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| Friday, May 10, 2013 by Chris Wellekens |
3-1 ISCA Events
| 3-1-1 | (2013-06-19) ISCA Workshop on Non-Linear Speech Processing (NOLISP 2013) ISCA Workshop on Non-Linear Speech Processing (NOLISP 2013) June 19-21, 2013 University of Mons, Belgium http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/nolisp2013/
INTRODUCTION
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to cordially invite you to participate in the upcoming ISCA Workshop on Non-Linear Speech Processing (NOLISP2013), which will be held at the University of Mons, Belgium, on the following dates: June 19-21, 2013. The workshop will cover all topics which come under the area of digital speech processing and its applications, with an emphasis on non-linear techniques. In accordance with the spirit of the ISCA workshops, the upcoming workshop will focus on research and results, give information on tools and welcome prototype demonstrations of potential future applications.
We are glad to inform you that the proceedings of the workshop will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, and that the workshop will be followed by a special issue in the Computer Speech and Language journal.
We are also happy to welcome four very interesting invited speakers who will give a talk in their expertise area: Prof. Steve Renals, Prof. Christophe d’Alessandro, Prof. Björn Schuller, and Prof. Yannis Stylianou.
The workshop is being organized by Dr. Thomas Drugman and Prof. Thierry Dutoit, from the University of Mons.
We look forward to your participation!
WORKSHOP THEMES
The Non-Linear Speech Processing (NOLISP) workshop is a biennial international workshop aiming at presenting and discussing new ideas, techniques and results related to alternative approaches in speech processing. New and innovative approaches and their applications are welcome to participate in this workshop.
Contributions are expected in (though not restricted to) the following domains: •Non-Linear Approximation and Estimation •Non-Linear Oscillators and Predictors •Higher-Order Statistics •Independent Component Analysis •Nearest Neighbours •Neural Networks •Decision Trees •Non-Parametric Models •Dynamics of Non-Linear Systems •Fractal Methods •Chaos Modeling •Non-Linear Differential Equations
All fields of speech processing are targeted by the workshop, namely: •Speech Production •Speech Analysis and Modeling •Speech Coding •Speech Synthesis •Speech Recognition •Speaker Identification / Verification •Speech Enhancement / Separation •Speech Perception •Others
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of Regular Papers February 22, 2013 Notification of Paper Acceptance March 29, 2013 Revised Paper Upload Deadline April 10, 2013 Early Registration Deadline May 3, 2013 Registration Deadline May 31, 2013
INVITED SPEAKERS
The NOLISP2013 workshop is glad to welcome the four following invited speakers who are each experts in their domain:
• Prof. Steve Renals, Centre for Speech Technology Research, University of Edinburgh, UK: Automatic Speech Recognition
• Prof. Christophe d’Alessandro, LIMSI-CNRS, Paris, France: Speech Synthesis and Voice Quality
• Prof. Björn Schuller, TUM, Munich, Germany: Emotive Speech Processing
• Prof. Yannis Stylianou, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece: Speech Processing and Medical Application
PROCEEDINGS AND SPECIAL ISSUE
NOLISP 2013 proceedings will be published in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI, Springer). We are also happy to let you know that the workshop will be followed by a special issue in the Computer Speech and Language journal.
