foNETiks
A network newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
November 2001
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Editors:
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK
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Gerry Docherty, University of Newcastle, UK
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Paul Foulkes, University of York, UK
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
(New ones marked **)
(date of first appearance follows)
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3 - 7 December 2001. 142nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
http://asa.aip.org/meetings.html; <[log in to unmask]> (12/00)
9 - 13 December 2001. 2001 International Workshop on Automatic
Speech Recognition and Understanding. Madonna di Campiglio
(Trento), Italy. http://asru01.itc.it/ (08/01)
11 - 13 December 2001. IRCS Workshop on Linguistic Databases.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/annotation/database/ (05/01)
13 - 15 December 2001. XII Giornate GFS-AIA (Gruppo di Fonetica
Sperimentale - Associazione Italiana di Acustica): La fonetica
acustica come strumento di analisi della variazione linguistica in
Italia (Acoustic phonetics as a tool for the analysis of linguistic
variation in Italy). Macerata, Italy. http://www.unimc.it/gfs2001/;
<[log in to unmask]> (07/01)
27 February - 1 March 2002. PHONOLOGICAL ACQUISITION IN
A MULTILINGUAL CONTEXT Workshop at the 24th Annual
Meeting of the DGfS (German Linguistics Association).
http://www.dgfs-home.de/DGfS-
Mitteilungen/MIT53WWW/mit53www.html (09/01) (see further
information below)
27 February - 1 March 2002. Prosody - Regional Variation, Social
Variation, and Multilingualism. Workshop at the 24th Annual
Meeting of the DGfS (German Linguistics Association). Mannheim,
Germany. http://www.dgfs-home.de/DGfS-
Mitteilungen/MIT53WWW/mit53www.html (08/01)
21 - 23 March 2002, III ieme JOURNEES d'ETUDES
LINGUISTIQUES NANTES (FRANCE), III rd LINGUISTIC STUDIES
WORKSHOP NANTES (FRANCE) "UNIVERSAUX SONORES" /
"SOUND UNIVERSALS" (09/01) (See further information below)
25 - 27 March 2002. 2002 Colloquium of the British Association of
Academic Phoneticians (BAAP). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
(08/01)
8 - 10 April 2002. Temporal Integration of Speech, ISCA Workshop.
Aix-en-Provence, France. http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~tips/;
<[log in to unmask]> (06/01) (10-01)
11-13 April 2002. SPEECH PROSODY 2002. Aix-en-Provence,
France. http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/projects/aix02/sp2002.htm;
<[log in to unmask]> (08/01)
3 - 5 May, 2002. Contrast in Phonology, U. Toronto.
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3 - 7 June 2002. 143rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
http://asa.aip.org/meetings.html; <[log in to unmask]> (12/00)
** 23 June 6 July, 2002. NATO International Scientific Exchange Programmes
Dynamics of Speech Production and Perception. Il Ciocco, Italy
http://www.ciocco.it/ (11/01)
17 - 20 September 2002. ICSLP-2002: 7th International Conference
on Spoken Language Processing. Denver, USA.
http://cslr.colorado.edu/icslp2002/ (08/01)
2 - 6 December 2002. Joint Meeting: 144th Meeting of the
Acoustical Society of America, 3rd Iberoamerican Acoustics and
9th Mexican Congress on Acoustics. Cancun, Mexico.
http://asa.aip.org/cancun.html (12/00)
3-9 August 2003. ICPhS 2003: 15th International Conference of
Phonetic Sciences. Barcelona, Spain. http://shylock.uab.es/icphs/
(08/01)
1 - 4 September 2003. EUROSPEECH'2003 - 8th European
Conference on Speech Communication and Technology. Geneva,
Switzerland. http://www.isca-speech.org/conferences.html (actual
website under construction) (08/01)
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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SPEECH PROSODY 2002
An International Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS
Aix-en-Provence, France, 11-13 April 2002
http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/sp2002/
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Overview
Speech Prosody 2002 will be an international conference aiming to bring
together researchers working in all areas of the field of speech
prosody. It
will provide a natural forum for scientific exchange both for established
workers in the field and for those who are new to the area and wish to get
up to date on this exciting and rapidly expanding field.
The conference is organised by the Laboratoire Parole et Langage, CNRS,
Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence under the aegis of SProSIG, the
Speech Prosody Special Interest Group, with the support of The International
Speech Communication Association (ISCA) and JST/CREST.
