Subject: [AUDITORY] 4th COG-MHEAR Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Challenge (AVSEC-4) From: Lorena Aldana <lorena.aldana@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 11:33:21 +0000--_000_AS2PR05MB107706AD716FCCA56A3AE9020D5AF2AS2PR05MB10770eu_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all (with apologies for any cross-postings), We are running a fourth edition of the COG-MHEAR International Audio-Visual= Speech Enhancement Challenge (AVSEC-4) as a satellite event of Interspeech= 2025 in Rotterdam, on 16th August 2025. The Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Challenge (AVSEC) provides a common fra= mework for the evaluation of audio-visual speech enhancement and separation= systems. Building upon three successful editions of the Challenge (SLT 202= 2, ASRU 2023 and Interspeech 2024), we expect the fourth edition to further= advance system performance, provide space to reflect on the scope and limi= tations of current audio-visual speech enhancement technologies and transfo= rm multimodal assistive hearing and speech communication systems of the fut= ure. As in previous editions of the challenge, systems will be ranked accor= ding to results of listening tests with human participants. In addition to a carefully curated audio-visual dataset, we provide face la= ndmarks of train/dev datasets and scripts for objective evaluation. A new b= aseline model for AVSEC-4 has been released. Baseline models of previous AV= SEC editions are also available. To register for the challenge and access the AVSEC-4 dataset please follow = the guidelines on the website: https://challenge.cogmhear.org <https://challenge.cogmhear.org/#/getting-st= arted/register> AVSEC scripts are available here: https://github.com/cogmhear/avse_challeng= e Results will be announced at the 4th COG-MHEAR International Audio-Visual S= peech Enhancement Challenge workshop (satellite event of Interspeech 2025). Important dates: * 21st March 2025: Release of training and development data. * 2nd April 2025: Release of baseline system. * May 2025: Evaluation data release. * May 2025: Leaderboard open for submissions. * May 2025: Paper submission opens. * June 2025: Deadline for challenge submissions and one-page system descripti= on submission. * July 2025: Paper submission closes. * July 2025: Acceptance notification. * July 2025: early release of evaluation results. * August 2025: camera-ready paper. 4th COG-MHEAR International Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Challenge works= hop proceedings: We invite prospective authors to submit either 2-page extended abstracts or= full-length papers of 4-6 pages following the Interspeech 2025 paper templ= ate. We also plan to invite extended AVSEC-4 Workshop papers for submission= to a journal special issue (details to be confirmed later). We welcome Workshop submissions from both participants of the challenge as = well as those interested in AVSEC related research topics including but not= limited to the following: * Low-latency approaches to audio-visual speech enhancement and separation. * Human auditory-inspired models of multi-modal speech perception and enhance= ment. * Energy-efficient audio-visual speech enhancement and separation methods. * Machine learning for diverse target listeners and diverse listening scenari= os. * Audio quality & intelligibility assessment of audio-visual speech enhanceme= nt systems. * Objective metrics to predict quality & intelligibility from audio-visual st= imuli. * Understanding human speech perception in competing speaker scenarios in rea= l world and virtual environments. * Clinical applications of audio-visual speech enhancement and separation, e.= g. multi-modal hearing assistive technologies for hearing-impaired listener= s, and speech-enabled communication aids to support autistic people with sp= eech disorders. * Accessibility and human-centric factors in the design and evaluation of inn= ovative multimodal technologies, including multimodal corpus development, p= ublic perceptions, ethics considerations, standards, societal, economic and= political impacts. The call for papers is available here: https://challenge.cogmhear.org/#/get= ting-started/call-for-papers Further information about the workshop registration process will be made av= ailable soon through the challenge website and the mailing list. We look forward to seeing you in Rotterdam. AVSEC organising team The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, w= ith registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th' ann an O= ilthigh Dh=F9n =C8ideann, cl=E0raichte an Alba, =E0ireamh cl=E0raidh SC0053= 36. --_000_AS2PR05MB107706AD716FCCA56A3AE9020D5AF2AS2PR05MB10770eu_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Dear all (with apologies for any cross-postings), </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> We are running a fourth edition of the COG-MHEAR International Audio-Visual= Speech Enhancement Challenge (AVSEC-4) as a satellite event of Interspeech= 2025 in Rotterdam, on 16th August 2025.</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Challenge (AVSEC) provides a common fra= mework for the evaluation of audio-visual speech enhancement and separation= systems. Building upon three successful editions of the Challenge (SLT 202= 2, ASRU 2023 and Interspeech 2024), we expect the fourth edition to further advance system performance, provid= e space to reflect on the scope and limitations of current audio-visual spe= ech enhancement technologies and transform multimodal assistive hearing and= speech communication systems of the future. As in previous editions of the challenge, systems will be rank= ed according to results of listening tests with human participants. </= div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> In addition to a carefully curated audio-visual dataset, we provide face la= ndmarks of train/dev datasets and scripts for objective evaluation. A new b= aseline model for AVSEC-4 has been released. Baseline models of previous AV= SEC editions are also available. </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> To register for the challenge and access the AVSEC-4 dataset please follow = the guidelines on the website: </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style=3D"color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href=3D"https://challenge.co= gmhear.org/#/getting-started/register" target=3D"_blank" id=3D"OWA719171c3-= 8f1c-8b7f-2f30-dd2d456cc66f" class=3D"x_OWAAutoLink" title=3D"https://chall= enge.cogmhear.org/#/getting-started/register" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" d= ata-linkindex=3D"0" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" style=3D"color: rgb(17, 85,= 204); margin: 0px;">https://challenge.cogmhear.org </a></u></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></di= v> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AVSEC scripts are available here: </sp= an><span style=3D"color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href=3D"https://github.co= m/cogmhear/avse_challenge" target=3D"_blank" id=3D"OWAf7cd2c4b-736c-fc06-75= 74-bc2a1d327657" class=3D"x_OWAAutoLink" title=3D"https://github.com/cogmhe= ar/avse_challenge" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex=3D"1" data-au= th=3D"NotApplicable" style=3D"color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">https:= //github.com/cogmhear/avse_challenge</a></u></span><span style=3D"color: rg= b(0, 0, 0);"> </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Results will be announced at the 4th COG-MHEAR International Audio-Visual S= peech Enhancement Challenge workshop (satellite event of Interspeech 2025).