Publications

Peer-reviewed conference publications

2026
  • Fabrizio Leopardi, Faezeh Labbaf, Tomáš Kolárik, Michael Wand, Natasha Sharygina1: Interpreting Logical Explanations of Classifying Neural Networks Conversion using Speaker-Independent Speech Training Targets. Proc. of the 34th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning (ESANN), 2026, to appear.
2025
2024
  • Mikhail Andronov, Natalia Andronova, Michael Wand, Jürgen Schmidhuber, Djork-Arné Clevert: Curating Reagents in Chemical Reaction Data with an Interactive Reagent Space Map. Proc. of the International Workshop on AI in Drug Discovery (side event of the 33rd International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks), 2024.
  • Zhao Ren, Kevin Scheck, Qinhan Hou, Stefano van Gogh, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Diff-ETS: Learning a Diffusion Probabilistic Model for Electromyography-to-Speech Conversion. Proc. of the 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2024.
  • Qinhan Hou, Stefano van Gogh, Kevin Scheck, Zhao Ren, Tanja Schultz, Michael Wand, Jürgen Schmidhuber: emg2vec: Self-supervised Pretraining in Electromyography-based Silent Speech Interfaces. Proc. of the 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2024.
  • Kevin Scheck, Zhao Ren, Tom Dombeck, Jenny Sonnert, Stefano van Gogh, Qinhan Hou, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Cross-Subject Training and Adaptation for Electromyography-to-Speech Synthesis. Proc. of the 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2024.
2021
  • Krsto Proroković, Michael Wand, Jürgen Schmidhuber: Improving Stateful Premise Selection with Transformers. Proc. of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics, 2021.
  • Inma Hernáez Rioja, Jose A. Gonzalez-Lopez, Eva Navas, Jose Luis Pérez Córdoba, Ibon Saratxaga, Gonzalo Olivares, Jon Sanchez, Alberto Galdón, Victor García Romillo, Míriam González-Atienza, Tanja Schultz, Phil D. Green, Michael Wand, Ricard Marxer, Lorenz Diener: Voice Restoration with Silent Speech Interfaces (ReSSInt). Proc. Iberspeech, 2021, pp. 130 - 134.

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2014
  • Mario Amante and Séréna Bochereau and Mariama Dione and Brygida Maria Dzidek and David Gueorguiev and Andreas Heinrich and Athanasia Moungon and Thomas Sednaoui and Eric Vezzoli and Zlatko Vidrih and Teja Vodlak and Michael Wand: The PROTOTOUCH project: An FP7 EU marie curie initial training network. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Haptics (EuroHaptics), 2014.
  • Niyawadee Jib Srisuwan, Chusak Limsakul, Pornchai Phukpattaranont, Tanja Schultz, Michael Wand, Matthias Janke: Enhancement of EMG-based Thai Number Words Classification using Frame-based Time Domain Feature with Stacking Filter. Proceedings of 2014 APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference, 2014.
  • Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Pattern Learning with Deep Neural Networks in EMG-based Speech Recognition. Proc. of the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014, pp. 4200 - 4203.
  • Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Towards Real-life Application of EMG-based Speech Recognition by using Unsupervised Adaptation Proc. of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2014, pp. 1189 - 1193.
  • Michael Wand, Matthias Janke, Tanja Schultz: The EMG-UKA Corpus for Electromyographic Speech Processing. Proc. of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2014, pp. 1593 - 1597.
  • Marlene Zahner, Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz Conversion from Facial Myoelectric Signals to Speech: A Unit Selection Approach Proc. of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2014, pp. 1184 - 1188.
  • Dominic Telaar, Michael Wand, Dirk Gehrig, Felix Putze, Christoph Amma, Dominic Heger, Ngoc Thang Vu, Mark Erhardt, Tim Schlippe, Matthias Janke, Christian Herff, Tanja Schultz: BioKIT - Real-time Decoder For Biosignal Processing Proc. of the 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2014, pp. 2650 - 2654.
  • Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Till Heistermann, Kishore Prahallad, Tanja Schultz: Fundamental Frequency Generation for Whisper-to-Audible Speech Conversion. Proc. of the 39th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2014, pp. 2598 - 2602.
  • Michael Wand, Christopher Schulte, Matthias Janke, Tanja Schultz: Compensation of Recording Position Shifts for a Myoelectric Silent Speech Recognizer. Proc. of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2014, pp. 2113 - 2117.
  • Till Heistermann, Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Spatial Artifact Detection for Multi-Channel EMG-Based Speech Recognition. Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS), 2014. pp. 189 - 196.
2013
  • Michael Wand, Adam Himmelsbach, Till Heistermann, Matthias Janke, Tanja Schultz: Artifact Removal Algorithm for an EMG-based Silent Speech Interface Proc. of the International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013, pp. 5750 - 5753.
  • Michael Wand, Christopher Schulte, Matthias Janke, Tanja Schultz: Array-based Electromyographic Silent Speech Interface Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS), 2013
2012
  • Christian Johner, Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Inferring Prosody from Facial Cues for EMG-based Synthesis of Silent Speech Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), 2012
  • Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Keigo Nakamura, Tanja Schultz: Further Investigations on EMG-to-Speech Conversion Proc. of the 37th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2012, pp. 2113 - 2117.
  • Michael Wand, Matthias Janke, Tanja Schultz: Decision-tree based Analysis of Speaking Mode Discrepancies in EMG-based Speech Recognition Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS), 2012
2011
  • Keigo Nakamura, Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Estimation of Fundamental Frequency from Surface Electromyographic Data Proc. of the 36th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2011
  • Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Analysis of Phone Confusion in EMG-based Speech Recognition Proc. of the 36th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2011
  • Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Session-Independent EMG-based Speech Recognition Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS), 2011
  • Christian Herff, Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Impact of Different Feedback Mechanisms in EMG-based Speech Recognition Proc. of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2011
  • Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Investigations on Speaking Mode Discrepancies in EMG-based Speech Recognition Proc. of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2011
2010
  • Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Impact of Lack of Acoustic Feedback in EMG-based Silent Speech Recognition Proc. of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2010
  • Dominic Heger, Felix Putze, Christoph Amma, Thomas Wielatt, Igor Plotkin, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: BiosignalsStudio: A flexible Framework for Biosignal Capturing and Processing Proc. of the 33rd Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2010
  • Matthias Janke, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Spectral Energy Mapping for EMG-based Recognition of Silent Speech Proc. of the First International Workshop on Bio-inspired Human-Machine Interfaces and Healthcare Applications (Side event of Biosignals 2010 conference)
  • Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Towards Speaker-Adaptive Speech Recognition based on Surface Electromyography Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (Biosignals), Porto, Portugal
2009
  • Arthur Toth, Michael Wand, Tanja Schultz: Synthesizing Speech from Electromyography using Voice Transformation Techniques Proc. of the 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2009
  • Michael Wand, Arthur Toth, Szu-Chen (Stan) Jou, Tanja Schultz: Impact of Different Speaking Modes on EMG-based Speech Recognition Proc. of the 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2009
2007
  • Michael Wand, Szu-Chen (Stan) Jou, Tanja Schultz: Wavelet-based Front-End for Electromyographic Speech Recognition Proc. of the 8th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech), 2007

