foNETiks
a Network Newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
May 1999
Editors: Linda Shockey, University of Reading, U.K.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, U.K.
Paul Foulkes, Leeds University, U.K.
Lisa Lim, National University of Singapore
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
(New ones marked **)
(Date of first appearance follows)
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13 - 15 May 1999. 7th Manchester Phonology Meeting. University of
Manchester, UK. email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/german/7mfm/call.htm
14 May 1999. 7th Manchester Phonology Meeting Parasession on Stress and
Metrics. University of Manchester, UK. (04/99) (See entry above;
for further details, see under Conferences below.)
17 - 19 May 1999. 1999 ICPLA Symposium: 7th Conference of the
International Clinical Phonetics & Linguistics Association.
Montreal, Canada. (12/98)
http://tpowel.comdis.lsumc.edu/icpla/symposia/MONTREAL.HTM
25 - 26 May 1999. Workshop on Robust Methods for Speech Recognition in
Adverse Conditions. Tampere, Finland. (01/99)
http://www-nrc.nokia.com/robust99/
5 - 6 June 1999. Workshop on individual hearing conservation against
noise. Satellite event of 4th European Conference on
Audiology (see entry below). (08/98)
6 - 10 June 1999. 4th European Conference on Audiology. Oulu, Finland.
(08/98) http://cc.oulu.fi/~korvwww/
11 June 1999. The active ear. Satellite event of 4th European Conference
on Audiology (see entry above). (08/98)
12 June 1999. EACL-99, Computer and Internet Supported Education in
Language and Speech Technology. University of Bergen, Norway.
(02/99) email: [log in to unmask],
http://www.cs.um.edu.mt/~mros/celst/
17 - 19 June 1999. 10th TENNET conference. University of Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. (10/98) [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
20 - 26 June 1999. ACL'99. 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for
Computational Linguistics. University of Maryland. (12/98)
http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/conf/acl99
22 June 1999. (preceding IALL-99 and ACL-99) Computer-Mediated Language
Assessment and Evaluation in Natural Language Processing. A
Symposium jointly sponsored by the International Association of
Language Learning Technologies and the Association for
Computational Linguistics. University of Maryland, College Park,
MD. (04/99) http://umiacs.umd.edu/~molsen/acl-iall
24 - 25 June 1999. Round Table in Phonology. The Strong Position:
Lenition and Fortition. Nice, France. (04/99)
[log in to unmask]; http://ancilla.unice.fr
28 June - 1 July 1999. International Association of Forensic Linguists
4th Biennial Conference. Birmingham, U.K. (12/98)
Further info: [log in to unmask]
10 - 16 July 1999. 6th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference.
Stockholm, Sweden. (08/98) http://bamse.ling.su.se/iclc99/
12 - 16 July 1999. VIIIth International Congress for the Study of Child
Language. University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian -
Donostia, Basque Country, Spain. (12/97)
http://www.vc.ehu.es/iascl99/iascl.htm
30 July 1999. The Role of Perceptual Phenomena in Phonological Theory.
ICPhS99 satellite meeting. San Francisco. (01/99)
[log in to unmask]
30 July 1999. Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech. ICPhS99 satellite meeting.
UC Berkeley, San Francisco. (03/99) email: [log in to unmask],
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~robin/ICPhS-CfP.html
31 July 1999. "Eppur Si Muove" - Dynamics of the Production and Perception
of Speech. A satellite symposium of ICPhS99. (Supported by the
European Speech Communication Association) (03/99) UC Berkeley,
San Francisco. http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~steveng/dynamics/
1 - 7 August 1999. ICPhS99: XIVth International Congress of Phonetic
Sciences. San Francisco, USA. (11/97)
http://trill.berkeley.edu/ICPhS
7 - 9 August 1999. AVSP '99: 4th Annual Auditory-Visual Speech
Processing Conference. University of California at Santa Cruz.
