Subject: icslp 96

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paper abstracts due for review march 15 , 1996 - acceptance notification may 1 , 1996 - deadline for papers ( camera-ready , 4 pages ) prospective authors are invited to submit papers relevant to spoken language processing in any of the conference technical areas . abstracts of proposed papers must be received by the icslp 96 organizing committee no later than january 15 , 1996 . papers will be selected by the icslp 96 technical program committee and assigned for presentation in poster or oral format . english is the working language for the conference . submission of an abstract implies a commitment to submit a four page , camera-ready version of the paper and to present the paper in either an oral or poster session if the abstract is accepted . participants will be expected to pay their own registration fees , travel , and accommodations for icslp 96 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ submission of abstracts _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ abstracts must be received by the icslp 96 organizing committee no later than january 15 , 1996 . abstracts may be submitted either by post or by e-mail following these guidelines : + one page , 400 word maximum + technical area ( s ) indicated in order of preference using the codes ( a - x ) below . + title of the proposed paper clearly indicated + preference for paper or poster clearly indicated + if sent by post , submit four ( 4 ) copies of the abstract + if sent by e-mail , use plain text ( ascii ) format only each abstract must also include the following contact information : + author name ( s ) * + postal mailing address + phone number + fax number + e - mail address e - mailed abstracts will be acknowledged by e-mail within 48 hours of submission . if you do not receive e-mail confirmation , we have not received your abstract ! please check the e-mail address and resubmit . please do not e-mail multiple copies for any other reason . * please be sure that the primary contact person is noted if it is someone other than the first author . mail or send abstracts to : icslp 96 applied science & engineering laboratories a . i . dupont institute p . o . box 269 wilmington , de 19899 e - mail : icslp - abstract @ asel . udel . edu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ technical areas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a . production of spoken language b . perception of spoken language c . robust speech modeling and speech enhancement d . speech coding and transmission e . automatic speech recognition f . spoken language processing for special populations g . phonetics and phonology h . spoken discourse analysis / synthesis i . synthesis of spoken language j . applications for people with speech / language / hearing disorders k . databases and standards for speech technology l . prosody of spoken language m . speech analysis and parameterization n . spoken language acquisition / learning o . integrating spoken language and natural language processing p . hardware for speech processing q . neural networks and stochastic modeling of spoken language r . dialects and speaking styles s . instructional technology for spoken language t . speaker / language identification and verification u . human factors and assessment in spoken language applications v . spoken language dialogue and conversation w . gesture and multimodal spoken language processing x . other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ satellite workshops _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the following satellite workshops will be held immediately before or after the icslp 96 conference . 1 . ivtta - the 3rd ieee workshop on interactive voice technology for telecommunications applications ( ivtta ) will be held at the at&t learning center , basking ridge , new jersey , from september 30 - october 1 , 1996 . the ivtta workshop brings together applications researchers planning to conduct or who have recently conducted field trials of new applications of speech technologies . due to workshop facility constraints , attendance will be limited primarily to contributors . for further information about the workshop , contact : dr . murray spiegel bellcore 445 south street morristown , nj , usa e-mail : spiegel @ bellcore . com phone : 1-201 - 829-4519 ; fax : 1-201 - 829-5963 submit abstracts ( 400 words , maximum 1 page ) before april 1 , 1996 to : dr . david roe ieee ivtta ` 96 at&t bell laboratories , room 2d-533 murray hill , nj 07974 e-mail : roe @ hogpb . att . com phone : 908 582-2548 ; fax : 908 582-3306 2 . issd-96 the 1996 international symposium on spoken dialogue ( issd-96 ) will be held on october 2 and 3 at the venue of icslp 96 . it is intended to be a forum of interdisciplinary exchange between researchers working on spoken dialogues from various points of view . the first day is devoted to invited lectures followed by sessions of both invited and contributed papers , which will be continued on the second day as special sessions of icslp 96 . papers submitted to icslp 96 ( technical areas h , l , o , u , &v ) may be selected for presentation at the symposium . for further information about the symposium , contact : prof . hiroya fujisaki , chairman , issd-96 dept . of applied electronics science university of tokyo 2641 yamazaki , noda , 278 japan e-mail : fujisaki @ te . noda . sut . ad . jp phone : + 81-471 - 23-4327 ; fax : + 81-471 - 22-9195 3 . cocosda workshop 96 cocosda workshop 96 will be held on monday , october 7 at the wyndham franklin plaza hotel . the international coordinating committee on speech databases and speech i / o systems assessment ( cocosda ) has been established to promote international cooperation in the fundamental areas of spoken language engineering . previous meetings have taken place in banff 1992 , berlin 1993 , yokohama 1994 and madrid 1995 . program and registration information for cocosda 96 will be forthcoming in later announcements . for more information about cocosda , consult the web page at http : / / www . itl . atr . co . jp / cocosda . 4 . workshop on gesture and speech the applied science and engineering laboratories of the university of delaware will host a workshop on multimodal use of gesture and speech october 7 - 8 , 1996 . this workshop will consider the integration of gesture and spoken language in intelligent human / computer interfaces , in advanced assisitve technology for individuals with disabilities , in telemanipulation and robotics systems , and in human conversation . gestures including hand postures , dynamic arm movements , facial expression , and eye gaze will be considered along with more traditional lip shapes and handwriting movements . for further information , contact : dr . lynn messing a . i . dupont institute p . o . box 269 wilmington , de 19899 e-mail : messing @ asel . udel . edu phone : + 1 302 651 6830 ; fax : + 1-302 - 651-6895 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sponsoring and cooperating organizations _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the acoustical society of america american speech and hearing association ( pending ) the acoustical society of japan canadian acoustical association european speech communication association ieee signal processing society international phonetic association others - contact icslp 96 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for more information , contact _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ icslp 96 applied science & engineering laboratories a . i . dupont institute p . o . box 269 wilmington , de 19899 phone : + 1 302 651 6830 tdd : + 1 302 651 6834 fax : + 1 302 651 6895 email : icslp96 @ asel . udel . edu www : http : / / www . asel . udel . edu / speech / icslp . html ftp : zeppo . asel . udel . edu : pub / icslp a two-page postscript format copy of the most recent conference announcement and call for papers can also be obtained by anonyomus ftp . connect to host zeppo . asel . udel . edu , cd to directory pub / icslp96 , and get call . ps . z in binary mode . the file must be uncompressed with a unix compatable uncompress program before being printed . this plain text version of the announcement is located in the same directory as file call . txt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ international advisory board _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hiroya fujisaki science university of tokyo tokyo , japan jens blauert john ohala ruhr - universitat bochum university of california bochum , germany berkeley , ca , usa anne cutler lawrence rabiner max planck institute for at&t bell labs psycholinguistics murray hill , nj , usa nijmegen , the netherlands gunnar fant katsuhiko shirai royal institute of technology ( kth ) waseda university stockholm , sweden tokyo , japan john laver kenneth stevens humanities research board of massachusetts institute the british academy of technology edinburgh , scotland cambridge , ma , usa joseph mariani yoh ' ichi tohkura limsi-cnrs atr human information orsay , france processing research lab kyoto , japan j . bruce millar victor zue australian national university massachusetts institute canberra , australia of technology cambridge , ma , usa _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
