
Research
Paul C
Recent Significant Publication
https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/2019/2369041
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Live:
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Thu Aug 23 2018, 9:00am–1:00pm
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Thu Aug 23 2018, 2:00pm–5:00pm
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Fri Aug 24 2018, 2:00pm–5:30pm
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Tuesday 2 Oct 12 7:00pm
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PublicLectures & t.v. Appearances
PublicLectures & t.v. Appearances
Patents & TDs
Auto-Synchronous Singing Harmonizer
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Ling Cen and Siu Wa Lee,
US Patent, Pub no. US20120234158 A1, App no. US 13/418,236, Published 20 Sep 2012, Filed 12 Mar 2012.
demo:
A Wavetable Synthesis System with 3D Lip Animation for Real-time Speech and Singing Applications on Mobile Platforms
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Haizhou Li,
Singapore Patent, Pub no. SG/P/2016002, Filed 2016.
demo:
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Harmony Synthesizer and Method for Harmonizing Vocal Signals
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Ling Cen and Siu Wa Lee,
PRC Patent, Pub no. CN102682762 A, App no. CN 201210068847, Published 19 Sep 2012, Filed 15 Mar 2012.
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Method and System for Template-based Personalized Singing Synthesis
Siu Wa Lee, Ling Cen, Haizhou Li, Paul Yaozhu Chan and Minghui Dong,
US Patent, App no. 14/383,341, Filed 22 Jan 2015.
Mentorship, Students & Awards








Community
Publication Review & Conference Organizing
I serve in the council of the Chinese and Oriental Languages Information Processing Society and actively serve in the review and organizing committee for numerous conferences and journals such as APSIPA, IEEE ASRU, CLSW, IALP, ICAICTA, ICASSP, ISCSLP, IWSDS, NSTF, IEEE SLT & TAI...
Publications
The Science of Harmony: A Universal Theory
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong and Haizhou Li,
in Research, vol. 2019, Article ID 2369041, 22 pages, 2019.
https://spj.sciencemag.org/research/aip/2369041/
PiRhDy: Learning Pitch-, Rhythm-, and Dynamics-aware Embeddings for Symbolic Music
Hongru Liang, Wenqiang Lei, Paul Yaozhu Chan, Zhenglu Yang, Maosong Sun and Tat-Seng Chua,
in Proceedings - 28th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2020.
(Best Paper Award 1 of 1600 submissions)
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SERAPHIM: A Wavetable Synthesis System with 3D Lip Animation for Real-Time Speech and Singing Applications on Mobile Platforms
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Grace X. H. Ho, and Haizhou Li,
in INTERSPEECH, pp. 1225-1229, 2016.
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SERAPHIM Live! Singing Synthesis for the Performer, the Composer, and the 3D Game Developer
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Grace X. H. Ho, and Haizhou Li,
in INTERSPEECH, pp. 1966-1967, 2016.
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A Wavetable Synthesis System with 3D Lip Animation for Real-time Speech and Singing Applications on Mobile Platforms
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Haizhou Li,
Technical Disclosure. SG/P/2016002, Filed 2016.
Auto-Synchronous Singing Harmonizer
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Ling Cen and Siu Wa Lee,
US Patent, Pub no. US20120234158 A1, App no. US 13/418,236, Published 20 Sep 2012, Filed 12 Mar 2012.
Harmony Synthesizer and Method for Harmonizing Vocal Signals
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Ling Cen and Siu Wa Lee,
PRC Patent, Pub no. CN102682762 A, App no. CN 201210068847, Published 19 Sep 2012, Filed 15 Mar 2012.
Solo to A Capella Conversion - Synthesizing Vocal Harmony from Lead Vocals
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Siu Wa Lee, Ling Cen, and Haizhou Li,
in Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2011.
(Best Paper Candidate)
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Template-based Personalized Singing Voice Synthesis
Ling Cen, Minghui Dong and Paul Yaozhu Chan,
in ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, pp. 45094512, 2012.
