<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><b>When:</b>         May 24th<b> at <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">12:30pm CT  </span></b></font><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> <br><b>Where:</b><b>  </b>      Talk will be given<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="font-weight:bold"><u>live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold"> </font></span>at</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                       TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                        5th Floor, Room 530<b>              </b>   </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b><span class="gmail_default"></span>Virtually:</b>    via Panopto (<a href="https://uchicago.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=934ef816-8088-45e8-b39f-b09a00feb285" target="_blank">Livestream</a>) </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Who:</b><b> </b>          </font></font><font face="georgia, serif">Jungo Kasai,<font color="#000000"> TTIC</font></font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> <span class="gmail_default"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#000000"><b>Title</b>:           </font>Towards Speech Foundation Models</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p><div><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#000000"><b>Abstract:</b>   </font>The success of large language models (LLMs) has been foundational for advancements in natural language processing and artificial intelligence, leading to widespread usage and deployment across various business applications. Yet, the potential of multimodal models, such as speech models, remains less explored. We argue that speech models are at a stage comparable to text models in the era of GPT-1 in 2017, and we predict that speech foundation models will soon become dominant in the field. This presentation emphasizes the critical challenges and the recent technical advancements that are instrumental in the development of speech foundation models.</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica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