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SPECOM 2001 in Moscow
International Workshop
SPEECH AND COMPUTER
(SPECOM’2001)
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GENERAL CHAIR: Irina Khaleeva GENERAL SPONSORS: INTAS, International Association for Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the former SU Russian Foundation for Basic Research CO-SPONSOR: State Intertrade Scientific and Technical Center "SCIENCE" of the Ministry of Education of Russian Federation SUPPORTED BY: The International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Interregional Association on Cognitive, Contrastive and Communicative Linguistics ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Chair: Rodmonga Potapova, MSLU, Russia Co-Chair (Executive Secretary): Mikhail Abovyan, MSLU, Russia Members: Irina Groucho, MSLU, Russia Igor Kirillov, MSLU, Russia Galina Strelkova, MSLU, Russia Vladimir Mikhailenko, MSLU, Russia Yurij Nikolaev, MSLU, Russia Elena Shigina, MSLU, Russia |
CO-CHAIRS: George Kokkinakis, WCL, University of Patras, Greece Hynek Hermansky, Center for Information Technology, Oregon graduate Institute of Science and Technology, USA ORGANIZED BY: Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Members: G.Chikoidze, Dept. of Language Modelling, Inst. of Control Systems Georgian Acad. of Sc., Georgia V.Galunov, AudiTech, Russia W.Jassem, Inst. of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Acad. of Sc., Poland S.Krauwer, Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands B.Lobanov, Inst. of Engineering Cybernetics Nat. Acad, of Sc., Belarus W.Majewski, Inst. of Telecommunications and Acoustics, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology, Poland V.Matousek, Computer Science Univ. of West Bohemia, Czech Republic H.Niemann, Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany R.Potapova, Dept. of Applied and Experimental Linguistics, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia G.Rigoll, Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg, Germany V.Taubkin, AudiTech, Russia T.Vintsiuk, NAS Inst. of Cybernetics & UNESCO/IIP International Center for Information Technology and Systems, Ukraine |
SPECOM’2001
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Moscow, Russia, 29th – 31st October 2001
27TH – 28TH OCTOBER
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Arriving and Registration |
SUNDAY, 28TH OCTOBER
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13.00-18.30 |
Registration |
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19.30-21.30 |
Wine Reception |
MONDAY, 29TH OCTOBER
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9.00-10.00 |
Registration |
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10.00-10.30 |
Official Opening of Workshop |
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SURVEY LECTURES Co-chairs: I. Khaleeva, G. Kokkinakis |
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10.30-11.15 |
Electronic Dictionaries Integrating Multimedia and Speech Language Technologies George Kokkinakis |
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11.15-12.00 |
Basic Trends in Modern Machine Translation Research Yu. N. Marchuk |
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12.00-12.15 |
Coffee break |
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12.15-13.00 |
New Technologies and Applied Linguistics R.K. Potapova |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch break |
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SESSION A: Speech Recognition and Understanding Processing Co-chairs: R.K. Potapova, E. Dermatas |
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14.00-14.30 |
A Hierarchical Approach for Topic Identification Brigitte Bigi, Armelle Brun, Kamel Smaпli, Jean-Paul Haton |
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14.30-15.00 |
Context Use to Improve the Speech Understanding Processing Caroline Bousquet-Vernhettes and Nadine Vigouroux |
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15.00-15.30 |
SpART I – an Experimental Automatic Speech Recognizer Kamil Ekštein |
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15.30-16.00 |
Coffee break |
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16.00-16.30 |
Refining the N-best Hypotheses’ List in Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition by Applying Lexical Rules K.Georgila, A.Tsopanoglou, N.Fakotakis, G.Kokkinakis |
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16.30-17.00 |
Feature Adaptation Using a Probabilistic Neural Network for Speech Recognition of Moving Speakers in Reverberant Environments Nokas George, Dermatas Evangelos, and Kokkinakis George |
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17.00-17.30 |
Feature Extraction with Variable Rate Frequency Sampling I. Potamitis, N. Fakotakis, G. Kokkinakis |
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17.30-17.45 |
MultimeDial Approach to Speech Recognition Process Potapova R.K., Sobakin A.N. |
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19.00 |
Visiting the Bolshoy Theater |
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SESSION B: Dialogue Systems SESSION D: Text-to-Speech Synthesis Co-chairs: L. Rothkrantz, B. Lobanov |
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14.00-14.30 |
Multimodal Interface of a Dialogue Manager Vojtech Knezu, Leon Rothkrantz |
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14.30-15.00 |
Spoken Dialogue System for Mobile Parking E.Meister, B.Lobanov, R.Vahisalu, T.Levkovskaya, V.Kisialou, P.Tatter, J.Lasn |
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15.00-15.30 |
Dialogue System for City Information Centres – Semantic Representation of Czech Spoken Language Roman Mouček, Karel Taušer |
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15.30-16.00 |
Coffee break |
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16.00-16.30 |
Simulated Dialogues Between Visually Impaired Programmers and Dialogue System K. Taušer and R. Mouček |
