK)<o:p></o= :p> Stefan Steidl (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)<o:p></o:p> Anton Batl= iner (University of Augsburg, Germany)</= span><o:p></o:p> Peter B. Marschik (MU Graz, Austria / UMC G=F6ttingen, Germany / KI, Sweden)<o:p></o:p></= span> Harald Bau= meister (University of Ulm, Germany)<o:p></o:p><= /span> Fengquan D= ong (Shenzhen University General Hospital, PR China)<= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;colo= r:black"><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Dates:<o:p></o:p> 16 March 2= 018 Paper abstract registration <o:p></o:p> 23 March 2= 018 Final paper submission <o:p></o:p> 11 June&nb= sp;  2018 Final result upload <o:p></o:p> 17 June&nb= sp;  2018 Camera-ready paper<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The Challenge:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </td> <td width=3D"344" 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"><o:p> </o:p> <= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma&quot= ;,sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p> <sp= an lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",s= ans-serif"><o:p> </o:p> <spa= n lang=3D"X-NONE" style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",= sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p> <spa= n lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",s= ans-serif"><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"><o:p> </o:p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> The Interspeech 2018 C= omputational Paralinguistics ChallengE (ComParE) is an open Challenge deali= ng with states and traits of speakers as manifested in their speech signal’s acoustic properties. There have so far been= nine consecutive Challenges at INTERSPEECH since 2009 (cf. the Challe= nge 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>&= nbsp;</o:p> <![if !supportLists]>•=    &n= bsp;          <![endif]>In the Atypical Affect Sub-Challenge, emotion of disabl= ed speakers is to be recognised.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>•=    &n= bsp;          <![endif]>In the Self-Assessed Affect Sub-Challenge<= /i>, self-assessed affect shall be determined.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>•=    &n= bsp;          <![endif]>In the Crying Sub-Challenge, mood-rela= ted types of infant vocalisation have to be classified.<o:p></o:p></= p> <![if !supportLists]>•=    &n= bsp;          <![endif]>In the 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 all= ow 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 = definition of training, development, and test sets as given. They may repor= t results obtained on the development sets, but have only five trials to up= load their results on the test set per Sub-Challenge, whose labels are unknown to them. Each participation ha= s to be accompanied by a paper presenting the results that undergoes the no= rmal Interspeech peer-review and has to be accepted for the conference in o= rder to participate in the Challenge. The organisers preserve the right to re-evaluate the findings, but will no= t 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></spa= n> <![if !supportLists]><spa= n style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">=B7        <![endif]>Participation in a Sub-Challenge<o:p></o:p></s= pan> <![if !supportLists]><spa= n style=3D"mso-list:Ignore">=B7        <![endif]>Contributions focussing on Computational Paral= inguistics centred around the Challenge topics<o:p></o:p> <= span lang=3D"EN-GB" style=3D"font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:= p> </o:p> The results of the Cha= llenge will be presented at Interspeech 2018 in Hyderabad, India. <o:p></o:p> Prizes will be awarded= to the Sub-Challenge winners. If you are interested and planning to partic= ipate 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></spa= n> <o:p> </o:p></spa= n> <o:p> </o:p></spa= n> With best wishes,<o:p></o:p></s= pan> <o:p> </o:p> Bj=F6rn Schuller<o:p></o:p></sp= an> 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 / German= y<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Head GLAM – Group on Audi= o, 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></= span> Gilching / Germany<o:p></o:p></= span> <o:p> </o:p> Visiting Professor<o:p></o:p></= span> Harbin Institute of Technology = / China<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Editor in Chief<o:p></o:p></spa= n> 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><o:p></o:p> _______________________________= ____________<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_5d813f892f2f4ec2806b0db9598e79c2tumde_--

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