Kos workshop - 6 September 2024

Opening 10:00 AM 15 minutes - Roger Moore on behalf of the VIHAR Steering Committee

Keynote 10:15 AM 45 minutes - Adriano Lameira - The ape and the first word: Advances in deciphering language evolution

Session A 11:00 AM 1 hour: 15 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A, chaired by Vincent Lostanlen

Angela Dassow, Arik Kershenbaum, Bethany Smith, Andrew Markham, Casey Anderson, Riley McClaughry, Ramjan Chaudhary and Holly Root-Gutteridge - Eavesdropping on prey alarm calls to detect the presence of predators PDF

Eklavya Sarkar and Mathew Magimai-Doss - On the Utility of Speech and Audio Foundation Models for Marmoset Call Analysis PDF

Antonella Maria Cristina Torrisi, Inês De Almeida Nolasco, Elisabetta Versace and Emmanouil Benetos - Exploratory Analysis of Early-Life Chick Calls PDF

Lunch Break

Session B 2:00 PM 1 hour: 15 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A, chaired by Antonella Maria Cristina Torrisi

Runwu Shi, Katsutoshi Itoyama and Kazuhiro Nakadai - Bird Vocalization Embedding Extraction Using Self-Supervised Disentangled Representation Learning PDF

Roger Moore - What Needs to be Known in Order to Perform a Meaningful Scientific Comparison Between Animal Communications and Human Spoken Language PDF

Coffee break 3:00 PM - 30 minutes

Keynote 3:30 PM 45 minutes - Marisa Hoeschele - Decoding animal acoustic communication based on human language and music

Session C 4:30 PM Extended abstracts 50 minutes: 15 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A, chaired by Angela Dassow

Vincent Lostanlen - Towards Differentiable Motor Control of Bird Vocalizations PDF

Marianne de Heer Kloots and Mirjam Knörnschild - Exploring bat song syllable representations in self-supervised audio encoders PDF

Closing 10 minutes

Online workshop - 9 September 2024 - 5PM Berlin/ 4PM London/ 8AM San Francisco, zoom link

Opening 15 minutes - Roger Moore on behalf of the VIHAR Steering Committee

Presentations 90 minutes: 15 minutes + 3 minutes Q&A, chaired by Yossi Yovel

Imen Ben Mahmoud, Eklavya Sarkar, Marta Manser and Mathew Magimai.-Doss - Feature Representations for Automatic Meerkat Vocalization Classification PDF

Bilal Sardar, Lakshmi Babu Saheer and Sam Reynolds - Western Jackdaw Call Classification in Noisy Environments Using CNNs PDF

Gayathri Singaram, Lakshmi Babu Saheer, Dena Jane Clink, Roeun Sala, Moeurk Hong and Hélène Birot - Zero-shot Avian Species Detection from Unlabelled Field Audio Data PDF

Petra Jääskeläinen and Elin Kanhov - Data Ethics of Human-Nonhuman Sound Technologies and Ecologies PDF

Heikki Rasilo and Yannick Jadoul - Introducing LeVI-imit – self-supervision based articulatory model imitating speech on a web browser PDF

Break 15 minutes

Flash talks 1 hour: 5 minutes + 2 minutes Q&A, chaired by Marius Miron

Xavier Hinaut - Robot Language Acquisition Modelling via Cross-Situational Learning with Little Data PDF

Elin N Hirsch, Joost van de Weijer and Susanne Schötz - Vocal, Visual, and Tactile Signals in Cat–Human Communication: A Pilot Study PDF

Axel G. Ekström, Manon Delaunay and Linda Oña - On production mechanisms of group howling by Canis lupus: A case study PDF

Seema Lokhandwala, Rohan Kumar Gupta, Priyankoo Sarmah and Rohit Sinha - Deciphering Asian Elephant Rumble Calls to Classify Mahout and Social Interactions PDF

Reiji Suzuki, Zachary Harlow, Kazuhiro Nakadai and Takaya Arita - Toward integrating evolutionary models and field experiments on avian vocalization using trait representations based on generative models PDF

Axel G. Ekström, Laura Cros Vila, Suzanne Schötz and Jens Edlund - A single formant explicates the ubiquity of “meow” PDF

Louis Mahon - Towards a Universal Method for Meaningful Signal Detection PDF

Aditya Ravuri, Jen Muir and Neil D. Lawrence - On Feature Learning for Titi Monkey Activity Detection PDF