Interspeech 2013 Conference - First Call  for Participation

with special focus on 'Speech in Life Sciences and Human Societies'

Dear colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce the forthcoming edition of INTERSPEECH, the annual conference of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), which will be held in Lyon, France, 25-29 August 2013.

INTERSPEECH is the world's largest and most comprehensive conference on Spoken Language Processing science and technology. This edition will be the 14th in the annual series of Interspeech events and will coincide with the 25th anniversary of ISCA, formerly known as ESCA, which was born in France in 1988.

INTERSPEECH 2013 is coordinated by AFCP (Association Francophone de la Communication Parlée, i.e. the “French-speaking” Special Interest Group of ISCA).

The conference will be hosted in the Lyon Convention Center, which offers first-grade facilities in a very attractive city and region, at the heart of Europe.

Speech is a fundamental human activity which runs across biology, medicine, psychology, sociology, anthropology or ecology. It is central to the organization and the development of human health, personality and intelligence. It is also essential to the synergy within human groups and their relationship with their environment.

Besides the conventional acoustic and linguistic viewpoints on speech communication, all these related disciplines provide additional approaches to speech as the keystone of communication, cognition and interaction in human societies.

The conference will thus promote an interdisciplinary approach covering all aspects of speech science and technology, ranging from fundamental contributions to practical applications, in a wide variety of areas.

INTERSPEECH 2013 will consist of regular oral and poster sessions, plenary talks by internationally renowned experts, tutorials, exhibits, special sessions, show & tells and satellite events. INTERSPEECH papers are indexed in ISI, Engineering Index, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

Our website will provide you with information and news including the various calls, the important dates, instructions, programs, and all useful arrangements for participating to the conference.

The INTERSPEECH 2013 Organizing Committee is actively engaged in the preparation of the event and it will be a great honor and pleasure for the French community in Speech Sciences to welcome you to INTERSPEECH 2013 in Lyon, next summer.

Frédéric Bimbot (Chair)
        Cécile Fougeron (Co-Chair)
        François Pellegrino (Co-Chair)

Contact : conference-chairs@interspeech2013.org

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Interspeech 2013 Calls First Announcement

CALL FOR SATELLITE WORKSHOPS

The call for Satellite Workshops is now closed.

INTERSPEECH 2013 satellite events will be announced and advertised on: www.interspeech2013.org/satellite_events.html

CALL FOR TUTORIALS

Submission Deadline: January 4, 2013
Notification of acceptance: February 4, 2013

Tutorial proposals covering interdisciplinary topics and/or focusing on important  emerging areas of interest related to the conference are encouraged.

We welcome applications which may be either “recent advances on…” some recently emerging specialized hot topics which deserves to be focused on, or “crash-courses” targeted towards an audience who is looking for a comprehensive yet condensed overview of a wider area.

Visit the Tutorial Page of the conference website for more information and for instructions on how to submit a tutorial proposal: www.interspeech2013.org/tutorials.html

CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2013
Notification of pre-selection: February 1, 2013
Final list of special sessions: May 22, 2013

Special sessions at Interspeech are designed to bring together researchers in relevant fields of interest, either on a targeted topic, or beyond the traditional scope of the conference.

Prospective organizers are invited to submit a proposal via e-mail at special-session@interspeech2013.org

For more information about the 2013 Special Session submission process :   www.interspeech2013.org/special_sessions.html

CALL FOR PAPERS

Submission Deadline:  March 18, 2013
Notification of acceptance: May 22, 2013
Camera-ready paper: May 29, 2013

Technical chairs : Lori Lamel, Pascal Perrier

    Contact : technical-chairs@interspeech2013.org

Click here for the complete Call for Papers.

CALL FOR SHOW & TELL AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS

Show and Tell Submission Deadline: April 19, 2013
Notification of acceptance: May 22, 2013

The Show & Tell event is intended to provide professionals of     various backgrounds with an opportunity to demonstrate their most    recent progress, developments or innovation tracks, and interact     with the conference attendees in an informal way.

Other special events are in preparation and will be detailed within the forthcoming months.

For more info on Show & Tell and to keep posted on other special events click here: www.interspeech2013.org/special_events.html

SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES

If you consider becoming a sponsor of INTERSPEECH 2013 or an exhibitor at the conference, you are welcome to visit:
  http://www.interspeech2013.org/sponsors-exhibitors.html

For any inquiry, please contact : sponsors-exhibitors@interspeech2013.org

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

The administrative organization and logistic coordination of the conference is carried out by INRIA Rennes Bretagne Atlantique  and EUROPA ORGANISATION.

To contact the organizers : organizers@interspeech2013.org

CONFERENCE VENUE

The Conference will be held at the Lyon Convention Center (CCC), Lyon, France.