LINGUIST List 16.1875

Wed Jun 15 2005

Calls: General Ling/Canada; Phonology/South Africa

Editor for this issue: Megan Zdrojkowski <meganlinguistlist.org>


Directory

        1.    Jo Anne Kleifgen, International Linguistic Association
        2.    Justus Roux, ISCA Workshop on Multilingual Speech and Language Processing


Message 1: International Linguistic Association
Date: 13-Jun-2005
From: Jo Anne Kleifgen <jk217columbia.edu>
Subject: International Linguistic Association


Full Title: International Linguistic Association
Short Title: ILA

Date: 31-Mar-2006 - 02-Apr-2006
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Contact Person: Sheila Embleton
Meeting Email: embletonearthlink.net )

A block of rooms has been reserved at the conference hotel at a rate of CDN$ 159
per room, single or double occupancy. Reservations may be made by calling
Reservations at 800-668-6600
Message 2: ISCA Workshop on Multilingual Speech and Language Processing
Date: 13-Jun-2005
From: Justus Roux <jcrsun.ac.za>
Subject: ISCA Workshop on Multilingual Speech and Language Processing



Full Title: ISCA Workshop on Multilingual Speech and Language Processing
Short Title: Multiling - 2006

Date: 09-Apr-2006 - 11-Apr-2008
Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Contact Person: Justus Roux
Meeting Email: jcrsun.ac.za
Web Site: http://www.unistel.co.za/multiling2006

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology

Call Deadline: 12-Aug-2005

Meeting Description:

Applications of speech technology that are implemented in multilingual
environments have to be robust to variations in accent. The purpose of the
workshop is to address issues related to multilingual speech and language
processing. Workshop topics include (but are not limited to):
- Accent modelling for multilingual automatic speech recognition
- Accent identification
- Pronunciation variation modelling
- Multilingual speech synthesis

Please refer to the website for submission procedures.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 12 August 2005

Notification of acceptance: 14 October 2005

Closing date early registrations and full paper submission: 10 February 2006

Closing date late registrations: 10 March 2006