= </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Important dates: </div> <ul style=3D"text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; backgro= und-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, C= alibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direct= ion: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0px 0pt;">21s= t March 2025: Release of training and development data.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">2nd Apri= l 2025: Release of baseline system.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">May 2025= : Evaluation data release.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">May 2025= : Leaderboard open for submissions.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">May 2025= : Paper submission opens.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">June 202= 5: Deadline for challenge submissions and one-page system description submi= ssion.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">July 202= 5: Paper submission closes.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">July 202= 5: Acceptance notification.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">July 202= 5: early release of evaluation results.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px 11pt;">Aug= ust 2025: camera-ready paper.</div> </li></ul> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 4th COG-MHEAR International Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Challenge works= hop proceedings:</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> We invite prospective authors to submit either 2-page extended abstracts or= full-length papers of 4-6 pages following the Interspeech 2025 paper templ= ate. We also plan to invite extended AVSEC-4 Workshop papers for submission= to a journal special issue (details to be confirmed later). </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> We welcome Workshop submissions from both participants of the challenge as = well as those interested in AVSEC related research topics including but not= limited to the following: </div> <ul style=3D"text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; backgro= und-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, C= alibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direct= ion: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 11pt 0px 0pt;">Low= -latency approaches to audio-visual speech enhancement and separation.</div= > </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">Human au= ditory-inspired models of multi-modal speech perception and enhancement.</d= iv> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">Energy-e= fficient audio-visual speech enhancement and separation methods.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">Machine = learning for diverse target listeners and diverse listening scenarios.</div= > </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">Audio qu= ality & intelligibility assessment of audio-visual speech enhancement s= ystems.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">Objectiv= e metrics to predict quality & intelligibility from audio-visual stimul= i.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">Understa= nding human speech perception in competing speaker scenarios in real world = and virtual environments.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px;">Clinical= applications of audio-visual speech enhancement and separation, e.g. multi= -modal hearing assistive technologies for hearing-impaired listeners, and s= peech-enabled communication aids to support autistic people with speech disorders.</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); d= irection: ltr; list-style-type: disc;"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr; line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 0px 11pt;">Acc= essibility and human-centric factors in the design and evaluation of innova= tive multimodal technologies, including multimodal corpus development, publ= ic perceptions, ethics considerations, standards, societal, economic and political impacts.</div> </li></ul> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The call for papers is available here:= </span> <span style=3D"color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href=3D"https://challenge.co= gmhear.org/#/getting-started/call-for-papers" target=3D"_blank" id=3D"OWAe6= 9f8dbb-91e8-4172-6cf6-0136ad638457" class=3D"x_OWAAutoLink" title=3D"https:= //challenge.cogmhear.org/#/getting-started/call-for-papers" rel=3D"noopener= noreferrer" data-linkindex=3D"2" data-auth=3D"NotApplicable" style=3D"colo= r: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">https://challenge.cogmhear.org/#/getting= -started/call-for-papers</a></u></span><span style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"= > </span></div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Further information about the workshop registration process will be made av= ailable soon through the challenge website and the mailing list.  = ;</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> We look forward to seeing you in Rotterdam. </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"direction: ltr; text-align: left; te= xt-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ma= rgin: 0pt 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService,= Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> AVSEC organising team </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof"><br> </div> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, w= ith registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ an= n an Oilthigh Dh=F9n =C8ideann, cl=E0raichte an Alba, =E0ireamh cl=E0raidh = SC005336. </body> </html> --_000_AS2PR05MB107706AD716FCCA56A3AE9020D5AF2AS2PR05MB10770eu_--