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In 2000, the Signal Processing and Speech Communication Laboratory (SPSC Lab) of Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) was founded as a research and education center in nonlinear signal processing and computational intelligence, algorithm engineering, as well as circuits & systems modeling and design. It covers applications in wireless communications, speech/audio communication, and telecommunications.
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The Research of SPSC Lab addresses fundamental and applied research problems in five scientific areas:
- Audio and Acoustics
- Intelligent Systems
- Nonlinear Signal Processing
- Speech Communication
- Wireless Communications
Profiles
Result of the Month
Distribution and Timing of Verbal Backchannels in Conversational Speech: A Quantitative Study
Human communication is a remarkably coordinated activity. Successful interaction not only relies on the words themselves, but also on how these words are said, on subtle cues and fine-grained timing between conversational partners. Speakers continuously adjust to each other in real time, relying not only on linguistic content but also on prosody, gestures and context. This dynamic behavior is especially evident in spontaneous conversation, where speakers rarely plan their turns in advance but instead co-construct utterances on-the-fly and in conjunction with their interlocutors. Understanding how this coordination unfolds, particularly in the area of turn-taking, remains a central challenge for speech scientists and technologists aiming to understand and model human speech processing in spontaneous human conversation.
Read the full article.Contact: Michael Paierl, Barbara Schuppler