Man-Wai Mak is Associate Professor of Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Jen-Tzung Chien is a Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He has published extensively, including the book Bayesian Speech and Language Processing (Cambridge 2015). He is currently serving as an elected member of the IEEE Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) Technical Committee.

'There is a need for an accessible textbook to help newcomers to enter the field [of automatic speaker recognition]. Machine Learning for Speaker Recognition by Man-Wai Mak and Jen-Tzung Chien serves such a need. Both authors are highly seasoned in the field. They cover both fundamental techniques and state-of-the-art methods at an accessible level using the language of modern probabilistic machine learning. The authors cover different components of speaker recognition systems including feature extraction, back-end modeling and scoring, along with various case studies. The book is well suited for the needs of graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering and computer science, along with practitioners. Apart from basic prerequisites in calculus, linear algebra, probabilities and statistics, the textbook provides a coherent and self-contained journey into what modern automatic speaker recognition is about.' Tomi Kinnunen, University of Eastern Finland

• Part I. Fundamental Theories: 1. Introduction; 2. Learning algorithms; 3. Machine learning models; Part II. Advanced Studies: 4. Deep learning models; 5. Robust speaker verification; 6. Domain adaptation; 7. Dimension reduction and data augmentation; 8. Future direction; Index.

Man-Wai Mak is Associate Professor of Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Jen-Tzung Chien is a Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He has published extensively, including the book Bayesian Speech and Language Processing (Cambridge 2015). He is currently serving as an elected member of the IEEE Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) Technical Committee.

'There is a need for an accessible textbook to help newcomers to enter the field [of automatic speaker recognition]. Machine Learning for Speaker Recognition by Man-Wai Mak and Jen-Tzung Chien serves such a need. Both authors are highly seasoned in the field. They cover both fundamental techniques and state-of-the-art methods at an accessible level using the language of modern probabilistic machine learning. The authors cover different components of speaker recognition systems including feature extraction, back-end modeling and scoring, along with various case studies. The book is well suited for the needs of graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering and computer science, along with practitioners. Apart from basic prerequisites in calculus, linear algebra, probabilities and statistics, the textbook provides a coherent and self-contained journey into what modern automatic speaker recognition is about.' Tomi Kinnunen, University of Eastern Finland

• Part I. Fundamental Theories: 1. Introduction; 2. Learning algorithms; 3. Machine learning models; Part II. Advanced Studies: 4. Deep learning models; 5. Robust speaker verification; 6. Domain adaptation; 7. Dimension reduction and data augmentation; 8. Future direction; Index.

Man-Wai Mak is Associate Professor of Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Jen-Tzung Chien is a Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He has published extensively, including the book Bayesian Speech and Language Processing (Cambridge 2015). He is currently serving as an elected member of the IEEE Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) Technical Committee.

'There is a need for an accessible textbook to help newcomers to enter the field [of automatic speaker recognition]. Machine Learning for Speaker Recognition by Man-Wai Mak and Jen-Tzung Chien serves such a need. Both authors are highly seasoned in the field. They cover both fundamental techniques and state-of-the-art methods at an accessible level using the language of modern probabilistic machine learning. The authors cover different components of speaker recognition systems including feature extraction, back-end modeling and scoring, along with various case studies. The book is well suited for the needs of graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering and computer science, along with practitioners. Apart from basic prerequisites in calculus, linear algebra, probabilities and statistics, the textbook provides a coherent and self-contained journey into what modern automatic speaker recognition is about.' Tomi Kinnunen, University of Eastern Finland

• Part I. Fundamental Theories: 1. Introduction; 2. Learning algorithms; 3. Machine learning models; Part II. Advanced Studies: 4. Deep learning models; 5. Robust speaker verification; 6. Domain adaptation; 7. Dimension reduction and data augmentation; 8. Future direction; Index.