Satellite event of ICPhS99. (04/99) More information:
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/avsp99, email: [log in to unmask]
** 18 - 20 August 1999. International Conference on Speech Processing
Seoul, Korea. Home page: http://assp.soongsil.ac.kr/icsp99.html
(5/99)
1 - 3 September 1999. ESCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Dialogue and
Prosody. Eindhoven, The Netherlands. (Satellite event of
Eurospeech'99) (11/98) http://www.tue.nl/ipo/sli/etrw.html
5 - 10 September 1999. Eurospeech'99. 6th European Conference on Speech
Communication and Technology. Budapest, Hungary. (12/98)
[log in to unmask]; http://tel.ttt.bme.hu/Eurospeech99
13 - 14 September 1999. ESCA-NATO Tutorial and Research Workshop on MIST:
Multi-lingual Interoperability in Speech Technology. Satellite
event of Eurospeech'99. Leusden, The Netherlands. (12/98)
http://lands.let.kun.nl/mist
13 - 17 September 1999. Workshop on Text, Speech, Dialogue. Plzen,
Czech Republic. (02/99) email: [log in to unmask];
http://www-kiv.zcu.cz/events/tsd99/
15 - 18 September 1999. EUROCALL'99 (European Association for Computer
Assisted Language Learning): Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) in varied language learning environments.
Universit de Franche-Comt, Besanon, France. (08/98)
http://eurocall99.univ-fcomte.fr
http://lib.univ-fcomte.fr/RECHERCHE/P7/EUROCALL/EUROCALL.html
4 - 7 October 1999. SPECOM'99 International Workshop, Moscow Linguistic
University. (01/99) email: [log in to unmask];
http://www.spiiras.nw.ru/speech
8 - 9 October 1999. Recent Developments in Generative Metrics.
University of Toronto, Canada. (04/99) More info:
[log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
[log in to unmask]
1 - 5 November 1999. 137th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.
Columbus, Ohio. (08/98)
5 - 7 November 1999. The 24th Annual Boston University Conference
on Language Development. Boston University. (03/99)
http://web.bu.edu/LINGUISTICS/APPLIED/conference.html
29 June - 1 July 2000. LabPhon7. Max Planck Institute/University of
Nijmegen, Netherlands. (02/99) [log in to unmask]
http://www.let.kun.nl/labphon7/
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POSITIONS VACANT
& RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
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LECTURESHIP IN THE PHONETICS OR PHONOLOGY OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS, THE UNIVERSITY
OF EDINBURGH
For fifty years the University of Edinburgh has been home to a
world-renowned community of departments and institutes involved in the
study of language and speech. As the field has grown and changed new
centres have been established and old ones have been closed or
reorganized, but the community has remained as lively and productive
as ever. The department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics will
come into being on 1st August 1999 and results from the amalgamation
of the Departments of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. The new
department will also contain the Institute of Applied Language Studies
and the Centre for Speech Technology Research. As such, the new
department will have 20 academic members of staff, 2 academic
secretaries, 5 computing staff and 1 technician, plus support and
teaching staff within IALS and CSTR. The department will have a
thriving undergraduate curriculum in Linguistics with about 50 Honours
students and a number of non-graduating students. There are two taught
masters courses: the MSc in Applied Linguistics (with between 20 and
30 students) and the MSc in Speech and Natural Language Processing
(with about 8 students). There is also a thriving research
postgraduate community, with between 80 and 100 students studying for
MLitt and PhD in many areas of applied and theoretical linguistics.
The department has strong links with the Faculty of Education, the
Human Communication Research Centre, the Department of English
Language, the Department of Psychology and the Division of
Informatics.
The Department of Applied Linguistics was established as the School of
Applied Linguistics in 1957 under the direction of J C Catford who was
succeeded in 1964 by Professor S Pit Corder. The School subsequently
became a department and in 1995 a Chair in Applied Linguistics was
established whose first incumbent, Professor John E Joseph, joined the
department in 1997. Although it retains its traditional emphasis on
supporting the teaching of English to speakers of other languages, an
increasing amount of work in recent years has been concerned with the
learning and teaching of languages other than English and with
problems of language use both within and outside language teaching.
One of the research strengths of the department is in the area of
Second Language Acquisition associated with the work of Dr. Antonella
Sorace. In conjunction with members of the Department of Linguistics,
the study of language acquisition has broadened to include first
language acquisition and there are now undergraduate and postgraduate
modules in both these subjects, as well as an increasing number of
research postgraduates.
In order to further strengthen and develop these important areas, and
to bolster the undoubted research excellence in Phonetics/Phonology in
the current Department of Linguistics, we are seeking to hire someone
who has expertise in the phonetics or phonology of language
acquisition (first or second). The successful applicant will have a
proven research record, and be committed to developing teaching in
both phonetics/phonology and language acquisition at postgraduate and
undergraduate levels within an applied linguistics context (broadly
construed). Ideally, the successful candidate will be interested in
developing interdisciplinary links within the new department and with
other units in the University.
Main Purpose of Job: to conduct and publish research of the highest
standard in phonetics or phonology of language acquisition (first or
second); to contribute to, and develop, teaching for the MSc in
Applied Linguistics; to supervise research students; to contribute to
teaching at undergraduate level.
Duties and Responsibilities
a. Skills and Qualifications The appointee will have at least an
upper second (or equivalent) degree and a PhD, together with an
excellent research record in the phonetics or phonology of language
acquisition.
b. Duties and Responsibilities of the Post
1 To undertake research into the phonetics or phonology of
language acquisition.
2 To develop research projects in these areas
with other members of staff and to seek external funding.
3 To develop the teaching of phonetics/phonology and language
acquisition in the MSc in Applied Linguistics.
4 To supervise research postgraduates at all levels.
5 To develop and support the teaching of phonetics/phonology and
language acquisition in the undergraduate curriculum.
6 To undertake administrative duties within the department as
specified by the Head of Departrment.
7 To preserve and foster interdisciplinary links with other units in
the university such as Psychology, Education and Informatics.
Footnote: These particulars are issued by the Personnel Office, 1
Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh. They are intended to represent an
accurate description of the duties at the time of writing, although
this accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The University reserves the right
to vary these particulars or make no appointment at all. Neither in
part nor in whole do these particulars form part of any contract
between the University and any individual.
Application Procedure: Please complete and return the Application
Form, 5 copies of your Curriculum Vitae, an example of your published
work, and the original of the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form to
Recruitment, The Personnel Office, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh EH8
9TB by the closing date of the Friday 14th May 1999. We cannot
guarantee to consider late applications.
The candidates on the short list will be invited to give
presentations in Edinburgh on the afternoon of 1st June 1999 and the
interviews will be held on the morning of 2nd June 1999.
Please send references to the address below to arrive no later than
21st May 1999.
Address for references
Professor John Joseph
Department of Applied Linguistics
University of Edinburgh
14 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9LN
References can be sent by fax or e-mail.
Fax: 0131 650 6526
e-mail: John.Joseph@ ed.ac.uk
URL: http://www.arts.ed.appling/, http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/
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Research position in Natural Language Processing / Speech processing
at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
(OeFAI), Vienna, Austria.
OeFAI offers a research position within its Natural Language
Processing Group. We are looking for a participant in a basic
research project in the area of speech synthesis that aims at the
investigation of segmental durations in German. The project is funded
by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) and will be headed by
Ao.Prof.Harald Trost.
A speech corpus of "Austrian German" is constructed and subsequently
analyzed using machine learning techniques in order to derive models
of durational variation. From a theoretical point of view the
project aims for a better understanding of the quantitative effects
of the multiple factors influencing duration in speech. From a
practical point of view the results will be used in order to improve
the naturalness of prosody in a speech synthesis program.
Candidates are to deal with one or more of the following tasks:
- development of procedures and tools for supporting the
(semi automatic) labeling and representation of the corpus
- adaption and application of machine learning techniques
- integration of resulting models to an existing speech synthesizer
She/he has finished her/his diploma or an equivalent degree in
- computational linguistics, or
- phonetics, or
- digital signal processing, or
- computer science plus a background in linguistics.
She/he has programming experience, preferably in C and/or C++.
A good command of English and/or German is expected.
The project started in December 98, with a duration of 2.5 years. We
would like to fill the position as soon as possible. Continued
employment after the end of the project is possible. The candidate is
encouraged to realize her/his Ph.D. within the project.
The yearly gross salary will be about ATS 260.000,- according to FWF
regulation.
More information about the OeFAI and its Natural Language Processing
group can be found at http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/oefai/nlu/ Inquiries
and applications (including a short CV and list of publications)
should be sent by mail or email to:
Harald Trost
OeFAI
Schottengasse 3
A-1010 Wien, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 535 32 810
Fax: +43 1 532 06 52
Email: [log in to unmask]
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MEETINGS
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The North-West Centre for Linguistics and the Universities of
Toulouse-Le Mirail and Paris X-Nanterre
announce
The 7th Manchester Phonology Meeting
*** with a parasession on stress and metrics ***
University of Manchester (UK)
Thursday 13 May to Saturday 15 May 1999
The provisional programme for the 7th Manchester Phonology Meeting is
now available on the web at
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/german/7mfm/prog.htm
We are delighted to say that we have been able to accommodate 13
full papers and that, as in 1998, there will be a 90-minute poster
session. In addition, we are holding a parasession on stress and
metrics, organised and chaired by Chris McCully (University of
Manchester).
