CHiME 2013: June 1st, 2013 - Call for participation

[jon <j.barker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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              2nd International Workshop on
Machine Listening in Multisource Environments (CHiME 2013)

             in conjunction with ICASSP 2013
             June 1, 2013, Vancouver, Canada

       http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chime_workshop
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*PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION*

http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chime_workshop/programme.html
http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chime_workshop/registration.html

Registration deadline: May 18, 2013


*OVERVIEW*

CHiME 2013 will consider the challenge of developing machine listening
applications for operation in multisource environments, i.e. real-world
conditions with acoustic clutter, where the number and nature of the
sound sources is unknown and changing over time. It will bring together
researchers from a broad range of disciplines (computational hearing,
blind source separation, speech recognition, machine learning) to
discuss novel and established approaches to this problem. The
cross-fertilisation of ideas will foster fresh approaches that
efficiently combine the complementary strengths of each research field.


*HIGHLIGHTS*

The workshop will feature two keynote speakers:
* Daniel P.W. Ellis, Columbia University
* Steven J. Rennie, IBM

It will also be hosting the 2nd CHiME Speech Separation and Recognition
Challenge, that is a two-microphone multisource speech separation and
recognition challenge supported by the IEEE AASP, MLSP and SLTC
Technical Committees. To find out more, please visit
http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chime_challenge.


*REGISTRATION*

To register, please visit
http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chime_workshop/registration.html

The registration fee is 35 UK pounds and includes admission to the
sessions, electronic proceedings, buffet lunch, and tee and coffee breaks.


*VENUE*

The workshop is taking place at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 655 Burrard
Street -- close to the ICASSP 2013 venue -- on the day after ICASSP
finishes, Saturday 1st June. Information about accommodation and how to
get to and from downtown Vancouver can be found on the main ICASSP website:
http://www.icassp2013.com


See you in Vancouver.

Best regards,

CHiME Organising Committee