Winter School on Speech and Audio Processing

18 December - 21 December / Kanpur, India

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Updates

  • Dec 15: Registered participants can refer Information for Participants page for information on reaching IITK and their stay here.
  • Oct 26: Applications for travel support for authors of accepted abstracts now open. For more details, please visit Call for Abstracts.
  • Oct 1: Extended Abstract submission deadline extended to 15th November Submit your work now!
  • Sep 16: RSVP now for the second talk by Prof. Vipul Arora for the WiSSAP-Cup challenge.
  • Sep 15: Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended to Sep 26. Register early to save your seat.
  • Sep 12: Link to the first talk by Prof. Arora for the WiSSAP-Cup here. Slides here.
  • Sep 8: The first talk by Prof. Vipul Arora for the WiSSAP-Cup challenge on Sep 12. RSVP now!
  • Aug 12: Registration is Now Open.
  • Aug 7: Accepting submissions for extended abstract and WiSSAP-Cup. Submit Now!

/ About

2023 is an annual winter school on audio and speech processing, started in 2006. It provides a forum for researchers to interact with and learn from experts in areas at the forefront of speech and audio signal processing. The past 15 WiSSAPs have covered different aspects of speech and audio processing, such as audio perception, recognition, coding, enhancement, synthesis, specialization, production, and hearing aids.

goes musical this year with the theme as Music Information Retrieval: AI for Music. The event will aim to feature talks, tutorials, and posters on a diverse range of topics such as musical genre classification, new interfaces for musical expression, music robotics, computational ethnomusicology, and computer-assisted music instrument tutoring. By leveraging this multidisciplinary approach, the school aims to enhance the computational understanding of music and enable more effective human music interaction. This school is the next edtion of .

If you have any questions about the school, don't hesitate to contact us by email wissap2023@gmail.com. Welcome to the scenic IIT Kanpur for this unique opportunity.

Announcement Brochure






/ Speakers

George Tzanetakis

George Tzanetakis

University of Victoria

Zhiyao Duan

Zhiyao Duan

University of Rochester

Andrew McPherson

Andrew McPherson

Imperial College London

Vinoo Alluri

Vinoo Alluri

IIIT Hyderabad

Gowdham Prabhakar

Gowdham Prabhakar

IIT Kanpur

Vipul Arora

Vipul Arora

IIT Kanpur



/ Registration & Accommodation

Registration is currently open! We have only limited spots available. For more details on how to register and attend the school, please visit the registration page by clicking the button below.
Accomodation shall be provided for registered participants in the institute halls (subject to availability) at nominal charges. Click on the button below for details.

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/ Timeline

12 August

Registration open (details here)

30 September

Competition Registration Deadline

15 November

Abstract Submission Deadline

20 November

Abstract Notification of Acceptance

10 November

Competition Results Announcement

18 December - 21 December



/ Program

WiSSAP 2023 shall also host poster/oral sessions and a competition. We invite researchers, professionals, or students to submit their proposal in the Call for Abstract and/or participate in the competition.



/ Schedule

Monday / 18 December

9:00 - 10:30
Inauguration and Session
Society Presentations
(ISMIR, IndISCA), MIR in India)
10:30 - 11:00
Vipul Arora
Audio Signal Processing
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 1:00
Vinoo Alluri
Music Research in Big Data Era
1:00 - 2:00
Lunch break
2:00 - 3:30
MADHAV Lab
Python for MIR: Hands On
3:30 - 4:00
Coffee break
4:00 - 5:30
Gowdham Prabhakar
Human Computer Interaction for Music
5:30 - 6:00
Human Computer Interaction Demos

Tuesday / 19 December

9:00 - 10:30
Zhiyao Duan
Intro to MIR, Music Terminology,
10:30 - 11:00
Flash Presentations
Extended Abstracts
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break + Posters
Extended Abstracts
11:30 - 1:00
Zhiyao Duan
Intro to MIR, Music Terminology contd.
1:00 - 2:00
Lunch break
2:00 - 3:30
Preeti Rao
Computational Musicology, Non-Westeren Music
3:30 - 4:00
Coffee break + Posters
Extended Abstracts
4:00 - 5:30
Ajay Srinivasmurthy
Datasets for MIR Research in India
7:00 - 9:00
Banquet Dinner

Wednesday / 20 December

9:00 - 10:30
Vinoo Alluri
Music Classification Tasks
10:30 - 11:00
Sandipan Dhar
PhD Presentations
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break + Posters
Extended Abstracts
11:30 - 1:00
Zhiyao Duan
Tempo, Beats, Rhythm Analysis
1:00 - 2:00
Lunch break
2:00 - 3:30
Zhiyao Duan
Pitch Detection, Multi-Pitch Analysis
3:30 - 4:00
Coffee break + Posters
Extended Abstracts
4:00 - 5:30
Andrew McPherson
Intelligent Musical Instruments
5:30 - 6:00
Lecture Demo by APPROACH Cell

Thursday / 21 December

9:00 - 10:30
Zhiyao Duan
Interactive Music Systems
10:30 - 11:00
Breakout Session
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 1:30
Anup Singh
Hands On: Audio Fingerprinting
1:00 - 2:00
Lunch break
2:00 - 3:30
Christos Benetatos
Hands On: Interactive Music Generation
3:30 - 4:00
Coffee break
4:00 - 5:30
Panel Discussion + Closing Ceremony
Session


/ How to Reach

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Address:
Outreach Auditorium, IITK
208016 Kanpur, India

Information for Participants


/ Organizers

Vipul Arora

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Preeti Rao

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Hema Murthy

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Ajay Srinivasamurthy

Amazon, India

Chandra Shekhar Seelamantula

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

/ Core Committee

Sagar Dutta

Event Head

Suraj Jaiswal

Event & Sponsorship Head

Abhishek Rai

Event Manager

Akshay Raina

Webmaster and Abstract

Sumit Kumar

Logistics Coordinator

Kavya Saxena

Program Coordinator

Rahul Kodag

Travel Coordinator

Akanksha Singh

Hospitality

Parampreet Singh

IT Coordinator

Shiv Narayan

Finance

Pratikhya Ranjit
Pratikhya Ranjit

Volunteer

Raviteja
Raviteja

Volunteer

Sachidanand Prjapati
Sachidanand Prjapati

Volunteer

Divyanshu Tripathi
Divyanshu Tripathi

Volunteer

Shruti Mishra
Shruti Mishra

Volunteer



/ Sponsors

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