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voiceID 2024

What is the »voiceID« conference?

We are happy to announce the 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference on Voice Identity: Perception, Production and Computational Approaches taking place from the 28th-30th of August 2024 in Marburg, Germany. The conference aims to bring together researchers interested in vocal identity and recognition from different disciplines such as Psychology, Biology, Linguistics, Physics, and Engineering.

Through this conference, we aim to promote dialogue across the different disciplines involved in the study of voice. Questions we want to address include but are not limited to: 

  • How do talkers use their voice to convey information about themselves to others?
  • What neural and/or cognitive mechanisms support voice identity perception and production?
  • How do different types of cues (acoustic, phonetic, linguistic, and beyond) inform and interface with identity perception and production?
  • What underpins individual differences in voice identity perception and production?
  • How can computational approaches (modelling, synthesis, etc.) contribute to our understanding of voice identity?
  • Are there parallels in how humans and animals achieve and perform voice identity recognition?
  • What is the evolutionary relevance of voice identity perception in humans and animals?
  • What role does voice identity play in pragmatic communication scenarios (e.g. social interaction, performing arts)?

Location:

Institute for German Linguistics / Research Center »Deutscher Sprachatlas«
Pilgrimstein 16
35037 Marburg
Germany

Frequently Asked Questions

Marburg is looking forward to welcoming you!

The tranquil town of Marburg is best known for its university. It was founded in 1527 by Landgrave Philipp the Magnanimous. This makes us the oldest still registered Protestant university in the world! Almost 22,000 students study here - that's 28% of the entire city population (78,000 inhabitants in total).

For this reason, Marburg is known for its progressive lifestyle, innovative urban planning and community projects - but it also has the highest density of pubs in Hesse. In the well-known "Oberstadt", you are greeted by medieval flair. The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, who also studied here, characterise the cityscape. If you go for a walk in Marburg, look out for glass slippers, the wolf and the seven little goats and Iron Henry.

If you want to feel like a real „Marburger“, relax on the meadows along the Lahn in summer. The 245 km long river meanders right through the city centre and offers many opportunities to relax and do sports, especially in the summertime. Pedal boating, ice cream and relaxing in one of the restaurants on the banks are just some of the ways to enjoy Marburg's very own beach.

For those who prefer a more historical approach, there are plenty of opportunities to join a guided tour. On a „Munkel-Tour“, the tour guide will tell you one or two facts about the old town - whether these are true or false is up to the group to find out. At night, you can also join a guided tour with a night watchman in historical costume. Less event-enthusiastic visitors can also explore the Elisabeth Church, the Landgrave's Castle or the old university building on their own, all of which have a long tradition.

Among the most famous professors and alumni of our university are the political theorist and philosopher Hannah Arendt, writer Bettina von Arnim, pioneer of the women's movement and women's rights activist Luise Berthold, as well as the first Nobel Prize winner for medicine Emil von Behring and chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen. Between 1901 and 2011, 11 people associated with Philipps University through their studies or teaching were honoured with a Nobel Prize.

Georg Wenker also deserves special mention in the field of linguistics. From 1888 until his death, Wenker was head of the Research Institute for the German Language at the University of Marburg and founded the Language Atlas of the German Empire, also known as the Wenker Atlas, from which today's German Language Atlas Research Centre emerged. By 1880, he had compiled the 40 Wenker sentences named after him, which he then had teachers from all over the German Empire translate into their local dialects.

If you would like to get a first impression of Marburg in advance, you should take a look at the impressive photographs on the Instagram account "Mattis Underhill" of a Marburg student: https://www.instagram.com/mattisunderhill/