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foNETiks
A network newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
March 2002
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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, National University of Singapore <<[log in to unmask]>
E-mail address:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
[new ones marked **]
[date of first appearance follows]
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21 - 23 March 2002. IIIieme Journees D'etudes Linguistiques/ 3rd
Linguistic Studies Workshop: Universaux Sonores / Sound Universals.
Nantes, France. <<[log in to unmask]>;
<<[log in to unmask]>; <<[log in to unmask]> (09/01)
25 - 27 March 2002. 2002 Colloquium of the British Association of
Academic Phoneticians (BAAP). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
<<[log in to unmask]> (08/01:01/02)
** 7 - 13 April 2002. GLOW 2002/Utrecht Biannual Phonology Workshop.
Amsterdam/Utrecht, Netherlands.
Main Session: Meertens Institute, Amsterdam; April 9-11, 2002
Workshops: OTS, Utrecht University; April 7-8 and April 12-13, 2002.
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/glow2002/ (further details below) (03/02)
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)
26 - 28 April, 2002. North American Phonology Conference, Montreal.
http://cmll.concordia.ca/linguistics/naphe/index.html (02/02)
27 - 29 April 2002. Second North American Phonology Conference
(NAPhC2). Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
http://modlang-hale.concordia.ca/naphc.html (12/01)
3 - 5 May 2002. The Second International Conference on Contrast in
Phonology. University of Toronto.
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~contrast/; <<[log in to unmask]>
(10/01)
** 1 June 2002. LREC 2002 Workshop on Portability Issues in Human
Language Technologies.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands - Spain
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2002/ (further details below) (03/02)
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)
** 6 - 8 June 2002. 4th International Phonology Meeting of the GDR 1954.
Grenoble, France. <<[log in to unmask]> (further details below)
(03/02)
20 - 22 June 2002. Theoretical and Experimental Neuropsychology
(TENNET XIII). Montreal, Canada. http://www.uqam.ca/tennet;
<<[log in to unmask]> (12/01)
23 June - 6 July 2002. NATO International Scientific Exchange
Programme: Dynamics of Speech Production and Perception. Il Ciocco,
Italy. http://www.ebire.org/earlab/asi2002.html (11/01)
27 - 28 June 2002. Conference on English Phonology. Toulouse, France.
http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/acadepts/humarts/english/toulouse.htm
(12/01)
27 - 30 June 2002. LabPhon 8. Eighth Conference on Laboratory
Phonology: Varieties of Phonological Competence. New Haven, CT, USA.
http://www.ling.yale.edu/labphon8; <<[log in to unmask]>
(12/01)
** 11 July, 2002. Workshop on Morphological and Phonological Learning,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Info at http://morph.ldc.upenn.edu/
maxwell/MorphologyLearning.html/ [note new date: 03/02] (02/02)
2 - 6 September 2002. Linguistics and Phonetics 2002 (LP2002).
Meikai University, Urayasu, Japan. <<[log in to unmask]> (12/01)
6 - 7 September 2002. Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonology ,
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota.
<[log in to unmask]> (01/02)
14 - 16 September 2002. The 3rd Biennial ICVPB: International
Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics. Denver, USA. [Held
in conjunction with the 7th ICSLP, also in Denver -- see next
announcement] http://www.nwu.edu/csd/ICVPB/ (12/01)
17 - 20 September 2002. ICSLP-2002: 7th International Conference on
Spoken Language Processing. Denver, USA.
http://cslr.colorado.edu/icslp2002/ (08/01)
1 - 3 November, 2002. 9th International Phonology Meeting, Vienna.
john [log in to unmask] http://www.univie.ac.at.linguistics/
conferences/phon02/(02/02)
8 - 10 November, 2002. Symposium on Chinese Linguistics (Tone),
Institute
of Linguistics, Taiwan. [log in to unmask] (02/02)
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)
** 21 - 24 January 2003. 8th International Symposium on Social
Communication.