The conference will be held in conjunction with the ISCA international
workshop Temporal Integration in the Perception of Speech (TIPS)
http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~tips/
Format
Duration: three days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday).
The conference will be organised in nine sessions with one oral session each
morning one each afternoon, and one poster session held in the
middle of each day. There will be no parallel sessions.
Each oral session will be organised around a specific topic and will consist
of
* a keynote lecture
* two invited discussions
* general discussion
* selected submitted oral presentations
There will be a coffee/tea break in the middle of each oral session.
Poster sessions will be held in the middle of each day. These sessions are
designed to allow participants to divide their time as they wish between the
posters, lunch, discussion and resting.
Oral-session topics and keynote speakers
i. Prosody and Emotion
Sylvie Mozziconacci
(Q-go and Leiden University, The Netherlands)
ii. Prosody and Speech Technology
Colin Wightman
(Minnesota State University, USA)
iii. Prosody and Lexical Alignment
Yi Xu
(Northwestern University, USA)
iv. Prosody and Linguistic Typology
Franck Ramus
(Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, EHESS/CNRS, Paris)
v. Prosody and the Brain
Kai Alter
(Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Germany)
vi. Prosody and Meaning
Carlos Gussenhoven
(University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
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Call for papers
Papers are invited presenting original work in any area of the field of
speech prosody. The majority of accepted papers will be presented in the
poster sessions which provide more opportunities for discussion.
Participants will be invited to indicate whether they wish their paper
to be considered for oral presentation in one of the six oral sessions.
The deadline for submission of a full 4 page text for the meeting has
been extended to December 7, 2001.
Please note that only full texts will be considered for presentation.
Please do not send abstracts.
Papers will be reviewed by at least two anonymous referees under the
responsibility of members of the International Scientific Committee and the
local Organising Committee.
Registration
The cost of the workshop is expected to be in the region of 200 Euros. This
includes registration, tea and coffee and the conference proceedings in both
paper and CD format. There will be reductions for ISCA members, for students
and for early payments.
Important dates
* 7 Dec 2001 Submission of full 4 page texts
* 20 Jan 2002 Notification of acceptance
Announcement list
To receive regular news about this event, please send an empty message to:
mailto:[log in to unmask]
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NATO International Scientific Exchange Programmes
ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE
Dynamics of Speech Production and Perception
June 23 July 6, 2002
Il Ciocco, Italy
Applications for participating in a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on the
Dynamics of Speech Production and Perception are being solicited. The
objective of this ASI is to expose young scientists from diverse disciplines
to facts, theories, and issues related to speech dynamics. It will survey
both classical and contemporary speech research from the perspectives of
articulatory phonetics and physiology, auditory perception of speech and other
dynamically changing signals, neurophysiology of the central auditory system,
spoken language processing, and speech technology, with dynamic processes as
the common focus. The ASI will include lectures by established scientists,
round-table discussions, demonstrations, and poster presentations by
participants. The language of the ASI will be English. Lecturers will include
René Carré (France; articulatory and perceptual phonetics, speech acoustics,
gesture theory), Pierre L. Divenyi (USA; psychoacoustics), Steven Greenberg
(USA; spoken language processing, auditory physiology), Hynek Hermansky (Czech
Republic and USA; speech recognition, signal processing), András Illényi
(Hungary; acoustics), Björn Lindblom (Sweden; linguistics, speech physiology,
speech perception), Valeriya V. Lublinskaya (Russian Federation; speech
perception, speech physiology), Georg Meyer (U.K.; computational neuroscience,
psychoacoustics), Israel Nelken (Israel; auditory physiology), Roy Patterson
(U.K.; models of hearing, psychoacoustics), Louis Pols (The Netherlands;
perceptual phonetics, speech acoustics), Elliot Saltzman (USA; articulatory
phonetics, complex systems analysis), Shihab A. Shamma (USA; auditory
physiology, computational modeling), Victor N. Sorokin (Russian Federation;
control theory, acoustics, speech production), and Klára Vicsi (Hungary;
psychoacoustics of speech, speech recognition).
Participants are expected to specialize in one or more areas related to
speech, such as phonetics, speech technology, experimental psychology,
physiology, and acoustics. Individuals who have recently completed or are near
to completing their studies at institutions of higher learning are encouraged
to apply, although applications by scientists of more senior standing could
also be considered under special circumstances.
Although the ASI is primarily directed to citizens of NATO, Partner, and
Mediterranean Dialog countries, qualified scientists from other countries may
also apply.
