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foNETiks
A network newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
July 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]>
E-mail address:
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The foNETiks archive can be found on the WWW at:
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Visit the IPA web page at: http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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[date of first appearance follows]
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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)
++ 12 - 16 July 2004. Summer course on 'Applications of spoken language
systems. Soria, Spain. http://liceu.uab.es/fds2004.html;
[log in to unmask] (07/04) [details below]
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 (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)
20 - 21 June 2005. Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia, Universitat
Autonoma
de Barcelona. [log in to unmask] http://seneca.uab.es/papi (6-04)
23 - 25 June, 2005. The International Conference on Language Variation
in Europe (ICLaVE), Meertens Institute, Amsterdam.
http://www.iclave.org/ (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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Summer course on ''Applications of spoken language systems''
Date: 12-Jul-2004 - 16-Jul-2004
Location: Soria, Spain
Contact: Joaquim Llisterri
Contact Email: [log in to unmask]
Meeting URL: http://liceu.uab.es/fds2004.html
Linguistic Sub-field: Computational Linguistics
Subject Language: Spanish
Meeting Description:
The Fundación Duques de Soria is organizing a summer course on the
applications of spoken language systems in Soria (Spain) from July 12
to July 16 2004.
Topics covered are: objective assessment of spoken language systems
(R. San-Segundo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), emotions in
person-machine communication (J.M. Montero, Universidad Politécnica
de Madrid), prosody in natural human interaction (A. Hidalgo,
Universidad de Valencia) and the commercial development and
applications of spoken language systems (J,. Relaño, Telefónica I+D;
B. Romero, Grupo Voice; C. Martín, Infospeech; I. Gil, Caja Madrid;
E, Vilaclara, Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya). The course will be
taught in Spanish.
More information on registration and grants for attendance can be
found at http://liceu.uab.es/fds2004.html or http://www.fds.es
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POSITIONS/ STUDENTSHIPS VACANT
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University or Organization: Intervoice, Inc.
Rank of Job: Rank Open
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, General
Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language
Description, Phonetics, Semantics, Sociolinguistics,
Syntax, Voice User Interface, Voice Response, Speech
Recognition
Description:
Senior Engineer Voice User Interface Design -- Manchester UK
Intervoice, Inc., ( http://www.intervoice.com ) a world leading Voice
Solutions Company serving the Enterprise and Carrier Market segments
is seeking candidates for a Senior Engineer VUI Design for our
facility in Manchester. UK. The successful candidate will have the
following responsibilities: providing usability support to project and
product teams, including the analysis and investigation of
applications/systems, with an emphasis on voice response,
conversational, and multimedia user interfaces. Creates, evaluates,
and modifies prototypes to support evolving software application
development. May assist in developing design concept and
implementation, with input as to user interface design
considerations. Develops and applies voice user interface design and
usability processes in the investigation of technical problems. May
produce specifications describing user interfaces and internal
structures for product being developed. Participates in the
preparation of test materials, usability test facilitation, lab and
equipment maintenance, and evaluation of usability test results.
Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science, Human
Factors, Psychology, Linguistics or a related field or equivalent
experience with knowledge of prototype development and general
interaction design/usability principles. Excellent written and verbal
communication skills required. Excellent customer facing skills and
experience essential. Experience working on multidisciplinary teams a
plus. Eight years of related work experience required.
To apply please send your resume to: [log in to unmask] Include
in the email subject line: VUI Design
Address for Applications:
Attn: Mr. David Crowley
17811 Waterview Parkway
Dallas, TX 75252
United States of America
Position is open until filled.
Contact Information:
Mr. David Crowley
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 972-454-3619
Website: http://www.intervoice.com
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Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
Rank: Postdoctoral Fellow
Applications accepted until the position is filled.
Job Description: A full-time postdoctoral position to work with Dr.
Betty
Tuller on a grant concerning a dynamic approach to phonological
acquisition
in adults. The relevance of the work is to second-language learning,
rehabilitation after head traum and stroke, and computer-aided
remediation
devices. Expertise in speech synthesis and an interest in the scientific
problem are required. The position is available starting the end of
summer
2004, and would be for 3 years assuming satisfactory performance. The
stipend follows NIH guidelines and is dependent on number of years post
Ph.D. For more information please contact: Dr. Betty Tuller,
[log in to unmask]; information on the Center may be found at
www.ccs.fau.edu
(position pending final budgetary approval).
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Deadline for inclusion of items in the next foNETiks: 30 July 2004.
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