English Full Paper
12–15 pages, submitted in English using LaTeX or Word template; eligible for inclusion in Springer CCIS proceedings.
Computer Vision/CORE Unranked
NCMMSC 2026
National Conference on Man-Machine Speech Communication
The 21st National Conference on Man-Machine Speech Communication (NCMMSC 2026) is a premier academic conference in China focused on speech science, speech technology, and multimodal intelligence. It brings together researchers and industry practitioners to advance innovation in human-machine interaction, with a theme of 'Speech × Language × Multimodality: Towards a New Paradigm of Intelligent Interaction' and co-location with NLPCC 2026 and AACL 2026 to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
July 5, 2026
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Full paperKey deadline
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
English Short Paper
6–8 pages, submitted in English using LaTeX or Word template; suitable for late-breaking results and preliminary findings.
Chinese Full Paper
8–10 pages, submitted in Chinese using Chinese template; presented at conference but not included in Springer proceedings; may be recommended to Chinese journals.
Chinese Short Paper
4–7 pages, submitted in Chinese using Chinese template; presented at conference but not included in Springer proceedings; may be recommended to Chinese journals.
Research areas in scope
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Speech Science and Linguistics
Speech production, perception, and cognitive mechanismsPhonetics, phonology, and prosodySpeech science, discourse, and conversational analysisMultilingual and dialectal speechAuditory modeling and neural mechanisms of speech
02
Speech Analysis, Synthesis, and Conversion
Automatic speech recognition and understandingSpeech synthesis and voice conversionSpeaker, language, and paralinguistic analysisSpeech enhancement, separation, and robust processingLow-resource and cross-lingual speech processingSpeech security, spoofing detection, and adversarial robustness
03
Audio, Music, and Acoustic Signal Processing
Audio and acoustic signal processing and modelingSpatial audio and sound-field analysisAcoustic event detection and scene understandingAudio information processing and generationMusic information processing and generationAudio–speech integration and auditory modeling
04
Speech and Language Understanding with Large Models
Speech foundation models and large-scale modelsUnified speech-language modelingMultimodal large modelsSpeech semantic understanding and generationExplainable and controllable speech intelligence
05
Spoken Dialogue Systems and Multimodal Interaction
Spoken dialogue systems and speech agentsMulti-turn dialogue and interaction modelingMultimodal human-computer interactionAffective and empathetic interactionVirtual humans and immersive interaction
06
AI for Healthcare, Accessibility, and Wellness
Pathological speech analysis and applicationsMental health and cognitive modelingSpeech rehabilitation and assistive communicationAccessible speech technologies and inclusive AIMedical dialogue systems and health intelligence
07
Speech and Language Data, Evaluation, and Systems
Speech and multimodal dataset constructionData annotation and quality assessmentBenchmarks and evaluation methodologiesIndustrial-scale systems and deploymentReal-time and edge speech processing
08
Generative AI and Emerging Interdisciplinary Topics
Generative speech and audio technologiesSpeech and audio for embodied AISpeech in virtual and immersive environmentsEthics, fairness, explainability, and privacy in speech AIIndustrial applications and interdisciplinary innovations
Policies worth checking twice
- Submitted papers must present original and unpublished work.
- Simultaneous submissions to other conferences or journals are prohibited.
- Plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct are strictly prohibited.
- Submissions must comply with applicable regulations and must not contain confidential or restricted content.
- All submissions undergo a double-blind review process; authors must remove identifying information including names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and self-references.
- Submissions failing double-blind review requirements may be rejected without review.
- Only accepted English Full Papers included in the Springer CCIS proceedings are considered formally published conference papers.
- Chinese papers are not included in Springer proceedings but may be recommended to selected Chinese journals.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Official conference siteCall for PapersTutorialsAuthor GuidelinesTutorial 1 Speech Interaction + Affective Large Models: From Discriminative AffeTutorial 2 Spatial Multimodal Auditory Perception: Speaker Localization and Extr
Last verified September 9, 2026