Dear Wildlabs community,

The submission deadline for VIHAR-2024 has been extended to June 30th, 2024. 

VIHAR-2024 (https://vihar-2024.vihar.org) is the fourth international workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots, a satellite event of Interspeech 2024. It will take place in a hybrid format and will be hosted in Kos, Greece on 6th September 2024 and online on 9th September 2024. VIHAR-2024 aims to bring together researchers studying vocalization and speech-based interaction in-and-between humans, animals and robots from a variety of different fields. VIHAR-2024 will provide an opportunity to share and discuss theoretical insights, best practices, tools and methodologies, and to identify common principles underpinning vocal behavior in a multi-disciplinary environment.

We invite original submissions of 5-page papers (with the 5th page reserved exclusively for acknowledgements and references) or 2-page extended abstracts in all areas of vocal interactivity. Accepted papers will be compiled in the VIHAR-2024 proceedings that will be published online. All papers should follow the Interspeech 2024 template. 

Suggested workshop topics may include, but are not limited to the following areas:

• Self-supervised learning for vocal signals

• Generative audio systems for vocal interactivity

• Function of vocalizations: discovery of information embedded within signals, testing for functional reference, linking vocal signals to behavior

• Physiological and morphological comparisons between vocal systems in animals and humans

• Vocal imitation and social learning of vocal signals

• Valence and emotion in vocal signals

• Inter and intraspecies comparative analyses of vocalizations

• Interspecific vocal interactivity between non-conspecifics.

• Speech perception and production in human-human interactions and human-robot interactions

• Comparative analysis of vocal signals in vocal interactivity.

• Theory development of vocal interaction interfaces

• Ethics of vocal interactivity

Submission instructions can be found at the EasyChair submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vihar2024 

Important dates (AoE):

• Submission deadline:  9th June 2024   

• Notification of acceptance: 8th July 2024  

• Final versions for inclusion in proceedings: 15th July 2024    

• Author registration closes: 31st July 2024      

• Workshop: 6th and 9th September 2024     

This event is sponsored by Earth Species Project (https://www.earthspecies.org/ ) and supported by the VIHAR steering committee (http://www.vihar.org/ ) and the International Speech Communication Association (http://www.isca-speech.org/).

Organizing committee: Marius Miron, Yossi Yovel, Sara Keen, Eliya Nachmani, Paola Peña, Björn Schuller, Olivier Pietquin