Subject: [AUDITORY] INTERSPEECH 2019 ComParE From: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_Schuller?= <schuller@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 20:12:01 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_30D28C15-DB8F-4EB4-9A5E-8FA676C7B569 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear Colleagues, All Sub-Challenges of this year's Interspeech Computational = Paralinguistics ChallengE (ComParE) have opened: Call for Participation INTERSPEECH 2019 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge (ComParE) Tasks: Styrian Dialects, Continuous Sleepiness, Baby Sounds & Orca = Activity http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/ = <http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/> Organisers: Bj=C3=B6rn Schuller (University of Augsburg, Germany & Imperial College = London, UK) Anton Batliner (University of Augsburg, Germany) Christian Bergler (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg Erlangen, Germany) Florian Pokorny (Medical University of Graz, Austria) =20 Jarek Krajewski (University of Wuppertal / Rhenish University of Applied = Science Cologne, Germany) Margaret Cychosz (University of California Berkeley, USA) Sponsored by: audEERING GmbH (https://www.audeering.com/ <https://www.audeering.com/>) Dates: Paper Abstract Submission: 29 March 2019 Paper Final Submission: 5 April 2019 Final Result Upload: 24 June 2019 Camera-ready Paper: 1 July 2019 The Challenge: The Interspeech 2019 Computational Paralinguistics ChallengE (ComParE) = is an open Challenge dealing with states and traits of speakers as = manifested in their speech signal's acoustic properties. There have so = far been ten consecutive Challenges at INTERSPEECH since 2009 (cf. the = Challenge series' repository at http://www.compare.openaudio.eu = <http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/>), but there still exists a = multiplicity of not yet covered, but highly relevant paralinguistic = phenomena. Thus, we introduce four new tasks in this year's edition. The = following Sub-Challenges are addressed: - In the Styrian Dialects Sub-Challenge, the sub-type of Styrian Dialect = has to be recognised. Styria is a state in Austria with its capital = Graz, which hosts Interspeech 2019. - In the Continuous Sleepiness Sub-Challenge, the level of sleepiness of = subjects has to be recognised, according to the 9-point Karolinska = Sleepiness Scale. - In the Baby Sounds Sub-Challenge, five types of baby vocalisations = have to be classified. - In the Orca Activity Sub-Challenge, the probability of an orca whale = present in an underwater audio clip has to be determined. All Sub-Challenges allow contributors to find their own features with = their own machine learning algorithm. However, a standard feature set = 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 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 participate themselves in the = Challenge. In these respects, the INTERSPEECH 2019 COMPUTATIONAL PARALINGUISTICS = CHALLENGE (COMPARE) shall help bridging the gap between excellent = research on paralinguistic information in spoken language and low = compatibility of results. We encourage 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. = these data. Overall, contributions using the provided or equivalent data = are sought for (but not limited to): - Participation in a Sub-Challenge - Contributions focussing on Computational Paralinguistics centred = around the Challenge topics The results of the Challenge will be presented at Interspeech 2019 in = Graz, Austria. Prizes will be awarded to the Sub-Challenge winners. If you are = interested and planning to participate in INTERSPEECH 2019 COMPARE, or = if you want to be kept informed about the Challenge, please send the = organisers an e-mail to indicate your interest and visit the homepage: http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/ = <http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/> On behalf of the organisers, Bj=C3=B6rn Schuller ___________________________________________ Univ.-Prof. mult. Dr. habil. Bj=C3=B6rn W. Schuller, FIEEE Professor and ZD.B Chair of Embedded Intelligence for Health Care and = Wellbeing University of Augsburg / Germany Professor of Artificial Intelligence Head GLAM - Group on Language, Audio & Music Imperial College London / UK CSO/MD audEERING GmbH Germany schuller@xxxxxxxx www.schuller.one --Apple-Mail=_30D28C15-DB8F-4EB4-9A5E-8FA676C7B569 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Dear = Colleagues,<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">All Sub-Challenges of this = year's Interspeech Computational Paralinguistics ChallengE (ComParE) = have opened:<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Call for Participation<br = class=3D"">INTERSPEECH 2019 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge = (ComParE)<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Tasks: Styrian Dialects, = Continuous Sleepiness, Baby Sounds & Orca Activity<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""><a href=3D"http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/" = class=3D"">http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/</a><br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">Organisers:<br