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foNETiks
A network newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
May 2004
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Editors:
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK <[log in to unmask]> Gerry Docherty, University of Newcastle, UK <[log in to unmask]> Paul Foulkes, University of York, UK <[log in to unmask]> Lisa Lim, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands <[log in to unmask]>
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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18 May 2004. Controversial Issues in Polish Phonetics and Phonology. Poznan,
Poland. [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http://elex.amu.edu.pl/ifa/plm/;[log in to unmask] (03/04)
20 - 22 May 2004. Twelfth Manchester Phonology Meeting. Manchester, UK.
www.englang.ed.ac.uk/mfm/12mfm.html (01/04)
20 - 23 May 2004. The 3rd North American phonology Conference (NAPhC3).
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. http://cmll.concordia.ca/linguistics/naphc/ (04/04)
24 May 2004. Workshop on Compiling and Processing Spoken Language Corpora.
Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal.
http://lands.let.kun.nl/CPSLC/ (01/04)
26 - 28 May 2004. LREC 2004 - 4th International Conference on Language
Resources and Evaluation. Lisbon, Portugal.
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2004/index.php (08/03)
31 May - 4 June 2004. 2004: A Speaker Odyssey. The Speaker and Language
Recognition Workshop. Toledo, Spain. http://www.odyssey04.org/ (04/03)
3 - 5 June 2004. 6th Annual Meeting French Network of Phonology, Universite
d'Orleans, France. [log in to unmask] (02/04)
4 June 2004. The architecture of the language faculty. UCL Centre for Human
Communication, London, UK. http://chc.ucl.ac.uk/conference (03/04).
11 - 13 June 2004. From Sound to Sense, Fifty Years in Speech Communication.
MIT, USA. http://rledev.mit.edu/soundtosense/default.cfm (02/04)
14 - 16 June 2004. 5th ISCA Speech Synthesis Workshop. Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, USA. http://www.ssw5.org/ (04/04)
17 - 19 June 2004. InSTIL/ICALL Symposium 2004: NLP and Speech Technologies
in Advanced Language Learning Systems. Auditorium Santa Margherita,
Universita Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy. http://project.cgm.unive.it (12/03)
18 - 19 June 2004. Phonologie und Phonetik. Potsdam, Germany.
http://www2.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hubert/PundP1/index.html;
[log in to unmask] (03/04)
21 June - 20 July 2004. Summer 2004 at Ohio State University: Courses in Intonation, Pragmatics, and African-American English. Ohio State University, USA. http://ling.osu.edu/events/SU200 (04/04)
24 - 26 June 2004. 9th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon 9): Change
in Phonology. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/labphon9/; [log in to unmask] (04/03)
26 June 2004. Independently Speaking (IATEFL Pronunciation and Learner
Independence Special Interest Groups). Language Resources Centre, Whiteknights, University of Reading, UK. http://www.rdg.ac.uk/epu/iatefl_event.htm;
[log in to unmask] (04/04)
18 - 20 July 2004. Conference on Language, Culture and Mind. University of
Portsmouth, UK. www.unifr.ch/gefi/GP2/Portsmouth; [log in to unmask]
(10/03)
27 - 31 July 2004. 31st LACUS Forum. University of Illinois, Chicago.
http://www.lacus.org; [log in to unmask] (11/03)
8 - 10 August 2004. Nordic Prosody IX. Lund, Sweden.
http://www.ling.lu.se/nordicprosody2004/; [log in to unmask] (12/03)
18 - 19 August 2004, International Conference on Linguistics & Speech
Pathology, University of Jordan-Amman, Jordan. [log in to unmask] (01/04)
29 August - 2 September 2004. 26th World Congress of the International
Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.
[log in to unmask] (02/04)
30 August - 2 September 2004. Linguistics Association of Great Britain
(LAGB) Annual Meeting 2004. Froebel College, University of Surrey Roehampton,
UK. [log in to unmask] (04/04)
8 - 11 September 2004. Seventh International Conference on Text, Speech and
Dialogue (TSD 2004). Brno, Czech Republic.
http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/tsd2004/ (01/04)
9 - 11 September 2004. International Conference on Tone and Intonation.
