ELEC-E5500 - Speech Processing, Lecture, 4.9.2023-16.10.2023

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course, the student is able to describe and make use of basic phenomena in speech communication, and describe and apply common speech processing methods, especially processing in the time-frequency domain.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 04.09.2023 - 16.10.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Tom Bäckström

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

Main teacher: Tom Bäckström

Teaching assistant: Mohammad Vali

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Basics of speech signal processing. Basics of perceptually motivated signal processing. Acoustic theory of speech production. The functions, acoustics and modelling of the speech production. Phones and phonation. Digital representations and features of speech signals. Time-frequency analysis of speech signals. Principles of speech coding, enhancement and information extraction. Ethical issues in speech processing, privacy in particular.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Examination and assignments.

  • applies in this implementation

    Exam (24 points), assignments (30 points) and learning diary (6 points).

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Lectures: 30 h (5 h / week)

    Exercises: 20 h

    Own work: 80 h

    Exam: 3 h

    Total: 133 h

    Attendance in the exam is compulsory.

DETAILS

Study Material
Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    5 Gender Equality

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    10 Reduced Inequality

    12 Responsible Production and Consumption

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
    2023-2024 Autumn I

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