foNETiks
A network newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
August 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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*****IPA NEWS***********
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Journal of the International Phonetic Association
The Journal of the International Phonetic Association is now being
published by Cambridge University Press. Two issues of volume 31 for 2001
and issue 1 of volume 32 (June 2002) have appeared. JIPA is now back on
schedule. Please confirm with your institutional library that they are
receiving JIPA (and JIPA Online) and that their institutional subscription
has not been interrupted. Individual membership of the Association (which
includes receipt of the journal) can still be obtained through the IPA
Treasury. Consult the IPA web site
(http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html). Regular annual membership is now
40 Euros.
I.P.A. Council Election 2003
As prescribed in the by-laws of the IPA, the election of a new Council will
begin in August 2002. The process will begin with nomination papers being
sent out to all members in good standing, followed by the distribution of
ballot papers for the election of 20 Council members, the nomination and
election of 10 co-opted Council members, and the nomination and election of
officers; finishing one month before the International Congress of Phonetic
Sciences to be held in Barcelona in August 2003. Nominations and ballots
for IPA members to elect an initial group of 6 elected members to the
Permanent Council of the ICPhS will also be included in the IPA mailings.
John H. Esling, Secretary
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Dear colleague,
We are pleased to inform you that abstract submission for ICPhS 2003
is now available online at our website http://shylock.uab.es/icphs/.
Also, remember to browse the website for other information regarding
important dates, plenary lectures and symposia, travel and hotel
arrangement, and all other aspects related to the Congress.
We would also like to take this opportunity to encourage all
participants who might be interested in organizing satellite meetings
to contact Pilar Prieto - [log in to unmask] - for information on
possible dates, venues, availability, etc.
We wish you all a good summer and look forward to welcoming you in Barcelona.
--
The 15th ICPhS Organizing Committee
Daniel Recasens, UAB
Maria Josep Sole, UAB
Joaquin Romero, URV
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
[new ones marked ++]
[date of first appearance follows]
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7-20 September 2002. ICSLP'2002 - 7th International Conference on
Spoken Language Processing. Denver, USA.http://www.icslp2002.org/ (04/02)
11-13 September 2002. IEEE 2002 Workshop on Speech Synthesis. A
satellite event of ICSLP 2002 (see entry above). Santa Monica, CA, USA.
http://www.research.att.com/conf/ttsworkshop/ (04/02)
14-15 September 2002. ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on
Pronunciation Modeling and Lexicon Adaptation for Spoken Language
Technology. Aspen Lodge, Estes Park, Colorado, USA.
http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/pmla2002 (04/02)
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 entry]
http://www.nwu.edu/csd/ICVPB/ (12/01)
17 - 19 September 2002. Linguistics Association of Great Britain meeting,
Manchester, UK. [log in to unmask] http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/
LAGB/ (6/02)
17 - 20 September 2002. ICSLP-2002: 7th International Conference on
Spoken Language Processing. Denver, USA.
http://cslr.colorado.edu/icslp2002/
(08/01)
26 - 27 September 2002. LANGTECH. Hotel Schweizerhof, Berlin.
http://www.lang-tech.org (07/02)
1 - 3 November, 2002. 9th International Phonology Meeting, Vienna.
[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)
++28-30 November, 2002. XIIIe Giiornate di Studio del Gruppo de
Fonetica Sperimentale, Pisa [log in to unmask] (8/02)
2 - 5 December 2002. 9th Australian International Conference on
SPEECH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2002. University of Melbourne.
http://www.conferences.unimelb.edu.au/SST/ (07/02)
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)
9 - 11 January 2003. Old World Conference in Phonology I (Segmental
Phonology). http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/ulcl/events/ocp1/ (6/02)
21 - 24 January 2003. 8th International Symposium on Social
Communication. Centro de Linguistica Aplicada, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
<[log in to unmask]> (03/02)
27 - 29 March 2003. International Colloquium on Prosodic Interfaces,
Nantes, France. [log in to unmask] (6/02)
3 - 9 August 2003. ICPhS 2003: 15th International Congress of
Phonetic Sciences. Barcelona, Spain. http://shylock.uab.es/icphs/
(08/01) [further details below, 07/02]
11 - 15 August, 2003. Fourth World Congress on Fluency Disorders,
Montreal, Canada. http://www/ifacongress2003.com (05/02)
September 2003. 4th UK Language Variation and Change Conference.
