TY - GEN A1 - Opitz, Joerg A1 - Wunderlich, Christian A1 - Bendjus, B. A1 - Cikalova, U. A1 - Wolf, C. A1 - Naumann, S. A1 - Lehmann, A. A1 - Barth, M. A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Köhler, B. A1 - Tschöke, K. A1 - Windisch, T. A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Moritz, T. A1 - Scheithauer, U. T1 - Materialdiagnose und integrale Prüfverfahren für keramische Bauteile T2 - Keramische Zeitschrift N2 - Hochleistungskeramiken findet man heute häufig als kritische Komponente in neuentwickelten Systemen für Zukunftsanwendungen. Die Zuverlässigkeit des gesamten Systems basiert hierbei oft auf der kritischen keramischen Komponente. Für diese oft neuentwickelten keramischen Materialien werden neue Methoden für die Prozesssteuerung, Materialdiagnostik und Strukturüberwachung benötigt. In diesem Artikel werden drei für die Keramikcharakterisierung am Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS weiter entwickelte Technologien und Verfahren beschrieben und deren Einsatz anhand von Beispielen illustriert. Dazu werden die Laser-Speckle-Photometrie, die optische Kohärenztomographie und die Klanganalyse in Kombination mit einer entsprechenden akustischen Mustererkennung als leistungsfähige Verfahren für die Materialdiagnostik im Bereich der keramischen Materialien vorgestellt. T2 - Materials diagnostics and integrated testing technology for ceramic parts Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03400267 SN - 0023-0561 VL - 68 IS - 4-5 SP - 249 EP - 254 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Sobe, Daniel A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Grawunder, Sven T1 - Speech-to-text in upper sorbian : current state T2 - Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2025 : Tagungsband der 36. Konferenz Halle/Saale, 5.–7. März 2025 N2 - This study presents recent advancements in Upper Sorbian Speech-to-Text (STT) technology. We provide an overview of the Sorbian languages, the available speech and language resources, and the development of an STT system based on a traditional approach, which includes acoustic, pronunciation, and language modeling. Due to the scarcity of resources for Sorbian languages, our approach leverages sub-word and word-class modeling techniques. The word-class modeling is based on Finite-State Transducer definitions, which are applicable to both offline text parsing and integration into the decoding graph of the STT system. Word-class parsing is performed on the speech corpus and utilized for language modeling with complete words, sub-word units, or both. Additionally, the same definitions can be applied to Named Entity Recognition during the post-processing of recognized transcriptions. This approach significantly reduces out-of-vocabulary words and enables greater customization of the recognizer for domain-specific applications. The system was implemented for the real-time transcription of church sermon broadcasts in Upper Sorbian. The domain-specific system achieved performance comparable to fine-tuned OpenAI Whisper models developed also by other initiatives while also providing a resource-efficient solution with semantically tagged recognition results. Y1 - 2025 UR - https://www.essv.de/pdf/2025_109_116.pdf SN - 978-3-95908-803-9 SN - 0940-6832 SP - 109 EP - 116 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Sobe, Daniel A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Karpov, Alexey ED - Delic, Vlado T1 - Preserving Language Heritage Through Speech Technology: The Case of Upper Sorbian T2 - Speech and Computer, SPECOM 2024, Belgrade, Serbia, 25-28 November 2024 N2 - The modern world is facing a crisis with the rapid disappearance of endangered languages, which poses a serious threat to global cultural diversity. Speech Technologies and Artificial Intelligence present promising opportunities to address this crisis by supporting the documentation, revitalization, and everyday use of these vulnerable languages. However, despite recent and remarkable advancements in speech technology, significant challenges persist, particularly for languages with very limited resources and unique linguistic features. This paper details the development of Upper Sorbian speech technologies, focusing on the creation of a practical Speech-to-Text (STT) system as a versatile tool for language preservation. The study explores the current state of Sorbian languages and underscores collaborative efforts with the Foundation for the Sorbian People. Through a series of pilot and successive projects, each phase has contributed to the steady advancement of speech recognition modules and supporting tools, improving their performance, effectiveness and practical usability. KW - Endangered languages, Speech recognition, Upper Sorbian Y1 - 2024 UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-77961-9_1 SN - 978-3-031-77960-2 SN - 978-3-031-77961-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77961-9_1 SP - 3 EP - 22 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham ER - TY - PAT A1 - Saeltzer, Gerhard A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Bestimmung eines medizinischen Gesundheitsparameters eines Probanden mittels Stimmanalyse N2 - Eine Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung eines Gesundheitsparameters eines Probanden mittels Stimmauswertung umfasst eine Verarbeitungseinrichtung, die ausgebildet ist, um eine digitalisierte Sprechprobe des Probanden basierend auf individuellen Modellparametern auszuwerten, um eine Messinformation zu erhalten, die innerhalb eines Toleranzbereichs auf einem Momentanwert des Gesundheitsparameters des