Centro de Linguistica Aplicada, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
<<[log in to unmask]> (further details below) (03/02)
3 - 9 August 2003. ICPhS 2003: 15th International Congress of
Phonetic Sciences. Barcelona, Spain. http://shylock.uab.es/icphs/
(08/01)
** September 2003. 4th UK Language Variation and Change Conference.
University of Sheffield, UK. (Details to follow.)(03/02)
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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CALL FOR PAPERS
4th INTERNATIONAL PHONOLOGY MEETING OF THE GDR 1954
GRENOBLE, FRANCE
2002 June 6-8th
Maison des Langues et des Cultures
Domaine Universitaire, Saint Martin d'Hères.
The Research Group (GDR) in Phonology of the French National Center for
Scientific Research (C.N.R.S.) invites submissions for its 4th
International Phonology Meeting (30 min. discussion included ). The
topics
should be related to one of the following themes :
Prosody and phonology
From phonology to speech production
Current Models in Phonology: The status of constraints
Phonological primitives
phonological and syllable typologies: Universals and ontogenesis
Tonology
Phonology and cognition
Templates
Sign language phonology
Contemporary French phonology: usages, varieties and structures
History and epistemology of phonology
Acquisition, learning
Authors are invited to submit an anonymised abstract 2 A4 or US quarto
pages maximum. Only electronic submissions will be accepted (address :
[log in to unmask]). The title, authors’ names and addresses should be
sent on a separate page. The abstracts will be refereed by the members
of
the Scientific Committee.
WORKING LANGUAGES : English and French
IMPORTANT DATES :
Deadline for submission : 22 March 2002
Notification of acceptance or rejection : 2 May 2002
ORGANIZATION
Nathalie Vallée,
Institut de la Communication Parlée (ICP)
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Jean-Pierre Chevrot, LIDILEM
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Marie-Thé Delfarguiel et Isabelle Rousset (secrétariat du colloque)
Please send electronic submissions to [log in to unmask]
Further details about accommodation will follow later.
Research students residing in France : Financial help may be available
on request (accommodation and travel within France). Please send your
application to the meeting organisers. [log in to unmask] Financial
help will only be considered in cases where your university is unable to
sponsor you or can only cover part of the cost of the conference. We require
written evidence from your supervisor that you have submitted an
unsuccessful application within your own university .
Registration fee: 30 euros (15 euros students)
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EIGHT INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
CENTER OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
SANTIAGO DE CUBA
JANUARY 20-24, 2003
The Center of Applied Linguistics of the Santiago de Cuba's branch of
the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, is pleased to
announce the
Eight International Symposium on Social Communication.
This interdisciplinary event will focus on social communication processes from
the points of view of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Medicine, Voice
Processing, Mass Media, and Ethnology and Folklore.
The Symposium will be also sponsored by:
.. University of Oriente, Cuba
.. Higher Institute for Medical Sciences, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
.. Pedagogical University "Frank Pais Garcia", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
.. Information for Development Agency, Havana, Cuba
.. African Cultural Center "Fernando Ortiz", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
.. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
.. National Council of Scientific, Research, Italy
.. University of Malaga, Spain
.. University of Alcala, Spain
.. University of Goias, Brazil
.. University of Los Lagos, Chile
.. Institute of Theoretical and Computational Linguistics, Lisbon,
Portugal
Authors will be allowed to present only one paper pertaining to the
following disciplines:
1. Linguistics:
- Spanish and foreign language teaching
- Spanish as a second language
- Phonetics and Phonology
- Lexicology and Lexicography
- Morphology and Syntax
- Anthropology Linguistics
- Textual Linguistics and Pragmalinguistics
- Terminology
- Translations
2. Computational Linguistics:
- Software related to linguistic research
- Automated grammatical tagging of texts
- Electronic dictionaries
- Software related to the teaching of mother tongues and foreign
languages
- Related issues
3. Voice Processing:
- Applications of analysis, synthesis and voice-recognition
- Artificial intelligence and voice processing
4. Medical specialties related to speech and voice and with Social
Communication in general:
- Logopedy and Phoniatry
- Neurology
- Otorhinolaringology
- Stomatology
5. Mass Media:
- Linguistic research related to the speech of journalists, actors and
radio and television announcers
- Textual Analysis of radio and television programs, and of print
and electronic media articles
6. Ethnology and Folklore:
- Research related to Social Communication
Activities that will take place within the event are:
- Pre-Symposium seminars
- Discussion of papers in commissions
- Master conferences
- Round Table
PRE-SYMPOSIUM SEMINARS
The Symposium will be preceded by two seminars that will be taught by
prestigious specialists to be announced. The seminars will take place Monday,
January 20th of 2003 and will focus on the following subjects:
- Corpus Linguistics: current studies
- Construction of Electronics Dictionaries
Participants should say in advance what pre-symposium seminars they want
to take part in. An additional fee of 20.00 USD will be charged for each
seminar. Participation certificates will be available.