There is no registration fee. Selected participants who otherwise would be
unable to attend, especially those from Partner countries, may apply for
partial subsidy to defray their accommodation and travel costs. The number of
participants is limited.
The ³Centro Internazionale Il Ciocco² (http://www.ciocco.it/), situated in the
Apennines north of Lucca (Tuscany), is an ideal venue for intensive workshops.
It is a quiet mountain resort with first-rate conference facilities,
comfortable rooms, excellent Italian food, as well as modern recreational and
sport amenities. Interested individuals should send their application by
e-mail before January 15, 2002 to [log in to unmask] The application should
include (1) contact information, (2) a recent Curriculum Vitae, (3) a list of
relevant
publications, and (4) a brief statement on how participating in the ASI would
benefit the applicant¹s educational and career objectives. Decision by the
selection committee will be sent to applicants by January 31, 2002.
For the Organizing Committee:
Pierre L. Divenyi, Director
Klára Vicsi, Co-Director
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POSITIONS VACANT
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QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
£17,451 to £19,488 - AHRB-funded Research Assistants
Ref: 01/F712B School of English
Following the award of a substantial AHRB research grant, two posts are
available for two years to assist with an investigation of Standard English
in Ireland, North and South, through the creation of a machine-readable
corpus of spoken and written texts, and through the preparation of related
monographs and CD-ROM for publication, under the joint direction of Dr. John
Kirk and Dr Jeffrey Kallen.
Applicants must have a university degree and the ability to transcribe
spoken English. A relevant postgraduate degree, substantial experience in
transcribing spoken English, fieldwork experience using tape-recorders and
IT experience are desirable.
Commencing salary range: £17,451 - £19,488 per annum. Closing date: 5.00
p.m. Friday 12 October 2001.
Applicants, quoting reference number, may obtain further particulars from
the address below.
The University is committed to equal opportunities and to selection on
merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first
instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent
subject to availability of funding.
Queen's University Belfast Personnel Department Belfast, BT7 1NN. Tel: (028)
90273044 or (028) 90273854 (answering machine) or Fax (028) 90324944 or
email on [log in to unmask] Queen's University Belfast
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Assistant Professor position available in Speech Science
Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1353.
This position is a tenure track 10-month position available Fall 2002. Ph.D.
required. Teaching duties include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses
in acoustics, acoustic analysis of speech, and speech perception. Successful
candidate is expected to pursue an active research program in an area related
to normal and/or disordered speech/hearing processes. To be assured of full
consideration, applications should be received by December 3, 2001. However,
applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. A
curriculum vitae, letter of application, selected publications/papers, and
three letters of recommendation that address the candidate¹s potential
abilities in both teaching and research should be sent to: Jackson T.
Gandour, Ph.D., Chair, Search Committee, Department of Audiology and Speech
Sciences, Heavilon Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1353.
E-mail correspondence should be directed to: [log in to unmask] Purdue is
an equal access/equal opportunity/affirmative action employer fully committed
to achieving a diverse workforce. http://www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/aus/
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Chair of Communication Disorders
College of Health, University of Utah
The University of Utah is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research
University-Extensive institution located in Salt Lake City at the
foothills of the Wasatch Mountains.
Position: Department Chair, Associate/Full Professor, full-time (10-12
months), tenure-track position.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Communication Sciences/Disorders preferred,
strong research background with a record of externally funded
research, administrative experience preferred.
University/Program: The Department of CMDIS, in the College of Health,
has undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. There is
potential for research and clinical work in the in-house clinic and
the University of Utah Medical Center. For more information, see the
departmental web-site at http://www.med.utah.edu/cmdis .
Community Information: Salt Lake City is a beautiful city of 250,000
nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains (total population
along the Wasatch Front exceeds 1 million). Utah's great outdoors
makes discovery a new adventure, from world class skiing to
exploration and river running in the spectacular red-rock canyons
close-by. The city is cosmopolitan, but easy to live in with
convenient access to the arts, sports, and nightlife. Finally, Salt
Lake City will host the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Application: Submit current CV, letter of application, and three
letters of reference. Review of candidates begins Jan. 8th, 2002 and
will continue until vacancy is filled. Contact Kathy Chapman,
Ph.D. or Julie Wambaugh, Ph.D., Chairs, Search Committee.
[log in to unmask] 801-587-9076
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Informal interviews will be available at the ASHA Convention in New
Orleans upon request.
The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer and encourages applications from women and minorities, and
provides reasonable accommodation to known disabilities of
applications and employees.
