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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13
5:30 – 8:30 pm Pre-conference Workshop at the Nat’l Center for Media Forensics
- “Validity and Reliability in Forensic Voice Comparison” G. Morrison
THURSDAY, JUNE 14
7:00 – 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast - the registration desk open all conference
8:30 – 8:50 am Welcome Address
- J.M. Smith, Conference Chair
8:50 – 9:50 am Keynote
- “CSI Watergate Expose” P. Mellinger
9:50 – 10:30 am Exhibition Open
- Break
10:30 – 12:00 pm Workshop 1: Forensic Audio Enhancement
- Presenters: E. Brixen, D. Begault, M. Huckvale, and C. Peltier (moderator)
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch and Break
1:30 – 2:40 pm *Paper Session 1: Enhancement of Forensic Audio I
- “Low Delay Error Concealment for Audio Signals”
- “Speech Enhancement Technique for Low SNR Recording”
- “Music and noise fingerprinting and reference cancellation applied to forensic audio enhancement”
* All paper presentations are 20 minutes plus a 5-minute break
2:40 – 3:25 pm Break and Poster Session 1 (in Exhibition): Miscellaneous Techniques
- “The Effects of Audio Compression Algorithms on DC offset”
- “Tone Removal Using a Band Focus Speech Reconstruction Algorithm”
- “The Gain Effect: How Does it Effect the DC”
- “Designing an Automated Gunshot Detection and Image Response System”
3:25 – 4:30 pm Paper Session 2: Enhancement of Forensic Audio II
- “Enhancing Low SNR Speech Corrupted by Non-Stationary Tonal Noises”
- “Effects of replay on the intelligibility of noisy speech.”
- “Semi-automated technique for noisy Recording Enhancement using an independent reference recording”
5:30 – 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception at the Warwick Hotel
FRIDAY, JUNE 15
7:00 – 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:05 am Paper Session 3: ENF Analysis I
- “Phase and Amplitude Analysis of the ENF for Digital Audio Authentication”
- “Effects of Oscillator Errors on Electric Network Frequency (ENF) Analysis”
- “Quantifying the Effects of Lossy Digital Audio Compression Algorithms on Electronic Network Frequency Signals in Forensic Analysis”
- “A Study of the Accuracy and Precision of Quadratic Frequency Interpolation for ENF Estimation”
10:05 – 10:30 am Break in Exhibition
10:30 – 12:00 pm Workshop 2: WinHex for Forensic Audio Analysis- Introduction, Application, and Scripting
- Presenter: D. Lacey
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch and Break
1:30 – 2:40 pm Paper Session 4: ENF Analysis II
- “Advances in Electronic Network Frequency Acquisition Systems and Stand Alone Probe Applications for the Authentication of Digital Media”
- “Using Simple Monte Carlo Methods and a Grid Database to Determine the Operational Parameters for the ENF Matching Process”
- “Advances in ENF Analysis for Digital Media Authentication”
2:40 – 3:25 pm Break and Poster Session 2 in Exhibition: ENF Analysis
- “ENF Database Assessment”
- “Tuning and Optimization of an Electric Network Frequency Extraction Algorithm”
- “Uncertainty in the Measurement of the Electrical Network Frequency”
3:25 – 5:00 pm Paper Session 5: Audio Authentication
- “Analytical Framework for Digital Audio Authentication”
- “Microphone Identification using Higher-Order Statistics”
- “Using Ripple Signals for the Authentication of Audio Material”
- “Evaluation of the DC Offset Values for Nine Small Digital Audio Recorders”
6:00 – 10:00 pm Optional Social Event - $55, space is limited
- Banjo Billy’s historic tour of downtown Denver, drinks and snacks included
- Banquet dinner at Katie Mullen’s Irish Restaurant and Pub on 16th Street Mall
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
7:00 – 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:05 am Paper Session 6: Miscellaneous Techniques
- “Effectiveness of Electronic Voice Disguise Between Friends”
- “GMM-Based Efficient Language Identification”
- “Automatic Search and Classification of Sound Sources in Long-Term Surveillance Recordings”
- “Carving and Reorganizing Fragmented MP3 Files Using Syntactic and Spectral Information”
10:05 – 10:30 am Break in Exhibition
10:30 – 12:00 pm Workshop 3: Forensic Science and Expert Testimony: Insights and Strategies from the Advocate’s Perspective
- Presenters: H.R. Reeve, P. Weinberg, J. Mathews, and J.M. Smith (moderator)
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch and Break
1:30 – 1:55 pm Paper Session 7: Laboratory Practices
- “SWGDE Core Competencies for Forensic Audio”
1:55 – 2:40 pm Paper Session 8: Speaker Recognition and Comparison I
- “Comparing Automatic Forensic Voice Comparison Systems under Forensic Conditions”
- “What Did Bain Really Say? A Preliminary Forensic Analysis of the Disputed Utterance Based on Data, Acoustic Analysis, Statistical Models, Calculation of Likelihood Ratios, and Testing of Validity”
2:40 – 3:25 pm Break and Poster Session 3 in Exhibition: Speaker Recognition and Comparison
- “Development of System for Forensic Applications Using Spanish Words”
- “Case Studies from MPRJ (District Attorney’s Office of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil): The Disguise and Automatic Speaker Recognition (ASR)”
- “Influence of Recording Distance on Voice Quality for use in Speaker Recognition”
- “Synthetic Voice Forgery and Voice Comparison"
3:25 – 4:10 pm Paper Session 9: Speaker Recognition and Comparison II
- “Speaker Identification Using Phonetic Segmentation and Normalized Relative Delays of Source Harmonics”
- “Securing Speaker Verification System Against Replay Attack”
4:10 – 4:30 pm Farewell Address
- J.M. Smith, Conference Chair
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