From honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!eddie.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!zaphod.crihan.fr!vishnu.jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!scsing.switch.ch!news.unige.ch!dolent!karit Thu Aug 26 12:26:44 EDT 1993 Article: 1171 of comp.speech Xref: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.speech:1171 Newsgroups: comp.speech Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!eddie.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!zaphod.crihan.fr!vishnu.jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!scsing.switch.ch!news.unige.ch!dolent!karit From: karit@idiap.ch (Kari Torkkola) Subject: Workshop on AUTOMATIC SPEAKER RECOGNITION, IDENTIFICATON AND VERIFICATION Message-ID: <1993Aug26.150856.11198@news.unige.ch> Sender: usenet@news.unige.ch Reply-To: esca@idiap.ch Organization: IDIAP,Switzerland Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 15:08:56 GMT Lines: 161 Workshop on AUTOMATIC SPEAKER RECOGNITION, IDENTIFICATON AND VERIFICATION Martigny, Switzerland, APRIL 5-7, 1994 Reminder of Call for Papers The European Speech Communication Association (ESCA) has identified Automatic Speaker Recognition, Identification and Verification as important areas of current research interest. An ESCA Tutorial and Research Workshop (ETRW) is being organized in Martigny on 5-7 April 1994. Contributions should be research oriented but also concerned with applications, which may be demonstrated (live or video). WORKSHOP THEMES Contributions are welcome on the following topics: - Intra-and inter-speaker variability - Multi-speaker speech data-bases - Voice transformation and mimics - Speaker verification systems - Vocabulary dependent/independent approaches - Tools for speaker identification - Telecommunication applications - Banking and finance applications - Forensic applications WORKSHOP SITE Situated in the heart of the Alps, Martigny offers most summer and winter sports including mountaineering and skiing. Several sites, in Martigny, are under consideration. The final location will be announced in the next circular. FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP This will be an international workshop with a limited number of active participants. Each session will be introduced by a tutorial presentation from an invited expert. Most papers will be presented in plenary sessions with time for demonstration and discussion. Other papers will be presented in poster sessions preceded by an oral summary of all session contributions. An exhibition will be organized for those desiring to demonstrate their work. PUBLICATION The Proceedings will be available upon registration. After the workshop the International Scientific Committee will select a number of workshop papers for publication as articles in a Book to be edited by the organizers. These authors will be invited to produce an updated version of their original paper on the basis of the Committee's comments. REGISTRATION FEES The Registration fee is 430 FS ( ~250 ECUs) including mailing, administration, proceedings, refreshment served at coffee breaks and workshop dinner with a 50 FS (~30 ECUs) reduction for ESCA members. A special package including two years' membership (94/95) in ESCA, is 480 FS (~280 ECUs). Students with certificate of status pay 250 FS (~140 ECUs). These rates apply before January 15, 1994. Late registration will be charged an additional 90 FS (~ 50 ECUs). You can apply for grants from the EEC HCM and PECO programs to attend ESCA conferences and workshops. If you are interested and /or concerned, please contact: ESCA, BP 7, B 1040 Brussels. PAYMENT Payment can be made either by Eurocheque, credit card (Eurocard-Master Card or Visa) or transfer to the bank account 309 718-01, Credit Suisse, Martigny, Switzerland, payable to "ESCA". Note the extra charge for late payment (after January 15). Personal checks are not accepted. SCHEDULE SEPT 15, 1993 Submission of extended summary. NOV 30, 1993 Notification of acceptance. JAN 15, 1994 Submission of photo-ready paper and advanced registration. MARCH 1, 1994 Preliminary program sent out. APRIL 5-7 , 1994 Workshop. WORKSHOP SECRETARIAT For all correspondence concerning the workshop, please use the following address : IDIAP-ESCA Workshop Case postale 609 CH-1920 Martigny, Switzerland Phone: + 41 26 22 76 64 Fax: + 41 26 22 78 18 e-mail: esca@idiap.ch EUROPEAN SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION (ESCA) ESCA is a non-profit organization for promoting Speech Communication Science and Technology in a European context. For membership and other information, please contact : ESCA, BP 7, B-1040 Brussels 40, Belgium. The GFCP (Groupe Francophone de la Communication Parlee) of SFA and ESCA is also supporting this workshop. