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ISCApad #190 |
| Thursday, April 10, 2014 by Chris Wellekens |
2-1 Secretary's message
Dear ISCA Members,
Welcome to the April edition of ISCApad. As Secretary of ISCA, I am pleased to write this column for the first time.
The deadline for submission of papers to Interspeech-2014 recently passed, and we are now actively in the review process. We group our speech and language research areas into 12 categories, each with three Area Chairs to direct the reviews; these 36 AC's assist the two Technical Chairs of the conference in selecting referees and ensuring that each paper is well reviewed. If you have not registered to help as reviewer and are interested, please contact us.
One of the services that ISCA provides is the Distinguished Lecturer Series, where two prominent researchers are selected every year to present seminars around the world to interested audiences. If you have an interest in hosting one of these, please let us know.
Another service is our ISCA Training Schools, which can provide local help to graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in speech communication. These Schools are held on-site over the course of several days.
We also welcome participation in ISCA at higher levels, e.g., as a member of the Board or a member of the Advisory Council. The Board consists of 14 people selected directly by the votes of all ISCA members. Our next Board election will occur in early 2015. Anyone may submit a nomination, which only needs the support of three ISCA members.
The Advisory Council consists of twenty-five senior speech communication researchers who are not members of the Board. These people advise the Board in many matters, including selection of future sites for Interspeech, Medalists, and other policy issues.
We also invite all ISCA members to view the resources of the ISCA Archive, showing all papers presented at all past ISCA meetings. To access this Archive or participate at our meetings (e.g., Interspeech), one must register as a member of ISCA. For that, see our membership page. There are no formal technical requirements to become a member.
Finally, allow me to remind you that ISCA sponsors travel grants to students to present their papers at international meetings that have ISCA support.
Best regards,
Douglas O'Shaughnessy
ISCA Secretary
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