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2nd International Workshop for
Young Female Researchers in Speech Science & Technology (YFRSW-2017)
Special event of Interspeech 2017
Stockholm, August 20th 2017
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Important Dates
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- Abstract submission opens: 15 April 2017
- Abstract submission closes: 15 May 2017
- Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2017
- Registration deadline: 5 August 2017
- Workshop date: 20 August 2017
Overview
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The aim of this workshop is to bring women undergraduate and masters students, who are currently working in speech science and technology, together at a special event co-located with Interspeech 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. The workshop will take place on 20 August 2017 from 10am to 5pm followed by a dinner with invited senior members of the Interspeech community. It will feature panel discussions with senior female researchers in the field, student poster presentations and a mentoring session.
The workshop is the second of its kind, after a successful inaugural event (YFRSW 2016) at Interspeech 2016 in San Francisco. It is designed to foster interest in research in our field in women at the undergraduate or master level who have not yet committed to getting a PhD in speech science or technology areas, but who have had some research experience in their college and universities via individual or group projects.
Call for Participation
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Abstracts will be reviewed by the committee and applicants will be notified by June 15, 2017. Emphasis will be on inclusivity although all submissions should be in the core scientific domains covered by Interspeech.
Preliminary Program
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The workshop will include the following events:
* A welcome breakfast with introductions (1h)
* A panel of senior women talking about their own research and experiences as women in the speech community (1h)
* A panel of senior students who work in the speech area to describe how they became interested in speech research (1h)
* A poster session for the students to present their own research (2h)
* A one-on- one coaching session between students and senior women mentor (1h)
* A networking lunch for students and senior women (1h)
Organising committee
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Abeer Alwan, University of California, Los Angeles, US
Kay Berkling, DHBW, Karlsruhe, Germany
Catia Cucchiarini, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Milica Gašić, University of Cambridge, UK
Dilek Hakkani-Tür Google Research, US
Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University, New York, US
Karen Livescu, TTIC, Chicago, US
Catharine Oertel, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Odette Scharenborg, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Isabel Trancoso, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal
For further details, please see
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Dr. Heidi Christensen
Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK