Major Conferences (Tier 1)
ICASSP 2026
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing
ICASSP is the world's largest and most comprehensive technical conference on signal processing and applications. Covers the entire spectrum from speech and audio to machine learning and beyond.
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Interspeech 2026
Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Interspeech is the world's most comprehensive conference on the science and technology of spoken language processing. The premier venue for speech-focused research.
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ASRU 2026
IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop
ASRU focuses specifically on automatic speech recognition and understanding. Held biennially, it's the top workshop for ASR-focused research with strong industry participation.
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Specialized Conferences (Tier 2)
SLT 2026
IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop
SLT focuses on spoken language understanding, dialogue systems, and conversational AI. Strong emphasis on applications and human-computer interaction.
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Odyssey 2026
The Speaker and Language Recognition Workshop
Odyssey is the premier workshop for speaker and language recognition research. Focus on voice biometrics, anti-spoofing, and speaker characterization.
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ML/AI Conferences with Speech Tracks
NeurIPS 2026
Neural Information Processing Systems
Top-tier ML conference. Speech papers typically focus on novel architectures, self-supervised learning, and theoretical advances.
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ICML 2026
International Conference on Machine Learning
Premier ML conference. Speech-related work often focuses on efficient architectures, optimization, and learning theory.
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Submit Research ProfileConference Submission Tips
- ICASSP: Highest acceptance rate (~45%) of the tier-1 conferences. Good for incremental work or system papers.
- Interspeech: Most competitive for ASR (~35% acceptance). Reviewers expect strong empirical results.
- ASRU: Focus on practical ASR systems. Production deployments and real-world evaluations score well.
- Timing: Submit to ICASSP first (Feb), then Interspeech (March), then ASRU (July) if rejected.
- Code/Data: Papers with public code and reproducible results have higher acceptance rates.
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