Papers

Interspeech Challenge Introductory Papers:

• Björn W. Schuller, Anton Batliner, Shahin Amiriparian, Christian Bergler, Maurice Gerczuk, Natalie Holz, Pauline Larrouy-Maestri, Sebastian P. Bayerl, Korbinian Riedhammer, Adria Mallol-Ragolta, Maria Pateraki, Harry Coppock, Ivan Kiskin, Marianne Sinka, Stephen Roberts: “The ACM Multimedia 2022 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Vocalisations, Stuttering, Activity, & Mosquitoes”, in Proceedings ACM Multimedia 2022, ACM, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.
• Björn W. Schuller, Anton Batliner, Christian Bergler, Cecilia Mascolo, Jing Han, Iulia Lefter, Heysem Kaya, Shahin Amiriparian, Alice Baird, Lukas Stappen, Sandra Ottl, Maurice Gerczuk, Panaguiotis Tzirakis, Chloë Brown, Jagmohan Chauhan, Andreas Grammenos, Apinan Hasthanasombat, Dimitris Spathis, Tong Xia, Pietro Cicuta, Leon J. M. Rothkrantz, Joeri Zwerts, Jelle Treep, Casper Kaandorp: “The INTERSPEECH 2021 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: COVID-19 Cough, COVID-19 Speech, Escalation & Primates,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2021, 22nd Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, pp. 431-435, ISCA, Brno, Czechia, September 2021.
• B. W. Schuller, A. Batliner, C. Bergler, E.-M. Messner, A. Hamilton, S. Amiriparian, A. Baird, G. Rizos, M. Schmitt, L. Stappen, H. Baumeister, A. Deighton MacIntyre, S. Hantke: “The INTERSPEECH 2020 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Elderly Emotion, Breathing & Masks,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2020, 21st Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, pp. 2042-2046, ISCA, Shanghai, China, September 2020.
• B. W. Schuller, A. Batliner, C. Bergler, F. B. Pokorny, J. Krajewski, M. Cychosz, R. Vollmann, S.-D. Roelen, S. Schnieder, E. Bergelson, A. Cristià, A. Seidl, A. Warlaumont, L. Yankowitz, E. Nöth, S. Amiriparian, S. Hantke, and M. Schmitt, “The INTERSPEECH 2019 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Styrian Dialects, Continuous Sleepiness, Baby Sounds & Orca Activity,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2019, 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Graz, Austria), pp. 2378-2382, ISCA, September 2019.
  
