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2008 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation

The 2008 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation (SRE-08) is part of an ongoing series of evaluations conducted by NIST. These evaluations provide an important contribution to the direction of research efforts and the calibration of technical capabilities. They are intended to be of interest to all researchers working on the general problem of text independent speaker recognition. To this end the evaluation was designed to be simple, to focus on core technology issues, to be fully supported, and to be accessible.

The protocols and procedures for SRE-08 are given in the evaluation plan (updated 04/04/08):

2008_NIST_SRE_Evaluation Plan.pdf

A copy of the SRE 08 data usage license agreement can be found here:

2008_NIST_SRE_Agreement_Final-1.pdf

Results of the the SRE 08 evaluation are now browsed on the Official SRE '08 Results page.

Evaluation Schedule
Initial posting of the evaluation plan	February, 2008
Last day to sign up to participate in the evaluation	March 31, 2008
Evaluation data to arrive at participating sites	April 07, 2008
Site submissions due at NIST	May 08, 2008
Initial release of results released to participants	May 23, 2008
Last day to register for the workshop	June 10, 2008
Last day for asssured room reservation at special rate	May 27, 2008
Site workshop presentations/papers due at NIST	TBD
Evaluation workshop, Location Montreal, Canada	June 17-18, 2008

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