Probanden basiert, wobei die individuellen Modellparameter einen funktionalen Zusammenhang zwischen der Sprechprobe oder von der Sprechprobe abgeleiteten Sprechmerkmalen und einem zugeordneten, momentanen Gesundheitsparameter angeben. Y1 - 2024 UR - https://depatisnet.dpma.de/DepatisNet/depatisnet?window=1&space=menu&content=treffer&action=bibdat&docid=DE102015218948A1 ER - TY - PAT A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Römer, Ronald A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Hentschel, Dieter T1 - Method and Device for Controlling the Behavior of Systems T1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verhaltenssteuerung von Systemen T1 - Procede et dispositif de commande du comportement de systemes Y1 - 2022 UR - https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP14749730&lng=en&tab=main ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Automatic decision making in SHM using hidden Markov models T2 - 18th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2007), Regensburg, September 3-7, 2007 Y1 - 2007 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/DEXA.2007.138 SP - 307 EP - 311 PB - IEEE ER - TY - GEN A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Hoffmann, Rüdiger T1 - Akustische Mustererkennung für die ZfP T2 - MP Materials Testing Y1 - 2009 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 51 IS - 10 SP - 701 EP - 704 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Leithoff, Ruben A1 - Dilger, Nikolas A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Blume, Stefan A1 - Lembcke, Dario A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Herrmann, Christoph A1 - Dröder, Klaus T1 - Inline monitoring of battery electrode lamination processes based on acoustic measurements T2 - Batteries N2 - Due to the energy transition and the growth of electromobility, the demand for lithium-ion batteries has increased in recent years. Great demands are being placed on the quality of battery cells and their electrochemical properties. Therefore, the understanding of interactions between products and processes and the implementation of quality management measures are essential factors that requires inline capable process monitoring. In battery cell lamination processes, a typical problem source of quality issues can be seen in missing or misaligned components (anodes, cathodes and separators). An automatic detection of missing or misaligned components, however, has not been established thus far. In this study, acoustic measurements to detect components in battery cell lamination were applied. Although the use of acoustic measurement methods for process monitoring has already proven its usefulness in various fields of application, it has not yet been applied to battery cell production. While laminating battery electrodes and separators, acoustic emissions were recorded. Signal analysis and machine learning techniques were used to acoustically distinguish the individual components that have been processed. This way, the detection of components with a balanced accuracy of up to 83% was possible, proving the feasibility of the concept as an inline capable monitoring system. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010019 SN - 2313-0105 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 21 PB - MDPI AG CY - Basel ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lieske, Uwe A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Harig, Paul A1 - Pallmer, Matthias A1 - Röder, Olaf A1 - Röder, Elisabeth T1 - Verfahren zur akustischen Detektion von Schadinsekten bei der Getreide- und Saatgutlagerung T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung Zerstörungsfreie Materialprüfung 2017 : Kurzfassungen der Vorträge und Posterbeiträge : 22.-24. Mai 2017, Koblenz N2 - Getreide bildet eine der wichtigsten Grundlagen für die menschliche und tierische Ernährung. Wie jedes andere pflanzliche Produkt, so ist jedoch Getreide auch Nahrungsquelle für zahlreiche Insekten, die während des Pflanzenwachstums und der Lagerung das Korn befallen können. Jährlich werden etwa 10 % der weltweiten Getreideernte durch Schadinsekten vernichtet. In der Praxis wird der Befall mit Schadinsekten im Rahmen von Stichproben durch visuelle Inspektion, Sieben oder Aufschwemmen der Getreidekörner dokumentiert. Es werden auch einfache Handgeräte mit Mikrofon und Verstärker eingesetzt, um Schädlingsbefall durch Fressgeräusche manuell zu erkennen. Eine frühzeitige Diagnose des Auftretens von Vorratsschädlingen ist für die Einleitung von Gegenmaßnahmen und die Begrenzung des Schadens von großer Bedeutung. Das hier vorgestellte Verfahren bietet die Möglichkeit, die auftretenden Geräusche automatisiert zu analysieren, und ermöglicht so eine schnelle und zuverlässige Erkennung von Schadinsekten. Im Rahmen der Untersuchungen wurden die auftretenden Geräusche von Schadinsekten in den verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien analysiert und eine geeignete Signalerfassungshardware für den Feldeinsatz entwickelt. Mit den implementierten Signalverarbeitungsalgorithmen der akustischen Mustererkennung erfolgt die automatisierte Auswertung und Klassifizierung der Schädlingsgeräusche. Das Verfahren, die Hardware und die Messergebnisse werden vorgestellt. Y1 - 2017 UR - https://www.ndt.net/article/dgzfp2017/papers/p52.pdf PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung e.V. CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kordon, Ulrich A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze ED - Gerlach, Gerald T1 - Mustererkennung für Sensorsignale Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-941298-55-2 SP - 69 EP - 78 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - GEN A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Statistical Classifiers for Structural Health Monitoring T2 - IEEE sensors journal Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2009.2019330 SN - 1530-437X VL - 9 IS - 11 SP - 1567 EP - 1576 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Instrumentelle Bestimmung der Weichheit von Tissueprodukten T2 - Forum Akustische Qualitätssicherung 2010 der DGAQS, 03. und 04. November 2010 in Karlsruhe Y1 - 2010 SP - 3-1 EP - 3-3 PB - DGaQs CY - Karlsruhe ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Hoffmann, Rüdiger ED - Becker-Schweitzer, Jörg T1 - Akustische Mustererkennung T2 - DAGA 2011, 37. Jahrestagung für Akustik, Düsseldorf, 21. - 24. 