• B. W. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, P. B. Marschik, H. Baumeister, F. Dong, S. Hantke, F. Pokorny, E.-M. Rathner, K. D. Bartl-Pokorny, C. Einspieler, D. Zhang, A. Baird, S. Amiriparian, K. Qian, Z. Ren, M. Schmitt, P. Tzirakis, and S. Zafeiriou, “The INTERSPEECH 2018 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Atypical & Self-Assessed Affect, Crying & Heart Beats,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2018, 19th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Hyderabad, India), pp. 122–126, ISCA, September 2018.
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, E. Bergelson, J. Krajewski, C. Janott, A. Amatuni, M. Casillas, A. Seidl, M. Soderstrom, A. Warlaumont, G. Hidalgo, S. Schnieder, C. Heiser, W. Hohenhorst, M. Herzog, M. Schmitt, K. Qian, Y. Zhang, G. Trigeorgis, P. Tzirakis, and S. Zafeiriou, “The INTERSPEECH 2017 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Addressee, Cold & Snoring,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2017, 18th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Stockholm, Sweden), pp. 3442–3446, ISCA, August 2017.
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, J. Hirschberg, J. K. Burgoon, A. Baird, A. Elkins, Y. Zhang, E. Coutinho, and K. Evanini, “The INTERSPEECH 2016 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Deception, Sincerity & Native Language,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2016, 17th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (San Francisco, CA), pp. 2001–2005, ISCA, September 2016.
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, S. Hantke, F. Hönig, J. R. Orozco-Arroyave, E. Nöth, Y. Zhang, and F. Weninger, “The INTERSPEECH 2015 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Degree of Nativeness, Parkinson’s & Eating Condition,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2015, 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Dresden, Germany), pp. 478–482, ISCA, September 2015.
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, J. Epps, F. Eyben, F. Ringeval, E. Marchi, and Y. Zhang, “The INTERSPEECH 2014 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Cognitive & Physical Load,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2014, 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Singapore, Singapore), ISCA, September 2014. 5 pages
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, A. Vinciarelli, K. Scherer, F. Ringeval, M. Chetouani, F. Weninger, F. Eyben, E. Marchi, M. Mortillaro, H. Salamin, A. Polychroniou, F. Valente, and S. Kim, “The INTERSPEECH 2013 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Social Signals, Conflict, Emotion, Autism,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2013, 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Lyon, France), pp. 148–152, ISCA, August 2013.
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, E. Nöth, A. Vinciarelli, F. Burkhardt, R. van Son, F. Weninger, F. Eyben, T. Bocklet, G. Mohammadi, and B. Weiss, “The INTERSPEECH 2012 Speaker Trait Challenge,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2012, 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Portland, OR), ISCA, September 2012. 4 pages
• B. Schuller, A. Batliner, S. Steidl, F. Schiel, and J. Krajewski, “The INTERSPEECH 2011 Speaker State Challenge,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2011, 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Florence, Italy), pp. 3201–3204, ISCA, August 2011.
•  B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, F. Burkhardt, L. Devillers, C. Müller, and S. Narayanan, “The INTERSPEECH 2010 Paralinguistic Challenge,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2010, 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Makuhari, Japan), pp. 2794–2797, ISCA, September 2010. 
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, and A. Batliner, “The Interspeech 2009 Emotion Challenge,” in Proceedings INTERSPEECH 2009, 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, (Brighton, UK), pp. 312–315, ISCA, September 2009.

Overview Journal Articles:

• B. Schuller, F. Weninger, Y. Zhang, F. Ringeval, A. Batliner, S. Steidl, F. Eyben, E. Marchi, A. Vinciarelli, K. Scherer, M. Chetouani, and M. Mortillaro, “Affective and Behavioural Computing: Lessons Learnt from the First Computational Paralinguistics Challenge,” Computer Speech and Language, vol. 53, pp. 156-180, January 2019.
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, E. Nöth, A. Vinciarelli, F. Burkhardt, R. van Son, F. Weninger, F. Eyben, T. Bocklet, G. Mohammadi, and B. Weiss, “A Survey on Perceived Speaker Traits: Personality, Likability, Pathology, and the First Challenge,” Computer Speech and Language, Special Issue on Next Generation Computational Paralinguistics, vol. 29, pp. 100– 131, January 2015.
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, F. Schiel, J. Krajewski, F. Weninger, and F. Eyben, “Medium-Term Speaker States – A Review on Intoxication, Sleepiness and the First Challenge,”Computer Speech and Language, Special Issue on Broadening the View on Speaker Analysis, vol. 28, pp. 346–374, March 2014. 
• B. Schuller, S. Steidl, A. Batliner, F. Burkhardt, L. Devillers, C. Müller, and S. Narayanan, “Paralinguistics in Speech and Language – State-of-the-Art and the Challenge,” Computer Speech and Language, Special Issue on Paralinguistics in Naturalistic Speech and Language, vol. 27, pp. 4–39, January 2013.
• B. Schuller, “The Computational Paralinguistics Challenge,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 29, pp. 97–101, July 2012. 
• B. Schuller, A. Batliner, S. Steidl, and D. Seppi, “Recognising Realistic Emotions and Affect in Speech: State of the Art and Lessons Learnt from the First Challenge,” Speech Communication, Special Issue on Sensing Emotion and Affect – Facing Realism in Speech Processing, vol. 53, pp. 1062–1087, November/December 2011.

Related Book:

• B. Schuller, A. Batliner, “Computational Paralinguistics: emotion, affect and personality in speech and language processing,” John Wiley & Sons, 2013.