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cs.SD2026

Synthetic Speech Attribution via Prototypical Networks

Viola Negroni, Paolo Bestagini, Stefano Tubaro

Synthetic speech attribution aims to identify the generative system responsible for a speech signal, but current approaches typically rely on black-box neural networks that provide…

cs.SD2026

Toward Interpretable Speech Deepfake Detection using Artifact-Specific Experts and Calibrated Detection Scores

Viola Negroni, Xin Wang, Wanying Ge +3

In this work, we propose an interpretable framework for speech deepfake detection based on artifact-specific expert models. Rather than relying on black-box decisions, the framewor…

cs.SD2026

Multi-Task Transformer for Explainable Speech Deepfake Detection via Formant Modeling

Viola Negroni, Luca Cuccovillo, Paolo Bestagini +2

In this work, we introduce a multi-task transformer for speech deepfake detection, capable of predicting formant trajectories and voicing patterns over time, ultimately classifying…

cs.SD2025

Forensic Similarity for Speech Deepfakes

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Daniele Ugo Leonzio +2

In this paper, we introduce the concept of forensic similarity in the speech deepfake detection domain, which aims to determine whether two audio segments share the same underlying…

cs.SD2025

Attention-based Mixture of Experts for Robust Speech Deepfake Detection

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Alessandro Ilic Mezza +2

AI-generated speech is becoming increasingly used in everyday life, powering virtual assistants, accessibility tools, and other applications. However, it is also being exploited fo…

cs.SD2025

Phoneme-Level Analysis for Person-of-Interest Speech Deepfake Detection

Davide Salvi, Viola Negroni, Sara Mandelli +2

Recent advances in generative AI have made the creation of speech deepfakes widely accessible, posing serious challenges to digital trust. To counter this, various speech deepfake…

cs.SD2025★ 1 cited

Source Verification for Speech Deepfakes

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Paolo Bestagini +1

With the proliferation of speech deepfake generators, it becomes crucial not only to assess the authenticity of synthetic audio but also to trace its origin. While source attributi…

cs.SD2025★ 3 cited

Anomaly Detection and Localization for Speech Deepfakes via Feature Pyramid Matching

Emma Coletta, Davide Salvi, Viola Negroni +2

The rise of AI-driven generative models has enabled the creation of highly realistic speech deepfakes - synthetic audio signals that can imitate target speakers' voices - raising c…

cs.SD2024★ 1 cited

Comparative Analysis of ASR Methods for Speech Deepfake Detection

Davide Salvi, Amit Kumar Singh Yadav, Kratika Bhagtani +3

Recent techniques for speech deepfake detection often rely on pre-trained self-supervised models. These systems, initially developed for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), have pr…

cs.SD2024

POLIPHONE: A Dataset for Smartphone Model Identification from Audio Recordings

Davide Salvi, Daniele Ugo Leonzio, Antonio Giganti +4

When dealing with multimedia data, source attribution is a key challenge from a forensic perspective. This task aims to determine how a given content was captured, providing valuab…

cs.SD2024★ 1 cited

Freeze and Learn: Continual Learning with Selective Freezing for Speech Deepfake Detection

Davide Salvi, Viola Negroni, Luca Bondi +2

In speech deepfake detection, one of the critical aspects is developing detectors able to generalize on unseen data and distinguish fake signals across different datasets. Common a…

cs.SD2024★ 1 cited

Leveraging Mixture of Experts for Improved Speech Deepfake Detection

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Alessandro Ilic Mezza +2

Speech deepfakes pose a significant threat to personal security and content authenticity. Several detectors have been proposed in the literature, and one of the primary challenges…

cs.SD2024

Analyzing the Impact of Splicing Artifacts in Partially Fake Speech Signals

Viola Negroni, Davide Salvi, Paolo Bestagini +1

Speech deepfake detection has recently gained significant attention within the multimedia forensics community. Related issues have also been explored, such as the identification of…

cs.SD2024

Spectrogram-Based Detection of Auto-Tuned Vocals in Music Recordings

Mahyar Gohari, Paolo Bestagini, Sergio Benini +1

In the domain of music production and audio processing, the implementation of automatic pitch correction of the singing voice, also known as Auto-Tune, has significantly transforme…

cs.SD2024★ 2 cited

Compression Robust Synthetic Speech Detection Using Patched Spectrogram Transformer

Amit Kumar Singh Yadav, Ziyue Xiang, Kratika Bhagtani +3

Many deep learning synthetic speech generation tools are readily available. The use of synthetic speech has caused financial fraud, impersonation of people, and misinformation to s…

cs.SD2024

Listening Between the Lines: Synthetic Speech Detection Disregarding Verbal Content

Davide Salvi, Temesgen Semu Balcha, Paolo Bestagini +1

Recent advancements in synthetic speech generation have led to the creation of forged audio data that are almost indistinguishable from real speech. This phenomenon poses a new cha…