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| 3-1-2 | (2013-08-23) INTERSPEECH 2013 Lyon France (Poster) Interspeech 2013 Lyon, France 25-29 August 2013 General Chair: Frédéric Bimbot
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| 3-1-3 | (2013-08-31) 8th ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW8) Barcelona SpainCall for Papers 8th ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop (SSW8) Barcelona, Spain - August 31st- September 2nd, 2013 http://ssw8.talp.cat The Eighth ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop (ITRW) on Speech Synthesis will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from August 31st 2013 to September 2nd 2013. It is a satellite workshop of Interspeech 2013, to be held from August 25th through August 29th 2013. The Workshop is promoted by the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) and the ISCA Special Interest Group on Speech Synthesis (SynSIG). The workshop is a continuation of the previous ESCA/ISCA workshops, Autrans 1990, Mohonk 1994, Jenolan Caves 1998, Pitlochry 2001, Pittsburgh 2004, Bonn 2007, Kyoto 2010 which aimed to promote research and development of all aspects of speech synthesis. Workshop topics Papers in all areas of speech synthesis technology are encouraged to be submitted, including: - Grapheme-to-phoneme conversion for synthesis - Text processing for speech synthesis (text normalization, syntactic and semantic analysis) - Segmental-level and/or concatenative synthesis - Signal processing/statistical model for synthesis - Speech synthesis paradigms and methods; articulatory synthesis, parametric synthesis etc. - Prosody modeling and generation - Expression, emotion and personality generation - Voice conversion and modification, morphing - Concept-to-speech conversion speech synthesis in dialog systems - Avatars and talking faces - Cross-lingual and multilingual aspects for synthesis - Applications of synthesis technologies to communication disorders - TTS for embedded devices and computational issues - Tools and data for speech synthesis - Quality assessment/evaluation metrics in synthesis - Special topic: performative speech and singing synthesis. Call for Demos We are planning to have a demo session: If you have some demonstrations of your work that does not really fit in a regular oral or poster presentation, please let us know. Demonstrations on performative speech and singing synthesis are specially encouraged. The workshop program will consist of invited lectures, oral and poster presentations, and panel discussions. Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length, 4-6 page papers, including figures and references. All papers will be handled and reviewed electronically. The SSW8 website http://ssw8.talp.cat/ will provide you with further details. Important dates: - Paper submission deadline: May 27th, 2013 - Notification of acceptance: July 1st, 2013 - Camera-ready final versions: July 16th, 2013 - Workshop: August 31st - September 2nd, 2013 - Blizzard Challenge 2013 WS (Barcelona): September 3rd.
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| 3-1-4 | (2014-09-07) INTERSPEECH 2014 Singapore
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| 3-1-5 | (2015) INTERSPEECH 2015 Dresden RFA The following preliminary list of principal organizers plan INTERSPEECH 2015:
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| 3-1-6 | Appel à des étudiants volontaires pour Interspeech 2013 à Lyon ----Ce message s'adresse aux étudiants de la communauté Parole et
à leurs encadrants (pour diffusion la plus large possible)---- Etudiants, Vous voulez contribuer activement à l'organisation de ce bel évènement scientifique? Vous vouliez participer à Interspeech mais hésitiez pour des raisons financières? Vous commencez vos études et vous voulez voir à quoi ressemble votre future communauté scientifique? Vous voulez transmettre une image dynamique et sympathique de la communauté Parole francophone ? Alors, répondez présent à cet appel !
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| 3-1-7 | Flash news of INTERSPEECH 2013INTERSPEECH 2013 Conference with special focus on 'Speech in Life Sciences and Human Societies' 25-29 August 2013, Lyon (France) ------------------ --- FLASH NEWS --- ------------------ Call for *Show & Tell* opened until April 19th, 2013 (midnight GMT): http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/special-events *Registration* to the conference will start by mid April, on: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/registration List of *conference areas*: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/conference-areas Six *tutorials* programmed on Sunday 25th. See below and: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/tutorials ----------------------- --- IMPORTANT DATES --- ----------------------- Call for Papers: now closed Notification of acceptance: May 24, 2013 Camera-ready papers: May 29, 2013 ----------------------------------- --- MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZERS --- ----------------------------------- The submission process for regular papers is closed and the review process is now underway. We thank authors for all the hard work they have put in preparing their submissions. This year, a record has been reached with 1450 regular paper proposals. These submissions are now being processed by the scientific committee with the help of a large panel of reviewers from around the world, who we thank for their involvement in making Interspeech'13 a huge success. Please note that *the call for Show & Tell will remain open until April 19th.