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ITG-Fb. 298: Speech Communication
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ITG – Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE (VDE ITG) (Ed.)

ITG-Fb. 298: Speech Communication

14th ITG Conference, 29.09. - 01.10.2021, Online-Event

ITG-Fachberichte

2021, 223 pages, 140 x 124 mm, Slimlinebox, CD-Rom
ISBN 978-3-8007-5627-8, e-book: ISBN 978-3-8007-5628-5
Personal VDE Members are entitled to a 10% discount on this title

Content Foreword

The 14th ITG conference on Speech Communication solicits contributions on theory, algorithms, and applications in the following areas of speech, audio, and spoken language processing:

• Speech Enhancement and Separation
• Source Localization and Tracking
• Automatic Speech and Speaker Recognition
• Spoken Dialogue, Diarization, andSpoken Document Retrieval Systems
• Speech Synthesis
• Speech Modeling, Coding, andTransmission
• Speech Production and Perception
• Speech and Audio Quality Assessment
• Speech Intelligibility Assessment
• Paralinguistics, Speech Diagnostics,and Speech-related Biosignals
• Speech in Automotive, Mobile, andMultimodal Applications
• Acoustic Interfaces, Assistive Devices,and Hearing Aids
• Machine Learning for Speech Processing
• Hardware and Software Tools
• Emerging Topics and Applications
Die VDE ITG ist als interdisziplinär arbeitende, wissenschaftliche Fachgesellschaft in das fachübergreifende Netzwerk des VDE eingebunden. Sie agiert als Schnittstelle für Experten der Informationstechnik (ITK) in Wirtschaft, Verwaltung, Lehre und Forschung. Ihre Mitglieder bündeln in enger internationaler Anbindung die deutsche Kompetenz im Bereich der ITK. Die VDE ITG fördert Forschung und Anwendung dieser Schlüsseltechnologie sowie deren effizienten Einsatz in den Bereichen Daten- und Kommunikationstechnik und -systeme, Umweltschutz, Medizin und Verkehr.
Mit ihrem weitgespannten internationalen Netzwerk versteht sich die VDE ITG als Plattform für Innovationen und Wissenstransfer für die erfolgreiche Kooperation von Industriepartnern und Forschungseinrichtungen. Hierzu führt die ITG eine ganze Reihe von Fachtagungen, Diskussionssitzungen und Workshops durch. Mit ihren Studien und Empfehlungen bringt die VDE ITG ihre Expertise in Politik und Gesellschaft ein und nimmt an Förderprogrammen teil.
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1

Two-Dimensional Embeddings for Low-Resource Keyword Spotting Based on Dynamic Time Warping

Authors:
Wilkinghoff, Kevin; Cornaggia-Urrigshardt, Alessia; Goekgoez, Fahrettin
2

Multi-Head Fusion Attention for Transformer-Based End-to-End Automatic Speech Recognition

Authors:
Lohrenz, Timo; Schwarz, Patrick; Li, Zhengyang; Fingscheidt, Tim
3

Federated Learning in ASR: Not as Easy as You Think

Authors:
Yu, Wentao; Freiwald, Jan; Tewes, Soeren; Huennemeyer, Fabien; Kolossa, Dorothea
4

A Comparative Pronunciation Mapping Approach using G2P Conversion for Anglicisms in German Speech Recognition

Authors:
Pritzen, Julia; Gref, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph; Zuehlke, Dietlind
5

Bilingual I-Vector Extractor for DNN Hybrid Acoustic Model Training in German Speech Recognition Systems

Authors:
Wang, Yao; Gref, Michael; Walter, Oliver; Schmidt, Christoph
6

New Restricted Boltzmann Machines and Deep Belief Networks for Audio Classification

Authors:
Baggenstoss, Paul M.
7

A Lightweight Neural TTS System for High-quality German Speech Synthesis

Authors:
Govalkar, Prachi; Mustafa, Ahmed; Pia, Nicola; Bauer, Judith; Yurt, Metehan; Oezer, Yigitcan; Dittmar, Christian
8

Automatic Speech Recognition for Dementia Screening using ILSE-Interviews

Authors:
Ablimit, Ayimnisagul; Schultz, Tanja
9

On Source-Microphone Distance Estimation Using Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks

Authors:
Gburrek, Tobias; Schmalenstroeer, Joerg; Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold
10

On the Use of Additional Microphones in Binaural Cue Adaptation

Authors:
Nagel, Sebastian; Jax, Peter
11

Microphone Utility-based Weighting for Robust Acoustic Source Localization in Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks

Authors:
Guenther, Michael; Brendel, Andreas; Kellermann, Walter
12

Sound Source Localisation using Neural Networks with Circular Binary Classification

Authors:
Schaefer, Magnus; Geyer, Leonie
13

2D Acoustic Source Localisation Using Decentralised Deep Neural Networks on Distributed Microphone Arrays

Authors:
Kindt, Stijn; Bohlender, Alexander; Madhu, Nilesh
14

Data-Dependent Initialization for ECM-Based Blind Geometry Estimation of a Microphone Array Using Reverberant Speech

