SPECOM 2003 in Moscow
2003 International Workshop
SPEECH AND COMPUTER (SPECOM-2003)
27-29 October 2003, Moscow, Russia
Organized by Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU)
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
We are glad to announce that SPECOM'2003 is designated as an ISCA
supported event and the accepted participants will be able to apply
for grants. The grants are offered to students and young
scientists, applications should be submitted to
grants@isca-speech.org according to the guidelines given at
www.isca-speech.org/grants
The International workshop "Speech and Computer" - SPECOM-2003 is
aimed to discuss the most important topics and more perspective
applied areas of man-computer interaction by speech and language.
TOPICS to be covered include, but are not limited to:
+ modern speech communication technologies;
+ multilingual, multimodal and multimedial dialogue systems;
+ automatic speech recognition and understanding;
+ automatic speech translation systems;
+ computer-mediated language learning;
+ speech discourse analysis and modelling;
+ forensic phonetics, identification and verification
systems;
+ TTS-systems;
+ signal processing;
+ speech and paralinguistics;
+ speech signal databasis;
+ text corpora, computational lexicography;
+ speech intercultural virtual communication;
+ media linguistics.
GENERAL CHAIR:
Irina Khaleeva, MSLU, Russia
CO-CHAIR:
George Kokkinakis WCL, University of Patras, Greece
GENERAL SPONSORS:
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
CO-SPONSOR:
State Intertrade Scientific and Technology 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
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE includes outstanding experts in the field of
"Speech & Computer":
Dr. Prof. Jean-Paul Haton (France)
Dr. Prof. Hynec Hermansky (The USA)
Dr. Prof. Roux Justus (South Africa)
Dr. Prof. George Kokkinakis (Greece)
Dr. Prof. Kosarev Yuri (Russia)
Dr. Prof. Steven Krauwer (the Netherlands)
Dr. Prof. Boris Lobanov (Belorussia)
Dr. Prof.Vladimir Polzakov (Russia)
Dr. Prof. Rodmonga Potapova (Russia)
Dr. Prof. Gerhard Rigoll (Germany)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chair:
Rodmonga Potapova
Co-Chairs:
Vladimir Shleg
Alexander Naberezhnov
Members:
Irina Grousho
Vladimir Mikhailenko
Mikhail Ordin
Alexander Pozdnyakov
Elena Shigina
SURVEY LECTURES:
Survey lectures will be delivered by:
Dr. Prof. Jean-Paul Haton (France)
Dr. Prof. Roux Justus (South Africa)
Dr. Prof. George Kokkinakis (Greece)
Dr. Prof. Yuri Kosarev (Russia)
Dr. Prof. Steven Krauwer (the Netherlands)
Dr. Prof. Rodmonga Potapova (Russia)
Dr. Prof. Gerhard Rigoll (Germany)
LANGUAGE:
English is the official language of the workshop.
REGISTRATION:
Registration fees are arranged as following:
Western participants - EUR 300;
Exhibitors - EUR 350;
Western students - EUR 100;
Central Europe participants - EUR 150;
Central Europe students - EUR 50;
Russian and former SU states participants - EUR 15;
Russian students and postgraduates
(without workshop Proceedings) - free of charge.
Additional Proceedings copy is EUR 10.
This fee must be paid on-site at the workshop. The fees include the
Welcome Reception, a copy of the workshop proceedings, all workshop
material, admission to all sessions and to the exhibition, banquet,
coffee break refreshments and social events.
ACCOMMODATION:
All the participants will be provided with reduced accommodation in
comfortable university hotel (about EUR 40-80 a day for a single
room) situated in the historical cultural City center not far from
the Moscow State Linguistic University. The address is: Komsomolsky
prospekt, 6/2.
LUNCHES:
The three lunches can be taken in the Moscow State Linguistic
University restaurant for amount of 35 Euros, which will have to be
paid in cash upon arrival. The conference organisers urge you to
book the lunches since there is hardly any alternative if you wish
to have lunch at all during the conference.
EXHIBITIONS:
A scientific and technical exhibition may be held during the
conference. It is open to companies and research institutions.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Workshop: October, 27-29 2003
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SPECOM'2003 will be held in the Moscow State Linguistic University
(MSLU): Moscow, Ostozhenka, 38.
INFORMATION:
Rodmonga Potapova
2003 International Workshop SPEECH and COMPUTER (SPECOM-2003)
Moscow State Linguistic University
Ostozenca, 38, 119992, Moscow, Russia
tel. (095)201-56-97, (095)246-28-07;
fax (095)246-28-07
e-mail: specom2003@linguanet.ru, potapova@linguanet.ru
SPECOM'2003 REGISTRATION FORM
Name (on the badge):
Affiliation:
Address:
Phone:
e-mail:
I would like to register for SPECOM'2003 as a:
[ ] regular participant
[ ] student
[ ] exhibitor
[ ] I would like to make reservation for one accompanying person
for accommodation and the banquet
[ ] I would like to present a paper entitled: "_____________"
[ ] I will pay on site in Euros (or in American dollars)
Signature:
Please submit your application
by fax (007)(095)246-28-07 or
by e-mail: potapova@linguanet.ru
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