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ISCApad #247 |
Friday, January 18, 2019 by Chris Wellekens |
2-1 | Message from President Professor John Hansen (updated)
On behalf of the ISCA board, I am sending all best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2019! (even if this is the end of Jan. J!)
As we enter 2019, it is maybe useful to look back and remind ourselves of memories of past events like the successful INTERSPEECH 2018 in Hyderabad, India (the first time a major speech conference has taken place in India), and to look forward to our next INTERSPEECH 2019 taking place in Graz, Austria (https://www.interspeech2019.org/; that's Austria, Austria, Austria!) . The full paper submission deadline is approaching on March 29, 2019 and we all very much hope to see you in Graz this September 15-19, 2019!
I will also add there are a number of Special Sessions & Challenges which have been recently posted for you to consider in your submissions, so please check these out (the Interspeech-2019 Organizing Committee has received many applications and these are the final selections, which will help shape the technical program for IS-19):
https://www.interspeech2019.org/program/special_sessions_and_challenges/
January is also the time for nominations for ISCA Fellow! Please consider nominating one of your colleagues who has made significant contributions to the field of speech communications – including science and technology domains! Nomination forms and information is available at this location:
https://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/honors/fellows
We are also encouraging you to consider hosting/inviting one of our ISCA Distinguished Lecturers: Prof. Takayuki Arai(Professor, Sophia University, Japan) and Dr. Daniel Hirst, (Directeur de Recherche Emeritus, CNRS & Aix-Marseille University, France) to visit your university to give a talk! We especially encourage schools or regions which may not have as many visitors/conferences in the field of speech communications to send a request. More information is located at:
https://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/distinguished-lecturers
(if you wish to be considered for an ISCA Distinguished Lecturer, the deadline for nominations is Jan. 31st (this week!)
Also, the ISCA Board has been working to strengthen our commitment to diversity, which includes gender, ethnicity, regional, and science/technology. With respect to gender, ISCA is announcing a new initiative for WomenNspeech (https://isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/diversity?id=264) which we are hopeful will help those organizing workshops/conferences, those seeking to expand educational support based on Distinguished Lecturers, and finally those involved in either faculty search for recent graduates or awards recognition. Please check out the newly released ISCA website for more information!! (and contact info!).
Finally, we welcome all comments and feedback – as the ISCA Board is here to serve and enhance the speech communication society through our membership. The ISCA Board encourages you to get involved and actively engage in the various discussions on how to further improve our association.
My best wishes for a productive, safe, and prosperous year 2019!
John Hansen, ISCA President
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2-2 | Call for papers 10th Christian Benoit award. Tenth Christian Benoît Award conferred by the International Speech Communication Association and the Association Francophone de la Communication Parlée * 3,500 Euros will be given immediately; with the remaining 4,000 Euros available on reception of the multimedia project by the chair of the ISCA Award committee. Travel and registration costs necessary to attend the Interspeech 2019 Conference will have to be paid from this grant.
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2-3 | Nominations of members for the Board of ISCA (2019-2023)Election of members for the Board of ISCA (2019-2023)[8-Dec-2019] The ISCA Board currently has 14 members from 8 countries (see full list below). Members are elected to the Board for a period of four years and no member may serve on the Board for more than two consecutive terms. The following Board member will have served for two consecutive terms in August, Satoshi Nakamura, and thus will be retiring. According to the ISCA by-laws, elections to the Board will take place in April-May 2019. We invite nominations from the ISCA membership. Each nomination requires the support of three members of the Association and agreement from the candidate (e.g., by email). The ISCA statutes specify a maximum of three Board members from any one country. Each ISCA member will be asked to cast a anonymous ballot in the election, via a survey website. Members elected to the Board will be expected to have one of the areas of responsibility listed below, to commit time to furthering the work of ISCA in their area, to attend the two-day Board meetings that take place at each annual INTERSPEECH conference and to participate in additional virtual meetings during the year (teleconferences). All candidates should be aware of these obligations and commit themselves to fulfilling them before agreeing to be nominated. The Board will accept nominations either from proposers or self-nominations, as long as indication of support is provided. Please send your nomination(s) to the ISCA Secretariat secretariat@isca-speech.org BEFORE March 1st, 2019 (Friday) with the following information: Full Name and Title: Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require further information about the nomination process or about duties of ISCA Board members. Areas: Current Board: John HANSEN (ISCA President)
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2-4 | Opening of nominations for the ISCA Medalist 2019 Opening of nominations for the ISCA Medalist 2019
Nominations are open for the ISCA Medalist 2019.