ROUND TABLE
A round table entitled Current Researchesin Applied Linguistics will be
held on the Occasion of the VIII International Symposiumon Social
Communication.
MASTER LECTURES
During the Symposium three master lectures will be delivered by
prestigious specialists to be announced.
ABSTRACTS
The deadline of submission of paper abstracts is July 1st, 2002. They
should not exceed 250 words. Notification of acceptance of a paper by
the Symposium's Scientific Committee will be sent before July 30th, 2002.
PAPERS
To enable the Organizing Committee to include the Proceedings as part of
the Symposium's documentation -as we did in the 5th ('97), 6th ('99) and 7th
(2001) Symposiums-, accepted papers must be sent before September 15,
2002, with the following requirements:
1. The paper will not exceed 5 pages including graphics, footnotes and
bibliography.
2. It should be written using Word 6.0 or Word 7.0 for Windows and sent
to the Symposium's Executive Secretary either via e-mail (attachment) or by
mailing a
3½-inch diskette.
3. Each page must be written in an A4 (mail type) format with left,
right, top, and bottom margin of 2.5 cm.
4. The paper must be written in one of the event’s official languages:
Spanish, English, French or Portuguese.
Instructions for paper submission:
1. Write down the authors' names, one under the other, at the left top
of the first page, all in Arial bold capital letters, 9 points
(Word 6.0 or 7.0). Under the authors' names should appear in bold
(only initials capital letters) the institution, city, country
and e-mail address if available.
2. In a separate line, at the center, the title of the paper must be
written in Arial bold, Italics, 10 points size letters.
3. The text will follow -not in bold- with the same Arial letter, 9
points size and leaving one space between lines.
4. Paragraphs will have no indentation. Spaces between paragraphs will
be of 3 points.
5. Section titles will be written in Arial bold, 9 points size and
sub-sections titles will be written in Arial Italic, 8 points size.
6. Footnotes will appear at the end of each page in Arial 8 points size
letters.
Presentation time will be 15 minutes and 5 minutes for discussion.
Authors must advise in advance if they will need a tape recorder, video
set, computer or other kind of equipment for presentation.
All mail or inquiries should be addressed to:
Dr. Eloina Miyares Bermudez
Secretaria Ejecutiva Comite Organizador
VIII Simposio Internacional
Comunicacion Social
Centro de Linguistica Aplicada
Apartado Postal 4067, Vista Alegre
Santiago de Cuba 4, Cuba 90400
Telephone: (53-226) 642760
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
REGISTRATION FEE
Speakers and Delegates 160.00 USD
Companions 80.00 USD
Payment must be in cash during registration and it covers a copy of the
Proceedings where your paper is printed, all other documentation related to
the
event, speaker's certificate, welcome cocktail and other cultural activities.
Companions will have access to all of the above, except copies of the
Proceedings.
ACCOMODATION
The Organizing Committee guarantees accommodation in 3, 4, and 5 star
hotels with preferential prices for participants in the event.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- Abstract Submission deadline: July 1st, 2002
- Notification on paper’s approval by Scientific Committee: by July 30,
2002
- Delivery of papers either by e-mail or by mail using 3½-inch diskette:
September 15, 2002
- Pre-Symposium seminars: January 20th, 2003
OTHER ASPECTS OF INTEREST
Santiago de Cuba, located at some 900 kms from Havana, is Cuba's
second largest city. Its economic, cultural and social importance in
Cuban history is unquestionable. Santiago is also the capital of the
province with the same name. Surrounded by the green mountains
of the Sierra Maestra range and the Caribbean Sea, Santiago is unique
in its geography and beautiful landscape. Its surroundings make
the city one of the most important tourist attractions on the entire
island. The Organizing Committee, in coordination with the city's
tourist agencies will offer visiting delegates a host of options
allowing participants to enjoy the city's beauty and charm.
