Naver Presents 8 Papers on Voice AI...Proving Global Technological Excellence

World's Largest Speech AI Conference 'Interspeech 2022'
Total of 12 Papers Presented Including Line

Naver Clova 'Interspeech 2022' Booth

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Naver announced on the 26th that it presented eight research papers at 'Interspeech 2022,' the world's most prestigious conference on speech signal processing.

Celebrating its 23rd edition this year, 'Interspeech' is one of the largest global conferences in the field of speech artificial intelligence (AI), alongside ICASSP, attracting thousands of speech AI experts worldwide annually to share the latest research achievements. This year, it was held from the 18th to the 22nd at Songdo Convensia in Incheon.

Naver presented a total of eight papers at this Interspeech, five of which were selected for oral presentations. Including papers presented by LINE, the total number of papers presented reached 12. Numerous joint research papers were also introduced, conducted with leading domestic and international research institutions such as Yonsei University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Eurecom.

Notable research achievements included not only mid- to long-term preliminary studies but also studies on methods to easily apply emotions to speech synthesis, improve speaker recognition performance, and optimize memory usage during speech recognition model training?technologies with high potential for service application. Currently, Naver utilizes speech AI technology in various AI services such as Clova Smart Speaker, Clova Dubbing, Clova Note, and Clova Care Call.

In addition to regular paper presentations, Naver actively participated in various sessions of the conference as a leader in the speech AI field. Naver researchers led the special session on speaker verification called the ‘SASV (Spoofing-Aware Automatic Speaker Verification) Challenge,’ and Chan-gyu Lee, Clova Speech Leader, participated as a speaker in the industry session, introducing Clova’s speech recognition technology and services to researchers worldwide.

Naver participated as a Diamond Sponsor at 'Interspeech 2022,' operating a booth throughout the conference to share the latest technologies and recruit outstanding talent. At the 'NAVER Night' event held on the 19th, over 60 student researchers attended and had the opportunity to interact with Naver researchers.

Seokgeun Jeong, CEO of Naver Clova CIC, stated, "Based on excellent speech AI technology recognized at Interspeech for five consecutive years, Naver provides innovative AI services to users," adding, "We will continue to invest in securing outstanding speech AI technology and further strengthen Naver’s AI leadership."

Meanwhile, including Interspeech, Naver has already achieved the publication and acceptance of 88 papers this year at top-tier global AI conferences such as ICML, CVPR, ECCV, and NAACL, surpassing last year’s record of 66 papers.

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