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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>FYI. This call for participation may be of interest to some. Its
focus is Asian languages, but contributions on "under-resourced
languages" from other regions are welcome. (Seen on Chinese@kenyon.edu)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Subject: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>2d CFP : International Workshop on Spoken Languages
Technologies for Under-resourced languages (SLTU)</span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Reply-To: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://us.f388.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=doug.cooper.thailand@gmail.com"
target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>doug.cooper.thailand@gmail.com</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
International Workshop on Spoken Languages Technologies for Under-resourced
languages (SLTU) will be held at Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam,
May 5 - May 7, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Workshop
Web Site : <a href="http://www.mica.edu.vn/sltu" target="_blank"><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.mica.edu.vn/sltu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
STLU meeting is a technical conference focused on spoken language processing
for under-resourced languages. This first workshop will focus on Asian
languages, and the idea is to mainly (but not exclusively) target languages of
the area (Vietnamese, Khmer, Lao, Chinese dialects, Thai, etc.). However, all
contributions on other under-resourced languages of the world are warmly
welcomed. The workshop aims at gathering researchers working on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ASR, synthesis and speech translation for under-resourced languages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
portability issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
fast resources acquisition (speech, text, lexicons, parallel corpora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
spoken language processing for languages with rich morphology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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spoken language processing for languages without separators<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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spoken language processing for languages without writing system<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Important
dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Paper submission: January 15, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Notification of Paper Acceptance: February 20, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Author Registration Deadline: March 1, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Scientific
Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Tanja Schultz, CMU, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Yuqing Gao, IBM, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Lori Lamel, LIMSI, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Laurent Besacier, LIG, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Pascal Nocera, LIA, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Jean-Paul Haton, LORIA, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Luong Chi Mai, IOIT, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Dang Van Chuyet, HUT, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Pham Thi Ngoc Yen, MICA, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Eric Castelli, MICA, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Vincent Berment, LIG Laboratory, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Briony Williams, Bangor University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Local
Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Nguyen Trong Giang, HUT/MICA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Ha Duyen Tu, HUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Pham Thi Ngoc Yen, HUT/MICA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Pr Geneviève Caelen-Haumont, MICA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Trinh Van Loan, HUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
Dr Mathias Rossignol, MICA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>*
M. Hoang Xuan Lan, HUT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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