University of Sheffield, UK. (04/02)
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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REGISTRATION UPDATE
7th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing
September 16 - 20, 2002
Adams Mark Hotel and Conference Center
Denver, Colorado
http://www.icslp2002.org/
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, it is our distinct pleasure
to invite you to attend the International Conference on Spoken Language
Processing - ICSLP-2002, Denver, Colorado. ICSLP-2002 is the 7th biennial
conference dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of speech science and
language technology.
PROGRAM:
The Full Technical Program, and Program by Topic Area is available at
http://www.icslp2002.org/technical_program/
A number of exciting special sessions and tutorials have been planned
and are summarized at the website. We will have two keynote talk presentations:
* Tecumseh Fitch (Harvard Univ.)
"The Evolution of Speech: A Comparative Approach"
* Steve Young (Cambridge Univ.)
"Talking to Machines (Statistically Speaking)"
Details can be found at (http://www.icslp2002.org/conference/keyspeakers/index.html)
A panel discussion set for Friday, Sept. 20th:
* Vision Quest: Perceptive Animated Agents
Ron Cole
James Flanagan
Jim Glass
Rolf Carlson
Mark Liberman
Shigeki Sagayama
Alex Waibel
We have 6 Tutorials planned for Monday, Sept. 16th:
"Collecting data on speech sounds of the world's languages"
Organizer: Peter Ladefoged, (University of California Los Angeles)
"Adaptive Methods for Speech and Speaker Recognition"
Organizers: Jean-Claude Junqua, Roland Kuhn, (Panasonic STL)
"Automatic Speech Recognition for Wireless Mobile Devices"
Organizers: Richard Rose, S. Parthasarathy, (AT&T Labs-Research)
"Prosody and Prosodic Models"
Organizers: Chilin Shih, Greg Kochanski, (Bell Laboratories)
"Psychoacoustics"
Organizer: Brian Moore, (University of Cambridge, England.)
"Weighted Finite-State Transducers in Speech& Language Processing"
Organizers: Mehryar Mohri, Michael Riley, (AT&T Labs -- Research)
Advanced registration before August 1, 2002
ICSLP-2002: September 17-20, 2002
Tutorials Day September 16, 2002
GRANTS FROM ICSLP 2002
There will be a number of Grants for participation in ICSLP - 2002 that will be administered by the ISCA Board with the aims on assuring a broad representation of the scientific topics of the conference and as wide a cross-section of the international spe
ech community as possible.
John H.L. Hansen, Chairman ICSLP-2002
Email: [log in to unmask]
Organized by:
Center for Spoken Language Research
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder CO 80309-0594
http://www.icslp2002.org/
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University or Organization: Simon Fraser University
Rank of Job: Assistant Professor
Specialty Areas Required: Phonetics, Speech Science
Description:
Applications are being accepted for a tenure-track position in
Linguistics commencing September 1, 2003. This position is subject to
approval by the University Board of Governors and final budgetary
authorization.
The appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor rank. The
successful applicant will specialize in speech science, be able to
teach phonetics and phonology, and be able to contribute to other
areas of the department's teaching. Candidates should have a
background in some combination of the following areas:
neurolinguistics, speech disorders, acoustic and articulatory
phonetics.
Candidates should hold a Ph.D. (or be near completion) in linguistics
or in a closely related field, and be able to demonstrate teaching
ability.
Further details about the Department of Linguistics can be found at
http://www.sfu.ca/linguistics
Closing date for receipt of applications is November 15, 2002.
Interested persons are invited to send a letter of application,
curriculum vitae, the names of at least three referees, and sample
publications to:
Dr. Paul McFetridge, Chair, Department of Linguistics,
8888 University Dr., Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada. V5A 1S6.
Phone: (604) 291-3554
Fax: (604) 291-5659
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Simon Fraser University is an equity employer and encourages
applications from women, persons with disabilities, visible
minorities, and First Nation peoples.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians
and permanent residents will be given priority.
Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr. Paul McFetridge
Linguistics
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6
Canada
Applications are due by November 15, 2002
Contact Information:
Dr. Zita McRobbie.
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 604-291-3554
Fax: 604-291-5659
Website: http://www.sfu.ca/linguistics/
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