The ISCA Medal for Scientific Achievement recognizes and honors an individual each year who has made extraordinary contributions to the field of speech communication science and technology. Any ISCA member, except ISCA Board members, can make a nomination. All nominations for ISCA Medal of the year should be submitted to ISCA Secretariat at secretariat@isca-speech.org by 15 January 2019. The ISCA Board will select and announce the winner of the year on 1 March. The Medalist nomination form can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/2yZjRcj. Unsuccessful candidates of the previous year(s) must be re-nominated to qualify for candidacy.
More information can be found on the ISCA Honors webpage:
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2-5 | ISCA Fellows Nominations for 2019 ISCA Fellows Nominations for 2019 The ISCA Fellows Program recognizes and honors outstanding members who have made significant contributions to the science and technology of speech communication. To qualify for this distinction, a candidate must have been an ISCA member for five years or more with a minimum of ten years experience in the field. Nominations may be made by any ISCA member. A nomination should be supported by 4 references from ISCA Fellows or ISCA Board members. Current ISCA Board members are not eligible for nomination. The Fellows nomination form can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/2lwjfFr and the reference form from http://bit.ly/2iMJUNo. Nominations should be sent to fellows_nomination@isca-speech.org by February 10 2018. Those who plan to make a nomination are strongly advised to send a brief email to fellows_nomination@isca-speech.org. giving their candidate's name and affiliation.
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2-6 | Call for nominations of ISCA Distinguished Lecturers 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 (updated)
ISCA Distinguished Lecturers for 2019-20 or 2020-2021 - Call for Nominations
Dear ISCA Member,
We are now open for nominations for ISCA?s Distinguished Lecturers for the periods 2019-20 or 2020-2021 Details of the scheme are available at http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/distinguished-lecturers
Each nomination should include the following information:
- a short biography of the candidate including selected publications (or a website/resume that provides this information)
- topics/titles of up to three possible lectures that the nominee could give
- the intended under-represented region (if known)
Self-nominations are encouraged. Other nominators must ensure the nominee is willing to serve if selected. Nominations from previous years will be only considered if updated.
Nominations should be sent to dl_nominations@isca-speech.org before 31 January 2019.
Thank You
Roger K. Moore
Chair: ISCA Distinguished Lecturers Selection Committee
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2-7 | Elected SProSIG officers Dear Fellow Members of SProSIG,
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2-8 | ISCA Distinguished lecturers for 2018-2019 We are pleased to announce the Distinguished Lecturers for 2018-2019:
(1) Dr. Daniel Hirst, Directeur de Recherche Emeritus, CNRS & Aix-Marseille University, France (2) Prof. Takayuki Arai, Professor, Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Japan Congratulations. Satoshi Nakamura
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2-9 | Videos of Interspeech and ISCA supported conferencesVideo archives are available in
http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/archive/video-archive
where keynote speeches from IS 2010 can be seen. You will also find video archives
of many other conferences.
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2-10 | Interspeech 2018 photo gallery
The Interspeech 2018 photo gallery is now available here:
The photographs are representative and to go to the respective albums, please click on the photographs.
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2-11 | ISCA SACommittee ISCA SAC has 4 members and 8 volunteers. We are happy to welcome two new volunteers: Haala Deeba Abbas, a Ph.D. student from the Speech Processing Lab, IIIT-Hyderabad, India and Midia Yousefi, a Ph.D. student from University of Texas at Dallas. Welcome! Barak
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2-12 | Prix de thèse AFCP APPEL A CANDIDATURES
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2-13 | Interspeech 2018, Tutorial slides INTERSPEECH 2018 Interspeech 2018 tutorial slides are now available on the conference webpage:
http://interspeech2018.org/program-tutorials.html
Tutorials Committee
Interspeech 2018
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