Dear ISCA Members,

Welcome to the February edition of ISCApad!

I will start by reminding you that the nomination deadline for this year’s ISCA Fellows 2016 will close on 10 February 2016. Any ISCA member may nominate a deserving colleague. Please consider submitting a nomination to [fellows_nomination [at] isca-speech.org] today!

(for more details on the ISCA Fellows program, please visit: [http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/honors/fellows])

I am also glad to share with you that the ISCA Board has just concluded the selection of the host city of INTERSPEECH 2019. The Board received wonderful submissions from three outstanding European cities. The results will be announced during INTERSPEECH 2016.

I will also take this occasion to announce a change in our committees.  The ISCA Advisory Council (IAC) plays an important role in the ISCA organization. In 2016, IAC welcomes two new members, Tanja Schultz (ISCA Past-President) and Sebastian Möller (INTERSPEECH 2015 General Chair). This year is the election year of IAC, the Board will elect new IAC members according to ISCA by-laws in due course.  

Finally, we are approaching the INTERSPEECH 2016 paper submission deadline: 23 March 2016. Some of you may have already received invitations to join the scientific committee, your timely responses are very much appreciated, and will ensure another comprehensive and balanced review process for this year’s submissions.

Haizhou Li,

ISCA President