11.1469, Calls: Global Collaboration, Prosody/Production (DGfS)
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Subject: 11.1469, Calls: Global Collaboration, Prosody/Production (DGfS)
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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:22:33 EDT
From: Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse at cs.rutgers.edu>
Subject: ACL'2000: Infrastructures for Global Collaboration Workshop
2)
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 14:36:56 +0200
From: Joerg Mayer <Joerg.Mayer at ims.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: Prosody - Production and Perception
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:22:33 EDT
From: Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse at cs.rutgers.edu>
Subject: ACL'2000: Infrastructures for Global Collaboration Workshop
Workshop Announcement and Invitation to Contribute
"Infrastructures for Global Collaboration"
organized by ELSNET
in conjunction with ACL 2000
Hong Kong, October 2000
Background:
Language and speech technology are different from most other
technologies in that the complexity of the problems addressed
('how to gain enough insight in human language behaviour in order
to be able to automate certain communication tasks') is
multiplied by the number of languages (every language comes with
its own unique problems), and even by its square if one thinks of
communication across language barriers.
At the same time it is clear that solutions found for problems in
one language may be fully or partially portable to other
languages.
Within the European Union, the above (and other) observations
have led to the creation of major R&D programmes such as Language
Engineering, and Human Language Technologies, where parties from
all over Europe (and even outside) join forces in order to
address the common problems. In addition, a number of
infrastructures have been set up at the European level, such as
ELRA (dealing with creating, sharing and distributing language
resources), ELSNET (a network of key players in the European
field of human language technologies, aiming at sharing
information and expertise), and EAGLES/ISLE (aimed at developing
standards in an international context).
The existence of transnational infrastructures is not limited to
Europe, as is demonstrated by e.g. the main international
professional organisations in the field of language (ACL) and
speech (ISCA) technology, and the Linguistic Data Consortium
(LDC), but what is lacking is a clear overview of what
transnational infrastructures exist world-wide, and how these
infrastructures can be optimally exploited for global
collaboration.
Topics:
This workshop will address the following questions:
- what are the existing infrastructures world-wide
= are they optimally exploited from the point of view of global
collaboration
= if not, how could this be improved
- what infrastructures or interconnections are missing
= what can we contribute to their creation
= what are the main actors (institutions, organisations)
= what are the main instruments we have at our disposal to
build and operate such infrastructures
Output:
The intended output is a strategic report, containing an analysis
of the present situation, and an outline scenario for steps to be
taken (actions, actors, calendar). The workshop should be seen as
a first consultation and round-table discussion on this topic,
and will be followed by similar events at other events, where
other parts of the language and speech communities (both thematic
and geographic) will be consulted.
Structure and audience:
It is a half day workshop. It will start with a number of invited
presentations addressing one or more of the topics of the
workshop, followed by a round-table discussion in which everybody
is invited to participate. The intended audience are people
interested in R&D policies and infrastructures.
Invitation to contribute:
Everybody, both workshop participants and others, is invited to
send his or her views on the topics addressed by this workshop to
the organisers by email. At the workshop a summary of these
contributions will be presented.
Organisers:
The workshop is organised by ELSNET, the European Network of
Excellence in Human Language Technologies, http://www.elsnet.org
Contact and Information:
Steven Krauwer (ELSNET Co-ordinator)
steven.krauwer at elsnet.org
Utrecht University
Trans 10 3512 Utrecht
The Netherlands
URL: http://www.elsnet.org/acl2000workshop.html
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Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 14:36:56 +0200
From: Joerg Mayer <Joerg.Mayer at ims.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: Prosody - Production and Perception
Dear colleagues,
please find below the first call for the DGfS workshop
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Prosodie - zwischen Produktion und Perzeption
Prosody - Production and Perception
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Leipzig (Germany)
Feb. 28 - Mar. 2, 2001
Workshop
Languages: German, English
The workshop will be held as part of the annual meeting of the German
Linguistics Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Sprachwissenschaft,
DGfS). The default language of the meeting will be German, but the
language of the workshop could be English if necessary.
*** Topics ***
- Neurocognition of Prosody
-- neuropsychological,
-- neuro- / psycholinguistic,
-- neuroanatomical aspects of prosody processing
- Phonetics
-- acoustic,
-- articulatory,
-- psychoacoustic / auditive analyses
- Models and Theory
-- intonational phonology
-- prosody in production and perception models
*** Organization ***
Kai Alter
Martin Meyer
MPI of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany
Joerg Mayer
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
*** Abstract submission ***
Deadline: August 1, 2000
Abstracts must not exceed one page. Only plain text, no images
please. Accepted abstracts will be published in the program booklet of
the DGfS meeting.
