Submission Deadline June 15: Machine Learning in Speech and Language Processing

[Mark A Hasegawa-Johnson <jhasegaw@xxxxxxxx>]

Papers are invited for the second annual Symposium on Machine Learning in 
Speech and Language Processing, to be held Friday September 14, 2012 at the 
Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon, USA.  Authors are 
invited to submit a four-page paper on any topic in the area of Machine 
Learning in Speech and Language Processing including:

?	Learned Representations and Learned Metrics for Speech and Language 
Processing
?	Sparse Representations for Speech and Language Processing
?	Constrained and Regularized Optimization Methods for Speech and 
Language Processing
?	Novel Optimality Criteria for Speech and Language Processing 
Applications
?	Active Learning, Crowd-Sourcing, and Artificial Artificial 
Intelligence
?	Semi-Supervised Learning, Transfer Learning, and Indirect 
Supervision
?	Generalization Bounds and Consistency Proofs for Speech and Language 
Processing

Dates
June 15, 2012 		? Full paper submission deadline
July 10, 2012 		? Acceptance letters mailed
August 15, 2012 	? Early registration deadline
September 14, 2012 	? Symposium

Submission Information
Papers should be submitted in four-page, two-column professional conference 
format.  Submissions will be accepted at the conference website, 
http://www.ttic.edu/sigml/symposium2012/, beginning April 16, 2012. 

Sponsoring Organizations
MLSLP?12 is the second annual meeting of the Machine Learning Special 
Interest Group (SIGML) of the International Speech Communication Association 
(ISCA).   
?	Scientific Chair: Joseph Keshet, TTI-Chicago 
?	Speech Processing Chair: Karen Livescu, TTI-Chicago
?	Natural Language Processing Chair: David Chiang, USC and ISI
?	Machine Learning Chair: Fei Sha, USC
?	Local Organization: Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, UIUC