3. 2011, Tagungsband "Fortschritte der Akustik" Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-3-939296-02-7 SP - 345 EP - 346 PB - Dt. Gesellschaft für Akustik CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Zur Formulierung von Hidden-Markov-Modellen als endliche Transduktoren T2 - Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2012, Tagungsband der 23. Konferenz, Cottbus, 29. - 31. August 2012 Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-942710-81-7 SP - 120 EP - 128 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Joneit, Dieter A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Hoffmann, Rüdiger A1 - Strecha, Guntram A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Sprachsteuerung für Mess- und Prüfgeräte T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2011 Zerstörungsfreie Materialprüfung, 30. Mai - 1. Juni 2011, Bremen, Berichtsband Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-3-940283-33-7 PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Römer, Ronald A1 - Wirsching, Günther ED - Wagner, Petra T1 - Subsymbol-Symbol-Transduktoren T2 - Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2013, Tagungsband, Bielefeld, 2013 Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-3-94431-03-4 SP - 197 EP - 204 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Hoffmann, Rüdiger ED - Wagner, Petra T1 - Anwendungen der akustischen Mustererkennung T2 - Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2013, Tagungsband, Bielefeld, 2013 Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-3-94431-03-4 SP - 205 EP - 210 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Duckhorn, Frank T1 - Zustandsüberwachung von Magnetventilen anhand der Schaltgeräusche T2 - ZfP in Forschung, Entwicklung und Anwendung, Potsdam, 26. - 28. Mai 2014, DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2014 Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-940283-61-0 PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Römer, Ronald ED - Mehnert, Dieter ED - Kordon, Ulrich ED - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Quo vadis, UASR? T2 - Systemtheorie Signalverarbeitung Sprachtechnologie Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-3-944331-19-5 SP - 276 EP - 285 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Processing and evaluation of gear data using statistical classifiers T2 - Proceedings of the 6th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2012), Vienna, Sep. 2012 Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-395-02481-9-7 CY - Vienna ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Ju, Yong Chul A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Richter, Christian A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Acoustic Resonance Recognition of Coins T2 - 2020 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 25-28 May 2020, Dubrovnik, Croatia N2 - In this study, we compare different machine learning approaches applied to acoustic resonance recognition of coins. Euro-cents and Euro-coins were classified by the sound emerging when throwing the coins onto a hard surface.The used dataset is a representative example of a small data which was collected in carefully prepared experiments.Due to the small number of coin specimens and the count of the collected observations, it was interesting to see whether deep learning methods can achieve similarly or maybe even better classification performances compared with more traditional methods.The results of the multi-class prediction of coin denominations are presented and compared in terms of balanced accuracy and Matthews Correlation Coefficient metrics. The feature analysis methods combined with the employed classifiers achieved acceptable results, despite the relatively small dataset. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-1-7281-4460-3 SN - 978-1-7281-4461-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC43012.2020.9129256 PB - IEEE Xplore ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Ju, Yong Chul A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Maglogiannis, Ilias ED - Iliadis, Lazaros S. ED - Pimenidis, Elias T1 - Acoustic Resonance Testing of Glass IV Bottles T2 - Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations : 16th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference, AIAI 2020, Neos Marmaras, Greece, June 5–7, 2020, Proceedings, Part II N2 - In this paper, acoustic resonance testing on glass intravenous (IV) bottles is presented. Different machine learning methods were applied to distinguish acoustic observations of bottles with defects from the intact ones. Due to the very limited amount of available specimens, the question arises whether the deep learning methods can achieve similar or even better detection performance compared with traditional methods. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-49186-4 SN - 978-3-030-49185-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49186-4_17 SN - 1868-4238 SN - 1868-422X VL - Cham SP - 195 EP - 206 PB - Springer International Publishing ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Huber, Markus A1 - Meyer, Werner A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Karpov, Alexey ED - Jokisch, Oliver ED - Potapova, Rodmonga T1 - A Cognitive User Interface for a Multi-Modal Human-Machine Interaction T2 - Speech and computer : 20th International Conference, SPECOM 2018, Leipzig, Germany, September 18-22, 2018, proceedings Y1 - 2018 UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99579-3_72 SN - 978-3-319-99578-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99579-3 SP - 707 EP - 717 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER - TY - GEN A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Huber, Markus A1 - Meyer, Werner A1 - Jokisch, Oliver A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Lacerda, Francisco T1 - Towards an Autarkic Embedded Cognitive User Interface T2 - Proceedings Interspeech 2017, 20-24 August 2017, Stockholm N2 - ucuikt2015 Y1 - 2017 UR - http://www.isca-speech.org/archive/Interspeech_2017/ U6 - https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2017 SP - 3435 EP - 3436 PB - ISCA ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Richter, Christian A1 - Blüthgen, Peter A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Intelligent Signal Processing on a Miniaturized Hardware Module T2 - IEEE SENSORS Proceedings, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2017 Y1 - 2017 UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8234023/ SN - 978-1-5090-1012-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2017.8234023 N1 - IEEE Catalog Numer: CFP17SEN-ART PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Mustererkennung in der technischen Diagnose T2 - Tagungsband der 12. Tagung Technische Diagnostik 2016, 20.-21.10.2016, Hochschule Merseburg Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-68977 UR - https://www.hs-merseburg.de/fileadmin/redaktion/Weiterbildung/Tagungsband_12._Tagung_Technische_Diagnostik.pdf SN - 978-3-942703-64-2 N1 - Untersützt vom VDI Bezirksverein Halle SP - 124 EP - 125 PB - Hochschule Merseburg CY - Merseburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Richter, Christian A1 - Blüthgen, Peter A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - An embedded system for acoustic pattern recognition T2 - IEEE SENSORS Proceedings, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2017 Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-1-5090-1012-7 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2017.8234380 N1 - IEEE Catalog Numer: CFP17SEN-ART PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Saeltzer, G. T1 - Estimating blood sugar from voice samples : a preliminary study T2 - 2015 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI 2015), Las Vegas, December 7-9, 2015 Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCI.2015.184 SP - 804 EP - 805 PB - IEEE ER - TY - GEN A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Mühle, Maximilian A1 - Ju, Yong Chul A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Künstliche Intelligenz in der ZfP - Welchen Beitrag kann KI in der ZfP leisten? T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2021, 10.-11. Mai N2 - Künstliche Intelligenz zieht derzeit in alle Bereiche der Gesellschaft und des Lebens ein. Aber welchen Stellenwert hat sie momentan auf dem Gebiet der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung? Was kann KI leisten? Welche Herausforderungen müssen erfolgreich bewältigt werden? Gibt es das eine KI-Verfahren, welches prinzipiell für ZfP geeignet ist? Bei der Bauteil- und Materialprüfung während und unmittelbar nach der Herstellung, der Überwachung von Verschleißteilen in Maschinen und Anlagen oder der Schadensdetektion an Bauteilen und Komponenten liefern ZfP-Verfahren Daten, die bewertet werden müssen. Obwohl inzwischen sehr leistungsfähige Toolkits verfügbar sind, erfordert der optimale Einsatz der KI für ein ZfP-Verfahren oftmals mehr. Die meisten Kunden möchten nicht nur eine Lösung ihres Problems; sie wollen verstehen, warum die KI so und nicht anders entschieden hat, warum der Klassifikator das Bauteil einer bestimmten Klasse (z. B. gut/schlecht oder neuwertig/verschlissen/defekt) zugewiesen hat. Abhängig von der Klassifikationsaufgabe sowie der Art und der Anzahl der vorliegenden Daten kann ein geeignetes Verfahren bestimmt werden. Mit Methoden des maschinellen Lernens werden Modelle gebildet, welche die Basis für die KI-Verfahren zur Klassifikation bilden. Der Beitrag liefert einen Überblick über KI-Verfahren und deren Anwendungen in der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung. Zahlreiche Beispiele und Ergebnisse werden vorgestellt, um die Mannigfaltigkeit des Einsatzes in der ZfP und der bestehenden Möglichkeiten zu demonstrieren. Y1 - 2017 UR - https://jt2021.dgzfp.de/portals/jt2021/bb176/inhalt/autoren.htm#T SN - 978-3-947971-18-3 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Rjelka, Marek A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Hillmann, Stefan ED - Weiss, Benjamin ED - Michael, Thilo ED - Möller, Sebastian T1 - Cross-Lingual Acoustic Modeling in Upper Sorbian – Preliminary Study T2 - Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2021 : Tagungsband der 32. Konferenz Berlin, 3.