Publications
International Journal Papers
  • Fernando Huenupan, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Claudio Garreton and Carlos Molina. Incremental information based on-line optimization of linear combination of classifiers in speaker verification. ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) journal, Volume 32, no.3, pp.395-405, 2010.

  • Juan Pablo Arias, Nestor Becerra Yoma and Hiram Vivanco. Automatic intonation assesment for computer aided language learning. Speech Communication (Elsevier), Volume 52, Issue 3, pages 254-267, 2010.

  • Claudio Garreton, Nestor Becerra Yoma and Matias Torres. Channel robust feature transfoirmation based on filter-bank energy filtering. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, Volume 18, Issue 5, 2010.

  • Carlos Molina, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fernando Huenupán, Claudio Garretón, and Jorge Wuth "Maximum Entropy-Based Reinforcement Learning Using a Confidence Measure in Speech Recognition for Telephone Speech," Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, IEEE Transactions on , vol.18, no.5, pp.1041-1052, July 2010

  • Carlos Molina, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Jorge Wuth and Hiram Vivanco. ASR based pronunciation evaluation with automatically generated competing vocabulary and classifier fusion. Speech Communciation (Elsevier), Volume 51, pag. 485-498, 2009.

  • Fernando Huenupan, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Carlos Molina and Claudio Garreton. Confidence based multiple classifier fusion in speaker verification. Pattern Recognition Letters, Volume 29, Issue 7, 1, Pages 957-966. May 2008 (pdf).

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Claudio Garreton, Carlos Molina and Fernando Huenupan. Unsupervised intra-speaker variability compensation based on Gestalt and model adaptation in speaker verification with telephone speech. Speech Communication, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 December 2007 (pdf).

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma and Carlos Molina. Feature-Dependent Compensation of Coders in Speech Recognition. Signal Processing, Elsevier. Vol. 86, Issue 1, Pages 38-49. January 2006.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Carlos Molina, Jorge Silva and Carlos Busso. Modelling, estimating and compensating low-bit rate coding distortion in speech recognition. IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. Vol. 14, Issue 1, Pages 246-255. January 2006 (pdf).

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Jorge Carrasco and Carlos Molina. Bayes-Based Confidence Measure in Speech Recognition. IEEE Signal Processing Letters Vol. 12, NÝ11. Pages 745-748. November 2005 (pdf).

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Carlos Busso and Ismael Soto. Packet-loss modeling in IP networks with state duration constraints. IEE Proceedings on Communications, Vol. 152 (1), pp. 1-5, Feb. 2005.

  • Estevez P.A., Néstor Becerra Yoma, Boric N., Ramirez J.A. Genetic Programming-based Voice Activity Detection. Electronics Letters, 2005 (in press).

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Juan Hood, Carlos Busso. A real-time protocol for the Internet Based on the LMS algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia , Vol.6, NÝ1, Feb., pp. 174-184, 2004.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Jorge Silva, Carlos Busso and Ivan Brito. On compensating additive noise and CS-CELP distortion in speech recognition using the stochastic weighted viterbi algorithm. IEEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 39, NÝ 4, pp. 409-411, Feb. 2003.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma and Jorge Silva. MAP speaker adaptation of state duration distributions for speech recognition. IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing Vol. 10, NÝ7, pp.443-450, 2002.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma and Miguel Villar. Speaker Verification in noise using a stochastic version of the weighted Viterbi algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, Vol. 10, No 3, March 2002.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma and Tarciano F. Pegoraro. Robust speaker verification using state duration modeling. Accepted for publication in Speech Communications (Elsevier), Vol. 38, pp.77-88, 2002.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma et al. On including temporal constraints in the Viterbi algorithm for speech recognition in noise. IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing , Vol. 9, No.2, pp. 179-182, 2001.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Improving Performance of Spectral Subtraction in speech recognition using a model for additive noise. IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing, Vol. 6, No. 6, 1998.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Robust speech pulse detection using adaptive noise modelling. IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 32, No. 15, July, 1996, pp. 1350-1352.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Lateral inhibition net and weighted matching algorithm for speech recognition in noise. IEE Proceedings Vision, Image and Signal Processing, Vol. 143, No. 5, October 1996, pp. 324-330.

 
International Conferences
  • Claudio Garreton and Néstor Becerra Yoma. On enhancing feature sequence filtering with filter-bank energy transformation in speaker verification with telephone speech. INTERSPEECH 2010. September 24-30, Makuhari, Japan. 2010.

  • Juan Pablo Arias, Nestor Becerra Yoma and Hiram Vivanco. Word stress assessment for computer aided language learning. INTERSPEECH 2009. September 6-10, Brighton, UK. 2009.

