[AUDITORY] IEEE-IS2 2025 Music PLC Challenge - Blind Test Set Now Available

Subject: [AUDITORY] IEEE-IS2 2025 Music PLC Challenge - Blind Test Set Now Available

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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:34:35 +0000

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Thread-topic: IEEE-IS2 2025 Music PLC Challenge - Blind Test Set Now Available

[Apologies for cross-posting]

We are pleased to announce that the blind test set for the IEEE-IS2 2025 Music Packet Loss Concealment Challenge is now available!

Download it here: [Direct Link]

Please remember that all challenge submissions are due by June 20, 2025, 11:59 PM CET.

Each team is required to:

- Process the degraded clips in the blind test set using their PLC system.

- Upload the enhanced files as a ZIP archive to a cloud storage platform (e.g., Google Drive.)

- Submit a technical report and a supplemental text file with permanent links to the enhanced audio and project repository via EasyChair.

For information regarding the dataset, submission guidelines, and evaluation rules please refer to the 2025 Challenge GitHub page.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out at music.plc.challenge@xxxxxxxxx.

Best of luck in the final stretch—we’re looking forward to hearing your results!

Best regards,
IEEE-IS2 2025 Music PLC Challenge Organizers
Alessandro Ilic Mezza
Alberto Bernardini