Please send abstracts to: joerg.mayer at ims.uni-stuttgart.de
Notification of acceptance: September 1, 2000
*** Contact ***
Kai Alter / Martin Meyer
Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
Stephanstraße 1a
D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
fax +49 (0)341 9940-204
email: alter at cns.mpg.de / meyerm at cns.mpg.de
Joerg Mayer
IMS, University of Stuttgart
Azenbergstrasse 12
D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
fax +49 (0)711 121-1366
email: joerg.mayer at ims.uni-stuttgart.de
*** Fees ****
Before Feb. 1, 2001: DM 60.- (DGfS members DM 30.-)
After Feb. 1, 2001: DM 70.- (DGfS members DM 40.-)
*** Description of the workshop in German ***
Prosodie - zwischen Produktion und Perzeption
Vor dem Hintergrund des seit Jahren stetig wachsenden For-
schungsinteresses im Bereich der suprasegmentalen
Eigenschaften gesprochener Sprache ist das Ziel der hier vorge-
schlagenen Arbeitsgruppe die Diskussion aktueller Ansätze und
Arbeiten aus der Prosodieforschung. Dazu zählen neben genuin
linguistischen Phänomenen wie lexikalische Wortbetonung und
Akzentuierung und Phrasierung auf Satz- und Dialogebene auch
para- und extralinguistische Phänomene wie z.B. die Kodierung
der Sprechereinstellung oder emotionaler Informationen. Ein
besonderes Anliegen der Arbeitgruppe ist die Zusammenführung
und Integration von Sudien sowohl aus dem Bereich der Proso-
dieproduktion als auch aus dem Bereich der Prosodieperzeption.
Angesichts der üblichen Spezialisierung wissenschaftlicher
Arbeitsgruppen auf einen der beiden Bereiche ist ein gemeinsa-
mes Plenum, in dem beide 'Welten' vertreten sind, ein wichtiges
und notwendiges Angebot. Die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Pro-
duktion und Perzeption betreffen alle Aspekte der
Prosodieverarbeitung, angefangen bei der Akustik und Psycho-
akustik, über die neuropsychologische Organisation, bis hin zur
Neuroanatomie prosodieverarbeitender Hirnstrukturen. Insofern
versprechen wir uns von dieser Arbeitgruppe einen gewinnbrin-
genden Austausch über die Methodik der Prosodieforschung, die
Modellbildung im Bereich der suprasegmentalen Phonologie
sowie der Sprachpoduktion und -perzeption, und die Ergebnisse
empirischer Studien zur Prosodieverarbeitung.
Einen thematischen Schwerpunkt der Arbeitgruppe sollen kogni-
tiv orientierte Arbeiten bilden, d.h. psycholinguistische Studien
(z.B. Reaktionszeitparadigmen), neuropsychologische Studien
(EEG, ERP, MEG) sowie funktionell-bildgebende Studien (PET,
fMRI). Das inhaltliche Spektrum reicht hierbei von der Beschrei-
bung der temporalen Organisation der Prosodieverarbeitung
selbst, über die Bestimmung des Einflusses prosodischer Parame-
ter auf die kognitive Verarbeitung anderer linguistischer
Strukturen - hier ist insbesondere die Syntax zu nennen - bis hin
zur Lokalisation zerebraler Substrate von Prosodieproduktion
und -perzeption. Hinsichtlich des zuletzt genannten Punktes -
Lokalisation relevanter Hirnstrukturen - sollen solche Arbeiten
besonders berücksichtigt werden, die über die klassische Dicho-
tomie zwischen linker und rechter Großhirnhemisphäre
hinausgehen, und sich um eine genauere Differenzierung proso-
dieverarbeitender neuronaler Netzwerke bemühen.
Neben diesem Schwerpunkt sind weitere mögliche Themenberei-
che die Analyse der akustischen Korrelate der Prosodie
(Grundfrequenz, Dauer, Intensität, spektrale Struktur), theoreti-
sche Arbeiten zur Modellierung der Prosodieverarbeitung und
auch klinische Studien zu spezifischen Störungen der Prosodiege-
nerierung bzw. -analyse.
Angesprochener Interessentenkreis: WissenschaftlerInnen mit
Fokus auf Prosodieforschung aus den Bereichen 'Linguistik',
'Phonetik', 'Kognitionswissenschaften' und 'Psycholinguistik/
Neuropsychologie'.
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