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Subject: 7.276, FYI: Summer School on Dialogue Systems
 
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Date:  Wed, 21 Feb 1996 08:58:46 +0100
From:  Gerrit.Bloothooft at let.ruu.nl (Gerrit Bloothooft)
Subject:  SUMMER SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT:  Summer School on Dialogue Systems
 
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Date:  Wed, 21 Feb 1996 08:58:46 +0100
From:  Gerrit.Bloothooft at let.ruu.nl (Gerrit Bloothooft)
Subject:  SUMMER SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT:  Summer School on Dialogue Systems
 
 
   THE FOURTH EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON LANGUAGE AND SPEECH COMMUNICATION
 
                           DIALOGUE SYSTEMS
                           ****************
 
                     BUDAPEST, HUNGARY 8-19 JULY 1996
 
 
INTRODUCTION
 
The fourth European Summer School on Language and Speech Communication
will be organised at the Technical University of Budapest from July
8-19 1996.  The topic will be Dialogue Systems. There has been a
growing interest over recent years in the theoretical and practical
issues associated with the design and use of computer systems which
are able to participate in spoken or written language dialogues.
 
Some of the questions which have occupied the researchers include the
following:
 
 * what kind of information should be included in a dialogue model?
 * what does it mean to "co-operate" in dialogue?
 * is it necessary to model the beliefs of the other party?
 * how much planning is required in dialogue?
 * how should a dialogue system be specified?
 * is there any benefit in simulating systems before building them?
 * how do people react to dialogue systems?
 * what happens in multimodal dialogues?
 * what is the relationship between human-human and
    human-computer dialogue?
 * what is the effect of task domain on dialogue structure?
 * how can dialogue failures be recognised and repaired?
 * how should dialogue systems be evaluated?
 * what practical applications exist for dialogue technology?
 
These, and many other questions relating to dialogue systems will be
addressed by leading practitioners in the field.
 
The courses will be a mixture of short plenary sessions dedicated to
surveys or particularly difficult or controversial topics, and weekly
courses of 5x2 hours or 5x1 hours held in plenary or in
parallel. Several of the courses will set practical exercises, and
there will be ample opportunities for students to present their own
work.  As is fitting in a Summer School on dialogue, participants will
be encouraged to play an active part in the learning
process. Background knowledge in a relevant area such as linguistics,
speech processing, artificial intelligence, computer science or
psychology would be useful, but no prior experience in the area of
dialogue systems will be assumed. The Summer School is open to
undergraduate students, PhD students, postdocs, and staff members from
academic and industrial sites.
 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 
The program committee for this year's Summer School consists of Niels
Ole Bernsen (Roskilde University, Denmark), Norman Fraser (Vocalis,
United Kingdom), Klara Vicsi (Technical University of Budapest,
Hungary), with the help of Louis Boves (KPN Research, The
Netherlands), Steven Krauwer, Gerrit Bloothooft (Utrecht University),
Joaquim Llisterri (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) as advisers.
 
LOCAL ORGANISER
 
Klara Vicsi (Technical University of Budapest)
 
LOCAL COMMITTEE
 
Geza Gordos (Technical University of Budapest), Laszlo Kalman (Lorand
Eoetvoes Scientific University), Geza Nemeth (Technical University of
Budapest), Andras Illenyi (Technical University of Budapest), Gabor
Proszeky (MorphoLogy), Gyoergy Takacs (Ericcson), Klara Vicsi
(Technical University of Budapest)
 
SPONSORS
 
This year's school is sponsored by the European Network in Language
and Speech (ELSNET), the Copernicus Program: ELSNET goes East, and
supported by the European Speech Communication Association (ESCA) and
the European Chapter of the Association of Computational Linguistics
(EACL). Local support is provided by the Technical University of
Budapest, the National Scientific Research Fund, and SUN Europe.
 