Supervised and Co-Supervised Student Theses

  • Christian Squadrito: EMG-based Speech Recognition with Transformer Architecture. Master's Thesis, 2023
  • Silvia Traversa: End-to-end EMG-based Speech Recognition. Master's Thesis, 2022
  • Matteo Riva: Speaker-Independent Lipreading with Neural Networks Exploiting Motion Dynamics. Master's Thesis, 2019
  • Marlene Zahner: Konvertierung von myoelektrischen Signalen der Gesichtsmuskulatur zu Sprache: Ein Unit Selection-Ansatz. Master's Thesis, 2014
  • Maximilian Vogel: Kontextsensitive Konvertierung von geflüsterter auf hörbare Sprache: Implementierung und Evaluation. Bachelor's Thesis, 2013
  • Christopher Schulte: Kompensation unterschiedlicher Elektrodenpositionierungen in der EMG-basierten Sprachverarbeitung. Master's Thesis, 2013
  • Adam Himmelsbach: Rauschunterdrückung durch Quellenseparation in der EMG-basierten Spracherkennung. Bachelor's Thesis, 2013
  • Till Heistermann: Decomposition of Multichannel Electromyographic Signals for a Silent Speech Interface. Bachelor's Thesis, 2013
  • Christian Johner: Erkennung prosodischer Merkmale durch EMG-basierte Klassifikation der Gesichtsmuskulatur. Diploma Thesis, 2013
  • Michael Ikkert: Implementierung und Evaluation eines Large Margin Estimation Algorithmus für HMMs. Diploma Thesis, 2013
  • Luben Alexandrov: F0-Erkennung bei elektromyographischer Sprachsynthese mit Elektrodenarrays. Bachelor's Thesis, 2012
  • Evgheni Kirzner: Analyse und Klassifikation von EEG und EMG bei lauter und lautloser Sprache. Bachelor's Thesis, 2011
  • Christopher Schulte: Aufbau eines EMG-basierten Spracherkennungssystems unter Verwendung von Elektrodenarrays. Master's Thesis, 2011
  • Kais Kara: Session-adaptive Speech Recognition based on Surface Electromyography. Student Research Thesis, 2010
  • Matthias Janke: Spektrale Methoden zur EMG-basierten Erkennung lautloser Sprache. Diploma Thesis, 2010
  • Gu Feng: Initialization Methods for an EMG-based Silent Speech Recognizer. Diploma Thesis, 2010
  • Thomas Wielatt: Entwicklung eines Werkzeuges zur Echtzeitvisualisierung von Biosignalen. State Exam Admission Thesis, 2009
  • Kristina Schaaff: EEG-based Emotion Recognition. Diploma Thesis, 2008

Dissertation