INTERSPEECH 2026 Deserved a Better Recap

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200

Four days at INTERSPEECH 2026 in Sydney were enough to fill my notes, but nowhere near enough to see the whole program. Between the talks and poster sessions, there was plenty to learn, including in areas outside my usual work. There was also time to catch up with colleagues, talk through ideas, and see a little of Sydney.

0 × 100 = 0, 1 × 100 = 100, and in between.

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200

More and more often, I hear some version of the same question from students:

Why should I learn this? AI can already do it.

It is a good question. An agent can write code, TL;DR papers, draft reports, generate visualizations, and produce plausible answers to an alarming number of questions. Pretending these tools do not exist is ridiculous. Asking students to ignore them is not education. It is theatre.

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INTERSPEECH 2026 Deserved a Better Recap

0 × 100 = 0, 1 × 100 = 100, and in between.