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16.30-17.00 |
Automatic Transcriber of Russian Texts: Problems, Structure and Application Olga F. Krivnova, Leonid M. Zakharov, Grigory S. Strokin |
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17.00-17.30 |
Quality Evaluation of Estonian Text-to-Speech Synthesis Meelis Mihkla, Einar Meister, Jürgen Lasn |
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19.00 |
Visiting the Bolshoy Theater |
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SESSION C: Speech Signal Processing Co-chairs: G. Kokkinakis, A.B. Agranovsky |
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14.00-14.30 |
A Working out of Speech Compression Adaptive Algorithms Based on the Systems with Variable Structure Andrey A. Afanasjev |
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14.30-15.00 |
Segmentation of Signal, Containing a Talk of Several Speakers, into Monologue Components A.B. Agranovsky, D.A. Lednov, A.M. Potapenko, S.A. Repalov |
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15.00-15.30 |
Science Perspectives of Speech Technology V. I. Galunov, G.V. Galunov |
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15.30-16.00 |
Coffee break |
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16.00-16.30 |
Blind Speech Separation Using Wavelet Decomposition A. Koutras, E. Dermatas and G. Kokkinakis |
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16.30-17.00 |
About Relationship Between Acoustical and Perceptual Parameters Vadim G. Mikhailov |
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17.00-17.30 |
Structural Adaptation of Speech Coding Algorithms Based on the Linear Prediction Method on the Basis of Adaptive Information Resources Distribution Sergei V. Orlik, Alexander A. Rybolovlev |
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19.00 |
Visiting the Bolshoy Theater |
TUESDAY, 30TH OCTOBER
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SURVEY LECTURES Co-chairs: R.K. Potapova, V.I. Galunov |
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10.00-10.45 |
One Approach to Speech Recognition V.L.Taubkin, V. I. Galunov, G.V. Galunov |
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10.45-11.30 |
Development of Text-To-Speech Algorithms Suitable for Realisation by Microprocessors R.K. Potapova, V.G. Sannikov |
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13.30-12.00 |
Coffee break |
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SESSION E: Statistical Language Models, Dictionaries Co-chairs: J.P. Haton, V.G. Michailov |
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12.00-12.30 |
Improving Statistical Language Models by Removing Impossible Events Armelle Brun, David Langlois, Kamel Smaili and Jean-Paul Haton |
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12.30-13.00 |
"Lexithiras": A Linux-Based Framework for Developing Corpus Processing Tools Evangelos Dermatas, and George Kokkinakis |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch break |
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14.00 |
Sightseeing tour in Moscow |
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19.30 |
Workshop Dinner |
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SESSION F: Speaker Identification Problems Co-chairs: V.V. Potapov, V.R. Zhenilo |
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12.00-12.30 |
Voice Changer Impact on the Speaker Identification Potential Irene V. Efimenko |
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12.30-13.00 |
Integrated Approach to Forensic Phonogram Authentication Elena I. Galyashina |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch break |
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14.00 |
Sightseeing tour in Moscow |
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19.30 |
Workshop Dinner |
WEDNESDAY, 31ST OCTOBER
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SESSION E: Statistical Language Models, Dictionaries Co-chairs: D. Langlois, E. Dermatas |
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10.00-10.30 |
Variable History Stochastic Networks for Language Modelling in Dialogue Systems Kallirroi Georgila, Nikos Fakotakis, George Kokkinakis |
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10.30-11.00 |
Efficient Language Models Combination: Application to Phrase Finding David Langlois, Kamel Smaïli, Jean-Paul Haton |
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11.00-11.30 |
Mono/Multi-lingual Arabic Dictionaries Solomon I. Sara, S.J. |
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12.00-13.00 |
Closing of Workshop |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 |
Visiting the World Famous Kremlin |
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SESSION F: Speaker Identification Problems SESSION G: New Technologies and Education Co-chairs: R.K. Potapova, G. Kedrova |
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10.00-10.30 |
Auditory Perception of Speech by Non-Native Speakers R. K. Potapova, V.V. Potapov |
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10.30-11.00 |
Digital Speech Wave File as a Phonodocument Valery R. Zhenilo, Maria V. Zhenilo, Svetlana V. Zhenilo |
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11.00-11.30 |
Comparative Study of Internet-Based Educational Hypertexts: the Feasibility of Formal Approach Kedrova G. |
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11.30-12.00 |
Some Aspects of Germans’ Acquisition of the Russian Language Vsevolod V. Potapov |
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12.00-13.00 |
Closing of Workshop |
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 |
Visiting the World Famous Kremlin |
INFORMATION:
Rodmonga Potapova
2001 International Workshop SPEECH and COMPUTER (SPECOM-2001)
Moscow State Linguistic University
Ostozenca, 38, 119992, Moscow, Russia
tel. (095)2015697 (095)2462807 fax (095)2462807
e-mail: specom2001@linguanet.ru; potapova@linguanet.ru