I²R Speech2Singing Perfects Everyones Singing
Minghui Dong, S. W. Lee, Haizhou Li, Paul Chan, Xuejian Peng, Jochen Walter Ehnes, Dongyan Huang,
in Fifteenth Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, 2012.
Method and System for Template-based Personalized Singing Synthesis
Siu Wa Lee, Ling Cen, Haizhou Li, Paul Yaozhu Chan and Minghui Dong,
US Patent, App no. 14/383,341, Filed 22 Jan 2015.
Formant Excursion in Singing Synthesis
Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Yi Qian Lim, Ashleigh Toh, Elliot Chong, Mantita Yeo, Megan Chua and Haizhou Li,
in Digital Signal Processing (DSP), 2015 IEEE International Conference on., IEEE, 2015.
The Expression of Singing Emotion-Contradicting the Constraints of Song
Gillian Chua, Qian Ci Chang, Ye Won Park, Paul Yaozhu Chan, Minghui Dong, Haizhou Li,
in Asian Language Processing (IALP), 2015 International Conference on., IEEE, 2015.
Use of Electroglottograph (EGG) to Find a Relationship between Pitch, Emotion and Personality
Hui Lu, Hui Ting Liu, Swee Lan See, Paul Yaozhu Chan,
in Procedia Manufacturing, 3, 1926-1931, 2015.
The Psychoacoustic Approach towards Enhancing Speech Intelligibility in Noise
Chan Y.Z. Paul, Dong M.H., Cen Ling
International Symposium Chinese Spoken Language Processing, (Tainan, ) EI / SCI Published Nov 2010
Readability Consideration in Speech Synthesis Recording Script Selection
Dong M.H., Cen Ling, Chan Y.Z. Paul
Journal Chinese Oriental Language and Computing Published Mar 2010
Machine Learning Methods in the Application of Speech Emotion Recognition
Cen Ling, Dong M.H., , Li H.Z., , Yu Z., Chan Y.Z. Paul,
Application of Machine Learning, IN-TECH Published Feb 2010
Generating Emotional Speech from Neutral Speech
Cen Ling, Chan Y.Z. Paul, Dong M.H.
International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing, (Taiwan, ) EI / SCI Published Dec 2010
Aligning Singing Voice with MIDI Melody Using Synthesized Audio Signal
Dong M.H. Chan Y.Z. Paul, Cen Ling
International Symposium Chinese Spoken Language Processing, (Tainan, ) 95-98 EI / SCI Published Nov 2010
Considering Readability in Text-to-Speech Recording Script Design
Dong M.H. Cen Ling, Chan Y.Z. Paul, Li H.Z.
ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop, (Kyoto, ) EI / SCI Published Sep 2010
Phonetic Segmentation of Singing Voice using MIDI and Parallel Speech
Dong M.H., Chan Y.Z. Paul, Cen Ling, Li H.Z., Teo Z.T.J., Kua P.J.
Interspeech / International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, EI / SCI Published Sep 2010
Voice Conversion: From Spoken Vowels To Singing Vowels
Nwe T.L. , Dong M.H., Chan Y.Z. Paul, Wang X., , Ma B.,
IEEE International Conference Multimedia and Expo, (Singapore, ) EI / SCI Published Jul 2010
Refining Unit Boundaries for Mandarin Text-to-Speech Database
Dong M.H., Cen Ling, Chan Y.Z. Paul
International Conference Asian Language Processing, (Singapore) EI / SCI Published Dec 2009
I²R Text-to-Speech System for Blizzard Challenge 2009
Dong M.H., Cen Ling, Chan Y.Z. Paul, Huang D.Y., Zhu D.L., Ma B.
Blizzard Challenge Workshop, (Edinburgh) Others Published Sep 2009
Unit Selection based Speech Synthesis for Poor Channel Condition
Cen Ling, Dong M.H., Chan Y.Z. Paul
Interspeech / International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, (Brighton) EI / SCI Published Sep 2009
Boundary labeling of prosody words for Mandarin TTS database
Cen Ling, Dong M.H., Chan Y.Z. Paul, Li H.Z.
International Symposium Asian Speech Resources, (Xinjiang, ) Others Published Aug 2009