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Rank of Job: Professor
Areas Required: Speech and Cognitive Sciences
University or Organization: University of British Columbia
Department: Linguistics
State or Province: British Columbia
Country: Canada
Final Date of Application: December 31, 2001
Contact: Douglas Pulleyblank [log in to unmask]
Address for Applications:
E270, 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver
BC V6T 1Z1
Canada
Canada Research Chair in Speech and Cognitive Sciences. The Department
of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia invites
applications for a Canada Research Chair in Speech and Cognitive
Sciences at the rank of Full Professor, to begin as early as July 1,
2002.
UBC research in speech-related areas spans the faculties of Arts,
Applied Science, Medicine, Science and Dentistry (including the units
of Linguistics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Psychology,
Audiology & Speech Sciences, Computer Science, and the Institute of
Hearing Accessibility Research, the Brain Research Centre, and the
Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive
Systems). Interdisciplinary collaborations integrating these areas
have been at the focal point of major funding organisations and also
feed directly into high-priority teaching areas such as the new
Cognitive Systems program at UBC. As part of these initiatives, we are
seeking a world-class senior researcher who has attained international
recognition as a leader in the investigation and modeling of speech
production and/or perception. Possible areas of expertise include
modelling human speech cognition, human-computer interface,
multi-modal (audio/visual) integration in speech processing, and
speech production and perception.
This individual will be based in the Department of Linguistics (with
additional affiliations in one or more of the above-listed units).
Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in Linguistics, and should also
demonstrate strong ties to one or more of the above disciplines. In
addition to a strong commitment to research, this position will
involve teaching courses in linguistics at the graduate and
undergraduate levels. This position is subject to final budgetary
approval.
Please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a description of your
current research plans, representative samples of published or
unpublished work, teaching evaluations (if available) and any
additional supporting documents to the address below before January 1,
2002. In addition, applicants should arrange for at least three
letters of recommendation to be sent under separate cover to:
Dr. Douglas Pulleyblank
Head, Department of Linguistics
E270-1866 Main Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6T 1Z1
Email: [log in to unmask]
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity.
We encourage all qualified persons to apply.
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Rhetorical Systems is looking for a native Italian speaker to join them on a
new Italian-language text-to-speech system.
We are an innovative company dedicated to the building of high-quality
text-to-speech systems. Following the successful completion of a multi-lingual
system, we are now embarking on a second phase of adding new languages. One of
these languages is Italian.
We seek an enthusiastic person with solid knowledge of the phonetics and
phonology of Italian. Experience with previous text-to-speech systems is
desirable but not required. Experience in using computers is essential,
preferrably Linux or another variety of Unix.
Text-to-speech systems work by cutting up human speech into small segments,
and recombining them to produce new utterances. Some of the variables in this
process are the choice of segment, the duration of the segments, and their
pitch. These quantities are established using automatic algorithms, guided by
expert phonetic knowledge. It is your skill in this area that will define the
quality of the resulting synthetic speech.
The appointment is for one year initially, with the possibility of renewal
afterwards.
If you are interested, write to us telling us about yourself, at one of the
following addresses.
Art Blokland
Rhetorical Systems Ltd
4 Crichton's Close
Edinburgh EH8 8DT
T: ( +44 ) ( 0 ) 131 525 6811
F: ( +44 ) ( 0 ) 131 525 6888
E: [log in to unmask]
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A new PhD program is available at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in
Applied Language and Speech Sciences.
The program is based in the Department of Communicative Disorders and, while
it is partly aimed at qualified speech-language pathologists seeking a
doctoral qualification, we are also interested in students from an applied
linguistics or phonetics/phonology background.
Coursework is available in theoretical semiotics, advanced phonology, and
phonetics, among others; and dissertation supervision in a wide range of
phonetic and linguistic topics.
Please see more details on our web site:
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~jxo1721/Research/ALSSPhD.htm
Please note, funded assistantships are available in competition.
We are particularly keen to encourage international students.
Martin J. Ball, PhD
Hawthorne-BoRSF Distinguished Professor
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
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IMPROVEMENTS IN SPEECH SYNTHESIS
Edited by Eric Keller, Gerard Bailly, Alex Monaghan, Jacques Terken and
Mark Huckvale
published 2001 by Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK
ISBN: 0471 49985 4, Cloth, 408 pp, £80.00 list (~US$80 street)
Sound examples on http://www.unil.ch/imm/cost258volume/cost258volume.htm
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Material for the December 2001 issue of foNETiks should reach us
by 30 November, 2001
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