Appel: SSLST 2012

Thierry Hamon thierry.hamon at UNIV-PARIS13.FR
Wed Jun 6 07:40:56 UTC 2012


Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 17:24:59 +0200
From: "GRLMC" <grlmc at urv.cat>
Message-ID: <710DDE6B87DA41A29192D929E46FE4BF at Carlos1>
X-url: http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2012/


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2012 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES

SSLST 2012

(formerly International PhD School in Language and Speech Technologies)

Tarragona, Spain

July 30 – August 3, 2012

Organized by:

Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)

Rovira i Virgili University

http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2012/

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AIM:

SSLST 2012 offers a broad and intensive series of lectures at different
levels on language and speech technologies. The students choose their
preferred courses according to their interests and
background. Instructors are top names in their respective fields. The
School intends to help students initiate and foster their research
career.

The previous event in this series was WSLST 2012:
http://grammars.grlmc.com/wslst2012/

ADDRESSED TO:

Graduate (and advanced undergraduate) students from around the
world. Most appropriate degrees include: Computer Science and
Linguistics. Other students (for instance, from Mathematics, Electrical
Engineering, Philosophy, or Cognitive Science) are welcome too.

The School is appropriate also for people more advanced in their career
who want to keep themselves updated on developments in the field.

There is no overlap in the class schedule.

COURSES AND PROFESSORS:

- Jont B. Allen (U Illinois Urbana-Champaign), A Parametric Analysis of
  Speech Perception [introductory, 8 hours]

- Hervé Bourlard (Idiap Research Institute, Martigny), Automatic Speech
  Recognition and Multilingual Speech Processing: HMM, Hybrid HMM/ANN
  and Posterior-based Systems [introductory/intermediate, 6 hours]

- Marcello Federico (Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento), Statistical
  Machine Translation [introductory/intermediate, 6 hours]

- Giuseppe Riccardi (U Trento), Spoken Language Understanding
  [intermediate/advanced, 6 hours]

- Noah A. Smith (Carnegie Mellon U), Probability and Structure in
  Natural Language Processing [intermediate, 9 hours]

- Bayya Yegnanarayana (International Institute of Information Technology
  Hyderabad), Speech Signal Processing [introductory/intermediate, 8
  hours]

REGISTRATION:

It has to be done on line at

http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2012/Registration.php 

FEES:

They are variable, depending on the number of courses each student
takes.  The rule is:

1 hour = 

- 10 euros (for payments until May 18, 2012),

- 15 euros (for payments after May 18, 2012).

PAYMENT PROCEDURE:

The fees must be paid to the School's bank account: 

Uno-e Bank
bank’s address: Julian Camarillo 4 C, 28037 Madrid, Spain
IBAN: ES3902270001820201823142
BIC/SWIFT code: UNOEESM1
account holder: Carlos Martin-Vide GRLMC
account holder’s address: Av. Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain

Please mention SSLST 2012 and your name in the subject. A receipt will
be provided on site.

Remarks:

- Bank transfers should not involve any expense for the School.

- People claiming early registration will be requested to prove that the
  bank transfer order was carried out by the deadline.

- Students may be refunded only in the case when a course gets cancelled
  due to the unavailability of the instructor.

People registering on site at the beginning of the School must pay in
cash.  For the sake of local organization, however, it is much
recommended to do it earlier.

ACCOMMODATION:

Information about accommodation is available on the website of the
School.

CERTIFICATE:

Students will be delivered a certificate stating the courses attended,
their contents, and their duration.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Announcement of the programme: April 12, 2012
Starting of the registration: April 12, 2012
Early registration deadline: May 18, 2012
Starting of the School: July 30, 2012
End of the School: August 3, 2012 

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

Lilica Voicu:

florentinalilica.voicu at urv.cat 

WEBSITE:

http://grammars.grlmc.com/sslst2012/ 

POSTAL ADDRESS:

SSLST 2012
Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC)
Rovira i Virgili University
Av. Catalunya, 35
43002 Tarragona, Spain

Phone: +34-977-559543
Fax: +34-977-558386

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Diputació de Tarragona
Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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