Simulating Conversations for the Prediction of Speech Quality

Thilo Michael received his B.Sc. in Applied Computer Science at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) while working at IBM Germany. He obtained his M.Sc. in Computer Science at the Technische Universität Berlin, which focused on natural language processing and spoken dialogue systems. From 2017 on, he was employed at the Quality and Usability Lab at TU Berlin, where he finished his PhD on the simulation of conversations. As an invited speaker he held presentations on the topics of incremental spoken dialogue and chatbots.

• Introduction.- Speech Transmission.- Simulation Architecture.- Simulating Interactivity and Delay.- Simulating Conversation Disruptions and Packet Loss.- Conversational Quality Predictions.- Conclusion.