Upcoming MLC-SLM Workshop Scheduled for Interspeech Conference in 2025
Announcing the MLC-SLM Workshop: Advancing Multilingual Conversational Speech AI
The MLC-SLM Workshop, hosted by Nexdata, is set to take place on August 22, 2025, at Dock 14, Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre. This event, which is part of Interspeech 2025, is a full-day gathering dedicated to the advancement of multilingual conversational speech AI[1].
The main objective of the workshop is to address the challenge of the lack of multilingual, context-rich dialogue data for training large language model (LLM)-based spoken dialogue systems[1]. To this end, the workshop will feature the MLC-SLM Challenge, a global initiative promoting innovations in speech language models using a newly released multilingual conversational dataset[1].
The MLC-SLM Workshop promises to be an exciting event, with keynote speeches and invited talks from leading experts in the field. These include Shinji Watanabe (Associate Professor from Carnegie Mellon University), Hung-yi Lee (Professor from National Taiwan University), Ming Li (Professor from Duke Kunshan University), Shuai Wang (Associate Professor from Nanjing University), and Pan Pan (Director of AI Business at Nexdata)[1].
The event will also provide a platform for researchers, industry practitioners, and data providers to discuss the future development of scalable, multilingual, and context-aware speech models. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the challenges and opportunities in building advanced multilingual spoken dialogue systems and AI applications[1].
In addition to the keynote speeches and invited talks, the workshop will include the announcement of challenge results and awards for outstanding submissions that have advanced multilingual spoken dialogue models[1]. The Challenge Summary & Awards Ceremony will recap the objectives, results, and outstanding submissions of the MLC-SLM Challenge[1].
Nexdata, the workshop host, is a provider of high-quality training data solutions for AI, focusing on enabling innovation with diverse datasets and flexible annotation services[1].
For more information and updates about the MLC-SLM Workshop, please visit https://www.nexdata.ai/competition/mlc-slm[1]. We look forward to seeing you there!
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The MLC-SLM Workshop, focusing on the advancement of multilingual conversational speech AI, will feature discussions about innovations in speech language models using artificial intelligence. The event, hosted by Nexdata, will also include keynote speeches from leading experts in the field, such as Shinji Watanabe and Ming Li.
