Subject: [AUDITORY] [SSW13] Final Call for Paper (CfP), keynote speakers announcement & submission deadline updates From: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Le_Maguer?= <=?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Le_Maguer?=> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:47:49 +0200--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable **Apologies for cross-posting** Dear colleagues, this is the last Call for Papers for the 13th edition of the Speech Synthes= is Workshop (SSW 13) which will take place between 24-26 August 2025 in Lee= uwarden, NL. First, we are delighted to already **announce two keynote speakers**: - **Alistair Conkie** from Apple - **Anna-Mari Wallenberg** from the University of Helsinki We also **updated the submission deadlines**. The new deadlines are now (ti= me is 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE)): - **April 6, 2025: Initial submission deadline** - April 20, 2025: Full paper deadline (*Except for the authors*, all inform= ation can be updated until this date) This year's theme is **Scaling down: Sustainable synthesis for language div= ersity** SSW13 focuses on making speech synthesis more accessible for the world's la= nguages. We encourage submissions addressing: - Data-efficient methods for low-resource languages - Computationally sustainable approaches - Cross-lingual transfer learning - Language-specific challenges in TTS =3D Key Information =3D - Paper Format: Up to 6 pages including references using the Interspeech 20= 25 template - Review Process: Double-blind peer review - Presentation format: Oral and poster sessions - Virtual Participation: None, in-person only =3D Important Dates =3D For all the deadlines, the time is 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) - **April 6, 2025: Initial submission deadline** - April 20, 2025: Full paper deadline (*Except for the authors*, all inform= ation can be updated) - June 21, 2025: Notification of acceptance - July 04, 2025: Camera-ready deadline - August 17-22, 2025: Interspeech (Rotterdam) - August 24-26, 2025: SSW13 (Leeuwarden) We look forward to welcoming you in Leeuwarden! The SSW13 Organising committee -- S=C3=A9bastien Le Maguer - Department of Digital Humanities - University of= Helsinki website: <http://seblemaguer.github.io/> --=-=-=--