Professor Martin Cooke

Martin Cooke is currently IKERBASQUE (Basque Foundation for Science) Professor in the University of the Basque Country (Spain). Prior to this, he was Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the author of Modelling auditory processing and organisation (Cambridge University Press) and Visual representations of speech signals (John Wiley)  He is twice winner of the annual Speech Communication Best Paper Award (in 2003 and 2008) and won the European Association for Signal Processing Best Paper Award for 2009.
Research Interests:
  • Speech perception
  • Computational auditory scene analysis
  • Active hearing
  • Effect of noise on speech production
  • Second language acquisition of speech
Projects:
  2. Language and Speech (2010 - 2015)
  3. Sound to Sense (2006 - 2011)
Selected Publications:      View all in system
Journal

  1. Martin Cooke, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Odette Scharenborg, Wim Van Dommelen (in_press). Language-independent processing in speech perception: identification of English intervocalic consonants by speakers of eight European languages. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  2. Yan Chen Lu, Martin Cooke (in_press). Motion strategies for binaural localisation of speech sources in azimuth and distance by artificial listeners. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  3. Martin Cooke, Youyi Lu (in_press). Spectral and temporal changes to speech produced in the presence of energetic and informational maskers. J. Acoust. Soc. Am.  : -.Abstract||PDF

  4. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Anne Cutler (in_press). Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  5. Martin Cooke, John Hershey, Steven Rennie (2010). Monaural speech separation and recognition challenge. Computer Speech and Language  24: 1-15.Abstract||PDF

  6. Jon Barker, Ning Ma, Andre Coy, Martin Cooke (2010). Speech fragment decoding techniques for simultaneous speaker identification and speech recognition. Computer Speech and Language  24: -.Abstract||PDF

  7. Yan-Chen Lu, Martin Cooke (2010). Binaural Estimation of Sound Source Distance via the Direct-to-Reverberant Energy Ratio for Static and Moving Sources. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing  18: 1793-1805.Abstract||PDF

  8. Youyi Lu, Martin Cooke (2009). Speech production modifications produced in the presence of low-pass and high-pass filtered noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  126: 1495-1499.Abstract||PDF

  9. Youyi Lu, Martin Cooke (2009). The contribution of changes in F0 and spectral tilt to increased intelligibility of speech produced in noise. Speech Communication  51: 1253-1262.Abstract||PDF

  10. Sven Mattys, Joanna Brooks, Martin Cooke (2009). Recognising speech under a processing load: dissociating energetic from informational factors. Cognitive Psychology  : -.Abstract||PDF

  11. Martin Cooke, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Jon Barker (2008). The foreign language cocktail party problem: energetic and informational masking effects in non-native speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  123: 414-427.Abstract||PDF

  12. Anne Cutler, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). Consonant identification in noise by native and non-native listeners: Effects of local context. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  124(2): 1264-1268.Abstract||PDF

  13. Cliodhna Quigley, Selim Onat, Sue Harding, Martin Cooke, Peter Konig (2008). Audio-visual integration during overt visual attention. J. Eye Movement Research   1: 1-17.Abstract||PDF

  14. Sue Harding, Martin Cooke, Peter Konig (2008). Auditory gist perception: an alternative to attentional selection of auditory streams?. LNAI  4840: 319-416.Abstract||PDF

  15. Youyi Lu, Martin Cooke (2008). Speech production modifications produced by competing talkers, babble and stationary noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  124: 3261-3275.Abstract||PDF

  16. Jon Barker, Martin Cooke (2007). Modelling speaker intelligibility in noise. Speech Communication  49: 402-417.Abstract||PDF

  17. Martin Cooke (2006). A glimpsing model of speech perception in noise. Acoustical Society of America  11: 1562-1573.Abstract||PDF

  18. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin P. Cooke (2006). Effect of masker type on native and non-native consonant perception in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  119 (4): 2445-2454.Abstract||PDF

  19. Martin Cooke, Jon Barker, Stuart Cunningham, Xu Shao (2006). An audio-visual corpus for speech perception and automatic speech recognition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  120: 2421-2424.Abstract||PDF

  20. Sarah Simpson, Martin Cooke (2005). Consonant identification is N-talker babble is a nonmonotonic function of N. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  118: 2775-2778.Abstract||PDF

  21. Jon Barker, Martin Cooke, Dan Ellis (2005). Decoding speech in the presence of other sources. Speech Communication  45: 5-25.Abstract||PDF

  22. Martin Cooke, Phil Green, Ljubomir Josifovski, Ascencion Vizinho (2001). Robust automatic speech recognition with missing and uncertain acoustic data. Speech Communication  34: 141-177.Abstract||PDF