Santorini, Greece. http://www.let.kun.nl/tie; http://www.santorini-Image.gr/
(03/03)
16 - 18 September 2004. Developmental Paths in Phonological Acquisition.
University of Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.ulcl.leidenuniv.nl (01/04)
17 - 19 September 2004. Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonetics and
Phonology. Indiana University, USA.
http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/conference/home.html (09/03)
19 - 24 September 2004. German-French Summer School on Cognitive and Physical
Models of Speech Production, Perception and Perception-Production Interaction.
Lubmin, Germany. http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/events/sommer_org/index.htm;
[log in to unmask] (03/04)
20 - 22 September 2004. 9th International Conference Speech and Computer
(SPECOM'2004). St. Petersburg, Russia. http://www.spiiras.nw.ru/speech;
[log in to unmask] (12/03)
30 September - 1 October 2004. International Workshop on Spoken
Language Translation: Evaluation Campaign on Spoken Language Translation.
(A satellite event of ICSLP2004, see below.) Kyoto, Japan.
http://www.slt.atr.jp/IWSLT2004/ (04/04)
2 - 3 October 2004. ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Statistical
and Perceptual Audio Processing. (A satellite event of ICSLP2004).
Jeju Island, Korea. http://journal.speech.cs.cmu.edu/SAPA2004/ (04/04)
4 - 8 October 2004. ICSLP2004 - Interspeech. 8th Biennial Conference of ICSLP.
Jeju Island, Korea. http://www.icslp2004.org/ (07/03)
7 - 9 October 2004. Variation and Change in Phonology and Phonetics.
Potsdam, Germany. [log in to unmask] (04/04)
++ 8 - 10 December, 2004. Tenth Australian International Conference on
Speech Science & Technology (SST2004), Macquarie University, Sydney. http://www.assta.org/sst/2004 [further details below] (05/04)
16 - 18 December 2004. 4th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language
Processing (ISCSLP'04). Hong Kong, China. http://www.iscslp2004.com/ (12/03)
19 - 22 April 2005. NOLISP'05: Non-Linear Speech Processing. Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.nolisp2005.org/; [log in to unmask] (12/03)
16 - 18 June 2005. Between Stress and Tone (BeST). Leiden, The Netherlands.
http://www.iias.nl/iias/agenda/best/ (04/04)
++ 23 - 25 June, 2005. The International Conference on Language
++ Variation in Europe (ICLaVE), Meertens Institute, Amsterdam.
++ http://www.iclave.org/ [further details below] (05/04)
31 August - 3 September 2005. The Sixth Pan-European Voice Conference
(PEVoC-6): Mirroring the Voice. The Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
www.pevoc6.com; info@ pevoc6.com (04/04)
11 - 14 May 2006. International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA).
University of Helsinki, Finland. [log in to unmask] (12/03)
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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Tenth Australian International Conference
on
Speech Science & Technology
SST2004
Macquarie University, Sydney,
8th-10th December, 2004
Call for Papers
The Centre for Language Technology and the Speech Hearing and Language
Research Centre are pleased to announce that the Tenth Australian
International Conference on Speech Science and Technology will be held
at the Macquarie University campus in December 2004.
Submissions are invited for oral and poster presentations. Submissions
should describe original contributions to spoken language, speech
science and/or technology that will be of interest to an audience
including scientists, engineers, linguists, psychologists, clinicians,
and other professionals. The broad themes of the conference are:
* Human processing of spoken language.
* Machine processing of spoken language.
* Applications of speech science and technology.
Submissions will not be accepted later than Friday 6th August.
Authors have the choice of review on the basis of an extendedabstract
or full paper. Reviews will be conducted anonymously by at least two
members of the International Review Board. Authors will be notified of
the review outcome no later than Monday 4th October. The final
versions of accepted papers will be published as a CD-ROM and a
printed abstract booklet. The booklet and the CD-ROM will indicate
whether the paper was accepted on the basis of full paper or extended
abstract review.
Final acceptance depends on:
* Favourable review by the conference International Review Board.
* Receipt no later than Friday 29th October of a final full paper
and a final abstract in acceptable electronically readable format
for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
* Receipt of payment for conference registration no later than
Friday 29th October from at least one author.
General enquiries should be emailed to the Conference Chair, Steve
Cassidy ([log in to unmask]).
Important dates:
* Submission closing date - Friday, 6th August
* Acceptance notice date - Early October
* Manuscript closing date - Friday, 29 October
* Early registration date - Monday, 11th October
* Presenter/Author registration Deadline - Friday, 29th October
Abstract or 6-page Manuscript Submissions.
Submissions to SST-2004 may be submitted in the form of a one-page
abstract or as a six-page manuscript by the submission closing date.
If a submission is reviewed and accepted on the basis of the abstract,
then the complete 6-page manuscript must also be submitted by the
manuscript closing date in order to be included in the proceedings.
Reviewers will remain anonymous throughout the review process. Authors
may choose to be reviewed 'blind' i.e. without the reviewers knowing
their identity.
Applicants for the ASSTA award must submit a complete 6-page
manuscript for review.
For more information about the conference and the paper submission
process, please see the conference web site at:
http://www.assta.org/sst/2004
Steve Cassidy
Conference Chair
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ICLaVE 2005
The International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE) is a biannual meeting addressing any aspect of linguistic variation observed in languages spoken in present-day Europe. The conference is intended to provide a platform for every scholar interested in issues related to this topic, be it as a historical linguist, a sociolinguist, a specialist in grammatical theory, a dialectologist, a psycholinguist or from any other point of view.
In June 2005, the Meertens Institute in Amsterdam will host IClaVE 3. Here is the Call for Papers (deadline: November 1, 2004).
Keynote speakers
Johan Taeldeman (U. of Ghent, Belgium)
Miklós Kontra (U. of Szeged & Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
Shana Poplack (U. of Ottawa, Canada)
Important dates and figures
Conference date: June 23-25, 2005
Deadlines: Call for Papers (deadline: November 1, 2004; Notification of Acceptance: February 15, 2005), and here is the Call for Workshops (deadline: March 15, 2004: PAST)
Conference fee:
until May 1, 2005: EUR 100,- (EUR 80,- for students)
after May 1, 2005 and on site EUR 125,- (EUR 100 for students)
Participation excursions/cultural programme: EUR 25,-
Conference dinner: EUR 30,-
Money has to be transferred to ABN-AMRO bank account 43.64.65.310; mention "Meertens Instituut - ICLaVE 3"
Please note that we can only send letters of invitation to colleagues who can submit specimens of their work.
Some historical background
The idea of setting up this conference was first mooted by the Coordination Committee of the research Network on The Convergence and Divergence of Dialects in a Changing Europe, which was funded from 1995 to 1998 by the European Science Foundation. ICLaVE continues work in this and other areas related to language variation. The first and second editions of ICLaVE have taken place in Barcelona and Uppsala, respectively; the third edition will take place in Amsterdam (June 23 - 25, 2005) and will be organized by a group of linguists headed by Frans Hinskens (Meertens Instituut / Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). The scientific program will consist of regular papers (selected on the basis of abstracts), invited papers and workshops.
International Scientific Committee
Peter Auer (U. of Freiburg i.Br.), Frans Hinskens (Meertens Instituut & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Paul Kerswill (U. of Reading), Inge Lise Pedersen (U. of Copenhagen), Mats Thelander (U. of Uppsala), M. Teresa Turell (U. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Local Committee (Meertens Instituut/University of Amsterdam/Free University Amsterdam) Sjef Barbiers, Hans Bennis, Leonie Cornips, Ton Goeman, Willy Jongenburger, Geke van de Kamp, Marc van Oostendorp, Piet van Reenen, Astrid Verburg
http://www.iclave.org/
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INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
CENTRE FOR HUMAN COMMUNICATION, UCL
The first major event of UCL's new Centre for Human Communication is a one-
day conference on June 4th on 'The architecture of the language faculty'.
Our keynote speaker, Professor Ray Jackendoff, of Brandeis University,
President of the Linguistics Society of America, is the 2003 recipient of
the Jean-Nicod Prize, and the author of several acclaimed books on
language, most recently Foundations of Language (Oxford University Press,
2002). He is particularly admired for his inter-disciplinary take on
language issues. He will be speaking on 'Re-interpreting generative
grammar'.
The full programme is:
Prof. William Marslen-Wilson, FBA, Director, Medical
Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge;
Professor of Language and Cognition, University of Cambridge.
Title: Language in the Mind and the Brain: Insights from the Past Tense
Prof. Dorothy Bishop, Oxford University: Professor of Developmental
Neuropsychology
Title : Genes and language
Prof. John Local, University of York Professor of Phonetics and Linguistics
Title: Interpreting phonetic exponents: variable domains and variable
relevance
Prof. Barbara Landau, Todd Professor of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins
University
Title: How do we talk about what we see
Prof. Richard Wise, Imperial College: Professor of Neurology and Wellcome
Senior Research Fellow, Hammersmith Hospital
Title: The neurology of language
Discussants: Prof Annette Karmiloff-Smith, UCL, & Prof. Peter Howell, UCL
The conference will take place in Beveridge Hall, Senate House, University
of London. The day will include lunch, and end with a cocktail reception.
There is a small registration fee (£25 for non-UCL, £10 for UCL, and no
charge for students), and registration is essential. The conference has
been made possible by the generous support of The British Academy,
The |Laryngograph Trust, The Linguistics Society of Great Britain,
and Oxford University Press.
Full details and a registration form can be found on our web-site;
http://www.chc.ucl.ac.uk/conference.
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University of Hong Kong
Professor: Chair of Speech & Hearing Sciences (Re-advertisement)
(RF-2003/2004-224)
Applications are invited for appointment as Professor: Chair of Speech & Hearing Sciences in the Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences of the Faculty of Education, tenable from as soon as possible. Appointment will initially be made on a three- to five-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal.
The Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences is responsible for the education of speech/language therapists and audiologists in Hong Kong and more widely. It is committed to innovative curriculum practice, and is a pioneer in problem-based learning (PBL) approaches. The Division has a strong research profile, with a particular commitment to the investigation of communication disorders in Chinese populations. The Division has world-class facilities, including laboratories with specialist equipment, clinical suites, and library holdings. Further information can be obtained from the website: http://www.hku.hk/speech/.
The University of Hong Kong is at the international forefront of higher learning and research, with more than 100 teaching departments and sub-divisions of studies, and more than 60 research institutes and centres. Current enrolment includes 10,000 undergraduates and 7,000 postgraduates from 48 countries. English is the medium of instruction. The University is committed to international standards for excellence in scholarship and research.
The appointee should have a distinguished record of research, publication and supervision of research students. He/She would be expected to contribute to teaching in relevant programmes, and research in an area of speech, language or hearing sciences related to communication disorders; provide research leadership in the Division; and play a key role in the development of research policy, strategy and staff development in the Faculty and more broadly, in the University. A knowledge of Chinese, and a recognized clinical qualification would be advantageous but are not essential.
Starting annual salary [attracting contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary] will be within the professorial range (which is subject to review from time to time in accordance with the University¹s established mechanism), the minimum of which is circa HK$1.1M (US$1 = HK$7.8) depending on qualifications and experience. At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 16% of gross income. Leave, medical/dental benefits will be offered to the successful candidate. The provision of housing benefits (where
applicable) is subject to review.
Further particulars and application forms (272/302 amended) can be obtained at https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/; or from the Appointments Unit (Senior), Human Resource Section, Registry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (fax: (852) 2540 6735 or 2559 2058; e-mail: [log in to unmask]). Review of applications will begin from May 24, 2004 until the position is filled. Further enquiries about the post can be addressed to the Head of Division (tel: (852) 2859 0595; fax: (852) 2559 0060; e-mail: [log in to unmask]). The University reserves the right not to fill the post or to fill the post by invitation.
The University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a No-Smoking Policy
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The IBM European Voice Technology Development team is looking for people interested in working on the next releases of their ViaVoice technologies for both Telephony and Automotive applications. In particular, we are looking for a phonetician fluent in Dutch, but we also welcome more general applications from people with wider signal, speech or natural language-processing backgrounds. Applicants must be fluent speakers of English and be free to work in the EU. The positions will be based in IBMs labs either in England (Winchester) or Germany (Mannheim). For more information, please contact [log in to unmask]
Dr Eric Janke
Manager: UK Voice Technology Development
Websphere Voice
Tel: 44-1962-815292 (Internal: 245292)
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Post-Doctoral Ultrasound Lab Manager
University of Arizona
Department of Linguistics
Job Description: The Research Associate will design and execute experimental
protocols for ultrasound imaging of the tongue's movement during speech,
formulate and test hypotheses rooted in current issues of theoretical
generative phonology, and oversee daily operation of the Arizona Phonological
Imaging Lab (APIL).
Review begins May 19, 2004.
On-line application is required by the University of Arizona. To apply
and for further information, please go to
http://www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=176312
Diana Archangeli
Department of Linguistics
Douglass Building 200E, University of Arizona
Tucson AZ 85721
United States of America
[log in to unmask]
Phone: 520-621-2184
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Rhetorical Systems, Edinburgh, UK
French-language speech scientist wanted
Rhetorical Systems is expanding the range of languages offered in its
high-quality rVoice text-to-speech system, to include European French and
Canadian French. We are looking for a French-speaking person, with knowledge
of both varieties of French, to join our dedicated team of scientists and
developers.
The minimum requirement is a solid background in one of the following:
acoustic phonetics of French, unit selection speech synthesis, speech signal
processing, French computational linguistics, French lexicon development.
Programming experience in Python or C++ is a definite advantage. Our
development environment is Linux, and a background in one of the flavours of
Unix is desirable.
Rhetorical Systems is a leading provider of text-to-speech (TTS) solutions.
We are headquartered in Edinburgh, with offices in London, Boston and Texas.
Our research and development team, based in Edinburgh, is the largest and most
experienced text-to-speech team in the world. In addition we have close links
with the University of Edinburgh, which has distinguished departments for
Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, and a long history
of speech research.
The starting date for the appointment is open, and there is no deadline for
applications. Email applications are preferred. Send covering letter and CV
to:
Art Blokland 4 Crichton's Close
Manager, Languages
Rhetorical Systems Ltd
Edinburgh EH8 8DT
Scotland
T: ( +44 ) ( 0 ) 131 525 6811
F: ( +44 ) ( 0 ) 131 525 6888
E: [log in to unmask]
www.rhetorical.com
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Wayne State University
The Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Department, the Romance
Languages Department and the Linguistics Program at Wayne State
University are looking for a qualified Post-Doctoral researcher with
expertise in the acquisition of prosody by English- and Spanish
speaking children. Knowledge of TOBi trancription system and
statistical analysis preferred. The Post-Doctoral candidate will be
working on a research project with Jean Andruski, Eugenia Casielles
and Geoff Nathan. This project aims at collecting, analyzing and
making publicly available a set of high-quality audio baseline data on
the use of prosody by monolingual English and Spanish children. The
collection of data is already under way and the candidate is expected
to phonetically transcribe spontaneous child and adult speech, analyze
selected portions of data for characteristics related to rhythm and
intonation, participate in grant writing, and supervise a research
graduate student.
This position is initially for one year with a second year renewal
possible, and starts in August 2004. Salary: $33,000 plus associated
benefits and a travel allowance.
All applicants must submit evidence that all requirements for the
degree will be completed by August 1st, 2004. Qualified candidates
should e-mail a cover letter, a vita, availability information, names
and contact information for three references and sample publications
to Eugenia Casielles at [log in to unmask]
Wayne State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer
Application Address:
Eugenia Casielles
Romance Languages and Literatures
487 Manoogian Hall, 906 W. Warren
Detroit MI 48202
United States of America
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Tokyo University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of
Language and Information Sciences
Assistant or Associate Professor Position
1 Number of positions: 1
2 Job title: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (equivalent)
3 Specialization: Experimental Phonetics or Psycholinguistics
(Research related to language acquisition a plus)
4 Teaching duties: 5 - 6 classes per week (including one graduate
course) Graduate level: ''Fundamentals of Language Science'',
''Language Acquisition'', etc. Upper level undergraduate (3rd & 4th
yr.): ''English'', ''Linguistic Analysis'', etc. Lower level
undergraduate (1st & 2nd yr.): ''English'', ''General Subjects
(Linguistics)'', etc.