-5. März 2021 N2 - In this paper, we present a preliminary study for acoustic modeling in Upper Sorbian, where a model of German was used in cross-lingual transfer learning. At first, we define the grapheme and phoneme inventories and map the target phonemes from the most similar German source equivalents. Phonetically balanced sentences for the recording prompts were selected from a combination of general and domain-specific textual data. The speech corpora with a total duration of around 11 hours was collected in controlled recording sessions involving an equal number of females, males, and children. The baseline acoustic model was employed to force-align the speech corpora given the knowledge-based phoneme mappings. How well the mappings were, was evaluated by the phoneme confusions in free-phoneme recognition. The new derived data-driven model with a reduced phoneme set was included in the adaptation and evaluation along with the baseline acoustic model. The model adaptation performance was cross-validated with the “Leave One Group Out” strategy. We observed major improvements in phoneme error rates after adaptation for the knowledge-based and data-driven phoneme mappings. The study confirmed the feasibility of transfer learning for acoustic model adaptation in the case of Upper Sorbian, at the same time demonstrating practical usability with a small vocabulary speech recognition application (Smart Lamp). Y1 - 2021 UR - https://publica.fraunhofer.de/dokumente/N-633297.html SN - 978-3-959082-27-3 SN - 0940-6832 SP - 43 EP - 50 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Machine Learning for Anomaly Assessment in Sensor Networks for NDT in Aerospace T2 - IEEE Sensors Journal N2 - We investigated and compared various algorithms in machine learning for anomaly assessment with different feature analyses on ultrasonic signals recorded by sensor networks. The following methods were used and compared in anomaly detection modeling: hidden Markov models (HMM), support vector machines (SVM), isolation forest (IF), and reconstruction autoencoders (AEC). They were trained exclusively on sensor signals of the intact state of structures commonly used in various industries, like aerospace and automotive. The signals obtained on artificially introduced damage states were used for performance evaluation. Anomaly assessment was evaluated and compared using various classifiers and feature analysis methods. We introduced novel methodologies for two processes. The first was the dataset preparation with anomalies. The second was the detection and damage severity assessment utilizing the intact object state exclusively. The experiments proved that robust anomaly detection is practically feasible. We were able to train accurate classifiers which had a considerable safety margin. Precise quantitative analysis of damage severity will also be possible when calibration data become available during exploitation or by using expert knowledge. KW - Machine learning KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Ultrasonic transducers Y1 - 2021 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9366491 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3062941 SN - 1558-1748 VL - 21 IS - 9 SP - 11000 EP - 11008 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Bissiri, Maria Paola A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Glottal Stops in Upper Sorbian: A Data-Driven Approach T2 - Proc. Interspeech 2021, 30 August – 3 September, 2021, Brno, Czechia N2 - We present a data-driven approach for the quantitative analysis of glottal stops before word-initial vowels in Upper Sorbian, a West Slavic minority language spoken in Germany. Glottal stops are word-boundary markers and their detection can improve the performance of automatic speech recognition and speech synthesis systems. We employed cross-language transfer using an acoustic model in German to develop a forced-alignment method for the phonetic segmentation of a read-speech corpus in Upper Sorbian. The missing phonemic units were created by combining the existing phoneme models. In the forced-alignment procedure, the glottal stops were considered optional in front of word-initial vowels. To investigate the influence of speaker type (males, females, and children) and vowel on the occurrence of glottal stops, binomial regression analysis with a generalized linear mixed model was performed. Results show that children glottalize word-initial vowels more frequently than adults, and that glottal stop occurrences are influenced by vowel quality. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.isca-speech.org/archive/interspeech_2021/kraljevski21_interspeech.html U6 - https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2021-1101 SP - 1001 EP - 1005 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Barth, Martin A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Schubert, Frank A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Autoencoder-based Ultrasonic NDT of Adhesive Bonds T2 - IEEE SENSORS 2021, Conference Proceedings, Oct 31- Nov 4, Sydney, Australia N2 - We present an approach for ultrasonic non-destructive testing of adhesive bonding employing unsupervised machine learning with autoencoders.The models are trained exclusively on the features derived from pulse-echo ultrasonic signals on a specimen with good adhesive bonding and tested on another specimen with artificially added defects.The resulting pseudo-probabilities indicating anomalies are visualized and presented along to the C-scan of the same specimen. As a result, we achieved improved representation of the defects, allowing their automatic and reliable detection. