16th ITG Conference on Speech Communication

The 16th ITG Conference on Speech Communication will explore the theme of Speech Communication in the Age of Foundation Models. We hope that you will find this an area of pertinent debates and great innovation potential. We are, however, soliciting contributions on all areas of theory, algorithms and applications related to speech, audio, and spoken language processing, comprising especially:

• Foundation Models for Speech Processing
• Speech Enhancement and Separation
• Source Localization and Tracking
• Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events
• Automatic Speech and Speaker Recognition
• Spoken Dialogue, Diarization, and Spoken Document Retrieval Systems
• Speech Synthesis
• Speech Modeling, Coding, and Transmission
• LLMs & Speech Interaction
• Privacy in Speech Technologies
• Speech Production and Perception
• Speech Quality and Intelligibility Assessment
• Paralinguistics, Speech Diagnostics and Speech-related Biosignals
• Speech in Automotive, Mobile and Multimodal Applications
• Acoustic Interfaces, Assistive Devices and Hearing Aids
• Hardware and Software Tools
• Emerging Topics and Applications
• Self-supervised learning (SSL) from foundation models

Paper Submission and Deadlines (Updated)

• Registration of Title, Author List and Abstract: May 23, 2025
• Upload of full paper: May 26, 2025, 23h59 Central European Summer Time
• Notification of acceptance: July 18, 2025 
• Submission of final print version: August 13, 2025

Papers are published by the VDE Verlag at IEEE Xplore, and are expected to be written in English according to the IEEE style guidelines. They must not exceed four pages plus one additional page containing only references. Authors are invited to visit tu.berlin/qu/itg-sc-2025 for details on the submission guidelines.