GENERAL INFORMATION
 
VENUE
 
The Summer School will be held at the Technical University of
Budapest. The University was founded in 1782 by King Joseph II. It was
reorganised as the Royal Palatine Joseph Technical University in
1871. Since 1949 it has been called the Technical University of
Budapest and developed into one of the largest institutions of higher
education in Hungary and is one of central Europe's most important
research centres. Today, more than 110 departments and institutes
operate within the structure of seven faculties at the TUB.  About
1600 lecturers, 350 researchers, numerous invited lecturers and
practical specialists participate in education and research at the
TUB. Approximately 10% of the 9.000 students are from 40 countries
abroad.
 
The capital of Hungary, Budapest has a special geographical
location. It is situated along a 28 km stretch along the Danube which
divides the city into two parts: the hills of Buda and the plain of
Pest. Budapest is often called the "Pearl of the Danube".
 
TRAVEL
 
Budapest can easily be reached by air or train from all major European
cities.  An Airport Minibus service is available from the airports to
each hotel. The cost for one fare is approximately 800 HUF (8 DM or
5,5 USD, much less than the taxi price).  Railway Stations are
connected with Public Transportation.  One ticket for tram, bus or
metro costs 50 HUF (0,5 DM or 0,3 USD) and must be purchased in
advance at metro stations or in kiosks.
 
REGISTRATION
 
The emphasis of the Summer School is on small-group work and on
interaction between participants and staff. The number of participants
will therefore be limited to 60. Because it is expected that the
Summer School will be oversubscribed, pre-registration is strongly
recommended.
 
Deadline for pre-registration: May 1, 1996
 
To ensure that participants have the opportunity to attend the school
from a wide range of countries and disciplines, notices of acceptance
will not be sent before the pre-registration deadline.
 
Deposits will then become due for those who have been offered a place.
Applicants who cannot be offered a place at that time will be put on a
waiting list and be given a final decision as soon as possible, but by
June 1 at the latest.
 
 
PARTICIPATION FEES
 
full time students 130 USD or 190 DM academic staff members 260 USD or
380 DM employees of industry 520 USD or 760 DM
 
Deadline for payment: June 1 1996
 
Late payment after 1 June:
 
full time students          143 USD or   210 DM
academic staff members      286 USD or   418 DM
employees of industry       572 USD or   836 DM
 
 
ACCOMMODATION COSTS
 
Youth Hostel located in the University Campus (very moderate quality)
                2 persons/room and common showers at each floor
                USD 15/person/night (breakfast included)
                [total 195 USD for 13 nights]
 
Middle category hotel (two stars), 15 minutes from the University by tram
                Double rooms with shower in each room
                for a single person  USD 68/night
                                     [total 884 USD for 13 nights]
                for two persons      USD 38/night/person
                                     [total 494 USD for 13 nights]
                (breakfast included)
 
The ACCOMMODATION COSTS and the PARTICIPATION FEE should be
paid together at the same time.
 
DEADLINE FOR  FULL PAYMENT:   June 1  1996
 
 
Payment can be made only by bank transfer or bank check.
Unfortunately we  are  not able to  accept credit cards.
 
Bank account:           MNB 10032000-01425279
Bank holder:            Technical University of Budapest
Bank name and address:  Hungarian National Bank
                        1054 Budapest, Szabadsag ter 6-8, Hungary
 
Reference:              ELSNET 14899-509
 
Postal address:         Technical University of Budapest
                        Conference Office
                        Muegyetem rkp. 3., Building K, 1st Floor 64.
 
CANCELLATION
 
If an accepted applicant has to withdraw from the summer school, fees
paid will be returned (-20 USD handling charge). The withdrawal should
be received before 1st of June. In the event of withdrawal after 1st
of June, the applicant will forfeit 50 % of the paid fees.
 
GRANTS
 
Some limited grants will be made available for students from Central
or Eastern Europe. To be eligible for this grant, one should write a
well-argumented letter to the local organiser Dr. Klara Vicsi (address
at the end of the booklet). In this letter one should write something
about his/her background in the Language and Speech Technology, and
make it clear why he/she would like to attend the Summer School. A
letter of recommendation, written by his/her professor will certainly
be advantageous. The application will be transfered for evalution to
ELSNET goes East.
 
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
 
Students who attend lectures regularly will be given a Certificate of
Attendance. With the agreement of the student's home university, the
courses taken as part of the summer school may be recognised as
credits for the student's course of study.
 