* Do not hesitate to submit ! Registration will start by mid-April. Early registration fees for full-delegate ISCA members are set to 520 Euros, including the conference banquet. Students will benefit from a reduced rate of 50% (i.e. 260 Euros). In order to keep overall costs low, an accomodation package will be proposed to students, in the range of 250 Euros for 5 nights + breakfast. Grants will also be available, to further reduce financial burden. Stay tuned for more info on the conference website. Bien amicalement, The Organizing Committee -------------------------------- --- CALL FOR SHOW & TELL --- --- AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS --- -------------------------------- *Show and Tell* Show & Tell is a special event organized during the Interspeech 2013 conference, where participants are given the opportunity to demonstrate their most recent progress, developments or innovation tracks, and interact with the conference attendees. Submission deadline is April 19, 2013. Any demonstration of concepts, algorithms, tools, resources, etc... falling within the general scope of the conference are welcome. However, in accordance with the conference special focus, we particularly encourage proposals fitting into the following four main topics: - Brain and Human Language - Speech in Life Sciences and Human Societies - Human-Robot and Human-Machine Spoken Interaction - The Paralinguistic Challenges To participate to the Show & Tell, submit a 2-page proposal (in pdf format) describing the concept from the technical point-of-view, its innovative side and the format under which you intend to present it. Authors are allowed to include links to web pages in the pdf proposal. Proposals should be submitted to the following e-mail address: is13-showandtell@inria.fr More details on http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/special-events A Google Show & Tell Prize of 500 Euros will be awarded to the most innovative participation. *Panel Session* We are pleased to announce an Industry Panel Session at Interspeech 2013. Linking Research to Industry: The practitioner's view on 'Competitive Manufacturing for Innovative Products and Services based on speech technologies' in Robotics, Video games, Serious games, Therapeutic applications. Objectives: The aim of this panel session is to give Interspeech participants from industry an opportunity to share their views on the recent advances in spoken language research, the remaining challenges, and the diversity of applications and to foster the exchange between academia and industrial practice. ----------------- --- TUTORIALS --- ----------------- We are happy to announce 6 high-level tutorials in conjunction with Interspeech 2013. In accordance with the special focus of the conference, the programme of tutorials intends to provide a good balance between computer sciences and human sciences related topics. Interspeech 2013 also introduces a mix between tutorials on advanced topics (recent advances in ...) and tutorials providing the necessary basis on a particular subject (crash course), mix that we hope will be found attractive by the participants. *List of tutorials* : Spectrogram reading in French and English: language-dependent and independant acoustic cues to phonological features, coarticulation and influence of prosodic position Jacqueline Vaissière, CNRS, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Recent Advances in Incremental Spoken Language Processing Timo Baumann, Universität Hamburg, Germany David Schlangen, Universität Bielefeld,Germany Forensic Automatic Speaker Recognition: Theory, Implementation and Practice Andrzej Drygajlo, Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland Identification and modification of consonant perceptual cues in natural speech Andrea Trevino Carolina, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, USA Jont Allen, affiliation University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, USA Feipeng Li, Johns Hopkins University, USA Recent Advances on Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Jen-Tzung Chien, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Georges Saon, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA What speech researchers should know about video technology? Koichi Shinoda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Florian Metze, Carnegie Mellon University, USA More info soon on: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/tutorials --------------------- --- MISCELLANEOUS --- --------------------- The following prizes will be awarded at Interspeech 2013 : - ISCA Best Paper Award - Google's Best Show & Tell Prize - 7th Christian Benoit Award More information on: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/prizes-and-awards Keynote talks: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/keynote-speakers Information on satellite workshops: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/satellite-workshops Become a sponsor or an exhibitor at the conference: http://www.interspeech2013.org/content/become-partner-interspeech-2013 ---------------- --- CONTACTS --- ---------------- Conference Chairs: conference-chairs@interspeech2013.org Technical Programme Chairs: technical-chairs@interspeech2013.org Organizers: organizers@interspeech2013.org Webmaster: webmaster@interspeech2013.org .
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