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE B. ATAL (AT&T, Bell Labs, USA), F. BIMBOT (TELECOM-Paris, FRANCE), L.-J. BOE (ICP, France), H. BOURLARD (L&H, BELGIUM), G. CHOLLET (IDIAP, SWITZERLAND), G. DODDINGTON (DARPA, USA), S. FURUI (NTT, JAPAN), D. JOHNSTON (BT, UK), J.P. KOSTER (Univ. TRIER GERMANY), J. LAVER (CSTR, UK), J. MARIANI (LIMSI-CNRS, FRANCE), L. MICLET (CNET, FRANCE), H. NEY (PHILIPS, GERMANY), A. PAOLONI (FUB, ITALY),J. PECKHAM (LOGICA, UK), B. PFISTER (ETHZ, SWITZERLAND), P.K. RAJASEKARAN (TI, USA), A ROSENBERG (AT&T, Bell Labs, USA), F. SOONG (AT&T, Bell Labs, USA), A.T. TSOI, (Univ Queensland, AUSTRALIA). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr Gerard CHOLLET - IDIAP, CNRS Dr Andrea PAOLONI - FUB Dr Frederic BIMBOT - TELECOM-Paris, CNRS ESCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Speaker Recognition, Identification and Verification. MARTIGNY,Switzerland, April 5-7, 1994 Preliminary registration and submission of extended summary Name. Title: Affiliation: Mailing address: Phone: Fax: e-mail: I would like to participate in the Research Workshop as a [ ] full participant, [ ] student. [ ] I am an ESCA Member. Membership # [ ] Please send information on ESCA membership. I intend to submit a paper with the title: Preferred presentation: [ ] oral, [ ] poster, [ ] either. An abstract of max. 400 words is included (5 copies). [ ] Special equipment needs [ ] Payment made. Amount paid: FS [ ] Eurocheque[ ] Money is transferred to account 309 718-01, Credit Suisse, Martigny, Switzerland, payable to "ESCA" [ ] Visa, [ ] Eurocard-Master card Credit card #: Last name: First name: Expiration date: Signature: Date: Please complete this form and attach your extended summary on separate page(s). Form and summary shoud be sent no later than Sept 15, 1993 by mail or fax to : IDIAP-ESCA Workshop, C.P. 609, CH-1920 MARTIGNY- SWITZERLAND From honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!sparky!rick Fri Aug 27 10:56:50 EDT 1993 Article: 4673 of news.announce.conferences Xref: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:4673 Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!sparky!rick From: karit@idiap.ch (Kari Torkkola) Subject: CFP: Workshop on AUTOMATIC SPEAKER RECOGNITION, IDENTIFICATON AND VERIFICATION Message-ID: <1993Aug27.133656.22962@sparky.sterling.com> Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com (Richard Ohnemus) Organization: Institut Dalle Molle d`Intelligence Artificielle Perceptive Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 13:36:56 GMT Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Expires: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 08:00:00 GMT Lines: 155 X-Md4-Signature: 71a633b29321924a9aedd7a102afcd5d Workshop on AUTOMATIC SPEAKER RECOGNITION, IDENTIFICATON AND VERIFICATION Martigny, Switzerland, APRIL 5-7, 1994 Reminder of Call for Papers The European Speech Communication Association (ESCA) has identified Automatic Speaker Recognition, Identification and Verification as important areas of current research interest. An ESCA Tutorial and Research Workshop (ETRW) is being organized in Martigny on 5-7 April 1994. Contributions should be research oriented but also concerned with applications, which may be demonstrated (live or video). WORKSHOP THEMES Contributions are welcome on the following topics: - Intra-and inter-speaker variability - Multi-speaker speech data-bases - Voice transformation and mimics - Speaker verification systems - Vocabulary dependent/independent approaches - Tools for speaker identification - Telecommunication applications - Banking and finance applications - Forensic applications WORKSHOP SITE Situated in the heart of the Alps, Martigny offers most summer and winter sports including mountaineering and skiing. Several sites, in Martigny, are under consideration. The final location will be announced in the next circular. FORMAT OF THE WORKSHOP This will be an international workshop with a limited number of active participants. Each session