  23. Martin Cooke, Dan Ellis (2001). The auditory organisation of speech and other sources in listeners and computational models. Speech Communication  35: 141-177.AbstractPDF

Conference Papers

  1. Yan Tang, Martin Cooke (2010). Energy reallocation strategies for speech enhancement in known noise conditions. Interspeech 2010, Tokyo, Japan.Abstract||PDF

  2. J. Gong, M. P. Cooke, M. L. Garcia Lecumberri (2010). Towards a quantitative model of Mandarin Chinese perception of English consonants. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  3. J. Sankowska, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2010). Interaction of intrinsic vowel and consonant durational correlates with foreigner directed speech. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  4. Martin Cooke (2009). Discovering consistent word confusions in noise. Interspeech, Brighton.Abstract||PDF

  5. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, W. Van Dommelen, O. Scharenborg, F. Cutugno (2008). The non-native consonant challenge for European languages. INTERSPEECH, Brisbane (Australia).Abstract

  6. Cooke, M. P., Scharenborg, O (2008). The Interspeech 2008 Consonant Challenge. Proc. Interspeech 2008, Brisbane.Abstract

  7. M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). The effect of training in noise on foreign language consonant acquisition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Paris.Abstract||PDF

  8. Odette Scharenborg, Martin Cooke (2008). Comparing Human and Machine Recognition Performance on a VCV Corpus. Proc. Workshop on Speech Analysis and Processing for Knowledge Discovery, Aalborg, Denmark.AbstractPDF

  9. Anne Cutler, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Dennis Pasveer (2007). L2 consonant identification in noise: cross-language comparisons. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  10. Yan-Chen Lu, Martin Cooke, Heidi Christensen (2007). Active binaural distance estimation for dynamic sources. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  11. M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2007). Effect of cross-word context on plosive identification in noise for native and non-native listeners. ICPhS 07, Saarbrucken.Abstract

  12. Jonny Laidler, Martin Cooke, Neil Lawrence (2007). Model-driven detection of clean speech patches in noise. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  13. E. Gomez Lacabex, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2007). Perception of English vowel reduction by trained Spanish learners. New Sounds 2007: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, Florianópolis, Brasil.AbstractPDF

Book Chapters

  1. Cooke, M. P., Lu, Y.-C., Lu, Y., Horaud, R. (2008).Active hearing, active speaking. In: Auditory signal processing in hearing-impaired listeners (eds. T. Dau, J.M. Buchholz, J.M. Harte, T.U. Christiansen). Abstract
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Martin Cooke's publications

Journal

  1. Martin Cooke, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Odette Scharenborg, Wim Van Dommelen (in_press). Language-independent processing in speech perception: identification of English intervocalic consonants by speakers of eight European languages. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  2. Yan Chen Lu, Martin Cooke (in_press). Motion strategies for binaural localisation of speech sources in azimuth and distance by artificial listeners. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  3. Martin Cooke, Youyi Lu (in_press). Spectral and temporal changes to speech produced in the presence of energetic and informational maskers. J. Acoust. Soc. Am.  : -.Abstract||PDF

  4. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, Anne Cutler (in_press). Non-native speech perception in adverse conditions: a review. Speech Communication  : -.Abstract||PDF

  5. Martin Cooke, John Hershey, Steven Rennie (2010). Monaural speech separation and recognition challenge. Computer Speech and Language  24: 1-15.Abstract||PDF

  6. Jon Barker, Ning Ma, Andre Coy, Martin Cooke (2010). Speech fragment decoding techniques for simultaneous speaker identification and speech recognition. Computer Speech and Language  24: -.Abstract||PDF

  7. Yan-Chen Lu, Martin Cooke (2010). Binaural Estimation of Sound Source Distance via the Direct-to-Reverberant Energy Ratio for Static and Moving Sources. IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing  18: 1793-1805.Abstract||PDF

  8. Youyi Lu, Martin Cooke (2009). Speech production modifications produced in the presence of low-pass and high-pass filtered noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  126: 1495-1499.Abstract||PDF

  9. Esther Gómez Lacabex, Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2009). Identification of the contrast full vowel-schwa: training effects and generalization to a new perceptual context. Ilha do Desterro,Special Issue: English interphonology   55: -.AbstractPDF

  10. Youyi Lu, Martin Cooke (2009). The contribution of changes in F0 and spectral tilt to increased intelligibility of speech produced in noise. Speech Communication  51: 1253-1262.Abstract||PDF

  11. Sven Mattys, Joanna Brooks, Martin Cooke (2009). Recognising speech under a processing load: dissociating energetic from informational factors. Cognitive Psychology  : -.Abstract||PDF

