Investigating reproducibility at Interspeech conferences : a longitudinal and comparative perspective

Publication type
C1
Publication status
Published
Authors
Arvan, M., Doğruöz, A.S., & Parde, N.
Series
Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2023)
Pagination
3929-3933
Publisher
International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Conference
24th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2023) (Dublin, Ireland)
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Abstract

Reproducibility is a key aspect for scientific advancement across disciplines, and reducing barriers for open science is a focus area for the theme of Interspeech 2023. Availability of source code is one of the indicators that facilitates reproducibility. However, less is known about the rates of reproducibility at Interspeech conferences in comparison to other conferences in the field. In order to fill this gap, we have surveyed 27,717 papers at seven conferences across speech and language processing disciplines. We find that despite having a close number of accepted papers to the other conferences, Interspeech has up to 40% less source code availability. In addition to reporting the difficulties we have encountered during our research, we also provide recommendations and possible directions to increase reproducibility for further studies.