Students

• 11th Doctoral Consortium

• Mentoring Events

• 12th Students Meet Experts

• Speech Pitch Special Episodes

• Speech Pitch Attend the Science Festival

11th Doctoral Consortium

ISCA’s Student Advisory Committee is pleased to announce its 11th Doctoral Consortium at Interspeech 2025, taking place on August 16th. The event gives the doctoral students the opportunity to get feedback on their ongoing dissertation project from a panel of experts.

Whether you are just beginning your dissertation journey or well underway, the Doctoral Consortium welcomes you! Each participant will have a dedicated 30-minute slot to present and discuss their work-in-progress. Expert-led discussions will focus on helping you refine your research direction, strengthen your research plan, and identify key next steps in your project.

We encourage all doctoral students in speech-related fields to submit a concise two-page abstract outlining their dissertation project. This year, we especially welcome applications from students who are preparing for their qualification examinations. The Consortium provides a unique and supportive environment to gain unbiased insights into your research proposal and experimental plan.

Ready to take your research to the next level? Submit your abstract by May 27th, 2025, 23:59, Anywhere on Earth!

Keep an eye for upcoming details and submission guidelines!

Like last year, the review process will be double-blind.

Abstract Guidelines Content

Abstracts should describe the dissertation project/idea as a whole: what you have done so far, what you plan to do, and what challenges you see. The abstract may incorporate in-progress and published work, but should address the following points:

• Research question and motivation

• Key challenges (methodological and/or theoretical)

• Discussion of results (or expected results and their implications)

• Plans for the future

• Main contributions of your research

Format

Abstracts from previous years can be found here.

• 2 pages with 1 additional page for references (if needed)

• Use the Interspeech 2025 template provided here in the blind format

• The doctoral student must be the sole author

Submission

Submit your abstract in PDF format by May 27th, 2025, 23:59, Anywhere on Earth. More information about submission will be announced soon.

Contact

Fabian Ritter: sac@isca-speech.org

For more information about ISCA-SAC please visit: www.isca-students.org

Mentoring Events

After six successful editions of the mentoring event, ISCA-SAC is organizing mentoring events for the seventh time at Interspeech 2025 in Rotterdam. As before, we will hold two events: round tables and one-on-one mentoring. We invite all researchers at any stage of their career to participate. Participants will be given the opportunity to engage in group (round table) and one-to-one discussions with academics/researchers/professionals from academia and industry in a friendly, welcoming environment.

Events

Round-table mentoring: In-person during Interspeech 2025, during lunchtime (lunch provided); exact time and location: [TBA]

The round-tables are an opportunity for participants and mentors to interact on various topics of mutual interest. Each round-table will have an assigned topic, two mentors, and 6-8 participants. Mentors will be confirmed closer to the date. We will try our best to prioritize your preferred topics for discussion.

One-on-one mentoring: Mentor and mentee decide when and where to meet. This can be in-person or virtual. If you feel more comfortable discussing specific topics in a one-on-one session, you can register for this event, and we will do our best to find a mentor matching your needs. We will later introduce mentor and participant pairs and let you arrange the best time/place for your conversation (choice/preference of the mentor and mentee). This conversation can be in person or virtual. Mentees and mentors do not need to attend Interspeech in person; they can participate virtually. Our goal is to increase access to mentoring for as many mentees (who might not be able to travel to Interspeech) as possible and better support the speech research community.

Registration

Mentee (participant): Anyone interested in participating is invited to register using the registration form [TBA]. You can register for both events. We will do our best to have a place for everyone, but in case that is not possible, participants will be selected according to availability of mentors and topics on a first-come first-serve basis. We will contact you via e-mail after registration.

Mentor (professional member): Anyone willing to become a mentor for either event, you can register via our online form [TBA]. If you feel that you would be able to give meaningful feedback, share concerns, or answer questions from participants, this is a great chance to become a mentor for our sessions.

Contact

isca-mentoring@outlook.com

Trang Tran (ttmt001.snlp@gmail.com)

João Vitor Possamai de Menezes (joao_vitor.possamai_de_menezes@tu-dresden.de)

12th Students Meet Experts

After successful editions in Lyon (2013), Singapore (2014), San Francisco (2016), Stockholm (2017), Hyderabad (2018), Graz (2019), virtually in both Shanghai (2020) and Brno (2021), Incheon (2022), Dublin (2023) and Kos (2024), we are excited to announce that Students Meet Experts is now coming to Interspeech 2025 in Rotterdam. We will have a panel discussion with experts from academia and industry. We encourage you to submit questions before the event. A selection of the submitted questions will be answered from the panel of experts. Please keep in mind that the experts and the audience are coming from different fields, so field specific and technical questions are less likely to be presented to the panel. Examples of topics discussed last years are career path (academia or industry), work-life balance, and mental health in academia. A form to submit your questions and/or register for this event, will be made available closer to the event, as well as information regarding date, time and invited experts.

Contact

João Menezes: sac@isca-speech.org

Speech Pitch Special Episodes

YOUR VOICE is our STAR!!

The Speech Pitch team is excited to invite you to join us for a series of brief interviews during the coffee and lunch breaks at Interspeech 2025. We’d love to have a relaxed conversation about your research and hear your thoughts on Interspeech.

Dress code: casual conference attire with a touch of "we’re laid-back"—after all, your voice takes center stage.

If you wish to be one of the Interspeech Hosts: click here

If you wish to be one of our interesting Guests: click here

Speech Pitch Attends the Speech Science Festival

Speech Pitch team will release a small bonus episodes series from the heart of the Speech Science Festival which is organised during Interspeech 2025.

The episodes will showcase the visitors and, more importantly, the researchers presenting their work, emphasizing their approaches to outreach as a key component of scientific engagement. This feature would not only capture the lively spirit of the festival but also highlight the various initiatives within the field of Speech Science.

The ISCA Student Advisory Committee (SAC)

Since students make up a sizeable proportion of ISCA’s membership, ISCA would like to expand its services to its student members. The first ISCA’s Student Advisory Committee (ISCA-SAC) was established in June 2004. At that time the committee consisted of three board members and four volunteering students. Today, the committee organizes three annual events at Interspeech, and more recently, at Speech Prosody conferences. Additionally, the ISCA-SAC has launched a podcast team that produces several episodes each year.

The aim of the committee is to put forward ideas for the expansion of student activities within ISCA and to implement them. If you have any interesting ideas on how to further improve this website, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Contact

sac@isca-speech.org

Current ISCA-SAC Board

General Coordinator: João Menezes (Dresden University of Technology, Germany)

Event Coordinators: Trang Tran (University of South California, United States), Fabian Ritter-Gutierrez (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Podcast Coordinator: Spyretta Leivaditi (University of Groningen, Netherlands)

Advisors: Tina Raissi (RWTH Aachen University, Germany), Omnia Ibrahim (Saarland University, Germany)

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