Subject: [AUDITORY] Invitation to ISCSLP 2024 Dysarthria Challenge From: Junfeng Li <junfeng.li.1979@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:19:42 +0800--00000000000031b66c061b4d249c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear Esteemed Colleagues, We sincerely invite you and your organization to participate in the "Multi-modal Dysarthria Severity Assessment Challenge," co-hosted by the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as part of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2024 http://www.iscslp2024.com). This challenge is a pioneering initiative aimed at developing objective assessment methods for automatic diagnosis and severity evaluation of dysarthria, a condition stemming from neurological disorders that significantly affects individuals' communication, work, daily life, and education. The challenge will focus on a four-class classification task and will utilize the "Mandarin Subacute Stroke Dysarthria Multimodal (MSDM) Database" to facilitate research and development efforts. Important Dates: - Leaderboard Closes: July 6, 2024 - Paper Submission: July 20, 2024 We encourage participation from all interested parties, including universities, research institutes, and businesses. You may register on behalf of your organization and find further details on the official website: https://huanraozhineng1.github.io/MSDM/. Exceptional teams will be recognized with a Conference Award Certificate, the opportunity for Conference Session Presentation, and eligibility to submit a paper. We believe that your expertise and contributions will greatly enrich the challenge and help advance the field of pathological speech technology. Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at huanraozhineng2@xxxxxxxx Thank you for considering this invitation, and we look forward to your active participation. Best regards, On behalf of ISCSLP 2024 Dysarthria Challenge Organizers Yan Nan, Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Lan Wang, Professor, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Junfeng Li, Professor, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences --00000000000031b66c061b4d249c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.85pt 0.85= pt 0.0001pt 0.7pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.8pt;line-height:150%;fo= nt-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US"= style=3D"letter-spacing:0.95pt">Dear Esteemed Colleagues,</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.85pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 0.7pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.8pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.95pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">We sincerely invite you and your organization to participate in the "Multi-modal Dysarthria Severity Assessment Challenge," co-hosted by the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technolog= y, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academ= y of Sciences, as part of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2024=C2=A0 </span><span class=3D"gmail-MsoHyper= link" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang=3D"EN-= US" style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%"><a href=3D"http://www.iscsl= p2024.com" style=3D"color:blue">http://www.iscslp2024.com</a></span></span>= <span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-spacing:0.2pt">).</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">This challenge is a pioneering initiative aimed at developing objective assessment methods for automatic diagnosis and severit= y evaluation of dysarthria, a condition stemming from neurological disorders = that significantly affects individuals' communication, work, daily life, and education.=C2=A0 The challenge will focus on a four-class classification task and will utilize the "Mandarin Subacute Stroke Dysarthria Multimodal (MSDM) Database" to facilitate research a= nd development efforts.</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">Important Dates:</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">- Leaderboard Closes: July 6, 2024</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">- Paper Submission: July 20, 2024</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">We encourage participation from all interested parties, including universities, research institutes, and businesses.=C2=A0= You may register on behalf of your organization and find further details on the official website: </span><span= class=3D"gmail-MsoHyperlink" style=3D"color:blue;text-decoration-line:unde= rline"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%"><a = href=3D"https://huanraozhineng1.github.io/MSDM/">https://huanraozhineng1.gi= thub.io/MSDM/</a></span></span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-spacing= :0.2pt">.=C2=A0 Exceptional teams will be recognized with a Conference Award Certificate, the opportunity for Conference Session Presentation, and eligibility to submit a paper.</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">We believe that your expertise and contributions will greatly enrich the challenge and help advance the field of pathologica= l speech technology.</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at <a href=3D"mailto:huanraozhineng2@xxxxxxxx">huanraozhineng2@xxxxxxxx</a= >.</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">Thank you for considering this invitation, and we look forward to your active participation.</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">=C2=A0</span></p> <p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt= ;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-= spacing:0.2pt">Best regards,</span></p><p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style= =3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4= pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black= "><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-spacing:0.2pt"><br></span></p><p cla= ss=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt;text-= align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font-famil= y:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"letter-spacin= g:0.2pt">On behalf of=C2=A0ISCSLP 2024 Dysarthria Challenge Organizers=C2= =A0</span></p><p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0= .0001pt 1.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-height:150%;font-= size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang=3D"EN-US" st= yle=3D"letter-spacing:0.2pt">Yan Nan, Professor,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D= "font-size:10pt;letter-spacing:0.2pt;text-indent:21.4pt">Shenzhen Institute= s of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences</span></p><p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style=3D"margi= n:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4pt;line-h= eight:150%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:10pt;letter-spacing:0.2pt;text-indent:21.4pt">Lan Wang,= =C2=A0</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"text-indent:28.5333px;letter-spa= cing:0.2pt">Professor,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;text-inden= t:21.4pt;letter-spacing:0.2pt">Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, = Chinese Academy of Sciences</span></p><p class=3D"gmail-MsoBodyText" style= =3D"margin:2.9pt 0.85pt 0.0001pt 1.05pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:21.4= pt;line-height:150%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black= "><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;text-indent:21.4pt;letter-spacing:0.2pt">Ju= nfeng Li, Professor, Institute of Acoustics,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"let= ter-spacing:0.266667px;text-indent:28.5333px">Chinese Academy of Sciences</= 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