SOCIAL EVENTS
 
The summer school fee will include welcome and farewell parties. An
optional programme of outings and visits will be organised, which will
enable participating students to get to know each other better, and to
be introduced to the culture and history of Hungary.
 
Excursions at the weekend:
 
1.  Szentendre Sightseeing in the small medieval town at 20 km from
Budapest, well known for its picturesque old streets, 18th century
houses and churches. Visit to the Open Air Museum.
 
2.  Kecskemet the Hungarian "puszta" Sightseeing in the city, where
you can find beautiful examples of the Hungarian art nouveau
architecture. Visit a horse-show at Lajosmizse puszta.
 
 
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE COURSE
 
WEEK 1.
 
MORNING PLENARY SESSIONS
 
  9.00 - 10.45 PLENARY
 
                       Monday-Tuesday :
 
                       HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE
                       DIALOGUE SYSTEMS FIELD
                       Lecturer: Louis Boves
                                 KPN Research, Leidschendam, The Netherlands
 
                       Wednesday-Thursday:
                       DIALOGUE TYPES
                       Lecturer: Francoise Neel
                                 LIMSI-CNRS Orsay, France
 
                       Friday:
                       PROSODY IN SPOKEN DIALOGUE
                       Lecturer: Julia Hirschberg
                                 AT&T Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, USA
 
10.45 - 11.15  coffee break
 
11.15 - 12.00  PLENARY
 
                       Monday-Friday:
                       STUDENT PRESENTATION SESSION
 
12.15 - 13.00  PLENARY
 
                       Monday-Friday:
                       MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS
                       Lecturer: Niels Ole Bernsen
                                 Centre for Cognitive Science,
                                 Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
 
 
13.00 - 15.00  lunch
 
15.00 - 16.45  PARALLEL 1
 
                       Monday-Friday:
                       SPEECH INPUT AND OUTPUT
                       Lecturers: Rolf Carlson, Kjell Elenius and
                                  Bjorn Granstrom
                                  Department of Speech Communication and
                                  Music Acoustics, Royal Institute of
                                  Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
 
               PARALLEL 2
 
                       Monday-Friday:
                       EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DIALOGUE DESIGN
                       (with practicals)
                       Lecturers: Hans Dybkjaer and Laila Dybkjaer
                                  Centre for Cognitive Science,
                                  Roskilde University Roskilde, Denmark
 
 
WEEK 2.
 
 
 9.00 - 10.45  PLENARY
 
                       Monday:
                       PROSODY IN SPOKEN DIALOGUE
                       Lecturer: Julia Hirschberg
                                 AT&T Bell Laboratories USA
 
                       Tuesday-Wednesday:
                       EVALUATION OF DIALOGUE SYSTEMS
                       Lecturer: Paolo Baggia
                                 Centro Studi e Laboratory Telecommunicazioni,
                                 Torino, Italy
 
                       Thursday:
                       COMMERCIAL REALITIES
                       Lecturer: Nick Ostler
                                 Linguacubun Ltd., Batheaston Villa, UK
 
                       Friday:
                       PANEL  DISCUSSION
                       topic: Advantages and drawbacks of dialogue technology
                              Gyoergy Takacs,  Ericsson Ltd. Budapest, Hungary
                              and all lecturers
 
10.45 - 11.15 coffee break
 
11.15 - 13.00 PARALLEL 1
 
                       Monday-Friday:
                       NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING INPUT OUTPUT
                       Lecturer: Paul Heisterkamp,
                                 Daimler-Benz AG,Institute for Information
                                 Technology, Germany
 
11.15 - 13.00 PARALLEL 2
 
                       Monday-Friday:
                       DIALOGUE MODELLING (with practicals)
                       Lecturer: Harald Aust
                                 Philips Forschungslaboratorien,
                                 Aachen, Germany
 
13.00 - 15.00 lunch
 
15.00 - 16.45 PARALLEL 1
 
                        Monday-Friday
                        HUMAN FACTORS
                        Lecturer: Sharon Oviatt
                                  Center for Human-Computer Communication,
                                  Department of Computer Science,
                                  Oregon Graduate Institute of Science &
                                  Technology, Oregon,  USA
 
	      PARALLEL 2
 
                        Monday-Friday
                        SYSTEM ISSUES (with practicals)
                        lecturer: Norman Fraser
                                  Vocalis Limited, Cambridge, UK
 
 
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
 
One hour during the first week has been reserved for student
presentations, and students are encouraged to use this opportunity to
help everyone improve their knowledge of each other's
interests. Participants who want to take advantage of this opportunity
are requested to indicate this on the application form. Each speaker
will be given 15 minutes.
 