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-1-7281-9501-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS47087.2021.9639864 PB - IEEE ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Convolutional Autoencoders for Health Indicators Extraction in Piezoelectric Sensors T2 - 2020 IEEE Sensors, 25-28 Oct. 2020, Rotterdam, Netherlands, N2 - We present a method for extracting health indicators from piezoelectric sensors applied in the case of microfluidic valves. Convolutional autoencoders were used to train a model on the normal operating conditions and tested on signals of different valves. The results of the model performance evaluation, as well as, the qualitative presentation of the indicator plots for each tested component, showed that the used approach is capable of detecting features that correspond to increasing component degradation. The extracted health indicators are the prerequisite and input for reliable remaining useful life prediction. Y1 - 2020 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9323023 SN - 978-1-7281-6801-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS47125.2020.9323023 SP - 1 EP - 4 CY - Rotterdam, Netherlands ER - TY - GEN A1 - Klimczak, Peter A1 - Kusche, Isabel A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Menschliche und maschinelle Entscheidungsrationalität - Zur Kontrolle und Akzeptanz Künstlicher Intelligenz T2 - Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft 21 - Künstliche Intelligenz Y1 - 2019 UR - https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/13542 SN - 978-3-8376-4468-5 U6 - https://doi.org//10.25969/mediarep/12631 SN - 1869-1722 SN - 2296-4126 IS - 2 SP - 39 EP - 45 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias ED - Klimczak, Peter ED - Petersen, Christer T1 - Limits and Prospects of Big Data and Small Data Approaches in AI Applications T2 - AI - Limits and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence N2 - The renaissance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the last decade can be credited to several factors, but chief among these is the ever-increasing availability and miniaturization of computational resources. This process has contributed to the rise of ubiquitous computing via popularizing smart devices and the Internet of Things in everyday life. In turn, this has resulted in the generation of increasingly enormous amounts of data. The tech giants are harvesting and storing data on their clients’ behavior and, at the same time, introducing concerns about data privacy and protection. Suddenly, such an abundance of data and computing power, which was unimaginable a few decades ago, has caused a revival of old and the invention of new machine learning paradigms, like Deep Learning. Artificial intelligence has undergone a technological breakthrough in various fields, achieving better than human performance in many areas (such as vision, board games etc.). More complex tasks require more sophisticated algorithms that need more and more data. It has often been said that data is becoming a resource that is "more valuable than oil"; however, not all data is equally available and obtainable. Big data can be described by using the "four Vs"; data with immense velocity, volume, variety, and low veracity. In contrast, small data do not possess any of those qualities; they are limited in size and nature and are observed or produced in a controlled manner. Big data, along with powerful computing and storage resources, allow “black box” AI algorithms for various problems previously deemed unsolvable. One could create AI applications even without the underlying expert knowledge, assuming there are enough data and the right tools available (e.g. end-to-end speech recognition and generation, image and object recognition). There are numerous fields in science, industry and everyday life where AI has vast potential. However, due to the lack of big data, application is not straightforward or even possible. A good example is AI in medicine, where an AI system is intended to assist physicians in diagnosing and treating rare or previously never observed conditions, and there is no or an insufficient amount of data for reliable AI deployment. Both big and small data concepts have limitations and prospects for different fields of application. This paper will try to identify and present them by giving real-world examples in various AI fields. Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.transcript-verlag.de/chunk_detail_seite.php?doi=10.14361%2F9783839457320-006 SN - 978-3-8376-5732-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457320-006 SP - 115 EP - 142 PB - transcript Verlag CY - Bielefeld ER - TY - GEN A1 - Uhlig, Sebastian A1 - Alkhasli, Ilkin A1 - Schubert, Frank A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - A Review of Synthetic and Augmented Training Data for Machine Learning in Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Evaluation T2 - Ultrasonics N2 - Ultrasonic Testing (UT) has seen increasing application of machine learning (ML) in recent years, promoting higher-level automation and decision-making in flaw detection and classification. Building a generalized training dataset to apply ML in non-destructive evaluation (NDE), and thus UT, is exceptionally difficult since data on pristine and representative flawed specimens are needed. Yet, in most UT test cases flawed specimen data is inherently rare making data coverage the leading problem when applying ML. Common data augmentation (DA) strategies offer limited solutions as they don’t increase the dataset variance, which can lead to overfitting of the training data. The virtual defect method and the recent application of generative adversarial neural