Speech Interaction Technology

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Tom Bäckström
- Department of Information and Communications Engineering - Professor (Associate Professor)
- Speech Interaction Technology
Person: Professors, tenure track
20002025
Mariem Bouafif
- Department of Information and Communications Engineering - Visitor (Doctoral Researcher)
- School of Electrical Engineering
- Speech Interaction Technology - Visitor (Doctoral Researcher)
Person: Doctoral Student , Visiting Scholar
20252025
Chenyi Lin
- Department of Information and Communications Engineering - Doctoral Researcher
- School of Electrical Engineering
- Speech Interaction Technology - Doctoral Researcher
Person: Doctoral students, Doctoral Student
20252025

1 Finished

Authentication between speech operated devices using acoustic fingerprints
Bäckström, T. (Principal investigator) & Zewoudie, A. (Project Member)
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2022
Project: Domestic funds and foundations

27 Conference article in proceedings
12 Article
6 Patent
3 Book
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Beyond User-centric: Modelling Privacy and Fairness Effects of Speech Interfaces on Community- and Society-Levels
Bäckström, T. & Vitiugin, F., 2025, Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Security and Privacy in Speech Communication. International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), 5 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Professional

Open Access
File
47 Downloads (Pure)
Introduction to Speech Processing v2.01
Bäckström, T., Räsänen, O., Zewoudie, A., Perez Zarazaga, P., Koivusalo, L., Das, S., Gómez Mellado, E., Bouafif, M., Ramos, D., Kadiri, S. R., Alku, P. & Vali, M. H., 31 Oct 2025, 2.01 ed.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional

Open Access
Privacy Disclosure of Similarity Rank in Speech and Language Processing
Bäckström, T., Vali, M. H., Nguyen, M. & Rech, S., 6 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access
File

sndls
Gómez Mellado, E. (Creator) & Bäckström, T. (Supervisor), GitHub, Mar 2025
https://pypi.org/project/sndls/ and 2 more links, https://github.com/Speech-Interaction-Technology-Aalto-U/sndls, https://github.com/eagomez2/sndls (show fewer)
Dataset: Software or code
h5pack
Gómez Mellado, E. (Creator) & Bäckström, T. (Supervisor), GitHub, 1 Nov 2025
https://pypi.org/project/h5pack/ and 2 more links, https://github.com/Speech-Interaction-Technology-Aalto-U/h5pack, https://github.com/eagomez2/h5pack (show fewer)
Dataset: Software or code
Introduction to Speech Processing v2.01
Bäckström, T. (Creator), Räsänen, O. (Contributor), Zewoudie, A. W. (Contributor), Zarazaga, P. P. (Contributor), Koivusalo, L. (Contributor), Das, S. (Contributor), Gómez Mellado, E. (Contributor), Bouafif Mansali, M. (Contributor), Ramos, D. (Contributor), Kadiri, S. R. (Contributor), Alku, P. (Contributor) & Vali, M. (Contributor), Zenodo, 31 Oct 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6821774
Dataset: Software or code

Outstanding Reviewer Award
Bäckström, T. (Recipient), 20 Aug 2023
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work

Overview of Privacy in Speech Technology
Bäckström, T. (Speaker)
7 Apr 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
PSST Recruitment and Training Event
Bäckström, T. (Organiser)
17 Mar 2025 → 18 Mar 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) (External organisation)
Bäckström, T. (Chair)
18 Aug 2025 → 2027
Activity: Memberships (typically long-term positions of trust) › Position of trust in an academic community

Unite! Seed Fund Awards Funding to Eight Applications with Aalto University's Involvement
Hakanen, E., Mäntysalo, R., Vicente-Saez, R., Stead, D., Praks, J., Kajaste, J., Kuosmanen, P., Kallio, T., Bäckström, T. & Jokinen, J.-P.
25/08/2023
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
New AI research project investigates migrant trust and inclusive digital public services
Ylipulli, J. & Bäckström, T.
15/05/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
Ambient i matbutiken ledde till upptäckten av ljudmiljöer och Finlands tystaste rum
Bäckström, T.
09/04/2023
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance