Scope
The performance of modern speech technologies (e.g., automatic speech recognizers, speech enhancement techniques, or cocktail-party processors) is drastically deteriorated when sound signals are employed that have been produced in realistic environments. The main disturbing factors introduced by a realistic environment are interfering noise sources as well as reverberation produced by sound being reflected from walls. The human auditory system has developed sophisticated bottom-up as well as top-down processes that enable a listener to understand speech even under such adverse conditions. Hence, the aim of many researchers has been to understand and model the mechanisms that underlie the auditory/human processing of speech in realistic environments and to apply the gained knowledge to improve the performance of modern speech technologies.
The overwhelming aim of the SPAPAC workshop is to bring together researchers that work in the research areas of speech perception/development, speech processing/recognition , and auditory processing/modelling in order to stimulate new interdisciplinary approaches to the complex problem of understanding auditory/speech perception/processing under adverse conditions. Hence, the SPAPAC workshop addresses:
- Reserachers that are doing basic auditory/speech research and are interested in/familiar with applying their knowledge to speech processing applications
- Researchers that are working on speech processing applications (e.g., automatic speech recognition, hearing-aids) and are interested in/familiar with integrating knowledge from basic auditory/speech research in their applications
Invited Speakers
- Professor Jens Blauert, Institute for Communication Acoustics, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
- Professor Phil Green, Speech and Hearing Research Group, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Professor Torsten Dau, Centre for Applied Hearing Research, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Dr. Georg Meier, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Professor Simon Carlile, Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Sydney, Australia
- Professor Bill Noble, Department of Psychology, University of New England, Australia
- Professor Denis Burnham, MARCS Auditory Laboratory, University of Western Sydney, Australia
- Professor Cathi Best, MARCS Auditory Laboratory, University of Western Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Jonas Braasch, CIRMMT, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Prof. Alan Black, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
- Prof. Tanja Shultz, Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
- Dr. Douglas Brungart, Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio, USA
Workshop program
The workshop will involve a series of invited and contributed talks as well as a poster session structured in:
- Day 1: Auditory perception/processing/modelling
- Day 2: Speech processing/perception/development
The workshop will be concluded by a discussion session that will involve people from all the different disciplines contributing to SPAPAC. In the evnings and the different breaks throughout the workshop, there will be plenty of possibilities for stimulating discussions. The workshop program is available at HCSnet SummerFest 2005 . Proceedings that will include abstracts of all invited and contributed papers will be available on this internet page by the end of November, and a hardcopy version will be handed out at the workshop.
Submissions
Submissions for 20 Minutes presentations (incl. questions) as well as for posters should take the form of a 250-word abstract. Authors should not self-identify anywhere in the abstract. Please send your submission to j.buchholz@uws.edu.au , with ' SPAPAC05 submission ' as subject line. You can either enclose your abstract in the message body (i.e., send it as plain text) or attach it as PDF file (which must not contain any author information). The body of message should in any case comprise the title of presentation , name and affiliation of author(s) , contact postal address , email address , phone number , and the preferred form of presentation (talk/poster). Authors must register here for the HCSnet conference until 11th of November, 2005! Non HCSnet members have to become HCSnet members first and register afterwards.
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Important dates
- Workshop: December 15-16th, 2005
- Closing date for submissions: November 11th, 2005
- Notification of authors: November 25th, 2005
- Program announcement: December 2nd, 2005
Workshop Location
Macquarie University , Sydney , Australia. For details see SummerFest 2005 .
Registration
Given that the SPAPAC workshop is part of the HCSnet SummerFest 2005, registration details are outlined at SummerFest 2005.
Travel support
Travel support is available for HCSnet members. For details see SummerFest 2005.
Contact
Dr. Jörg Buchholz
MARCS Auditory Laboratories
University of Western Sydney
Bankstown Campus
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South DC NSW 1797
Australia
j.buchholz@uws.edu.au
Sponsored by
- University of Western Sydney (UWS), Research Office
- HCSnet (The ARC funded netwoek in Human Communication Science)
- MARCS Auditory Laboratories
- College of Arts , Education, and Social Sciences (UWS)
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