January 2019

Jason Williams, Kyu Jeong Han, Raul Fernandez, Kai Yu

2019 IEEE SLTC Workshop Sub-Committee

Following on the success of the bi-annual SLT workshop over the past decade, the IEEE Speech and Language Technical Committee invites proposals to host the 2020 IEEE Workshop on Spoken Language Technology (SLT 2020). Past SLT workshops have fostered a collegiate atmosphere through a thoughtful selection of venues, thus offering a unique opportunity for researchers to interact and learn.

The proposal should include the information outlined below.

• Workshop location and practicalities
  • Geographical Location
  • Climate
  • Transportation options -- major airports, logistics, visas
  • Meals
  • Accommodation -- hotel availability and pricing
  • Workshop venue (facilities, meeting rooms, network access during the workshop, audio/visual equipment)
• Approximate workshop datesApproximate total cost to participants to attend, including accommodation, meals, and registration fees.
  • Previous workshops have been held in the month of December
  • Status of venue -- whether workshop dates are being held pending IEEE SLTC selection  
• Estimated budget for 300-400+ participants and expected sponsorships, including venue costs, administration, banquet, coffee breaks, publication costs, etc.
• Committee Personnel
  • General chair(s)
  • Technical chairs
  • Local arrangements chair(s)
  • Other committee members and roles
• Tentative program
  • Dates for paper submission, notification of acceptance, proposals for demonstrations, early registration
  • Reception, talks, posters, demo session, banquet, etc.
  • Substantial program additions/changes vs. past instances of SLT

The deadline for proposals is Friday, June 7, 2019.  Send proposals and questions to the workshop sub-committee: Jason Williams (jdw@alumni.princeton.edu), Kyu Jeong Han (kyuhan215@gmail.com), Raul Fernandez (fernanra@us.ibm.com), and Kai Yu (kai.yu@sjtu.edu.cn).  In June, the IEEE SLTC will review proposals, and selection results are expected by July 12, 2019.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, we encourage you to contact the workshop sub-committee in advance of submitting a proposal.  They can provide an example of a past successful proposal and example budget. Further, proposers who make contact before Friday 26 April 2019 may be invited to briefly present in-person at the annual IEEE SLTC meeting at ICASSP 2019, 12-17 May 2019, in Brighton, England, to obtain feedback from the SLTC (https://2019.ieeeicassp.org).  Presentations should be reasonably specific but need not be complete. Note that the SLTC does not have funding available for travel to ICASSP.

The organizers of the SLT workshop do not have to be SLTC members, and we encourage submissions from all potential organizers.  IEEE SLTC members are welcome to participate on proposals, and the organizing committees of past SLT events have included many SLTC members.  To maintain fairness of selection, SLTC members who are affiliated with an SLT 2020 proposal will not participate in the SLT 2020 selection vote.  Further, the members of the workshops sub-committee may not be affiliated with any SLT 2020 proposal. Please feel free to distribute this call for proposals far and wide, and invite members of the speech and language community at large to submit a proposal to organize the next SLT workshop.

For more information on the most recent workshops, please see:

http://slt2018.org for information about SLT 2018 in Athens, Greece

http://slt2016.org for information about SLT 2016 in San Diego, California

https://www2.securecms.com/SLT2014/default.asp for information about SLT 2014 in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada

And feel free to contact the workshops sub-committee with questions.

Jason Williams (jdw@alumni.princeton.edu)

Kyu Jeong Han (kyuhan215@gmail.com)

Raul Fernandez (fernanra@us.ibm.com)

Kai Yu (kai.yu@sjtu.edu.cn)