3 papers
cs.CL2026
Direct Preference Optimization for English-Mandarin Code-Switching Speech Recognition in Audio LLMs
Trung Nguyen Quang, Cheng Yi Lewis Won, Minh Duc Pham +3
Audio large language models (Audio LLMs) exhibit systematic failures in transcribing code-switching speech despite strong multilingual capabilities. Focusing on English-Mandarin, w…
cs.AI2026
Unlocking Cognitive Capabilities and Analyzing the Perception-Logic Trade-off
Longyin Zhang, Shuo Sun, Yingxu He +15
Recent advancements in Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) pursue omni-perception capabilities, yet integrating robust sensory grounding with complex reasoning remains a chall…
cs.SD2025
MERaLiON-SER: Robust Speech Emotion Recognition Model for English and SEA Languages
Hardik B. Sailor, Aw Ai Ti, Chen Fang Yih Nancy +26
We present MERaLiON-SER, a robust speech emotion recognition model designed for English and Southeast Asian languages. The model is trained using a hybrid objective combining weigh…