  12. Martin Cooke, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Jon Barker (2008). The foreign language cocktail party problem: energetic and informational masking effects in non-native speech perception. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  123: 414-427.Abstract||PDF

  13. Anne Cutler, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). Consonant identification in noise by native and non-native listeners: Effects of local context. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  124(2): 1264-1268.Abstract||PDF

  14. Cliodhna Quigley, Selim Onat, Sue Harding, Martin Cooke, Peter Konig (2008). Audio-visual integration during overt visual attention. J. Eye Movement Research   1: 1-17.Abstract||PDF

  15. Sue Harding, Martin Cooke, Peter Konig (2008). Auditory gist perception: an alternative to attentional selection of auditory streams?. LNAI  4840: 319-416.Abstract||PDF

  16. Youyi Lu, Martin Cooke (2008). Speech production modifications produced by competing talkers, babble and stationary noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  124: 3261-3275.Abstract||PDF

  17. Jon Barker, Martin Cooke (2007). Modelling speaker intelligibility in noise. Speech Communication  49: 402-417.Abstract||PDF

  18. Martin Cooke (2006). A glimpsing model of speech perception in noise. Acoustical Society of America  11: 1562-1573.Abstract||PDF

  19. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin P. Cooke (2006). Effect of masker type on native and non-native consonant perception in noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  119 (4): 2445-2454.Abstract||PDF

  20. Martin Cooke, Jon Barker, Stuart Cunningham, Xu Shao (2006). An audio-visual corpus for speech perception and automatic speech recognition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  120: 2421-2424.Abstract||PDF

  21. Sarah Simpson, Martin Cooke (2005). Consonant identification is N-talker babble is a nonmonotonic function of N. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America  118: 2775-2778.Abstract||PDF

  22. Jon Barker, Martin Cooke, Dan Ellis (2005). Decoding speech in the presence of other sources. Speech Communication  45: 5-25.Abstract||PDF

  23. Martin Cooke, Dan Ellis (2004). Introduction to the special issue on the recognition and organization of real-world sound. Speech Communication  43: 273-274.AbstractPDF

  24. Martin Cooke (2003). Glimpsing speech. Journal of Phonetics  31: 579-584.AbstractPDF

  25. Martin Cooke, Phil Green, Ljubomir Josifovski, Ascencion Vizinho (2001). Robust automatic speech recognition with missing and uncertain acoustic data. Speech Communication  34: 141-177.Abstract||PDF

  26. Martin Cooke, Dan Ellis (2001). The auditory organisation of speech and other sources in listeners and computational models. Speech Communication  35: 141-177.AbstractPDF

Conference Papers

  1. Yan Tang, Martin Cooke (2010). Energy reallocation strategies for speech enhancement in known noise conditions. Interspeech 2010, Tokyo, Japan.Abstract||PDF

  2. J. Gong, M. P. Cooke, M. L. Garcia Lecumberri (2010). Towards a quantitative model of Mandarin Chinese perception of English consonants. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  3. J. Sankowska, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2010). Interaction of intrinsic vowel and consonant durational correlates with foreigner directed speech. New Sounds, Poznan, Poland.Abstract||PDF

  4. Martin Cooke (2009). Discovering consistent word confusions in noise. Interspeech, Brighton.Abstract||PDF

  5. Youyi Lu, Martin Cooke (2009). Speaking in the presence of a competing talker. Interspeech, Brighton.Abstract||PDF

  6. Mª Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke, W. Van Dommelen, O. Scharenborg, F. Cutugno (2008). The non-native consonant challenge for European languages. INTERSPEECH, Brisbane (Australia).Abstract

  7. Yan-Chen Lu, Martin Cooke (2008). Binaural distance perception based on direct-to-reverberant energy ratio. Int. Workshop for Acoustic Echo and Noise Control, Seattle.Abstract||PDF

  8. Cooke, M. P., Scharenborg, O (2008). The Interspeech 2008 Consonant Challenge. Proc. Interspeech 2008, Brisbane.Abstract

  9. M. Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2008). The effect of training in noise on foreign language consonant acquisition. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Paris.Abstract||PDF

  10. Cliona Quigley, S Onat, Sue Harding, Martin Cooke, Peter Konig (2008). Audiovisual interaction in the control of human overt attention. 4th Joint Workshop on Multimodal Interaction and Related Machine Learning Algorithms, Brno.Abstract

  11. Odette Scharenborg, Martin Cooke (2008). Comparing Human and Machine Recognition Performance on a VCV Corpus. Proc. Workshop on Speech Analysis and Processing for Knowledge Discovery, Aalborg, Denmark.AbstractPDF