networks (GANs) in UT are sophisticated DA methods targeting to solve this problem. On the other hand, well-established research in modeling ultrasonic wave propagations allows for the generation of synthetic UT training data. In this context, we present a first thematic review to summarize the progress of the last decades on synthetic and augmented UT training data in NDE. Additionally, an overview of methods for synthetic UT data generation and augmentation is presented. Among numerical methods such as finite element, finite difference, and elastodynamic finite integration methods, semi-analytical methods such as general point source synthesis, superposition of Gaussian beams, and the pencil method as well as other UT modeling software are presented and discussed. Likewise, existing DA methods for one- and multidimensional UT data, feature space augmentation, and GANs for augmentation are presented and discussed. The paper closes with an in-detail discussion of the advantages and limitations of existing methods for both synthetic UT training data generation and DA of UT data to aid the decision-making of the reader for the application to specific test cases. KW - Non-destructive testing KW - NDT KW - Non-destructive evaluation KW - NDE KW - Ultrasonic testing KW - Ultrasonics KW - Flaw detection KW - Machine learning KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Deep learning KW - Synthetic training data KW - Data augmentation Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041624X23001178 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2023.107041 SN - 1874-9968 IS - 134 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Maier, Isidor Konrad A1 - Kuhn, Johannes Ferdinand Joachim A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Sobe, Daniel A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze T1 - Word Class Based Language Modeling: A Case of Upper Sorbian T2 - Proceedings of The Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Indigenous, Endangered and Lesser-resourced Languages in Eurasia within the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, Marseille, France N2 - In this paper we show how word class based language modeling can support the integration of a small language in modern applications of speech technology. The methods described in this paper can be applied for any language. We demonstrate the methods on Upper Sorbian. The word classes model the semantic expressions of numerals, date and time of day. The implementation of the created grammars was realized in the form of finite-state-transducers (FSTs) and minimalists grammars (MGs). We practically demonstrate the usage of the FSTs in a simple smart-home speech application, that is able to set wake-up alarms and appointments expressed in a variety of spontaneous and natural sentences. While the created MGs are not integrated in an application for practical use yet, they provide evidence that MGs could potentially work more efficient than FSTs in built-on applications. In particular, MGs can work with a significantly smaller lexicon size, since their more complex structure lets them generate more expressions with less items, while still avoiding wrong expressions. KW - word classes, minimalist grammar, language modeling, speech recognition, Upper Sorbian Y1 - 2022 UR - http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2022/workshops/EURALI/pdf/2022.eurali-1.5.pdf SN - 978-2-493814-07-4 SP - 28 EP - 35 PB - European Language Resources Association ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Ju, Yong Chul A1 - Ivanov, Dmitrij A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - How to Do Machine Learning with Small Data? - A Review from an Industrial Perspective T2 - arXiv N2 - Artificial intelligence experienced a technological breakthrough in science, industry, and everyday life in the recent few decades. The advancements can be credited to the ever-increasing availability and miniaturization of computational resources that resulted in exponential data growth. However, because of the insufficient amount of data in some cases, employing machine learning in solving complex tasks is not straightforward or even possible. As a result, machine learning with small data experiences rising importance in data science and application in several fields. The authors focus on interpreting the general term of "small data" and their engineering and industrial application role. They give a brief overview of the most important industrial applications of machine learning and small data. Small data is defined in terms of various characteristics compared to big data, and a machine learning formalism was introduced. Five critical challenges of machine learning with small data in industrial applications are presented: unlabeled data, imbalanced data, missing data, insufficient data, and rare events. Based on those definitions, an overview of the considerations in domain representation and data acquisition is given along with a taxonomy of machine learning approaches in the context of small data. Y1 - 2023 UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07126 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Schubert, Frank A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Paper Tissue Softness Rating by Acoustic Emission Analysis T2 - Applied Sciences N2 - Softness is one of the essential properties of hygiene tissue products. Reliably measuring it is of utmost importance to ensure the balance between customer expectations and cost-effective tissue production. This study presents a method for assessing softness by analyzing acoustic emissions produced