Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years (1.8.2018-31.7.2020), which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

To become familiar with speech recognition methods and applications. Additionally, to learn to understand the structure of a typical speech recognition system and to know how to construct one in practice.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 28.10.2020 - 11.12.2020

Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Paavo Alku, Mikko Kurimo

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Mikko Kurimo

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (applies in this implementation):

Language of instruction and studies (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022):

Teaching language: English

Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

    Preprocessing and feature extraction for speech, phoneme models,
    decoding, lexicon and language models, recognition and applications of
    continuous speech.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

    Exercises and project work.

Workload
  • Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

    Lectures: 24h
    Home exercises, group projects, and other individual work: 109 h

    Attendance in some contact teaching may be compulsory.

DETAILS

Study Material
  • Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

    Huang, Acero: Spoken Language Processing. Prentice Hall, 2001 ISBN: 0-13-022616-5

    Yu, Deng: Automatic Speech Recognition A Deep Learning Approach. Springer, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-4471-5779-3

Substitutes for Courses
  • Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

    T-61.5150, S-89.5150

Prerequisites
  • Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

    Basic mathematics and probability courses.

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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