call for papers to Speech Processing in Realistic Environments (SPIRE) workshop - Groningen (NL)

["Janse, Esther" <Esther.Janse@xxxxxx>]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Speech Processing in Realistic Environments  - SPIRE


9 January 2016, Groningen, the Netherlands

In cooperation with SPIN 2016

http://spin2016.nl and 
http://inspire-itn.eu/index.php/inspire-events/workshop-spin2016

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 20 September 2015

Description of the workshop


Although listeners often experience more than one adverse condition 
simultaneously (e.g., noise and visual distraction), classical research 
methods have traditionally only addressed adverse conditions 
individually. This has contributed to the fragmentation of speech 
communication research into numerous sub-disciplines that rarely 
interact. While each type of adverse condition can have important 
consequences on its own, it is often the combination of conditions that 
conspires to create serious communication problems especially for 
elderly and hearing-impaired individuals.

In 2012, a Marie Curie Initial Training Network called Investigating 
Speech Processing in Realistic Environments (INSPIRE) was initiated with 
the aim of creating a community of researchers who can exploit synergies 
between the sub-disciplines of speech communication. The purpose of this 
workshop is to bring together researchers with common interests in human 
and automatic speech recognition in challenging conditions of real 
environments (e.g., under increased cognitive load, divided attention, 
environmental noise, accented speech, non-native knowledge, hearing 
impairment & hearing loss).

Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to:
•	State of the art empirical research on speech perception in 
challenging, realistic listening environments
•	Experimental and clinical methods for research in naturalistic speech 
perception
•	Computational modeling of speech intelligibility for normal-hearing 
and hearing-impaired listeners under realistic conditions
•	Tools and corpora for testing and comparing speech intelligibility
•	Integration of human auditory processing and machine speech recognition



Keynote speakers

•	Jonas Obleser
•	Jonathan Simon
•	Third keynote speaker to be announced


Venue

Het Kasteel, Groningen, the Netherlands


Submission process

We call for extended abstracts (1 page) covering original, unpublished 
research, or function as a new review, introduction or opinion of a 
relevant topic.  Submissions can also include work in progress. 
Submissions must be written in English and are limited to 1 page, 
excluding references. Abstracts about conducted research should contain 
analysis results and a brief discussion. References should be put on the 
second page. Submissions longer than 1 page will be rejected. The 
conference will be conducted in English. We accommodate both oral talks 
and poster presentations.

Submission is managed through the http://spin2016.nl website. Please 
find a direct link here.


Proceedings
The proceedings will become available as an electronic book with an 
ISSN-number. The book will be downloadable from the website. Each paper 
will obtain a DOI.
Important dates

20 September: abstract submission deadline to SPIN and SPIRE (authors 
indicate their preference for SPIN or SPIRE)
15 October: Notification of acceptance of submissions
30 October: registration opens
15 November: final submission deadline for  updates of approved 
contributions

9 January 2016: SPIRE workshop

Program Chairs

Bert Cranen (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Sven Mattys (University of York)