Our fifth annual SLT CDT conference will be held in June 2025. 

The annual SLT CDT conference brings together researchers and practitioners from a range of areas with interests in computational processing of speech signals and written language.

The conference will showcase the research being undertaken by our CDT’s PhD students as well as those in the School of Computer Science's long-established Speech and Hearing (SpandH) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) research groups. 

Sheffield's SpandH and NLP research groups constitute one of the largest groupings of SLT researchers in the UK with world leading research publications and impact. 

The conference will consist of:

• keynote talks from leading international academics and industrial practitioners 

• student talks and posters describing their PhD research

• presentations showcasing the work the Sheffield students have undertaken as part of their unique four-year training programme

• a panel discussion covering technical and ethical topics.

Conference registration fees covered access to all sessions (oral and poster), coffee breaks (morning and afternoon), buffet lunch on both days, as well as refreshments during the poster sessions.