Authors:
Bruemann, Klaus; Fejgin, Daniel; Doclo, Simon
15

Plosive Enhancement Using Phase Linearization and Smoothing

Authors:
Peer, Tal; Ziegert, Klaus-Johan; Gerkmann, Timo
16

Speaker-conditioned Target Speaker Extraction Based on Customized LSTM Cells

Authors:
Sinha, Ragini; Tammen, Marvin; Rollwage, Christian; Doclo, Simon
17

Mixed Analog-digital Speech Communication for Underwater Applications

Authors:
Wisch, Tim Owe; Schmidt, Gerhard
18

Speeding Up Permutation Invariant Training for Source Separation

Authors:
von Neumann, Thilo; Boeddeker, Christoph; Kinoshita, Keisuke; Delcroix, Marc; Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold
19

Comparison of Generalized Sidelobe Canceller Structures Incorporating External Microphones for Joint Noise and Interferer Reduction

Authors:
Middelberg, Wiebke; Doclo, Simon
20

Joint Reduction of Ego-noise and Environmental Noise with a Partially-adaptive Dictionary

Authors:
Fang, Huajian; Carbajal, Guillaume; Wermter, Stefan; Gerkmann, Timo
21

Low-Complexity Multichannel Wiener Filtering Using Ambisonic Warping

Authors:
Sathe, Ashay; Herzog, Adrian; Habets, Emanuel A. P.
22

A Comparison and Combination of Unsupervised Blind Source Separation Techniques

Authors:
Boeddeker, Christoph; Rautenberg, Frederik; Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold
23

Robust and High Gain Acoustic Feedback Compensation in the Frequency DomainWith a Simple Energy-decay Operator

Authors:
Linhard, Klaus; Bulling, Philipp; Gimm, Marco; Schmidt, Gerhard
24

An Integrated Deep Clustering-Based System for Speaker Count Agnostic Speech Separation

Authors:
Lemercier, Jean-Marie; Bartel, Leroy; Ditter, David; Gerkmann, Timo
25

Joint Multi-Channel Dereverberation and Noise Reduction Using a Unified Convolutional BeamformerWith Sparse Priors

Authors:
Gode, Henri; Tammen, Marvin; Doclo, Simon
26

Reinforcement Learning-based Microphone Selection inWireless Acoustic Sensor Networks Considering Network and Acoustic Utilities

Authors:
Afifi, Haitham; Guenther, Michael; Brendel, Andreas; Karl, Holger; Kellermann, Walter
27

Supervised Speech Representation Learning for Parkinson’s Disease Classification

Authors:
Janbakhshi, Parvaneh; Kodrasi, Ina
28

An Objective Evaluation Framework for Pathological Speech Synthesis

Authors:
Halpern, Bence Mark; Fritsch, Julian; Hermann, Enno; van Son, Rob; Scharenborg, Odette; Magimai-Doss, Mathew
29

Informed Source ExtractionWith Application to Acoustic Echo Reduction

Authors:
Elminshawi, Mohamed; Mack, Wolfgang; Habets, Emanuel A. P.
30

A Cortical Model for a θ-Oscillator Segmenting Syllables

Authors:
Hoege, Harald
31

The Effect of Surprisal on Articulatory Gestures in Polish Consonant-to-Vowel Transitions: A Pilot EMA Study

Authors:
Kudera, Jacek; Tavi, Lauri; Moebius, Bernd; Avgustinova, Tania; Klakow, Dietrich
32

A Data Generation Framework for Acoustic Drone Detection Algorithms

Authors:
Jarocky, Nikita; Urrigshardt, Sebastian; Kurth, Frank
33

Predicting Conversational Quality From Simulated ConversationsWith Transmission Delay

Authors:
Michael, Thilo; Moeller, Sebastian
34

Impact of a Speaker Head Rotation on the Far-end Listening Situation

Authors:
Hübschen, Tobias; Al-Mafrachi, Rasool; Schmidt, Gerhard
35

Towards Non-Intrusive Prediction of Speech Recognition Thresholds in Binaural Conditions

Authors:
Huelsmeier, David; Hauth, Christopher F.; Roettges, Saskia; Kranzusch, Paul; Rossbach, Jana; Schaedler, Marc Rene; Meyer, Bernd T.; Warzybok, Anna; Brand, Thomas
36

Intelligibility Prediction of Speech Reconstructed From Its Magnitude or Phase

Authors:
Peer, Tal; Gerkmann, Timo
37

Acoustic Ambiance Simulation using Orthogonal Loudspeaker Signals

Authors:
Namenas, Anton; Schmidt, Gerhard
38

Assessment of Listening Effort for various Telecommunication Scenarios

Authors:
Reimes, Jan
39

Binaural Speaker Localization Based on Front/Back-Beamforming and Modulation-Domain Features

Authors:
Agcaer, Semih; Martin, Rainer
40

Feedback Cancellation for IP-based Teleconferencing Systems

Authors:
Kuehl, Stefan; Anemueller, Carlotta; Antweiler, Christiane; Heese, Florian; Vicinus, Patrick; Jax, Peter
41

Beam-Specific System Identification

Authors:
Halimeh, Mhd Modar; Hofmann, Christian; Kellermann, Walter
42

Active Acoustic Equalization: Performance Bounds for Time-Invariant Systems

Authors:
Hilgemann, Florian; Fabry, Johannes; Jax, Peter
43

A Database for Research on Detection and Enhancement of Speech Transmitted over HF links

Authors:
Heitkaemper, Jens; Schmalenstroeer, Joerg; Ullmann, Joerg; Ion, Valentin; Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold