Abed Ahcène1, 2 and Guerti Mhania1 1Laboratoire Signal et Communications, Ecole Nationa le Polytechnique, Algeria 2Scientific and Technical Research Center for the Development of the Arabic Language, Algeria

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Rafik Djemili1, Hocine Bourouba2, and Amara Korba3 1Electronics Department, University of 20 Août, Alge ria 2Electronics Department, University Mentouri of Cons tantine, Algeria 3LASA, University Badji Mokhtar of Annaba, Algeria

# Speaker identification # GMM # SVM

Edge Preserving Image Segmentation using Spatially Constrained EM Algorithm

Abstract: In this paper, a new method for edge preserving image segmentation based on the Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM)

#Gaussian mixture model # expectation maximization # bilateral filter # image segmentation

Gammachirp Filter Banks Applied in Roust Speaker Recognition Based on GMM-UBM Classifier

Lei Deng and Yong Gao

#Feature extraction # gammachirp filter bank # RASTA # CMVN # GMM-UBM

Two-Level Classification in Determining the Age and Gender Group of a Speaker

Ergün Yücesoy

#GMM # mean supervector # speaker age and gender classification # SVM # two level classification

Middle Eastern and North African English Speech Corpus (MENAESC): Automatic Identification of

MENA English Accents

#MENAESC # MFCC+Energy and SDC features # accent # macro-accent # automatic identification