The CAVE project is investigating many differing aspects of speaker verification, not only core algorithmic research, but also how to incorporate the results of this research into real telephone-based services which anyone can use. The project partners therefore include user organisations such as banks and telecommunications companies, a number of highly-regarded European research institutes, and a major provider of speech-enabled automatic telephone services. Select any of the links below to find out more about each of the project partners.
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Telecommunications (ENST)
Institute Dalle Molle d'Intelligence Artificielle Perceptive (IDIAP)
Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Catholic University of Nijmegen(KUN)
PTT Telecom Netherlands
PTT Telecom, a major provider of telecommunications in the Netherlands, is the co-ordinating partner of CAVE. It is taking part in project field tests through its KPN Research laboratory.
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Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications (ENST)
ENST is the premier teaching and research institute in France for electrical and electronic engineering. Located in Paris, it is a joint venture between Télécom Paris and CNRS, the French government's scientific research organisation.
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Institute Dalle Molle d'Intelligence Artificielle Perceptive (IDIAP)
IDIAP is a private non-profit research institute founded in 1991 and whose offices are located in the Valais region of Switzerland. It conducts research into neural networks, speech processing, and machine vision.
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Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
KTH is a modern technical university, founded in 1827 and located in Stockholm, Sweden. Its Speech Group is the largest group in the multidisciplinary, research-oriented Department of Speech, Music and Hearing.
Go to KTH Speech Group Home Page
Catholic University of Nijmegen (KUN)
KUN is taking part in CAVE through its Department of Speech and Language Group, which pursues research into computational and corpus linguistics and in phonetics and speech technology.
Go to KUN Speech and Language Group Home Page
Telia
Telia is an international telecommunications corporation based in Sweden, one of the world's most open telecommunications markets. Its involvement in CAVE is testament to its desire to improve the ease-of-use and security of telephone-based information services.
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UBS - Ubilab
UBS, whose main offices are located in Zurich, is the largest bank in Switzerland and a global provider of wholesale financial services. It is both an end-user of CAVE technology and a research partner, through its wholly-owned IT research centre Ubilab.
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Vocalis Group
Vocalis Group is a leader in speech technology and call processing. The largest UK company of its kind, it develops and delivers speech-controlled telephony solutions that increase business efficiency and make communication easier.
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