NCMMSC 2026 uses the Microsoft CMT3 system for paper submission.

Authors who use CMT for the first time are encouraged to register using their institutional email addresses.

    Submission Portal: NCMMSC 2026 Submission System (CMT3)

Paper Submission

　• Paper Submission Opens: May 15, 2026
　• Paper Submission Deadline: July 5, 2026
　• Notification of Acceptance: August 31, 2026

Special Session Proposals

　• Special Session Proposal Opens: April 30, 2026
　• Special Session Proposal Deadline: June 15, 2026
　• Notification of Special Session Acceptance: June 22, 2026
　• Special Session Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026

Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Speech Science and Linguistics

　• Speech production, perception, and cognitive mechanisms
　• Phonetics, phonology, and prosody
　• Speech science, discourse, and conversational analysis
　• Multilingual and dialectal speech
　• Auditory modeling and neural mechanisms of speech

2. Speech Analysis, Synthesis, and Conversion

　• Automatic speech recognition and understanding
　• Speech synthesis and voice conversion
　• Speaker, language, and paralinguistic analysis
　• Speech enhancement, separation, and robust processing
　• Low-resource and cross-lingual speech processing
　• Speech security, spoofing detection, and adversarial robustness

3. Audio, Music, and Acoustic Signal Processing

　• Audio and acoustic signal processing and modeling
　• Spatial audio and sound-field analysis
　• Acoustic event detection and scene understanding
　• Audio information processing and generation
　• Music information processing and generation
　• Audio–speech integration and auditory modeling

4. Speech and Language Understanding with Large Models

　• Speech foundation models and large-scale models
　• Unified speech-language modeling
　• Multimodal large models
　• Speech semantic understanding and generation
　• Explainable and controllable speech intelligence

5. Spoken Dialogue Systems and Multimodal Interaction

　• Spoken dialogue systems and speech agents
　• Multi-turn dialogue and interaction modeling
　• Multimodal human-computer interaction
　• Affective and empathetic interaction
　• Virtual humans and immersive interaction

6. AI for Healthcare, Accessibility, and Wellness

　• Pathological speech analysis and applications
　• Mental health and cognitive modeling
　• Speech rehabilitation and assistive communication
　• Accessible speech technologies and inclusive AI
　• Medical dialogue systems and health intelligence

7. Speech and Language Data, Evaluation, and Systems

　• Speech and multimodal dataset construction
　• Data annotation and quality assessment
　• Benchmarks and evaluation methodologies
　• Industrial-scale systems and deployment
　• Real-time and edge speech processing

8. Generative AI and Emerging Interdisciplinary Topics

　• Generative speech and audio technologies
　• Speech and audio for embodied AI
　• Speech in virtual and immersive environments
　• Ethics, fairness, explainability, and privacy in speech AI
　• Industrial applications and interdisciplinary innovations

    Authors should ensure that submissions satisfy the following requirements:

　1. Submitted papers must present original and unpublished work with scientific and academic merit;
　2. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences or journals are prohibited;
　3. Plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct are strictly prohibited;
　4. Submitted work must comply with applicable regulations and must not contain confidential or restricted content.

    NCMMSC 2026 accepts both English and Chinese submissions, including full papers and short papers.

　1. English Full Paper: 12–15 pages, Format: English LaTeX Template or English Word Template;
　2. English Short Paper: 6–8 pages, Format: English LaTeX Template or English Word Template;
　3. Chinese Full Paper: 8–10 pages, Format: Chinese Template;
　4. Chinese Short Paper: 4–7 pages, Format: Chinese Template.

    Additional notes:

　• Authors are welcome to submit Late-Breaking Results in short paper format to facilitate early dissemination of new ideas, preliminary findings, and ongoing work, enabling feedback and future collaborations.
　• Note: The Chinese template, English LaTeX template, and English Word template are available for direct download.

1. Paper Acceptance and Presentation

    NCMMSC 2026 accepts both Chinese and English submissions.

　• All accepted papers (Chinese and English) will be presented at the conference either as oral presentations or poster presentations;
　• Chinese papers will not be included in the Springer proceedings. Outstanding Chinese papers may be recommended to selected Chinese journals (journal list to be announced);<
　• Outstanding English Full Papers may either be included in the Springer CCIS proceedings, or be recommended to selected English journals (journal list to be announced);<
　• Only accepted English Full Papers included in the Springer CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science) proceedings are considered formally published conference Full Papers.

2. Journal Recommendation

    To further improve research quality and increase academic impact, NCMMSC 2026 provides a journal recommendation mechanism.

　• Authors should indicate during submission whether they wish to be considered for journal recommendation;
　• Recommended papers must be extended and reformatted according to journal requirements and will undergo an additional journal review process;
　• If a paper is not accepted by the journal, authors may revise and resubmit to the journal or withdraw from the journal publication process;
　• A paper cannot be simultaneously published in both a journal and the Springer CCIS proceedings.

3. Spotlight Papers

    NCMMSC 2026 establishes a Spotlight Paper program to recognize highly innovative and impactful work. Authors should indicate during submission whether they wish their papers to be considered for Spotlight Paper selection.