Auditory Attention: From Saliency to Models to Applications

Explore the multifaceted aspects of auditory attention in this comprehensive lecture by Dr. Malcolm Slaney from Google. Delve into top-down and bottom-up models of attention crucial for solving the cocktail party problem, and discover how eye-gaze and face-pose information enhance speech understanding in various interaction scenarios. Examine the use of implicit signals like auditory saliency in speech processing systems, and learn about algorithms and results in speech recognition, understanding, addressee detection, and selective speech processing in complex auditory environments. Gain insights into models of auditory attention and saliency, grounded in practical applications and cutting-edge research presented by a distinguished expert in the field of machine hearing and audio perception.