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Course Overview
University of Eastern Finland (UEF) hosts a number of different summer courses in August 2019. The course Machine Learning for Speech is organized by the School of Computing of the UEF. Contact teaching takes place at the Joensuu campus of the UEF from August 19th to 23rd.
The course is intended as a brief introduction to machine learning techniques and their application to selected speech applications. We focus in particular to speaker and language recognition and voice anti-spoofing, and will briefly touch upon other miscellaneous topics. The course will involve lectures, practicals / computer exercises, and learning diary. While no formal pre-requirements are set, sufficient programming knowledge and certain level of mathematics/statistics (linear algebra and probability theory) will be helpful for the maximum benefit of the participant. The foreseen programming tools in the 2019 course edition include Python, Numpy, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and Google Colab.
General Course Information
Venue: Joensuu campus (Lectures AU100, Computer exercises MP102/MP103 [View map])
Dates: 19-23 August 2019
Credits: 3 or 5 ECTS
Teaching language: English
Level: Doctoral, Master
Course materials: https://digicampus.fi/course/view.php?id=255
Computer exercises with (most of the) answers:
Audio processing and steganography
MFCCs and GMMs [Editing was allowed at some point –> mess –> now fixed!]
Deep learning with PyTorch [An example application utilizing similar technology with VoxCeleb dataset: Who Do I Sound Like?]
Deep learning with TensorFlow
The course amounts to either 3 ECTS or 5 ECTS, depending on the mode:
A. Lectures + learning diary (August 19 - 23), total 3 ECTS
B. The A. part + individual project (Completed after the cource), total 5 ECTS
The course contains 5 days of lectures, hands on practicals, project work and learning diary. The course will be assessed as pass/fail. Students who pass the course will receive a course certificate.
Social Program
The course involves social programme organized by the UEF. The activities will mostly be included in your course fee, but some of them may have a small participation fee. For more details, see http://www.uef.fi/en/web/summerschool/social-programme-in-joensuu.