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We introduce a novel segmental-attention model for automatic speech recognition. We restrict the decoder attention to segments to avoid quadratic runtime of global attention, better generalize to long sequences, and eventually enable…
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The focus of this research is sensor applications including radar and sonar. Optimal sensing means achieving the best signal quality with the least time and energy cost, which allows processing more data. This paper presents novel work by…
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