will be introduced by a tutorial presentation from an invited expert. Most papers will be presented in plenary sessions with time for demonstration and discussion. Other papers will be presented in poster sessions preceded by an oral summary of all session contributions. An exhibition will be organized for those desiring to demonstrate their work. PUBLICATION The Proceedings will be available upon registration. After the workshop the International Scientific Committee will select a number of workshop papers for publication as articles in a Book to be edited by the organizers. These authors will be invited to produce an updated version of their original paper on the basis of the Committee's comments. REGISTRATION FEES The Registration fee is 430 FS ( ~250 ECUs) including mailing, administration, proceedings, refreshment served at coffee breaks and workshop dinner with a 50 FS (~30 ECUs) reduction for ESCA members. A special package including two years' membership (94/95) in ESCA, is 480 FS (~280 ECUs). Students with certificate of status pay 250 FS (~140 ECUs). These rates apply before January 15, 1994. Late registration will be charged an additional 90 FS (~ 50 ECUs). You can apply for grants from the EEC HCM and PECO programs to attend ESCA conferences and workshops. If you are interested and /or concerned, please contact: ESCA, BP 7, B 1040 Brussels. PAYMENT Payment can be made either by Eurocheque, credit card (Eurocard-Master Card or Visa) or transfer to the bank account 309 718-01, Credit Suisse, Martigny, Switzerland, payable to "ESCA". Note the extra charge for late payment (after January 15). Personal checks are not accepted. SCHEDULE SEPT 15, 1993 Submission of extended summary. NOV 30, 1993 Notification of acceptance. JAN 15, 1994 Submission of photo-ready paper and advanced registration. MARCH 1, 1994 Preliminary program sent out. APRIL 5-7 , 1994 Workshop. WORKSHOP SECRETARIAT For all correspondence concerning the workshop, please use the following address : IDIAP-ESCA Workshop Case postale 609 CH-1920 Martigny, Switzerland Phone: + 41 26 22 76 64 Fax: + 41 26 22 78 18 e-mail: esca@idiap.ch EUROPEAN SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION (ESCA) ESCA is a non-profit organization for promoting Speech Communication Science and Technology in a European context. For membership and other information, please contact : ESCA, BP 7, B-1040 Brussels 40, Belgium. The GFCP (Groupe Francophone de la Communication Parlee) of SFA and ESCA is also supporting this workshop. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE B. ATAL (AT&T, Bell Labs, USA), F. BIMBOT (TELECOM-Paris, FRANCE), L.-J. BOE (ICP, France), H. BOURLARD (L&H, BELGIUM), G. CHOLLET (IDIAP, SWITZERLAND), G. DODDINGTON (DARPA, USA), S. FURUI (NTT, JAPAN), D. JOHNSTON (BT, UK), J.P. KOSTER (Univ. TRIER GERMANY), J. LAVER (CSTR, UK), J. MARIANI (LIMSI-CNRS, FRANCE), L. MICLET (CNET, FRANCE), H. NEY (PHILIPS, GERMANY), A. PAOLONI (FUB, ITALY),J. PECKHAM (LOGICA, UK), B. PFISTER (ETHZ, SWITZERLAND), P.K. RAJASEKARAN (TI, USA), A ROSENBERG (AT&T, Bell Labs, USA), F. SOONG (AT&T, Bell Labs, USA), A.T. TSOI, (Univ Queensland, AUSTRALIA). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr Gerard CHOLLET - IDIAP, CNRS Dr Andrea PAOLONI - FUB Dr Frederic BIMBOT - TELECOM-Paris, CNRS ESCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Speaker Recognition, Identification and Verification. MARTIGNY,Switzerland, April 5-7, 1994 Preliminary registration and submission of extended summary Name. Title: Affiliation: Mailing address: Phone: Fax: e-mail: I would like to participate in the Research Workshop as a [ ] full participant, [ ] student. [ ] I am an ESCA Member. Membership # [ ] Please send information on ESCA membership. I intend to submit a paper with the title: Preferred presentation: [ ] oral, [ ] poster, [ ] either. An abstract of max. 400 words is included (5 copies). [ ] Special equipment needs [ ] Payment made. Amount paid: FS [ ] Eurocheque[ ] Money is transferred to account 309 718-01, Credit Suisse, Martigny, Switzerland, payable to "ESCA" [ ] Visa, [ ] Eurocard-Master card Credit card #: Last name: First name: Expiration date: Signature: Date: Please complete this form and attach your extended summary on separate page(s). Form and summary shoud be sent no later than Sept 15, 1993 by mail or fax to : IDIAP-ESCA Workshop, C.P. 609, CH-1920 MARTIGNY- SWITZERLAND