SPEECH DYNAMICS BY EAR, EYE,
MOUTH AND MACHINE
An Interdisciplinary Workshop
Kyoto, Japan
June 27, 2003
Organized by The
Institute for Electronics, Information
and Communication Engineers (IEICE) and The Acoustical
Society of Japan.
Co-sponsored by the IEEE
Signal Processing Society Japan Chapter
WORKSHOP THEME
Spoken
language is a highly dynamic process that relies on the coordination of
articulatory, perceptual and cognitive
mechanisms.
This one-day workshop will focus on properties shared in common by speech
production and perception, as
well as
examine the synergy between complementary representations, such as those
involving concurrent auditory and
visual
processing. The objective is to formulate an interdisciplinary perspective
based on empirical and theoretical
advances
capable of fostering scientific insight for technical and clinical applications
pertaining to spoken language.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
The workshop
will contain both invited and contributed oral presentations spanning a broad
range of topics germane to
speech
dynamics. In addition, there will be a panel discussion focusing on the
potential for advancing our understanding
of spoken
language based on the perspectives described in the presentations.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This workshop
will be of interest to scientists and engineers working in a broad range of
fields involving spoken language
research and
speech technology.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Individuals
interested in giving an oral presentation should electronically submit a
300-word abstract no later than March
1, 2003. The
abstracts will be reviewed and a decision provided by March 14, 2003. A
six-page, camera-ready paper is
due by April
14, 2003 and should conform to the guidelines described on the workshop's web
site. Papers will be
published as
part of the IEICE's monthly technical report.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
300-word
abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1,
2003
Notification
of Acceptance/Rejection . . . . .
March 14, 2003
Six-page,
camera-ready paper . . . . . . . . . . . . April
14, 2003
Note: The abstract should be sent to arai@sophia.ac.jp
along with
title and author information.
REGISTRATION FEE
There is no
registration fee for this workshop. However, it is requested that individuals
interested in attending the
workshop
notify the secretariat of their intention to participate by June 1, 2003.
WORKSHOP LOCATION
The workshop
will be held at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) as
part of the June monthly
meeting of
the IEICE.
ATR Web Site http://www.atr.co.jp/html/access/access.html
HOTEL
INFORMATION
The Keihanna
Plaza hotel is located just in front of the venue of this workshop (ATR), and
it should be convenient
for all of
attendees of the workshop. Please
see
http://hotel.keihanna-plaza.co.jp/
for more
information. Many other hotels and
inns are available in downtown Kyoto.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official
language of the workshop will be English. All abstracts and papers submitted
should be written in English.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Les Atlas
(University of Washington, Seattle)
Ken W. Grant
(Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.)
Steven
Greenberg (University of California, Berkeley)
Joseph
Perkell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Takayuki Arai
Steven
Greenberg
Technical
Committee of Speech (IEICE)
Technical
Committee of Psychological and Physiological Acoustics (ASJ)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
IEICE
Workshop Secretariat
Professor
Takayuki Arai
Department of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sophia
University
arai@sophia.ac.jp
Workshop Web
Site: http://www.ieice.or.jp/iss/sp/jpn/sp-200306workshop.html