  • Carlos Molina, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Jorge Wuth and Hiram Vivanco. SR based pronunciation evaluation with automatically generated competing vocabulary. INTERSPEECH 2009. September 6-10, Brighton, UK. 2009.

  • Carlos Molina, Néstor Becerra Yoma, Fernando Huenupan and Claudio Garreton. Unsupervised re-scoring of observation probability based on maximum entropy criterion by using confidence measure with telephone speech. INTERSPEECH 2008. September 22-26, Brisbane, Australia. 2008.

  • Claudio Garreton, Néstor Becerra Yoma, Fernando Huenupan, Carlos Molina. On comparing and combining intra-speaker variability compensation and unsupervised model adaptation in speaker verification. INTERSPEECH 2007. August 27-31, Antwerp, Belgium. 2007 (pdf).

  • Carlos Molina, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fernando Huenupan, Claudio Garreton. Unsupervised re-scoring of observation probability in Viterbi based on reinforcement learning by using confidence measure and HMM neighborhood. INTERSPEECH 2007. August 27-31, Antwerp, Belgium. 2007 (pdf).

  • Fernando Huenupan, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Carlos Molina, Claudio Garreton. Speaker verification with multiple classifier fusion using Bayes based confidence measure. INTERSPEECH 2007. August 27-31, Antwerp, Belgium. 2007 (pdf).

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Carlos Busso, Juan Inzunza, Fernando Huenupan. Packet-loss modeling with state duration constraints and VoIP based on perceptual quality maximization. SPECOM 2005. October 17-19, Patras, Greece. 2005

  • Alejandro Bassi, Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fernando Huenupan, Juan Inzunza. Tonal Prosody Estimation in Spanich using HMM with Temporal Restrictions. SPECOM 2005. October 17-19, Patras, Greece. 2005

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Carlos Molina, Fernando Huenupan, Juan Inzunza. Combining Word Feature With Bayes-Based Confidence Measure In Speech Recognition. SPECOM 2005. October 17-19, Patras, Greece. 2005

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Ivan Brito, Carlos Molina. The Stochastic Weighted Viterbi Algorithm: A Frame Work to Compensate Additive Noise and Low-bit Rate Coding Distortion. ICSLP 2004. October 4-8, Jeju Island, Korea (pdf).

  • Ivan Brito, Néstor Becerra Yoma, Carlos Molina. Feature-dependent Compensation in Speech Recognition. ICSLP 2004. October 4-8, Jeju Island, Korea (pdf).

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Juan Hood, Carlos Busso. On Integrating TCP and UDP Applications on the Internet. International Conferences ITS 2002, Natal, Brazil.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Angela Cortés, Mauricio Hormazábal and Enrique López. Usability evaluation of a travel planning system with communicator system in Chile. Proceedings International Conference ICSLP 2002.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Jorge Silva. Speaker adaptation of output probabilities and state duration distributions for speech recognition. Proceedings International Conference Eurospeech 2001.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Miguel Villar. Additive and convolutional noise canceling in speaker verification using a stochastic weighted viterbi algorithm. Proceedings International Conference Eurospeech 2001.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma and Tarciano F. Pegoraro. "Robust speaker verification with temporal restrictions". Proceedings International Conference for Spoken Language Processing ICSLPÝ2000.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma . "Speaker-dependent temporal constraints combined with speaker-independent HMM". Proceedings International Conference for Spoken Language Processing ICSLPÝ2000.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Lee Luang Ling, Sandra Dotto Stump. Temporal constraints in Viterbi alignment for speech recognition in noise. Proceedings International Conference Eurospeech'99.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Lee Luang Ling, Sandra Dotto Stump. Robust connected word speech recognition using weighted Viterbi algorithm and context-dependent temporal constraints. Proceedings International Conference Eurospeech'99.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Weighted Viterbi Algorithm and State Duration Modeling for Speech Recognition in Noise. Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing ICASSP'98, pp. II-709/712.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Weighted Matching Algorithms and Reliability in Noise Canceling by Spectral Subtraction. Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing ICASSP 97, vol.2, pp. 1171-1174.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Spectral Subtraction and Mean Normalization in the context of Weighted Matching Algorithms. Proceedings International Conference Eurospeech'97, pp. 1411-1414.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Use of a Reliability coefficient in noise canceling by Neural Net and Weighted Matching Algorithms. Proceedings International Conference for Spoken Language Processing ICSLP'96, pp. 2297-2300.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Robust speech pulse detection using adaptive noise modeling and non-stationarity measure. Proceedings IEEE International Workshop on Interactive Voice technology for Telecommunications Applications, IVTTA 96, pp. 69-72.

  • Nestor Becerra Yoma, Fergus McInnes, Mervyn Jack. Improved Algorithms for Speech Recognition in Noise using Lateral Inhibition and SNR Weighting. Proceedings International Conference Eurospeech'95, pp.461-464.

