INTERSPEECH07. CFP: Special Session, Antwerp, Belgium

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Speech and language technology researchers who work on less-resourced languages often have very limited access to funding, equipment and software. This makes it all the more important for them to come together to share best practice, in order to avoid a duplication of effort. This special session will therefore be devoted to speech and language technology for less-resourced languages.

In view of the limited resources available to the targeted researchers, there will be a particular emphasis on "free" software, which may be either open-source or closed-source. However, submissions are also invited from those using commercial software.

Topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Examples of systems built using free or purpose-built software (possibly with demonstrations).
  • Presentations of bugs in free software, and strategies for dealing with them.
  • Presentations of additions and enhancements made to the software by a research group.
  • Presentations of linguistic challenges for a particular less-resourced language.
  • Descriptions of desired features for possible future implementation.

Submission

Researchers who are interested in contributing to this special session are invited to submit either a paper or a demo or both, as follows.

  1. Papers can be submitted by proceeding according to the regular submission procedure of Interspeech 2007 and selecting "Speech and language technology for less-resourced languages" as the topic of your first choice. The paper submission deadline was March 23, 2007. But, please, note that the deadline for "full" papers has been extended to March 27th by Interspeech, so you have a few more days to completeyour papers.
  2. We offer a light submission procedure for demos. Please note: unlike regular papers, texts submitted with a demo will not be published in the proceedings. In this case, please submit a short description of the system demonstrated, the demo, required materials for the demo, and references, to the first of the session organisers (see below) and to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it before April 27, 2007. Demo submission texts should be formatted in accordance with the Interspeech 2007 author kit, and should be between 1 and 4 pages in length.

Session organisers

Dr Briony Williams
Language Technologies Unit, Canolfan Bedwyr, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
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Dr Mikel Forcada
Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informŕtics, Universitat d'Alacant, E-03071 Alacant, Spain
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Dr Kepa Sarasola
Dept of Computer Languages, Univ of the Basque Country, PK 649 20080 Donostia, Basque Country, Spain
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Important dates

Four-page paper deadline:
March 23, 2007 (extended to March 27th by Interspeech)
Demo submission deadline:
April 27, 2007
Notification of acceptance:
May 25, 2007
Early registration deadline:
June 22, 2007
Main Interspeech conference:
August 28-31, 2007