5 Qualifications
A: Candidates must have a Ph.D. or equivalent research achievements.
B: Non-native speakers of Japanese must have a sufficient command of
the Japanese language for school internal administration.
C: Candidates must be under 45 years of age as of the starting date.
6 Documents to submit
A: Research interests (around 2,000 characters, or if in English
around 500 words)
B: Curriculum Vita (with picture, and including e-mail address)
C: List of Publications
D: 3 representative publications (If the title page, table of contents
and copyright page are included, photocopies are acceptable. Also
for candidates with publications in English, include at least one
English publication.)
* The following can also be included:
. Letters of Recommendation
. Name(s) and contact information (address, phone number, e-mail
address, etc.) of up to 2 people who can act as references for
research background, teaching history, etc.
* Send application materials by registered mail to the ''Contact
Address'' below.
7 Application Deadline: All materials must arrive no later than
Tuesday, May 25, 2004.
8 Starting date: April 1, 2005
9 Screening Schedule
First screening: mid June, 2004
Second screening: after mid June, 2004 (Details will be sent
to candidates passing the first screening.)
10 Contact Address
Department of Language and Information Sciences
Building 10, Komaba Campus
Tokyo University
3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo-to
153-8902 Japan
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Remarks:
* Write ''koubo shorui zaichuu'' in red on the envelope.
* Application materials will not be returned
* Send inquiries to the above e-mail address with ''kyoin-kobo'' in
the subject line. Inquiries by phone will not be accepted.
* For information about the department as well as for a Japanese
version of this announcement, please visit our web site at:
http://gamp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_j.html
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Stanford University
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Speech Synthesis
Stanford University seeks to hire an outstanding postdoctoral
researcher immediately in computer speech synthesis. Candidates should
be recent PhDs in a research area related to Spoken Language
Processing or Natural Language Processing, in computer science,
linguistics, or electrical engineering. Strong computational and
mathematical skills and interest and experience with prosodic analysis
are especially desirable. Postdocs participating in this project will
be joining an active interdisciplinary speech and language processing
community with strengths in speech recognition, statistical natural
language processing, dialogue understanding, and psycholinguistic
models of language processing and development.
The project, ''Expressive Prosody for Unit-selection Speech
Synthesis'', is new, run by Dan Jurafsky
(http://www.stanford.edu/~jurafsky) in the Linguistics Department at
Stanford and by Simon King and Mark Steedman at the University of
Edinburgh. Our goals are to generate prosody appropriate for
communicating specific meanings and information structures, including
generation of appropriate pitch accents, full and reduced syllables on
function and content words.
The position is initially for 1 year, with a second year renewal
possible. To apply, email a CV, a one-page statement of research
interests, names and contact information for three references, and a
cover letter that briefly summarizes qualifications. Applications may
be sent to Allen Sciutto at: [log in to unmask]
Stanford University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer.
Allen Sciutto
Linguistics Department, Margaret Jacks Hall
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305
United States of America
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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DOULOS SIL 4.0 FONT NOW AVAILABLE!
SIL International is pleased to announce that the Doulos SIL Unicode font is now available from the Web site: http://scripts.sil.org.
The goal for this product was to provide a single Unicode-based font family that would contain a comprehensive inventory of glyphs needed for almost any Roman- or Cyrillic-based writing system, whether used for phonetic or orthographic needs.
In addition, there is provision for other characters and symbols useful to linguists. This font makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex typographic issues, such as the need to position arbitrary combinations of base glyphs and diacritics optimally.
This Doulos SIL font is essentially the same design as the SIL Doulos font first released by SIL in 1992. The design has been changed from the original in that it has been scaled down to be a better match with contemporary digital fonts, such as Times New Roman. This current release is a regular typeface, with no bold or italic version available.
To download the Doulos SIL Unicode font, go to: http://scripts.sil.org/DoulosSILfont
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