--- title: "Elena V. Epure — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Elena V. Epure, Idiap Research Institute: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 8 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elena-v-epure/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elena-v-epure/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Elena V. Epure # Elena V. Epure Elena V. Epure has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/); often with [Christophe Cerisara](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christophe-cerisara/), [Gaspard Michel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gaspard-michel/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5077407955) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6930-9482) · [**h-index 8**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5077407955) · [88 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077407955) · [337 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077407955&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elena-v-epure/#papers) · 🔗 Cited 1 time in our library · [4 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #13527](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/136/#star-13527) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Elena+V.+Epure) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Elena+V.+Epure) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Elena+V.+Epure) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Elena+V.+Epure) ## Affiliations [🔬**Idiap Research Institute** Martigny-Combe · Switzerland 2026 · 8 papersEmployment since 2026 · Research Scientist / Group Leader*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/idiap-research-institute/) · [🎓**Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne** Paris · France 2014–2018 · 10 papersEducation 2014–2018 · PhD, Centre de Recherche en Informatique](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universite-paris-1-pantheon-sorbonne/) · [🔬**Centre de recherche en informatique (Paris)** Paris · France 2014–2018 · 9 papers](https://ror.org/03vqacf92) · [🎓**Université Paris Cité** Paris · France 2019–2020 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universite-paris-cite/) · [🎓**Utrecht University** Utrecht · Netherlands 2011–2014 · 2 papersEducation 2011–2013 · M.Sc., Business Informatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/utrecht-university/) 🏛️**Deezer** Paris · [France](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/france/) 2018–2026Employment 2018–2026 · Research Scientist [🎓**Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București** Bucharest · Romania 2007–2011Education 2007–2011 · B.Sc. & B.Eng., Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitatea-nationala-de-stiinta-si-tehnologie-politehnica-bucuresti/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Literature and Literary Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/literature-and-literary-theory/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Signal Processing · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/signal-processing/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elena-v-epure/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Computational Narrative Understanding for Expressive Text-to-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michel-2026-computational-narrative-understanding-expressive-text/)** *(2026)* Audiobook corpora are often seen as too flat for training expressive text-to-speech (TTS). The authors challenge this view. They note that fiction recordings alternate between neutral narration and livelier character dialogue, and existing segmentations blend the two. On LibriHeavy-small, pitch variability increases… 2. **[S-VoCAL: A Dataset and Evaluation Framework for Inferring Speaking Voice Character Attributes in Literature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pardo-2026-s-vocal-dataset-evaluation-framework/)** *(2026)* Synthetic audiobook narration still struggles to voice fictional characters convincingly. Assigning each character a fitting voice requires knowing traits like age, gender or origin, which novels often leave implicit or spread across distant chapters. Earlier character datasets mostly offer free-form literary… ## All works 6 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Automatic Annotation of Direct Speech in Written French Narratives ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2023.acl-long.393/) Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) · no summary yet**Noé Durandard et al.*2023 · 2 citations* 2. **[Computational Narrative Understanding for Expressive Text-to-Speech](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michel-2026-computational-narrative-understanding-expressive-text/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Gaspard Michel, Elena V. Epure, Christophe Cerisara*2026* 3. **[S-VoCAL: A Dataset and Evaluation Framework for Inferring Speaking Voice Character Attributes in Literature](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pardo-2026-s-vocal-dataset-evaluation-framework/) [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/)**Abigail Berthe-Pardo, Gaspard Michel, Elena V. Epure, et al.*2026* 4. **[Pauzee : Prédiction des pauses dans la lecture d'un texte ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2023.jeptalnrecital-long.4/) Actes de CORIA-TALN 2023. Actes de la 30e Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN), volume 1 : travaux de recherche originaux – articles longs · no summary yet**Marion Baranes et al.*2023* 5. **[Modéliser la perception des genres musicaux à travers différentes cultures à partir de ressources linguistiques (Modeling the Music Genre Perception across Language-Bound Cultures ) ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2021.jeptalnrecital-taln.28/) Actes de la 28e Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles. Volume 1 : conférence principale · no summary yet**Elena V. Epure et al.*2021* 6. **[Muzeeglot : annotation multilingue et multi-sources d'entités musicales à partir de représentations de genres musicaux (Muzeeglot : cross-lingual multi-source music item annotation from music genre embeddings) ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2020.jeptalnrecital-demos.5/) Actes de la 6e conférence conjointe Journées d'Études sur la Parole (JEP, 33e édition), Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN, 27e édition), Rencontre des Étudiants Chercheurs en Informatique pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues (RÉCITAL, 22e édition). Volume 4 : Démonstrations et résumés d'articles internationaux · no summary yet**Elena V. Epure et al.*2020* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Christophe Cerisara](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christophe-cerisara/) ×2 - [Gaspard Michel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/gaspard-michel/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2026/) - Actes de CORIA-TALN 2023. Actes de la 30e Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN), volume 1 : travaux de recherche originaux – articles longs - Actes de la 28e Conférence sur le Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles. Volume 1 : conférence principale - Actes de la 6e conférence conjointe Journées d'Études sur la Parole (JEP, 33e édition), Traitement Automatique des Langues Naturelles (TALN, 27e édition), Rencontre des Étudiants Chercheurs en Informatique pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues (RÉCITAL, 22e édition). Volume 4 : Démonstrations et résumés d'articles internationaux - Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1 time (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read). Updated 1 November 2026