class=3D"">Bj=C3=B6rn Schuller = (University of Augsburg, Germany & Imperial College London, UK)<br = class=3D"">Anton Batliner (University of Augsburg, Germany)<br = class=3D"">Christian Bergler (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg Erlangen, = Germany)<br class=3D"">Florian Pokorny (Medical University of Graz, = Austria) <br class=3D"">Jarek Krajewski (University of Wuppertal / = Rhenish University of Applied Science Cologne, Germany)<br = class=3D"">Margaret Cychosz (University of California Berkeley, USA)<br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">Sponsored by:<br class=3D"">audEERING GmbH (<a = href=3D"https://www.audeering.com/" = class=3D"">https://www.audeering.com/</a>)<br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Dates:<br class=3D"">Paper Abstract Submission: 29 March = 2019<br class=3D"">Paper Final Submission: 5 April 2019<br = class=3D"">Final Result Upload: 24 June 2019<br class=3D"">Camera-ready = Paper: 1 July 2019<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">The Challenge:<br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">The Interspeech 2019 Computational = Paralinguistics ChallengE (ComParE) is an open Challenge dealing with = states and traits of speakers as manifested in their speech signal's = acoustic properties. There have so far been ten consecutive Challenges = at INTERSPEECH since 2009 (cf. the Challenge series' repository = at <a href=3D"http://www.compare.openaudio.eu" = class=3D"">http://www.compare.openaudio.eu</a>), but there still exists = a multiplicity of not yet covered, but highly relevant paralinguistic = phenomena. Thus, we introduce four new tasks in this year's edition. The = following Sub-Challenges are addressed:<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">- = In the Styrian Dialects Sub-Challenge, the sub-type of Styrian Dialect = has to be recognised. Styria is a state in Austria with its capital = Graz, which hosts Interspeech 2019.<br class=3D"">- In the Continuous = Sleepiness Sub-Challenge, the level of sleepiness of subjects has to be = recognised, according to the 9-point Karolinska Sleepiness Scale.<br = class=3D"">- In the Baby Sounds Sub-Challenge, five types of baby = vocalisations have to be classified.<br class=3D"">- In the Orca = Activity Sub-Challenge, the probability of an orca whale present in an = underwater audio clip has to be determined.<br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">All Sub-Challenges allow contributors to find their own = features with their own machine learning algorithm. However, a standard = feature set 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 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 participate themselves = in the Challenge.<br class=3D"">In these respects, the INTERSPEECH 2019 = COMPUTATIONAL PARALINGUISTICS CHALLENGE (COMPARE) shall help bridging = the gap between excellent research on paralinguistic information in = spoken language and low compatibility of results. We encourage 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. these data. Overall, contributions using the = provided or equivalent data are sought for (but not limited to):<br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">- Participation in a Sub-Challenge<br = class=3D"">- Contributions focussing on Computational Paralinguistics = centred around the Challenge topics<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">The = results of the Challenge will be presented at Interspeech 2019 in Graz, = Austria.<br class=3D"">Prizes will be awarded to the Sub-Challenge = winners. If you are interested and planning to participate in = INTERSPEECH 2019 COMPARE, or if you want to be kept informed about the = Challenge, please send the organisers an e-mail to indicate your = interest and visit the homepage:<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/" = class=3D"">http://www.compare.openaudio.eu/compare2019/</a><br = class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D"">On behalf of the organisers,<br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">Bj=C3=B6rn Schuller<div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;"><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D""></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: = none;">___________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;"><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Univ.-Prof. = mult. Dr. habil. Bj=C3=B6rn W. Schuller, FIEEE<br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Professor and ZD.B Chair of Embedded Intelligence for Health = Care and Wellbeing<br class=3D"">University of Augsburg / = Germany<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Professor of = Artificial Intelligence</div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Head GLAM - = Group on Language, Audio & Music<br class=3D"">Imperial College = London / UK<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">CSO/MD audEERING GmbH<br = class=3D"">Germany<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:schuller@xxxxxxxx" class=3D"">schuller@xxxxxxxx</a><br = class=3D"">www.schuller.one</div></div></div></div> </div> <br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_30D28C15-DB8F-4EB4-9A5E-8FA676C7B569--