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Graduating from the world-famous Centre for Digital Music (C4DM), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Shengchen Li has focused on machine listening techniques on various types of signals, including music, acoustic, and biomedical signals. Being a pianist at a young age, Shengchen has a special interest in computer music research, including but not limited to automatic music generation, computational musicology and objective evaluation of piano performance. His fellow students have named among the winner / top-ranked teams of IEEE AASP Data Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), which is a competitive and top-ranked data challenge in acoustic signal processing society, in the year of 2018-2021. Shengchen is currently the leader of the research group on machine learning and data analytics. He is also a senior member of IEEE.
Research interests
Efficient Machine Learning (Model Compression)
Machine Learning
Machine Listening
Experience
Assistant Professor, Xian Jiaotong - Liverpool University, Mar 2021 -
Lecturer, Beijing Unviersity of Posts and Telecommunications, Sep 2016 - Mar 2021
Teaching
INT306, Computer Auditory System, Sem 2, Academic Year 23/24.
INT307, Multimedia Security System, Sem 1, Academic Year 21/22, 22/23
INT104, Artificial Intelligence, Sem 2, Academic Year 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24
Awards and honours
Judge's award on data-efficient acoustic scenes classification, DCASE data challenge, 2024
2nd Place overall on Low-Complexity Acoustic Scenes Classification, DCASE Data Challenge, 2023
Best Student Paper, Adversarial Domain Adaptation for Open Set Acoustic Scene Classification, Conference on Sound and Music Technology, 2020
Reproducibility Award, automated audio captioning, IEEE AASP Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), 2020.
2nd Place overall (1st as an academic team) on automated audio captioning, IEEE AASP Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), 2020.
1st Place on Open-set Acoustic Scenes Identification, IEEE AASP Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), 2019
Best Student Paper, A Standard MIDI File Steganography Based on Music Perception, Conference on Sound and Music Technology, 2018
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Queen Mary University of London, awarded by 31st March 2016
BSc (First Class), Queen Mary University of London, awarded by 31st July 2011
Person Types
- Staff
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Algorithm Robustness Analysis for Audio Processing Algorithms based on Deep Learning
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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Suzhou Municipal Key Lab for Intelligent Virtual Engineering
Yue, Y., Liang, H. N., Lim, E. G., Man, K. L., Ma, F., Wang, X., Guan, S., Wang, Q., Xiao, J., Ma, J., Meng, J., Zhang, C., Chen, M., Chen, B., Wang, W., Craig, P., Sun, J., Liu, G., Xia, J., Zhu, X., Yu, L., Zhang, J., Qi, J., Huang, M., Yang, R., Li, S., Dong, Y., Yang, X., Li, Y., Wang, J., Zhang, H., Wei, Z., Sun, Q., Elsheikh, A., Levers, A., Konev, B., Coenen, F., Atkinson, K., Gasieniec, L., Wong, P., Payne, T., Garcia-Fernandez, A. & Zhang, Y.
1/11/22 → 30/10/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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A research on domestic robustness for acoustic signal processing system
1/07/22 → 30/06/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Acoustic Scenes Identification based on Domain Adaptation
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Suzhou Municipal Key Lab of Cognitive Computing and Applied Technology
Wang, Q., Man, K. L., Wang, X., Ma, F., Wen, H., Jin, X., Xiao, J., Xu, M., Chen, M., Lee, S., Wang, Z., Liu, G., Niu, Q., Wen, M., Yu, L., Zhang, R., Wang, W., Liu, W., Ma, J., Zhao, C., Yang, R., Liu, Q., Zhang, Q., Yang, X., Song, P., Wang, J., Li, S., Li, Y., Yu, L., Zhu, X., Chen, J., Selig, T., Lim, E. G., Huang, K., Hussain, A., Coenen, F., Tillo, T., Huang, X., Yi, X., Guan, S., Yue, Y., Liang, H. & Kim, J.
1/07/19 → 30/06/21
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Acoustic Scene Classification Across Cities and Devices via Feature Disentanglement
Tan, Y., Ai, H., Li, S. & Plumbley, M. D., 12 Jan 2024, In: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing. 32, p. 1286-1297 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Language-based Audio Retrieval with GPT-Augmented Captions and Self-Attended Audio Clips
Gu, F., Gu, Y., Xu, Y., Sun, H., Pan, Y., Li, S. & Zhang, H., 2024, Proceedings of the 2024 27th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2024. Shen, W., Shen, W., Barthes, J-P., Luo, J., Qiu, T., Zhou, X., Zhang, J., Zhu, H., Peng, K., Xu, T. & Chen, N. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 858-863 6 p. (International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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LEVERAGING SELF-SUPERVISED AUDIO REPRESENTATIONS FOR DATA-EFFICIENT ACOUSTIC SCENE CLASSIFICATION
Cai, Y., Li, S. & Shao, X., 20 Oct 2024, Proceeding of DCASE workshop 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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Speech Formants Integration for Generalized Detection of Synthetic Speech Spoofing Attacks
Liu, K., Wang, Y., Li, S. & Shao, X., 5 Sept 2024, Proceeding of INTERSPEECH 2024.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
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TF-SepNet: An Efficient 1D Kernel Design in Cnns for Low-Complexity Acoustic Scene Classification
Cai, Y., Zhang, P. & Li, S., 18 Mar 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Robustness Analysis in Music Informatics
Shengchen Li (Speaker)
29 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (Event)
Shengchen Li (Reviewer)
1 Aug 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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Detection and Identification of Cover Song
Shengchen Li (Supervisor)
1 Jul 2024 → 31 Aug 2024Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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Expressive Timing Modelling in Performed Classical Piano Music
Shengchen Li (Supervisor)
1 Jul 2024 → 31 Aug 2024Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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Detection and Identification of Synthesised Music
Shengchen Li (Supervisor)
1 Jul 2024 → 31 Aug 2024Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project