Oxford Wave Research

We are back! We’re at Security and Policing next week at Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre. Visit our stands at P11 &P13 to see our latest tools in speaker recognition, audio deepfake detection and speech recognition.

OWR (Dr Anil Alexander) spent a wonderful week in Guatemala City training the excellent Forensic Acoustics laboratory at INACIF (Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Forenses de Guatemala (National Institute of Forensic Sciences of Guatemala). They are pioneers in the use of VOCALISE, our forensic speaker recognition system in the region. Thank you to to Dr Karla Lopez Trocolli and her team for their excellent hospitality, the Iafis Group, and in particular to Daniel Sierra Canales for explaining and translating.

A real pleasure this week to welcome Mamoun Alaoui and Karim Ajame visiting us from Morocco. Great to reconnect and exchange ideas once again with such experts in the field. We had stimulating discussions on deepfakes, speaker recognition, and Berber/Amazigh and Arabic speech recognition.

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲!

We are excited to be heading to for the Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA) from 20th to 23rd July 2025.

This year, we’ll be serving up four talks and a poster on deepfakes, scalable speaker discovery, and automatic transcription evaluation.

See the full menu below:

"𝙁𝘼𝙐𝙓𝗗𝗜𝗢: 𝗔𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀" | Presented by Anil Alexander, Linda Gerlach, and our team.

"𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" | Presented by Finnian Kelly, Anil Alexander, and our team.

"𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴" | Presented by Thomas Coy, Finnian Kelly & Anil Alexander.

"𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴" | Presented by Jadd Virji & Finnian Kelly.

Getting our ducks in a row to go to UK and Ireland Speech (UKIS) on Monday. Looking forward to some great talks and posters!

https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/ukis2025

University of York

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What an incredible few days at Security and Policing 2025!

Once again, it was an incredible experience to connect with industry leaders, government officials, and security professionals, all working toward a safer future. From insightful discussions to cutting-edge technology showcases, the event was both inspiring and impactful. A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by, shared knowledge, and made this event so valuable. Looking forward to continuing these conversations and building on the innovations we explored!

And a special thanks to the dedicated and hard-working organizers, ADS Group Ltd, UK Defence & Security Exports and Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC), for putting together such a well-run and meaningful event.

Security and Policing 2025 is just around the corner!

This year, we are excited to showcase our cutting edge audio and speech processing tools:

TEAPOT: Our latest on-premise speech-to-text, transcription, translation and analysis software.

Fauxdio Detector: Audio deepfake detection software which produced near perfect accuracy on unseen challenge data in the audio modality at the recent Home Office Deepfake challenge. https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/innovating-to-detect-deepfakes-and-protect-the-public

VOCALISE, WHISPERS and PHONATE: Our well-known and well-loved forensic and investigative voice biometric tools.

SMARTSUITE: Powerful forensic audio enhancement suite.

🎉 Calling All Aspiring Scientists! 🌟

We’re excited to be a part of the VoCS (Voice Communication Sciences) project and are happy to announce that the applications are now open for 19 doctoral candidates!

Here’s your chance to join a cutting-edge international research initiative and elevate your career in the ground breaking field of Voice Sciences.

What is VoCS?

VoCS (Voice Communication Sciences) is a prestigious 4-year project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant. This remarkable initiative unites 22 academic and non-academic partners from 12 countries to push the boundaries of cognitive neuroscience, acoustics, phonetics, and computing science.

What’s on Offer?

We are recruiting for 19 doctoral positions as part of our Training Network, offering you a hands-on opportunity to engage in innovative research and contribute to transformative advancements in the field of Voice Sciences.

Eligibility Criteria:

🎓 Education Level: A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in neuroscience, biology, computer science, engineering, phonetics, communication sciences, or related disciplines.
🔬 Research Experience: 1-4 years.

🗓️ Applications Open: 1 February 2025
⏳ Deadline: 15 March 2025

Ready to Shape the Future?

Learn more about the program and : https://www.vocs.eu.com/

Join us and become a part of pioneering research in Voice Sciences, working in an innovative and collaborative international environment! 🚀