REGISTRATION FORM
Mr./Ms. ___________________________
Organization: ________________________
Title: _________________________________________
Business address: __________________________________
City: ______________ Telefax: ____________
Phone: _______________
E-Mail:____________________
Home address: _________________________
City: ___________ Telephone: __________
I wish to participate in Pre-Symposium seminars (optional)
___Corpus Linguistics: current studies
___Construction of Electronics Dictionaries
Paper title: __________________________
Date: ________________
Signature: ___________
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Final call for Papers
LREC 2002
http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2002/
Workshop on
Portability Issues in Human Language Technologies
1st June 2002, Las Palmas, Canary Islands - Spain
Please note that the poster abstract submission deadline
has been extended through 8th March 2002.
The proposed workshop is intended to continue the series of
SALTMIL (ISCA SIG) http://isl.ntftex.uni-lj.si/SALTMIL/
LREC workshops related to the integration of local and global
languages ("Language Resources for European Minority Languages"
(LREC'98)) as well as the workshop on "Developing Language
Resources for Minority Languages: Re-usability and Strategic
Priorities" (LREC'00)).
IMPORTANT DATES
- Deadline for workshop abstract submission:
8th March 2002
- Notification of acceptance:
15th March 2002
- Final version of the paper for the workshop proceedings:
8th April 2002
- Workshop:
1st June 2002
MOTIVATION AND AIMS
There are more than 6000 languages in the world, yet only a
small number possess the resources required for implementation
of Human Language Technologies (HLT). This imbalance in technical
resources available to languages of the world is likely to result
in a significant linguistic divide that further exacerbates global
social and economic inequities unless decisive action is taken
relatively soon. One potential means of ameliorating this
imbalance in technology resources is through encouraging research
in the portability of human language technology for multilingual
application.
Portability issues in HLT are important in the structuring and
acquisition of local language resources. The primary objective of
the workshop is to bring together participants from academia and
industry to discuss and disseminate the current state of the art
in multilingual research and development in the context of
cross-language HLT transfer. Major challenges for HLT-portability
research will also be discussed.
The workshop will focus on the following topics and languages:
- Linguistic corpora and portability (new models, language
maps, novel systems for creating and managing multilingual
data);
- Automatic Speech Recognition (generic design in acoustic
modelling, task portability, cross-language portability):
- Acoustic modelling (monolingual and multilingual
modelling, cross-language transfer, finite state
automata, decision trees and data-driven methods);
- Dictionary development (word-definition issues,
automatic dictionary acquisition);
- Language modelling (the Internet as a linguistic
resource, language modelling in spoken language
processing).
- Natural Language Processing (cross-language transfer of
HLT):
- Parsing;
- Translation.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Oral Session: Portability Issues in HLT
14:30
Workshop Welcome and Introduction
Bojan Petek
14:35
Multilingual Time Maps: Portable Phonotactic Models for
Speech Technology
Julie Carson-Berndsen
15:00
Automatic Phonetic and Prosodic Characterization of
Spoken Language
Steven Greenberg
15:25
Creating Re-usable Documentation for Little-studied
Languages
Steven Bird
15:50
Some Issues in Speech Recognizer Portability
Lori Lamel
16:15 Break
Oral Session: HLT and the Coverage of Languages
16:30
Challenges and Opportunities in Portability of Human
Language Technologies
Bojan Petek
16:55
Atlantis Project: Resources Available in the Internet
to Serve Speakers and Learners of Minority Languages
Salvador Climent
17:20
Towards the definition of a basic toolkit for HLT
Kepa Sarasola
17:45 Panel Discussion - Invited speakers will be included as
panelist members.