For more information about the 7th Manchester Phonology, please visit
our web pages at http://www.art.man.ac.uk/german/7mfm/call.htm
Best wishes,
The Organisers:
Wiebke Brockhaus (University of Manchester)
Jacques Durand (Universite de Toulouse-Le Mirail)
Bernard Laks (Universite Paris X-Nanterre)
Nigel Vincent (University of Manchester)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Special Issue of Speech Communication
on Speech Annotation and Corpus Tools
www.ldc.upenn.edu/annotation/specom.html
In recent years there has been an explosion of activity in
the area of annotated linguistic databases. A wide variety
of formats and tools have been developed; for an extensive
set of web pointers, see [www.ldc.upenn.edu/annotation].
Hundreds of annotated speech corpora have been published,
and such corpora are finding uses in a rapidly expanding set
of disciplines.
In the majority of cases, annotated corpora and associated
software have been created without reference to other
efforts in the area, leading to a proliferation of
incompatible tools and formats despite the common conceptual
core. There is a clear need for the dissemination of
existing work and open discussion of the issues it raises,
ultimately leading to consensus about formats and the
creation of general purpose tools.
Speech Communication [www.elsevier.com/locate/specom] will
sponsor a special issue on speech annotation and tools for
developing and interrogating speech corpora, to be edited by
Steven Bird and Jonathan Harrington. Information about
deadlines will be circulated once it is available. In the
meantime, please visit the page for the special issue:
www.ldc.upenn.edu/annotation/specom.html
Please bookmark this page and/or sign up for the mailing
list to be sure of receiving subsequent announcements.
Steven & Jonathan.
--
Dr Jonathan Harrington
Director, Speech Hearing and Language Research Centre,
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Tel: +61 2 9850 8740 Fax: +61 2 9850 9199
[log in to unmask]
www.ling.mq.edu.au/dbase/person.phtml?oid=19084
Dr Steven Bird
Assoc Director, LDC; Adj Assoc Prof, CIS & Linguistics
Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania
3615 Market St, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2608
Tel: +1 215 573-3352 Fax: +1 215 573-2175
[log in to unmask]
www.ldc.upenn.edu/sb
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THE EUROSPEECH'99 EDUCATION ARENA
Call for participation
A Tuesday afternoon full of entertaining demonstrations, a job fair, a
meeting point for students and book authors, and maybe some Hungarian
music. That's what will be in store at Eurospeech'99 in Budapest
(September 5-9, 1999).
The Education ArenA, run in parallel to the official programme.
Any DEMONSTRATION / TUTORIAL / INTERACTIVE TOOL that can be used for
teaching and education: bring it to the Education ArenA! We provide
the space, the table and a board, and you bring your laptop and show
your stuff. Several computer screen projectors will be there to serve
a wider audience. You don't need to have an accepted paper at
Eurospeech. Just send us a message with a short description what you
have in mind. We mildly review it.
We educate and train students for a job. All COMPANIES are welcome at
the Education ArenA to present their vacancies in our JOB FAIR. Show
students why it is so attractive to join your company. Not because of
the salary but because of the intellectual challenges of the
applications you develop, of course. Show these, and remember: it
should be fun to watch.
Would't it be nice if students could speak to the authors of books
they use in their studies? We'll invite authors to be present at the
Education ArenA!
Visitors to the Education ArenA will not leave the space empty-handed.
They will be offered a CD-ROM with most of the demonstrations on it to
try them at home. The CD-ROM is FREE, sponsored by ELSNET.
We have opened a website with the latest news on the Education Arena.
It's almost empty now, but will be filled soon with your help. Visit:
http://www.ling.umu.se/arena/
YOUR ACTIONS, CONTACT/SUBMIT TO THE ORGANISERS:
General information: Gerrit Bloothooft <[log in to unmask]>
Demonstration proposal: Anders Eriksson <[log in to unmask]>
Materials for CD-ROM: Martin Cooke <[log in to unmask]>
Job fair: Klaus Fellbaum <[log in to unmask]>
Local arrangements:Klara Vicsi <[log in to unmask]>
Our DEADLINE is July 1, 1999. By that time we should have received
your proposal, while you should have ready all materials to be put on
the CD-ROM. Companies will be charged 200 ECU to participate in the
job fair, all other participation is free.
=====THE EDUCATION ARENA AT EUROSPEECH'99 IS SUPPORTED BY ELSNET=====
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Material for the June 1999 issue of foNETiks should reach the editors
by 25 May.
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