Best student paper Interspeech 2009

Every Interspeech conference, ISCA awards prizes to the best student papers.

Prize winners

Thomas Drugman

"A Deterministic plus Stochastic Model of the Residual Signal for Improved Parametric Speech Synthesis", T. Drugman, G. Wilfart, T.Dutoit. Mon-Ses2-O4

Jonathan Malkin, Amarnag Subramanya

"On the Semi-Supervised Learning of Multi-Layered Perceptrons" J. Malkin, A. Subramanya, J. Bilmes. Tue-Ses1-O1

Juraj Simko

"Sequencing of Articulatory Gestures using Cost Optimization", Juraj Simko, F. Cummins. Mon-Ses2-O2

Shortlisted

Marcel Kockmann

"Brno University of Technology System for Interspeech 2009 Emotion Challenge", M. Kockmann, L. Burget, J. Cernocky. Mon-Ses2-S1

Emily Nava, Joseph Tepperman

"Connecting Rhythm and Prominence in Automatic ESL Pronunciation Scoring", E. Nava, J. Tepperman, L. Goldstein, M.L. Zubizarreta, S. Narayanan. Tue-Ses1-O2

Jack Rogers

"Categorical perception of speech without stimulus repetition", J. Rogers, M. Davis. Mon-Ses3-O2

Christophe Mertens

"Speech sample salience analysis for speech cycle detection", C. Mertens, F. Grenez, J. Schoentgen. Tue-Ses1-S1

Zahi Karam

"Variability Compensated Support Vector Machines Applied to Speaker Verification", Z. Karam, W. Campbell. Wed-Ses1-O1

Kei Hashimoto

"A Bayesian Approach to Hidden Semi-Markov Model Based Speech Synthesis" K. Hashimoto, Y. Nankaku, K. Tokuda. Wed-Ses1-P3

Francisco Torreira

"Functional Data Analysis as a Tool for Analyzing Speech Dynamics: A Case Study on the French Word c'était", M. Gubian, F. Torreira, H. Strik, L. Boves. Wed-Ses3-O2

Joshua Tauberer, Keelan Evanini

"Intrinsic vowel duration and the post-vocalic voicing effect: Some evidence from dialects of North American English", J. Tauberer, K. Evanini. Wed-Ses3-O2