Workshop on “Crowdsourced Speech and Automatic Alignment: New Frontiers for Laboratory Phonology” – Call for Submissions

We invite submissions for a satellite workshop exploring the shift from controlled laboratory recordings to crowdsourced and automatically aligned speech data.

This workshop is co-organized by members and alumni of the STL LISN and will address challenges and opportunities in large-scale phonetic research, including data reliability, ethical considerations, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Key Topics

• Data variability and alignment challenges
• Phonetic/phonological knowledge in automatic methods
• Cross-dialectal, cross-linguistic, and sociodemographic variation
• Ethical issues and computational methods

Submission Guidelines

• Format: 1-page abstract (PDF), Times New Roman 12pt, single-spaced, 1-inch margins.
• Language: English.
• Deadline: March 15, 2026, 11:59 PM (AoE).
• Submit here: EasyChair Link

Important Dates

• Notification: March 31, 2026.
• Workshop: June 25, 2026, 9:00–12:15 (Montreal, Canada)