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THIRD EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON LANGUAGE AND SPEECH COMMUNICATION
MULTILINGUALITY IN SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROCESSING
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
July 10-21, 1995
INTRODUCTION
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The third annual European Summer School on Language and Speech
Communication (sometimes known as the ELSNET Summer School) will take
place from July 10-21, 1995 and will concentrate on the topic
Multilinguality. The programme committee consists of William Barry
(University of the Saarland), Gerrit Bloothooft (Utrecht University)
and Steve Pulman (SRI International, Cambridge). A committee has been
set up at the University of Edinburgh to give advice to the programme
committee. Members of this local Edinburgh committee are Elisabet
Engdahl, Steve Isard and Marc Moens.
Between 60-90 students have attended the school in past years. This
number has proven to be about right, in order to encourage
interactions among participants. The schedule of the school includes a
daily plenary session followed by three time slots with two/three
parallel courses each. Between 10-15 lecturers are
involved. Practicals are encouraged, and these involve pairs of
students working together at a computer. Both NL and Speech computing
facilities are required.
The school is sponsored by ELSNET and the ERASMUS programme in
`Phonetics and Speech Communication', while additional income comes
from the fees paid by the participants. Summer Schools in the past two
years were held at University College London (on the topic of
Prosody), and at the University of Utrecht (on the topic of
Corpus-Based Methods). Both were very successful.
AIM OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL
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The aim of the European Summer School is to provide up-to-date courses
and training workshops for advanced undergraduate students, PhD
students, postdocs and staff members from academic and industrial
sites, in a well-defined field in language and speech sciences with a
strong emphasis on integration of both fields.
For 1995 we have chosen the topic of multilinguality in speech and
language processing. In Europe, multilingualism is a recurrent theme
in every aspect of speech and language research. Speech and language
processing technologies, often developed on the basis of English, may
prove to need extension or modification when moved to languages whose
characteristics may differ. Spoken or written language translation
combines many aspects of component technologies and defines its own
research area of translation metholodologies. Computer-aided language
learning and assessment likewise is an area where many interests
meet. Multilingual resources --- grammars, language and speech
corpora, lexicons and termbanks --- are needed for all of these
applications.
The Summer School will include courses on language variation,
speech-to-speech translation, machine translation, multilingual speech
synthesis and recognition, multilingual text generation, language
identification, processing of closely-related languages, universal and
language-specific intonation systems, and corpus-based methods for
multilingual applications.
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE COURSE
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Every morning we will start with a plenary session in which an
overview and discussion will be presented on the topic of
multilinguality. During the first week of the school, the topic of
this plenary session will be ``Language Variation'', and during the
second week, it will be ``Speech Translation.''
Following the plenary session, there will be three time slots (of 1
hour, 45 minutes each) of optional courses and practice sessions, run
in parallel. To realise fruitful interaction between students and
teachers, we will restrict the number of participants to 25 for each
optional course. The total number of students we can receive at the
summer school is 80.
The optional courses will provide both basic and advanced
speech-oriented and text-oriented courses and practice
workshops. Since the summer school aims at promoting the integration
of speech and language research, we have placed a few restrictions on
course selection: the speech students will be obliged to follow at
least one course in the text area, and the computational linguists or
NLP students will be expected to follow at least one course in the
speech area. Course preferences may be indicated on the registration
form.
One time slot during both weeks has been reserved for student
presentations, and students are encouraged to use this opportunity to
help everyone to improve their knowledge of each others'
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, and has an open floor. Any initiatives taken
by the participants may also be communicated during this time.
We are very happy that we have found expert lecturers from all over
the world willing to present courses and workshops. For some courses,
we are still in the process of organising, so at this moment, we can
give only the following provisional programme.
PROGRAMME
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Week 1
plenary
Language variation, Annie Zaenen, Rank Xerox Research Centre
course
HMMs in speech and language processing, Steve Young, Cambridge
University
course/practice
Corpus-based methods for multilingual applications, Ido Dagan, Bar
Ilan University
course
The proper place of men and machines in language translation,
Martin Kay, Stanford University & Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre
course/practice
Multilingual Text Generation, John Bateman, GMD/IPSI
course
Multilingual speech synthesis, Bjorn Granstrom, Royal Institute for Technolog
y (KTH)
plenary
Student presentations
Week 2
plenary
Speech translation, Alex Waibel, Carngie-Mellon University and
Universitaet Karlsruhe
course
Universal and language-specific characteristics of intonation
systems, Daniel Hirst, Universite de Provence and CNRS Institut de
Phonetique
course/practice
Processing of closely-related languages, Helge Dyvik, University of
Bergen
practice
Speech recognition using HTK, Kate Knill, Cambridge University
course
Language identification, Jim Hieronymus, AT&T Bell Labs
plenary
Student presentations and discussion.
REGISTRATION
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The emphasis of the summer school is on small-group work and on
interaction between participants and staff. The number of participants
therefore, will be limited to 80. Since it is expected that the summer
school will be oversubscribed, pre-registration is strongly
recommended.
To ensure that participants from a wide rage of countries and
disciplines have the opportunity to attend the school, notices of
acceptance will not be sent until after the pre-registration of March
24. 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
placed on a waiting list and be given a final decision as soon as
possible, but by June 1 at the latest.
COST OF COURSE FEES AND ACCOMMODATION
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Course Fees
The course fee includes all tuition, a complete set of course notes,
and welcome and farewell parties. It does not include the cost of
accommodation, and this cost is shown below. Prices differ for
students, academic staff members and industrial employees.
Full payment Full payment
received by received after
May 1, 1995 May 1, 1995
Full-time students GBP 93.00 GBP 106.95
Academic staff GBP 233.00 GBP 267.95
Employees of industry GBP 310.00 GBP 356.50
Accommodation
Accommodation will be provided by the University of Edinburgh in the
University's student residence, Pollock Halls, located within walking
distance of the Summer School lecture rooms. Each student will have a
private single room, with shared shower/WC facilities.
The price of accommodation will be GBP 260.00 per person per room for
13 days (July 9 - 21). The cost of accommodation should be paid at the
same time as the course fee.
Bursaries
A limited number of grants can be made available to students from
institutes that participate in the ERASMUS programme ``Phonetics and
Speech Communication''. In addition, there is a limited amount of
funding earmarked for participants from Central and Eastern
Europe. These grants may be used to defer the cost of the registration
fee, or accommodation.
Participants wishing to apply for a grant should enclose, with the
application form, a supporting letter with details of their funding
situation and a letter of reference from their tutor or supervisor.
Cancellation
If an accepted applicant has to withdraw from the summer school, fees
paid will be returned (less GBP 30 handling charge). The withdrawal
should be received before 15 May. In the event of withdrawal after 15
May, the applicant will forfeit 50% of the paid fees.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
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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 Scotland.
Standing Committee
Valerie Hazan (University College London), Gerrit Bloothooft (Utrecht
University), Joaquim Llisterri (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona),
Inger Karlsson (KTH, Stockholm), Manfred Pinkal (DFKI, Saarbruecken),
Nicoletta Calzolari (University of Pisa), and Louisa Sadler
(University of Essex).
Programme Committee
William Barry (Institute of Linguistics, Universitaet des Saarlandes),
and Stephen Pulman (SRI International), and Gerrit Bloothooft (Utrecht
University).
Sponsors
ELSNET, ERASMUS, and the University of Edinburgh's Centre for
Cognitive Science and Human Communication Research Centre.
Local Organisation
Dawn Griesbach
University of Edinburgh
Centre for Cognitive Science
2 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LW
SCOTLAND (UK)
Email: multi95@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 131 650 4594
Fax: +44 131 650 4587
PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
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Please complete this form and return it by April 13. This form must be
completed by all applicants!
Title:
First name:
Surname:
Address:
Phone: Fax:
Email:
University degree(s) or other qualifications, with dates:
Current occupation:
Name of university of company:
COURSE REGISTRATION
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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
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O If admitted to the course, I will wish to reserve accommodation from
9 July 1995 to 22 July 1995 (13 days) and I will pay GBP 260.00 together
with the course fee before May 15, 1995.
O I will organise my own accommodation
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Please do not include payment with this application form. Invoices
will be sent out with notices of acceptance. You will then be asked to
pay deposits for the registration fee and accommodation (if
appropriate) within one month. Full payment should be received by May
1 to qualify for early registration. In order to hold your place,
payment must be received no later than May 15.
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Please indicate whether you would like to present your own work for
the participants in the Summer School:
O Yes, I would like to present my own work during the school.
O No, I will not be involved in the student presentations.
Please indicate why you would like to attend the European Summer School
on Multilinguality and in what way this could be relevant to your
current research.
Please give a brief account of previous work done in the area of multilinguality
.
I have an interest in the following optional courses:
Week 1: (Please rank the courses from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most
preferred course and 5 being the least preferred).
___ HMMs in speech and language processing, Steve Young (Cambridge
University, UK)
___ Corpus-based methods for multilingual applications, Ido Dagan (Bar
Ilan University)
___ The proper place of humans and machines in language translation,
Martin Kay (XEROX PARC, USA)
___ Multilingual text generation, John Bateman (GMD/IPSI)
___ Multilingual speech synthesis, (Organised by KTH)
Week 2: (Please rank the courses from 1 to 4, with 1 being the most
preferred course and 4 being the least preferred).
___ Universal and language-specific characteristics of intonation
systems, Daniel Hirst (Universite de Provence, France)
___ Speech recognition using HTK, Kate Knill (Cambridge University)
___ Language identification, Jim Hieronymus (AT&T Bell Laboratories)
___ Processing of closely-related languages, Helge Dyvik (University
of Bergen)
(Every effort will be made to accommodate students' preferences.)
Signature: Date:
Please mail this form to:
Dawn Griesbach
University of Edinburgh
Centre for Cognitive Science
2 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND (UK)
Email: multi95@cogsci.ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 131 650 4594
Fax: +44 131 650 4587