Automatic Speech Recognition
Lecture Notes
A full set of lecture slides is listed below, including guest lectures. Lectures 3, 4, and 6 have audio links to speech samples presented during the lectures.
WEEK # |
LEC # |
TOPICS |
1 |
1 |
Course Overview (PDF) |
2 |
3 |
Speech Sounds (PDF - 3.6 MB) |
3 |
5 |
Signal Representation (PDF - 1.9 MB) |
4 |
7 |
Pattern Classification (1) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
5 |
9 |
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6 |
11 |
Language Modeling (PDF) |
7 |
13 |
Guest Lecture by Karen Livescu: Graphical Models (PDF) |
8 |
14 |
Guest Lecture by Rita Singh: Hidden Markov Modeling (2) (PDF - 2.1 MB) |
9 |
16 |
Segment-Based ASR (PDF) |
10 |
18 |
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11 |
20 |
Guest Lecture by Timothy Hazen: Robust ASR (2) (PDF) |
12 |
22 |
Speech Understanding (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
13 |
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Quiz 2 |
14 |
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Term Project Presentations |
Assignments
ASSN # |
TOPICS |
SUPPORTING MATERIALS |
1 |
Acoustic Theory (PDF) |
An Introduction to LAMINAR (PDF) |
2 |
Speech Sounds (PDF) |
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3 |
Signal Representation (PDF) |
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4 |
Acoustic Modeling (PDF) |
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5 |
Hidden Markov Models 1 (PDF) |
Supplement to Q9 and Q10 (PDF) |
6 |
Language Modeling (PDF) |
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7 |
Graphical Models (PDF) |
Suggested Readings (PDF) |
8 |
Hidden Markov Models 2 (PDF) |
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9 |
Segment-Based ASR (PDF) |
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Assignment Errata (PDF) |