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ISCApad #175

Thursday, January 10, 2013 by Chris Wellekens

2 ISCA News
2-1President's message

 

 

Dear ISCA Members,

January is always a pleasant time for the ISCA President because it provides me with an opportunity to wish to you a happy and healthy New Year, both professionally and personally. It is a particularly bittersweet moment for me, as it is my last occasion to do this on behalf of the ISCA board.
As you know, I am finishing my second term in the ISCA board this year and, like several of my board colleagues, I will retire from the board after 8 years of service. It is always difficult for a President to engage in self-reflection about what and was not accomplished.My least worry is about the future of our association. The dedication of my colleagues who will remain on the board and the strong financial condition of ISCA ensures a bright future. ISCA current activities are very successful, and our newer projects such as the ISCA training schools, the use of social networks, and our attempts to be the representative of speech activities to the external community have much promise for the future.
The only concern I want to share with you is the lack of time we suffer from. It is more and more difficult for the ISCA board to maintain all ISCA activities, much less expand into new areas. In 2013 the board has to better reach out to the broader ISCA community to take more responsibilities to provide more services to the speech community.
As I already said, this year is an important moment for ISCA because of so many senior people leaving the board this year. It is good for our association to have a lot of good candidates to fill the open positions, so please, think about becoming a candidate if you want to help ISCA. Not all volunteers can be elected in one shot, of course, but keep in mind that 2 years is in fact a very short period and we have to look forward now not only to 2013 but also to 2015 and 2017. When you declare your intention to serve ISCA, you are also saying you are ready to take charge of some activities, even if you are not in the board!
Interspeech 2013, Lyon, is now in the start! The deadline for election is coming. Let me remind you to look frequently at the web site (http://www.interspeech2013.org/). As just a modest French guy, I am sure that Lyon 2013 will be a great event!
So, one more time - Best Wishes for 2013 and I hope to see all of you in Lyon!

JF Bonastre,

President

 

 
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2-2ISCA Fellow nominations for 2013

ISCA Fellow nominations for 2013 should be sent to:fellows_nomination@isca-speech.org byFebruary 10.Those who plan to nominate are strongly advised to write brief information on candidates (candidate's name and affiliation) to the above address before January 10 with your name and contacting e-mail address. Re-send your e-mail when you do not receive an acknowledgement in a week.

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2-3Election of members for the Board of ISCA
Announcement: Election of members for the Board of ISCA
 
The ISCA Board currently has 14 members from 11 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 members will have served for two terms of four years in August: Isabel Trancoso, Jean-Francois Bonastre, David House, and Michael Picheny, and thus these four will be retiring.
 
According to the ISCA by-laws, elections to the Board will take place in April-May 2013.   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, 2013 (Friday) with the following information:
 
Full Name and Title:
Position and Institution:
Research area: 
Indication of willingness to serve if elected:
E-mail:
URL:
Short biography (one paragraph)
Short statement (one paragraph, describing the work they would intend to do on the Board)
Names and emails of three proposers (ISCA members).
 
Please provide a photo, for posting on the ballot.
 
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require further information about the nomination process or about duties of ISCA Board members. 
 
Best regards,
Jean-Francois Bonastre  (ISCA President)   isca-president@isca-speech.org
Douglas O'Shaughnessy (ISCA Secretary)    secretariat@isca-speech.org 
 
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Areas:  
FINANCE, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AND ISCA WEBSITE, PUBLICATIONS AND ARCHIVE, DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS AND GEOGRAPHICAL OUTREACH, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, TRAINING & EDUCATION, GRANTS, FELLOWS & AWARDS, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, SECRETARIAT
 
Current Board:
Jean-Francois BONASTRE  (ISCA President)
Douglas O'SHAUGHNESSY (ISCA Secretary and V-P)
Bernd MÖBIUS, Treasurer
Alan BLACK
Nick CAMPBELL
Keikichi HIROSE
David HOUSE
Haizhou LI
Helen MENG
Satoshi NAKAMURA
Michael PICHENY
Tanja SCHULTZ
Yannis STYLIANOU
Isabel TRANCOSO
 
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2-4ISCA training program and ISCA lectures

ISCA is really glad to let you know that its training division has launched two important programs:

1. ISCA Training Schools

Regular calls

2. ISCA Lectures

 This is an open call.

 The above programs are described in full details: http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/outreach/training

 
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2-5Call for organizers ISCA Training Schools in Speech Communication
ISCA welcomes proposals from prospective organizers of trainingschools under the newly 
launched ISCA Training Schools in Speech Communication (TSSC) Program.
This typically concerns either summer schools or winter schools, and isgeared towards 
providing graduate students, early stage researchers, andpractitioners with background 
on selected topics in speech communication.An ISCA contribution of up to 10000€ is 
expected for supporting theinvitation of lecturers (travel expenses and daily allowance,
 but not for lecture fee) and for providing student grants.For best consideration, proposers 
should submit their proposal whitepapers, following the guidelines summarized in the
 Call for ProposalsDocument referenced above,
by February 15th, 2013, for Summer Schools, and
by July 15th, 2013, for Winter Schools.
White papers should be submitted in PDF FORMAT by email toeducation@isca-speech.org.
For more details about the ISCA Training Schools Program, as well asfor instructions in 
preparing proposal white papers, please visit:
http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/outreach/training/260

Any questions should be directed to the same address: education@isca-speech.org

 
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2-6Videos of Interspeech conferences
Video archives are available in 
http://www.isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/archive/video-archive 
where keynote speeches from IS 2007, 2010 and 2011 can be seen. Very soon we will have 
the material for IS 2012 as well.
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