18:15 Poster Session
20:00 End
WORKSHOP ORGANIZING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- Julie Carson-Berndsen, University College Dublin, Dublin,
Ireland
- Steven Greenberg, International Computer Science Institute,
Berkeley, USA
- Bojan Petek, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Kepa Sarasola, University of the Basque Country, Donostia,
Basque Country
SUBMISSION
Papers are invited that describe research and development in
the area of Human Language Technology portability. All
contributed papers will be presented in poster format. Each
submission should include: title; author(s); affiliation(s);
and contact author's e-mail address, postal address, telephone
and fax numbers. Abstracts (maximum 500 words, plain-text format)
should be sent via email to:
Bojan Petek, [log in to unmask]
All contributed papers will be printed in the workshop
proceedings.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FEES
The registration fees for the workshop are:
- If you are not attending LREC: 70 EURO
- If you are attending LREC: 45 Euro
These fees cover the following: a copy of the proceedings of
the attended workshop, coffee-breaks and refreshments.
Participation in the workshop is limited by the venue. Requests
for participation will be processed on first come first served
basis.
Registration will be handled by the LREC Secretariat.
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GLOW 2002/UTRECHT BIANNUAL PHONOLOGY WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
AMSTERDAM/UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS
This year's GLOW programme contains the extraordinary number of 22
papers on phonology, plus an invited lecture by Alan Prince (Rutgers). The
Main
Session (Topic: Linguistic Microvariation; Location: Royal Netherlands
Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam) is organized in such a way that the
programme contains several interesting phonology papers on Wednesday,
plus a parallel session on phonology on Thursday. Immediately following this,
we offer a GLOW Workshop (Topic: First and Second Language Acquisition in
Phonology; Location: OTS, Utrecht) on Friday and Saterday, with Ellen
Broselow (State University of New York, Stony Brook) and Daniel Dinnsen
(Indiana University, Bloomington) as invited speakers, and an
interesting selection of papers.
All in all, we suppose that this year's GLOW will be among the biggest
phonological events in Europe of the past few years. We hope to welcome
many colleagues.
René Kager
Marc van Oostendorp
Wim Zonneveld
Main Session: Meertens Institute, Amsterdam; April 9-11, 2002
Workshops: OTS, Utrecht University; April 7-8 and April 12-13, 2002.
For more information, the full programme and all the abstracts, visit
the GLOW 2002 websites at http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/glow2002/ and
http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/conferences/glow/Glow.htm or look in the
Spring issue of the GLOW Newsletter.
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JOBS, STUDENTSHIPS
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Rank of Job: internship
Areas Required: Speech Recognition
Other Desired Areas:
University or Organization: SpeechWorks International
Department: Product Engineering
State or Province: MA
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: n/a
Contact: Victoria Burdman [log in to unmask]
Address for Applications:
695 Atlantic Ave
Boston
MA 02111
USA
Speech Synthesis Interns --- Japanese and English
SpeechWorks International is seeking college students with native or
near native fluency in Japanese or English who are studying speech
waveforms, spectograms, and linguistics/phonetics for an internship
starting immediately, for 15 hours/week. You will be performing speech
labeling using our award-winning text-to-speech (TTS) software. This
work could be performed via telecommute.
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Fully funded PhD Studentships - starting September 2002
Queen Margaret University College is allocating up to eight funded
PhD studentships of £6,555 p.a (plus a discretionary allowance
of up to £1800 p.a and assistance with additional research expenses).
Fees will be waived.
In addition we have a range of other bursaries including 24
Martlett Scholarships for overseas students towards the cost of fees.
Speech and Language Sciences has a thriving research studenship
programme with normative and clinical research.
Applications for studentships in SLS should be within one of the
following supervisory areas. See our website http://sls.qmuc.ac.uk
for more details.
