Naver Presents 9 Papers at 'Interspeech 2021'

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] Naver announced on the 6th that it presented nine papers at 'Interspeech 2021,' the world's largest conference on speech and signal processing. This is the largest number among domestic companies.

According to Naver, including papers presented by its Japanese affiliate 'Line,' the total reaches 14. Based on these achievements, Naver plans to actively pursue securing leadership in artificial intelligence (AI).

'Interspeech' is a venue where the latest speech recognition technologies from global companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Alibaba are shared, and along with ICASSP, it is recognized as the world's largest speech and signal processing conference. Naver and Line also presented 14 papers at 'ICASSP 2021,' held in June this year.

The research papers by Naver adopted at 'Interspeech 2021' cover various fields related to speech and signal, including speech recognition, speech synthesis, and dataset creation. Some papers have been applied to Naver's actual services. Research on improving speech synthesis quality has been applied to various speech synthesis services provided by Naver Clova, such as 'Clova Dubbing,' 'Clova Smart Speaker,' and 'Naver AiCALL.' Research on techniques for more accurately learning each speaker's characteristics for 'speaker diarization' in situations where multiple speakers talk simultaneously is being utilized to improve the Clova Note service.

Additionally, among the nine papers presented by Naver, five were conducted through collaborative research with leading domestic and international companies and research institutions driving AI technology, including the French research institute EURECOM, known as a leader in computer science and information systems, Carnegie Mellon University, KAIST, Yonsei University, and Line. Naver added that efforts to build a global AI research innovation ecosystem are showing tangible results.

Based on these achievements, Naver plans to continuously expand the global AI research and development (R&D) ecosystem. Beyond Japan, centered on collaboration with Line, Naver has established joint research centers with HUST and PTIT in Vietnam, and continues research cooperation with Naver Labs Europe in France. In July, Naver agreed to establish a joint research center with the University of T?bingen in Germany, which boasts world-class expertise in artificial neural networks and robotics.

Jung Seok-geun, CEO of Naver Clova CIC, said, "Based on active investment in R&D, Naver's AI research innovation ecosystem is growing in scale," and added, "We expect new achievements to emerge from the more diverse AI R&D ecosystem to be built centered on Naver."

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