Call for Tutorials at INTERSPEECH 2019

INTERSPEECH conferences are attended by researchers with a long-term track-record in speech sciences and technology, as well as by early-stage researchers or researchers interested in a new domain within the INTERSPEECH areas. An important part of the conference are the tutorials to be held on the first day of the conference, September 15, 2019. Presented by speakers with long and deep expertise in speech, they will provide their audience with a rich learning experience and an exposure to longstanding research problems, contemporary topics of research as well as emerging areas.

We encourage proposals for addressing fundamental or advanced topics in an introductory style as well as for targeting experienced researchers who want to dig deeper into a given new topic.

Tutorials, each of three-hour duration, shall introduce an emerging area of speech-related research, or present an overview of an established area of research, rather than focus on the presenter’s individual research.

Date and Venue of the Tutorials

September 15, 2019; two 3h sessions, in the morning and in the afternoon, in the main conference location (Messecongress Graz).

Proposals Should Include (in this Order)

Tutorial title

Presenter(s) (name and affiliation)

Contact information (email, telephone)

3-4 sentence abstract summarizing the proposed tutorial that could be used as an advertisement

Description of the proposal (1-2 pages description plus a few relevant references and any webpages/material useful for reviewing the proposal)

Explanation of relevance of the proposed tutorial (0.5 – 1 page)

Tutorial logistics, including

• Duration (1 session = 3 hours = 2 x 90 minutes plus refreshment break)

• Description of presentation format (e.g., one or more presenters etc.)

• Equipment required for the tutorial

• Preference for type of accompanying material (handouts, storage devices with media, etc.)

Presenter information

• Biography of presenter(s)

• Key publications of presenter(s) on the tutorial topic

• List of previous tutorial experience

Audience information

• Target audience (e.g., new researchers to the field, research students, specialists of adjacent fields, etc.)

• Other considerations/ comments

• Bibliography (from description)

Submission Procedure

Proposals for INTERSPEECH 2019 tutorials may be no more than 4 pages long and must conform to the format stated above; please use clear headings to indicate each point. Proposals should be submitted by email to tutorials@interspeech2019.orgby February 1, 2019 and notification of accepted proposals will be given by March 1, 2019.

By submitting a proposal, the presenter(s) understand the ISCA policy of strongly encouraging video-recording of the tutorials for education purposes if the proposal is accepted. Access to recording materials will be given via ISCA Video Archives.

To access the online call for tutorials, visit http://interspeech2019.org/calls/tutorials.

Questions? Please Contact: tutorials@interspeech2019.org

The tutorial chairs:

Barbara Schuppler, Graz University of Technology

Florian Metze, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Dorothea Kolossa, Ruhr University Bochum