EE516 -- Computer Speech Processing

Course Information, Spring 2009

Announcements:

• June 5, 2009: Final exam information has been posted on handouts page.
• June 5, 2009: Project report requirements have been posted.
• May 19, 2009: Homework 4 deadline postponed to May 28.
• May 13, 2009: Homework 5 is now posted.
• May 12, 2009: Data for language ID and digit recognition projects posted.
• May 5, 2009: Formant tracking and speaker ID projects updated.
• May 4, 2009: Homeworks 1-4 are now posted.
• April 3, 2009: Welcome!.

Course Hours: Th 2:30-6:20
Location: EEB 003

Lecturers:
Alex Acero (alexac@microsoft.com)
Li Deng (deng@microsoft.com)
Geoff Zweig (gzweig@microsoft.com)
Office: EEB 003
Office Hours: Thu 5:30-6:20

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Course description:
Introduction to automatic speech processing using digital techniques. Overview of human speech production and perception. Fundamental theory and practice in speech analysis (including spectrogram reading), enhancement, coding, synthesis, and recognition, as well as system design methodologies. Advanced topics include speaker/language identification and discriminative learning. DSP and stochastic processes are required as pre-requisites.

Pre-requisite: Introductory Probability and Statistics (EE505 or undergrad equivalent), DSP (EE518 or equivalent)

Grading Policy
Attendance: required, with up to 2 absences allowed.
Homework: 20%
Exam: 30% (take-home, open-book)
Final Project: 50% (see Final Project Guidelines), Final Presentations Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:30-6:30pm, EE003

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