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<div><br></div><div>== Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ==</div><div><br></div><div>The 8th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing</div><div>will be held during December 5-8, 2012 at the InnoCentre, Hong Kong,</div>
<div>China. It will be jointly organized by the Chinese University of Hong</div><div>Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong University</div><div>of Science& Technology.</div><div><br></div><div>
<br></div><div>ISCSLP is a biennial conference for scientists, researchers, and</div><div>practitioners to report and discuss the latest progress in all</div><div>theoretical and technological aspects of spoken language processing.</div>
<div>While the ISCSLP is focused primarily on Chinese languages, works on</div><div>other languages that may be applied to Chinese speech and language are</div><div>also encouraged. The working language of ISCSLP is English. ISCSLP is</div>
<div>taking place in rotation among Singapore, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The ISCSLP in Hong Kong will feature world-class plenary speakers, and</div><div>interactive lecture and poster sessions. Papers are invited to report</div>
<div>substantial, original and unpublished research on all aspects of speech</div><div>databases, assessments and speech input/output, including, but not</div><div>limited to:</div><div><br></div><div>- Speech Production and Perception</div>
<div>- Speech Analysis</div><div>- Speech coding</div><div>- Speech Enhancement</div><div>- Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implant</div><div>- Phonetics and Phonology</div><div>- Corpus-based Linguistics</div><div>- Speech and Language Disorders</div>
<div>- Speech Recognition</div><div>- Spoken Language Translation</div><div>- Speaker, Language, and Emotion Recognition</div><div>- Speech Synthesis</div><div>- Language Modeling</div><div>- Speech Prosody</div><div>- Spoken Dialog Systems</div>
<div>- Machine Learning Techniques in Speech and Language Processing</div><div>- Voice Conversion</div><div>- Indexing, Retrieval and Authoring of Speech Signals</div><div>- Multi-Modal Interfaces</div><div>- Speech and Language Processing in Education</div>
<div>- Spoken Language Resources and Technology Evaluation</div><div>- Applications of Spoken Language Processing Technology</div><div>- Others</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>While the Chinese language is emphasized, works on other languages that</div>
<div>may be applied to Chinese speech and language are also encouraged. The</div><div>working language of ISCSLP is English. Prospective authors are invited to</div><div>submit full-length, four-page papers for presentation in any of the areas</div>
<div>listed above. All papers will be handle and reviewed electronically and</div><div>details can be found in the conference website <a href="http://www.iscslp2012.org" target="_blank">http://www.iscslp2012.org</a>.</div>
<div>The ISCSLP-2012 also invites proposals of special session and welcomes</div>
<div>exhibitions of products and demos of research prototypes within the areas</div><div>relevant to the conference. Please refer to the conference website for</div><div>details of their submission procedure.</div><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates</div><div>Special session proposal submission deadline:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 20, 2012</div><div>Notification of special session proposal acceptance:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>April 30, 2012</div>
<div>Regular and special session paper submission deadline:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>June 29, 2012</div><div>Notification of paper acceptance:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>August 31, 2012</div>
<div>Revised camera-ready paper upload deadline:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>September 28, 2012</div><div>Author's registration deadline:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>October 5, 2012</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Online submission is now open at the following URL</div><div> <a href="https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ISCSLP2012/" target="_blank">https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ISCSLP2012/</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>General Chair:</div>
<div>Helen Meng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong</div><div><a href="mailto:hmmeng@se.cuhk.edu.hk" target="_blank">hmmeng@se.cuhk.edu.hk</a></div>