Phonological development, disorder and intervention (SLS1)
Daphne Waters ([log in to unmask])
Motor speech control in adult stutterers (SLS2)
Jois Stansfield ([log in to unmask])
Communication skills in older people with learning difficulties (SLS3)
Jois Stansfield ([log in to unmask])
Prosodic development and disorders (SLS4)
Fiona Gibbon ([log in to unmask])
Instrumental approaches to diagnosis and/or treatment of speech
disorders
(SLS5)
Fiona Gibbon ([log in to unmask])
Laryngectomy speech (SLS6)
Nigel Hewlett ([log in to unmask])
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Rank of Job: Research Assistantship
Areas Required: Speech and Language Therapy, Linguistics or Psychology
Other Desired Areas: Clinical Experience in SLT
University or Organization: Queen Margaret University College
Department: Speech and Language Sciences
Final Date of Application: MARCH 4th 2002
Contact: Dr Fiona Gibbon [log in to unmask]
Address for Applications:
Clerwood Terrace
Edinburgh
Lothian EH12 8TS
Scotland, UK
We have recently been awarded a research grant from the Scottish
Executive to investigate prosodic abilities of children with autism,
using Wells and Peppe's PEPS-C battery. As a result, we require a
individual with an honours degree in Speech and Language Therapy,
Linguistics or Psychology to work on this exciting new project. You
will be primarily concerned with the day-to-day operation of the
project: recruiting participants; administering psychometric and
prosodic assessments; developing therapy strategies; preparing papers,
presentations and workshops. Clinical experience of children with
autism and administering standardised tests is desirable but not
essential.The post offers opportunities for teaching and part time
registration
for a higher degree and is suitable for job share.
£16k-£23k, Fixed term 2 years
http://sls.qmuc.ac.uk
Contact Human Resources at QMUC ([log in to unmask]) for an
application pack, quoting reference SLS 118/02/11
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Areas Required: native speaker of a foreign language (see below)
Other Desired Areas: phonetics & phonology
University or Organization: Rhetorical Systems Ltd.
Final Date of Application: 31 March 2002
Contact: Laurence Molloy [log in to unmask]
Address for Applications:
4 Chrichton's Close
Edinburgh
EH8 8DT
Scotland
Rhetorical Systems is looking for native speakers of Danish, Dutch,
Italian, Mandarin, North-American Spanish, Norwegian and Swedish to
help them prepare foreign language texts which will be used to record
a speech database for a text-to-speech system. The work will be
full-time, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is expected to start in
March 2002 or sooner and last for approximately 3 months. The work is
ideal for students looking for work experience.
Native ability of one of the above languages and a basic understanding
of phonetics and phonology are essential, as is experience of using
computers, preferably in a unix/linux environment. In addition to
this, the ability to use the internet as a research tool is highly
desirable.
Rhetorical Systems is a speech technology company based in Edinburgh,
Scotland. We have close links with Edinburgh University, which has
world-famous departments for Linguistics, Cognitive Science and
Artificial Intelligence. The work programme will leave you with enough
time to attend seminars and workshops in this stimulating intellectual
environment.
If you are interested, mail [log in to unmask] with a
description of your background and experience.
For more information about the company and our products, check us out
at http://www.rhetorical.com and try out our Demo.
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Areas Required: Speech Recognition Engineer
University or Organization: General Magic
Department: Application Frameworks
Final Date of Application: ASAP
Contact: Human Resources [log in to unmask]
Address for Applications:
420 N. Mary Avenue
Sunnyvale
CA 94085
USA
Work with a team of dialog designers and engineers to design and
develop voice user interface applications, products and tools. Job
duties will also include voice application performance analysis and
tuning, troubleshooting of problems in speech recognition systems, and
audio engineering. The ideal candidate will have well developed
analytic and problem solving skills. Must be a professional team
player who is also able to take on new challenges and
responsibilities.
Must have 2+ years programming experience in Java. Experience in
Perl, VoiceXML, Nuance or Speechworks ASRs, audio processing, computer
telephony interfaces is a plus. Prior experience in a direct customer
interaction role (i.e. consulting) is a plus. BSCS/MSCS or equivalent
experience.
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WORKING PAPERS
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PERILUS, the working papers from the Phonetics Lab at Stockholm
University, has ceased to appear in its printed version. The new web version,
which so
far covers the period 1999-2001, is available at
http://www.ling.su.se/fon/perilus/.
We offer the web version of PERILUS in exchange for the various printed
working papers that we hope to receive in the future.
Best wishes, and welcome to the PERILUS web site!
Olle Engstrand
http://www.ling.su.se/staff/olle/olle.html
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Material for the April 2002 issue of foNETiks should reach us by
31 March 2002.
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