»Cognitive Intelligence for Speech Processing « » www.interspeech2020.org CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS FOR TUTORIALS, SPECIAL SESSIONS/CHALLENGES, AND SHOW & TELL INTERSPEECH is the world’s largest and most comprehensive conference on the science and technology of spoken language processing. INTERSPEECH conferences emphasize interdisciplinary approaches addressing all aspects of speech science and technology, ranging from basic theories to advanced applications. In addition to regular oral and poster sessions, INTERSPEECH 2020 will feature plenary talks by internationally renowned experts, tutorials, special sessions & challenges, show & tell sessions, and exhibits. A number of satellite events will also take place around INTERSPEECH 2020. Original papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following areas: 1. Speech Perception, Production and Acquisition 2. Phonetics, Phonology and Prosody 3. Analysis of Paralinguistics in Speech and Language 4. Speaker and Language Identification 5. Analysis of Speech and Audio Signals 6. Speech Coding and Enhancement 7. Speech Synthesis and Spoken Language Generation 8. Speech Recognition – Signal Processing, Acoustic Modeling Robustness and Adaptation 9. Speech Recognition – Architecture Search, and Linguistic Components 10. Speech Recognition – Technologies and Systems for New Applications 11. Spoken Language Processing – Dialog, Summarization and Understanding 12. Spoken Language Processing – Translation, Information Retrieval and Resources A complete list of the scientific areas and topics including special sessions is available at » http://www.interspeech2020.org/ PAPER SUBMISSION Papers intended for INTERSPEECH 2020 should be up to four pages of text. An optional fifth page could be used for references only. Paper submissions must conform to the format defined in the paper preparation guidelines and as detailed in the author’s kit on the conference webpage. Submissions may also be accompanied by additional files such as multimedia files, to be included on the proceedings’ USB drive. Authors must declare that their contributions are original and have not been submitted elsewhere for publication. Papers must be submitted via the online paper submission system. The working language of the conference is English, and papers must be written in English. We look forward to receiving your submissions and to your participation in INTERSPEECH 2020. IMPORTANT DATES » November 29, 2019 » February 21, 2020 » February 28, 2020 » March 30, 2020 » June 19, 2020 » July 3, 2020 » July 15, 2020 » August 15, 2020 » September 14, 2020 Special session/challenges proposals due Tutorial proposals due Satellite workshops/events proposals due Paper submission deadline Paper acceptance/rejection notification Notification about ISCA Travel Grants Early-bird registration deadline Standard registration deadline INTERSPEECH 2020 Tutorial Day General Chairs: Helen Meng, CU Hong Kong, China Bo Xu, CASIA, China Thomas Fang Zheng, Tsinghua University, China Technical Chairs: Jianhua Tao, CASIA, China Kai Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Contact: The technical program chairs Jianhua Tao and Kai Yu at tpc-chairs@interspeech2020.org