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Saturday, August 10, 2013 by Chris Wellekens

2 ISCA News
2-1President's message

Since a new board has been elected, its next meeting will appoint a new president. We heartly thank Jean François Bonastre who efficiently served during a  4-year term and is currently quite busy with the organization of Interspeech 2013 in Lyon. Jean François wrote his last president message in our previous issue.

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2-2INTERSPEECH 2013 Conference REGISTER NOW
INTERSPEECH 2013 Conference
with special focus on 'Speech in Life Sciences and Human Societies'
25-29 August 2013, Lyon (France)
Join us for the 14th edition of the INTERSPEECH Conference in Lyon, 25-29 August 2013.
 
Register now...
 
... and experience the largest international event in the field of speech communication sciences, in a wonderful venue and area at the heart of Europe.
 
Conference website : http://www.interspeech2013.org
 
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Flash News
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Early registration : deadline extended until June 21st
 
Accomodation package in university residence starting from €170 for 5 nights 
 
A preliminary version of the programme 'at a glance' is now accessible at :
Full programme to be disclosed soon.
 
During the conference, an exciting special event celebrating the 25th anniversary of ESCA/ISCA will review the major scientific evolutions of the field, the milestones achieved and the challenges ahead.
 
Follow us on twitter! #interspeech2013
 
 
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The Interspeech conference
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INTERSPEECH, the annual conference of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), is the world's largest and most comprehensive conference on Spoken Language Processing science and technology. This year's edition 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.
 
The conference covers all aspects of speech science and technology, ranging from fundamental contributions to practical applications, in a wide variety of areas. The programme will consist of 750 communications as oral and poster sessions, 4 keynote talks by internationally renowned experts, 6 high-level tutorials, 30 Show & Tell demos, plus an exhibition and satellite workshops. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2-3Membership validity dates
 
 Dear members of ISCA,
 
All voters in the upcoming election for the ISCA Board must be active members in 2013.
 
 Please note that a 'yearly renewal' at ISCA does not actually give a 12-month term. 
 
To simplify administration, the ISCA Board decided in 2002 to have all memberships 
 
end either on June 30 or Dec. 31, which means that any given renewal lasts a variable 
 
duration (8-14 months) depending on when the renewal occurs; see:
 
 http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/membership/251 
 
All those who paid their fees via registration at Interspeech-2012 are active ISCA 
 
members till June 30, 2013. However, those who paid a yearly renewal early in 2012
 
 must renew for 2013 to render their account active. We invite you to verify your status:
 
 http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/iscamember/list 
 
With your member number XXXX, you can retrieve a forgotten password:
 
 http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/iscamember/forget 
 
We hope you will be participating in this year's election, which is expected to start 
 
next week and end on April 30th. All ISCA members will get an invitation email to vote.
 
 Best regards, 
 
Douglas O'Shaughnessy ISCA Secretary 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2-4Videos of Interspeech conferences
Video archives are available in 
http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/archive/video-archive 
where keynote speeches from IS 2007, 2010 and 2011 can be seen. Very soon we will have 
the material for IS 2012 as well.
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2-5CALL FOR CANDIDATES AFCP THESIS PRIZE 2013

CALL FOR CANDIDATES
AFCP THESIS PRIZE 2013


Since 2004, the French-speaking Association for Speech Communication (AFCP - http://www.afcp-parole.org/) awards
an annual scientific prize for an excellent thesis to promote research in spoken communication, basic or applied, in the fields of Computer Science, Humanities, Social Sciences and Life Sciences (see http://www.afcp-parole.org/spip.php?rubrique172 for past laureates). This award supports and disseminates the work of young researchers.
The prize is awarded by a jury composed of researchers from the elected board of AFCP (http://www.afcp-parole.org/spip.php?article1718). It will be officially presented at the JEP conference, in June 2014.
The winner will receive the sum of 500 euros and will be invited to present his/her work to the community of spoken communication. Moreover his/her thesis will be published as a book in the collection 'Parole' (Speech) (published by CIPA).

 The thesis can be written in English provided it comes from a French speaking laboratory.
CALENDAR
Deadline of submission: 30 April 2013
AFCP jury's decision: 30 September 2013 Award ceremony: JEP 2014
CONDITIONS
Any doctor whose thesis is written in French or English (in case of another language, please contact AFCP by sending an e-mail to david.langlois@loria.fr) in a French-speaking laboratory and was defended between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012 may apply. All application is limited to a single edition of the award. Only complete applications will be considered.
APPLICATION
To apply, you must:
(1) Send an e-mail stating your intention to apply with your name, title of the thesis, the name of the supervisor, and the date of defense to: david.langlois@loria.fr. You will receive an acknowledgment.
(2) Upload your thesis manuscript in PDF on the AFCP website server: http://www.afcp-parole.org/spip.php?page=depot_these
(3) Send your complete file on CD containing a single file (named YOURNAME.pdf), and in order: (i) summary of thesis (2 pages), (ii) a list of publications, (ii) scan of thesis reports (manuscript and defence) (iv) a
scan of a letter by your supervisor (v) a CV (with full contact details including email).
At the following address: David Langlois - Bureau C132 - LORIA - Campus Scientifique - BP 239 - 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex FRANCE
DATE OF SUBMISSION *************** April 30, 2013 *****************

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2-6The winner of Christian Benoit Award is...

The international scientific Committee of the '7th Christian Benoît Award' has completed the evaluation of the applications and has taken a decision. The Winner is

Samer Al Moubayed
Center for Speech Technology, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm http://www.speech.kth.se/~sameram/

His project aims at developing a system architecture and a demonstrator using the novel, recently developed Furhat robot head. The Furhat robot head integrates facial animation and visual speech synthesis. The goal is to provide a platform for research on situated and multiparty audio-visual interaction.
On behalf of the Association Christian Benoît and of the scientific committee; we would like to congratulate Samer and to thank all the applicants for their works. Many of the applications are of very high quality. We hope that their authors will find other financial supports to achieve their research projects.

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