News

September 12, 2016

New deadline for submitting papers to the Special Issue of Computer Speech and Language “Recent Advances in speaker and language recognition and characterization”:

Submission open: May 6, 2016
Submission deadline extended: October 9, 2016
Notifications of final decision: March 31, 2017
Scheduled publication: April, 2017

Jun 22, 2016

VERY IMPORTANT !!
Thursday re-scheduling
13:00 – 14:00 Special Lunch @ Bizkaia Aretoa’s Terrace (1st Floor)
14:00 – 14:45 free time
14:45 – 21:30 Countryside Road Trip (Gaztelugatxe, Urdaibai, Gernika) + Txakoli Wine Tasting

Jun 3, 2016

The official proceedings of Odyssey 2016 are now available:

The Conference Guide is also accesible from the Proceedings section.
All the participants will be given a printed version.

Jun 3, 2016

The weather forecast for Bilbao is now available under Getting to Bilbao.

May 24, 2016

Technical Program updated with session chairs and details of the Industry & Forensics track and the Show & Tell session.

May 13, 2016

New deadlines for submitting papers to the Special Issue of Computer Speech and Language “Recent Advances in speaker and language recognition and characterization”:

Submission open: May 6, 2016
Submission deadline: September 16, 2016
Notifications of final decision: March 31, 2017
Scheduled publication: April, 2017

May 12, 2016

Presentation Guidelines are now available at the website. Please, read them carefully and don’t forget to fill, sign and submit the Consent Form for video recordings.

May 12, 2016

The deadline for Late Registration (May 31st, 2016, 24:00 GMT+1) is rapidly approaching. Note that after May 31st, participants can only register on-site at the venue, with higher fees.

Apr 21, 2016

The deadline for Early Registration (April 30, 2016, 24:00 GMT+1) is rapidly approaching. Note that remarkably higher fees apply for Late Registration (from May 1 to May 31, 2016). To cover each paper, at least one of the authors must complete a Full Registration (including payment) by April 30, 2016.

Apr 13, 2016

The Technical Program of Odyssey 2016 is now available. It's tentative, and thus subject to change, but only minor changes can be expected.
The Industry & Forensics track and the Show & Tell session are both allocated, but their programs are still under development.

Apr 9, 2016

After numerous requests, we have extended the deadline for uploading camera ready papers to Wednesday April 13, 24:00 GMT+1. Please, check your paper and upload an improved version, for the success and quality of Odyssey 2016. Thanks for your help.

Mar 23, 2016

IMPORTANT NOTE:
The travel agency has warned us about a high hotel occupancy in Bilbao on June 23.
Depending on the hotel of your choice, there might be no rooms available for that night.

Mar 23, 2016

Registration to Odyssey 2016 is now open at the website. The registration fee covers all the academic and social activities of the workshop. Payments can be made by wire transfer or by credit card. Note that early registration fees apply only until April 30th, 2016. From May 1st to May 31st, more expensive (late) fees will apply. After May 31st, participants must register on-site at the venue.

Mar 21, 2016

The Odyssey 2016 Scientific Committee is now publicly available at the website (see Committees).

Mar 21, 2016

As scheduled, Acceptance/Rejection notifications were submitted to authors on March 18, 2016. Authors of accepted papers are encouraged to submit camera ready versions by April 8, 2016, following the reviewers’ recommendations. Please, update your papers using the EasyChair Submission system, following the paper preparation guidelines and using the templates provided at the website (see Submission).

Feb 10, 2016

Notifications of paper acceptance / rejection will be sent back to authors on March 18, 2016.
The notification date has been brought forward a few days in order to allow re-submissions to Interspeech.

Feb 5, 2016

For those of you that are about to finish a regular (long) contribution to Odyssey 2016, please note that the submission system will accept papers until Sunday February 7, 23:59 GMT+1.

Jan 27, 2016

The Special Issue of Computer Speech and Language has been approved (follow the link added to the post workshop section in the left menu). Authors with best reviews at Odyssey 2016 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers.

Jan 18, 2016

LAST Call for Papers. EXTENDED deadlines!

Jan 18, 2016

A Special Issue of Computer Speech and Language is under consideration (see details in the "Call for Papers" section). If approved, there will be an open call, and authors with best reviews at Odyssey 2016 will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers.

Nov 25, 2015

NEW SPECIAL SESSION: “NIST 2015 Language Recognition i-Vector Machine Learning Challenge”

Nov 25, 2015

Second call for papers.

Nov 19, 2015

Major update of the web site.

Jul 23, 2015

The web site is published.