 
Doctoral Theses
  • Fernando Huenupan, "Fusion de multiples clasificadores en verificacion de locutor". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2006/March 2010.
  • Molina Carlos, "Investigación en tecnología de reconocimiento de voz aplicada a enseñanza de segundo idioma con adaptación y cancelación no-supervisada de ruido". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2006/November 2010.
 
M. Sc. Theses
  • Leopoldo Benavides, "Evaluacion automatica de pronunciacion de frases para hablantes no nativos". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, 2009/2011.
  • Claudio Garreton, "Compensacion no Supervisada de Variabilidad Intra-Locutor y Ruido en Reconocimiento de Patrones de Voz". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2005/June 2007.
  • Carlos Molina, "Compensacion Dependiente de Parámetros en Reconocimiento de Voz con Señales Distorsionadas por Codificacion". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2003/November 2005.
  • Carlos Busso, "Transmision de Voz sobre IP con Protocolo basado en el algoritmo LMS".Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2001/January 2003.
  • Tarciano Facco Pegoraro, "Algoritmos robustos de reconocimiento de voz aplicados a verificación de locutor", Facultad de Ingeniería Eléctrica y de Computación, UNICAMP, Brasil, August 1998/May 2000.
 
B.S.E.E. Thesis
  • Jorge Wuth, "Desarrollo de Aplicacion de Reconocimiento de Voz para Telefonia Celular". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile , March 2006/March 2007.

  • Sergio Maldonado, "Aplicación de Técnicas de Procesamiento de Voz a la Enseñanza de Inglés". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile , March 2004/March 2005.

  • Paulo Seguel, "Implementación de Diálogos Conversacionales con Galaxy II para Acceso a Información en Internet". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile , August 2003/January 2004.

  • Paul Aguayo, "Acceso a Datos en Internet Vía Sistemas de Diálogos Conversacionales". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile , August 2003/January 2004.

  • Iván Brito, "Compensación de Ruido en Reconocimiento de Voz Usando Algoritmo Estocástico Ponderado de Viterbi". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile , March 2002/December 2002.

  • Rafael Cordero, "Implementación y Evaluación de Aplicacion Multimedial en Redes Inalámbricas 2.5G". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2002/July 2003.

  • Daniel Figueroa, "Medición de Calidad de Servicio en Redes Inalámbricas 2.5G". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2002/July 2003.

  • Mario Rivera, "Estudio de Accesos a Internet Inalámbrica en 2.5 G y su Evolución en el Mercado Chileno". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2002/December 2002.

  • Camilo Fuente, "Prototipo de Sistema de Reconocimiento de Voz para Arquitectura Galaxy II ". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2002/July 2003.

  • Pablo Garrido, "Implementación y Análisis de Calidad de Servicio de una Red Optica". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2002/July 2003.

  • Rodrigo Henry, "Desarrollo de Dialogos Conversacionales Utilizando el Sistema Communicator". Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2002/December 2002.

  • Cristian Sepulveda, "Análisis y Modelamiento de Parámetros de Calidad de Servicio de Acceso Internet por Terminales Inalámbricos", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2001/August 2002.

  • Ena Elizondo, "Implementación de un Sistema Reconocedor de Voz en Tiempo Real", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2001/September 2002.

  • Angela Cortes, "Desarrollo de Metodología de 'Wizard of Oz' Usando el CU Communicator", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2001/August 2002.

  • Mauricio Castillo, "Sistema de Monitoreo para Servicios de Acceso de un ISP ", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2000/December 2001.

  • Enrique Lopez, "Desarrollo de un Sistema de Interaccion Conversacional Hombre - Maquina Utilizando el Sistema Communicator", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2001/December 2001.

  • Juan Hood, "Estimacion y Modelamiento del Ancho de Banda en Conexiones de Internet", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile,March 2001/December 2001.

  • Mauricio Hormazabal, "Síntesis de Voz para Sistemas de Interacción Hombre - Máquina", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2001/December 2001.

  • Jorge Silva, "Adaptación a Locutor de las Restricciones Temporales en Modelamiento Markoviano para Reconocimiento de Voz", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2001/December 2001.

  • Ricardo Martinez, "Modelamiento, Simulación y Evaluación de Técnica de Calidad de Servicio en Enrutamiento IP", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, March 2001/December 2001

  • Miguel Villar, "Verificación de Locutor en Ruido con Algoritmo Ponderado de Viterbi", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile, August 2000/ July 2001.

  • Mauricio Aracena, "Reverce Water-Filling en Codificación de Voz en Banda Ancha", Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Chile,March 2001/December 2001.

Speech Processing and Transmission Laboratory