The other possibility for students is the poster presentation. Poster
board will be available during the time of the Summer School. Size of
the poster board: 80cm x 150cm.
 
A one-page abstract of the student presentation is expected by 1st
June 1996.
 
ELECTRONIC INFORMATION
 
The information included in this booklet can also be found on the
following World Wide Web sites:
 
http://www.ttt.bme.hu
http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/elsnet/summerschool96.html
 
During the school the participants will have access to Email
facilities.
 
NOTE
 
Although all the information in this booklet is correct at the time of
printing, we reserve the right to make alterations to course titles
and to the list of lecturers if necessary.
 
 
PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
 
European Summer School on Language and Speech Communication
July 8 - 19, 1996
 
Please complete this form and return it by May 1, 1996 Further
information will be sent only to those who return this form.
 
 
Title:
 
First name:
 
Last name:
 
Street/No:
 
Postal code/City:
 
Country:
 
Phone:						Fax:
 
Email:
 
University degrees or other qualifications with dates:
 
Current occupation:
 
Name of university or company:
 
 
COURSE REGISTRATION
 
I wish to apply for admission under the following category:
 
O	Full  time student (include proof of status)
O	Academic staff member
O	Employee of industry
 
 
ACCOMMODATION
 
If admitted to the course, I wish to reserve
accommodation from 7 July to 19 (13 nights)
 
O	- Youth Hostel located in the University Campus
O	- Middle category hotel (two stars) at 15 minutes
           from the University (by tram)
O       - I do not need hotel reservation
 
Please indicate whether you would like to present your own work to the
participants in the Summer School:
 
O	Yes, I would like to present my own work during the school.
			O	Oral presentation
			O	Poster presentation
 
O 	No, I will not be involved in the student presentations.
 
Please give a brief account of previous work done in the area of
dialogue systems.
 
 
I have an interest in the following optional courses:
 
WEEK 1. 15.00 - 16.45
 
O       PARALLEL 1     SPEECH INPUT AND OUTPUT
                       Lecturers: Rolf Carlson, Kjell Elenius and
                                  Bjorn Granstrom
 
O       PARALLEL 2     EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DIALOGUE DESIGN
                       (with practicals)
                       Lecturers: Hans Dybkjaer and Laila Dybkjaer
 
 
WEEK 2. 11.15 - 13.00
 
O       PARALLEL 1     NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING INPUT OUTPUT
                       Lecturer: Paul Heisterkamp
 
 
O       PARALLEL 2     DIALOGUE MODELLING (with practicals)
                       Lecturer: Harald Aust
 
WEEK 2. 15.00 - 16.45
 
O       PARALLEL 1     HUMAN FACTORS
                       Lecturer: Sharon Oviatt
 
O	PARALLEL 2     SYSTEM ISSUES (with practicals)
  		       Lecturer: Norman Fraser
 
 
 
Signature:	____________________________
 
Date:           ____________________________
 
 
The local organiser Klara Vicsi and the local committee can be
reached by the Conference Office of  TUB.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
 
Technical University of Budapest
Conference Office
Muegyetem rakpart 3.-9.
Building K. 1st floor. room 64.
H-1521, Budapest, Hungary
Phone: 36-1-463-2666
Phone-fax: 36-1 463-3542
E-mail: school at khmk.bme.hu
 
 
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Gerrit Bloothooft            .     .                 .     .
Research Institute for Language and Speech (OTS)   .* *   ***.***   *****
Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands        .*  **    **.    **     .
Phone: +31.30.2536042                  .         . *  **    ** .    **** .
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