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ISCApad #147 |
Sunday, September 12, 2010 by Chris Wellekens |
2-1 | Standing on the shoulders of giants....(I.Newton)Dear ISCA members, While many of you have already heard, we are sorry to announce the passing of Fred Jelinek. Fred was a giant in the speech and language area. He pioneered and tirelessly promoted the application of statistical methods to speech and language processing. When he first began in the early 1970s, the concept was extremely controversial; today this approach is taken for granted. Fred received numerous awards in his long, distinguished career, included being named an ISCA Medalist in 1999 and an ISCA Fellow in 2008. Fred had been the long-term director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP) and the Julian Sinclair Smith Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. A more detailed description of his life and work, as well as information for those interested in making contributions in his memory can be found on the CLSP website (http://clsp.jhu.edu/ ). He will be greatly missed but his legacy to us will continue. Isabel Trancoso, ISCA president and the ISCA board
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2-2 | Annual assembly: a message from David House, ISCA Secretary Dear ISCA members,
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2-3 | Membership renewal before Interspeech 2010 If you are planning to attend INTERSPEECH 2010 and your ISCA membership expires before 30 September 2010, please renew your membership now at http://www.isca-speech.org/. renew your membership now at http://www.isca-speech.org/.
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2-4 | Interspeech 2013 The ISCA Board is very happy to announce that INTERSPEECH 2013 will take place in Lyon, France, 25-29 August 2013, with a special focus on
SPEECH IN LIFE SCIENCES AND HUMAN SOCIETIES
The conference will be organized by INRIA, University of Lyon II, University of Avignon, University Paris III, GIPSA-Lab (Grenoble), LIMSI/CNRS, and AFCP (French-speaking SIG of ISCA)
General Chair: Frédéric Bimbot
The Board congratulates the winning team for their successful bid and wishes them all the success in the organization of INTERSPEECH 2013.
Isabel Trancoso ISCA President
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2-5 | ISCA student advisory committee (ISCA-SAC) seeks student volunteers. 'ISCA Student Advisory Committee (ISCA-SAC) is seeking student volunteers to
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