  12. Martin Cooke, Yan-Chen Lu, Youyi Lu, Radu Horaud (2007). Active speaking, active hearing. Int. Symp. on Audiological and Auditory Research, Helsingor.Abstract

  13. Anne Cutler, Martin Cooke, Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, Dennis Pasveer (2007). L2 consonant identification in noise: cross-language comparisons. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  14. Yan-Chen Lu, Martin Cooke, Heidi Christensen (2007). Active binaural distance estimation for dynamic sources. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  15. M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2007). Effect of cross-word context on plosive identification in noise for native and non-native listeners. ICPhS 07, Saarbrucken.Abstract

  16. Jonny Laidler, Martin Cooke, Neil Lawrence (2007). Model-driven detection of clean speech patches in noise. Interspeech, Antwerp.Abstract||PDF

  17. Sue Harding, Martin Cooke, Peter Konig (2007). Auditory gist perception: an alternative to attentional selection of auditory streams?. 4th Int. Workshop Attention in Cognitive Systems, Hyderabad.Abstract

  18. E. Gomez Lacabex, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2007). Perception of English vowel reduction by trained Spanish learners. New Sounds 2007: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, Florianópolis, Brasil.AbstractPDF

  19. Jon Barker, Andre Coy, Ning Ma, Martin Cooke (2006). Recent advances in speech fragment decoding techniques. Interspeech, Pittsburgh.Abstract

  20. E. Gomez Lacabex, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke (2005). English vowel reduction by untrained Spanish learners: perception and production. PTLC, London.Abstract

  21. Lee Harkis, Martin Cooke (2003). A European Accent Map. Int. Congress Phonetic Science, Barcelona.Abstract

  22. Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri, John Maidment, Martin Cooke, Anders Ericsson, Mircea Giurgiu (2003). A web-based transcription tool. Int. Congress Phonetic Science, Barcelona.Abstract

  23. M.P. Cooke (2003). A glimpsing model of speech perception. International Congress on Phonetic Science, Barcelona.Abstract

  24. M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, M.P. Cooke, J. Maidment (2003). Transcripción fonémica en internet. VIII Simposio Internacional de Comunicación Social, Santiago de Cuba.Abstract

  25. J. Barker, M.P. Cooke, D.P.W. Ellis (2001). Combining bottom-up and top-down constraints for robust ASR: the multisource decoder. Proc. Workshop on Consistent and Reliable Acoustic Cues for Sound Analysis, Aalborg.Abstract

  26. M.P. Cooke, M.L. Garcia Lecumberri, J. Maidment (2001). A tool for automatic feedback on phonemic transcription. Interspeech, Aalborg.Abstract

  27. J. Barker, M.P. Cooke, P.D. Green (2001). Robust ASR based on clean speech models: an evaluation of missing data techniques for connected digit recognition in noise. Interspeech, Aalborg.Abstract

  28. P.D. Green, J. Barker, M.P. Cooke, L. Josifovski (2001). Handling missing and unreliable information in speech recognition. Proc. AISTATS 2001, Key West.Abstract

  29. M.P. Cooke (2000). Interactive explorations in speech and hearing. Proc. European Workshop on Education and Research in Speech Communication Sciences in Associated Countries, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.Abstract

  30. J. Barker, M.P. Cooke, D.P.W. Ellis (2000). Decoding speech in the presence of other sound sources. Int. Conf. Spoken Language Processing, Beijing.Abstract

  31. J. Barker, L. Josifovski, M.P. Cooke, P.D. Green (2000). Soft decisions in missing data techniques for robust ASR. Int. Conf. Spoken Language Processing, Beijing.Abstract

  32. A.C. Morris, L. Josifovski, H. Bourlard, M.P. Cooke, P.D. Green (2000). A neural network for classification with incomplete data: application to robust ASR. Int. Conf. Spoken Language Processing, Beijing.Abstract

Book Chapters

  1. Esther Gómez Lacabex, M. Luisa García Lecumberri, Martin Cooke (2009).Training and generalization effects of English vowel reduction for Spanish listeners. In: Recent Research in Second Language Phonetics/Phonology: Perception and Production (eds. Michael A. Watkins, Andreia S. Rauber and Barbara O. Baptista ). Abstract

  2. Cooke, M. P., Lu, Y.-C., Lu, Y., Horaud, R. (2008).Active hearing, active speaking. In: Auditory signal processing in hearing-impaired listeners (eds. T. Dau, J.M. Buchholz, J.M. Harte, T.U. Christiansen). Abstract

  3. Martin Cooke (2005).Making sense of everyday speech: a glimpsing account. In: Speech Separation by Humans and Machines (eds. P. Divenyi). Abstract