while tearing a tissue specimen. The aim was to train neural network models using the corrected results of human panel tests as the ground truth labels and to predict the tissue softness in two- and three-class recognition tasks. We also investigate the possibility of predicting some production parameters related to the softness property. The results proved that tissue softness and production parameters could be reliably estimated only by the tearing noise. KW - acoustic emission KW - machine learning KW - tissue softness analysis Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031670 SN - 2076-3417 VL - 13 IS - 3 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Ju, Yong Chul A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Neunübel, Heiko A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze A1 - Wolff, Matthias T1 - Acoustic Resonance Testing of Small Data on Sintered Cogwheels T2 - Sensors N2 - Based on the fact that cogwheels are indispensable parts in manufacturing, we present the acoustic resonance testing (ART) of small data on sintered cogwheels for quality control in the context of non-destructive testing (NDT). Considering the lack of extensive studies on cogwheel data by means of ART in combination with machine learning (ML), we utilize time-frequency domain feature analysis and apply ML algorithms to the obtained feature sets in order to detect damaged samples in two ways: one-class and binary classification. In each case, despite small data, our approach delivers robust performance: All damaged test samples reflecting real-world scenarios are recognized in two one-class classifiers (also called detectors), and one intact test sample is misclassified in binary ones. This shows the usefulness of ML and time-frequency domain feature analysis in ART on a sintered cogwheel dataset. KW - acoustic resonance testing (ART) non-destructive testing (NDT) KW - deep learning KW - machine learning KW - small-data KW - non-destructive testing (NDT) Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s22155814 SN - 1424-8220 VL - 22 IS - 15 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Maier, Isidor Konrad A1 - Kuhn, Johannes A1 - Duckhorn, Frank A1 - Kraljevski, Ivan A1 - Sobe, Daniel A1 - Wolff, Matthias A1 - Tschöpe, Constanze T1 - Word Class Based Language Modeling: A Case of Upper Sorbian, LREC 2022, Marseille T2 - Language Resources and Evaluation Conference 2022 (LREC 2022), Marseille, 2022-06-13 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7501145 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bhat, Darshankumar A1 - Muench, Stefan A1 - Kaeso, Mathias A1 - Roellig, Mike A1 - Tschoepe, Constanze A1 - Haertling, Thomas T1 - Prognostics and health monitoring : case study of a light rail vehicle power converter assembly T2 - 2025 25th European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference & Exhibition (EMPC) N2 - Electronic systems form the backbone of today's fast-moving and highly connected world. The reliability of electronics is consequently relevant, especially when electronics are used in safety-critical applications such as public transportation. Worn-out electronics can disrupt public transportation or even lead to catastrophic accidents. With the help of Prognostic and Health Monitoring (PHM), electronic failures can be anticipated in advance and predictive maintenance can be planned. However, the availability of sufficient data for health status prediction often is a challenge. In this article, we therefore present a cascade of machine learning (ML)-models for fatigue prediction based on insufficient data. As the use case, the application of a PHM approach to fleets of Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) was chosen, and more specifically to solder joints in power converter assembly (PCA) used in these LRVs. Thermal loads are one of the major causes of solder fatigue. However, this load history is not directly available in most cases. Therefore, the first objective of the study is to predict thermal loads that the PCA experiences via virtual sensing techniques. Three prediction models - a linear model, a multilayer perceptron (MLP), and a long shortterm memory (LSTM) network - were developed to estimate the temperature based on the input current and ambient air temperature. Both the MLP and LSTM models demonstrated high prediction accuracy with coefficient of determination (R2) greater than 0.9, making them suitable for further use for fatigue estimation. The second objective of the study is to develop a solder fatigue estimation model. With the help of a virtual twin in the form of a physical model (finite element simulation), two sets of solder fatigue data were generated: one based on a synthetic temperature profile, and the other based on acquired mission profile loads from the LRV. An MLP was trained and successfully demonstrated to predict fatigue evolution in the solder joint under thermal loads with an averaged error less than 5 %. Overall, this research provided two major PHM methodologies: virtual sensing for temperature prediction and a fatigue prediction model for solder joints in the PCA. The cascade of them enables a fatigue prediction for LRV based on insufficient data. KW - Temperature sensors KW - Atmospheric modeling KW - Soft sensors KW - Predictive models KW - Fatigue KW - Thermal loading KW - Soldering KW - Prognostics and health management KW - Load modeling KW - Principal component analysis Y1 - 2025 SN - 978-1-7395005-1-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.23919/EMPC63132.2025.11222406 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER -