[AUDITORY] VIHAR-2017: 1st Int. Workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots

["Prof. Roger K. Moore" <r.k.moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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REGISTER BY 28 JULY TO BENEFIT FROM THE 'EARLY' RATE

1st International Workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots (VIHAR-2017)

http://vihar-2017.vihar.org

25-26 August 2017

University of Skövde, Sweden

VIHAR-2017 aims to bring together researchers studying vocalisations and speech-based interaction in-and- between humans, animals and robots from a variety of different fields. The workshop is being organised by participants of a recent Dagstuhl Seminar on the same topic, and follows the publication of a short review article: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2016.00061/full. VIHAR-2017 will provide a timely opportunity for scientists and engineers from different fields to share theoretical insights, best practices, tools and methodologies, and to identify common principles underpinning vocal behaviour in a multi-disciplinary environment.

The programme of talks is available at http://vihar-2017.vihar.org/programme/

We will also have four excellent Keynote speakers: Irene Pepperberg, Gabriel Skantze, Arik Kershenbaum and Véronique Aubergé: http://vihar-2017.vihar.org/keynotes/

If you wish to attend, please register at http://vihar-2017.vihar.org/registration/

(Register before 28 July 2017 in order to benefit from the early registration rate.)

Organisers:

Robert Eklund, Linköping University

Angela Dassow, Carthage College

Ricard Marxer, University of Sheffield

Roger K. Moore, University of Sheffield

Bhiksha Raj, Carnegie Mellon University

Rita Singh, Carnegie Mellon University

Serge Thill, University of Skövde

Benjamin Weiss, Technical University of Berlin

VIHAR-2017 takes place immediately after INTERSPEECH in Stockholm (http://www.interspeech2017.org) and is supported by the International Speech Communication Association (http://www.isca-speech.org).

For more information, visit the VIHAR-2017 website: http://vihar-2017.vihar.org

If you wish to join the VIHAR community, please subscribe to our mailing list by entering your e-mail address at http://www.freelists.org/list/vihar and then responding to the confirmation e-mail that you will receive from the list server.

Please forward to anyone who you think might be interested in attending.

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