18th International Conference on Speech and Computer (SPECOM-2016)
Budapest, Hungary, August 23-27, 2016
Web: www.hte.hu/specom2016
THE CONFERENCE
The International Conference on Speech and Computer - SPECOM is a regular event organized since 1996 and attracts researchers in the area of computer speech processing, multimodal interfaces and applied systems for telecommunication, robotics, intelligent and cyberphysical environments.
ORGANIZERS
The conference is organized by Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Budapest, Hungary) and Scientific Association for Infocommunications (HTE, Hungary), in cooperation with Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU, Moscow, Russia), St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg, Russia) and ITMO University (St. Petersburg, Russia)
TOPICS
The SPECOM conference is devoted to issues of human-machine interaction, particularly:
Applications for human-computer interaction
Audio-visual speech processing
Automatic language identification
Corpus linguistics and linguistic processing
Forensic speech investigations and security systems
Multichannel signal processing
Multimedia processing
Multimodal analysis and synthesis
Signal processing and feature extraction
Speaker identification and diarization
Speaker verification systems
Speech and language resources
Speech analytics and audio mining
Speech dereverberation
Speech driving systems in robotics
Speech enhancement
Speech perception and speech disorders
Speech recognition and understanding
Speech translation automatic systems
Spoken dialogue systems
Spoken language processing
Text-to-speech and Speech-to-text systems
Virtual and augmented reality
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of SPECOM-2016 is English. However, papers on processing of languages other than English are strongly encouraged.
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Rodmonga Potapova, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia (General Conference Co-Chair)
Andrey Ronzhin, SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg, Russia (General Conference Co-Chair)
Geza Nemeth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary (Organising Committee Chairman)
Etienne Barnard, North-West University, South Africa
Laurent Besacier, Laboratory of Informatics of Grenoble, France
Vlado Delic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Olivier Deroo, Acapela Group, Belgium
Christoph Draxler, Institute of Phonetics and Speech Communication, Germany
Thierry Dutoit, University of Mons, Belgium
Nikos Fakotakis, University of Patras, Greece
Peter French, University of York, UK
Hiroya Fujisaki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Todor Ganchev, Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria
Ruediger Hoffmann, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Oliver Jokisch, Leipzig University of Telecommunication, Germany
Slobodan Jovicic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Dimitri Kanevsky, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Alexey Karpov, SPIIRAS, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Heysem Kaya, Bogazici University, Turkey
Irina Kipyatkova, SPIIRAS, Russia
Daniil Kocharov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
George Kokkinakis, University of Patras, Greece
Steven Krauwer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Lin-shan Lee, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Boris Lobanov, United Institute of Informatics Problems, Belarus
Elena Lyakso, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Konstantin Markov, The University of Aizu, Japan
Yuri Matveev, ITMO University, Russia
Péter Mihajlik, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Konstantinos Moustakas, University of Patras, Greece
Iosif Mporas, University of Patras, Greece
Heinrich Niemann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Alexander Petrovsky, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Belarus
Dimitar Popov, Bologna University, Italy
Elias Potamitis, University of Patras, Greece
Lawrence Rabiner, Rutgers University, USA
Gerhard Rigoll, Munich University of Technology, Germany
Murat Saraclar, Bogazici University, Turkey
Jesus Savage, University of Mexico, Mexico
Tanja Schultz, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Milan Secujski, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Pavel Skrelin, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Viktor Sorokin, Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russia
Yannis Stylianou, University of Crete, Greece
György Szaszák, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Klára Vicsi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Christian Wellekens, EURECOM, France
Csaba Zainkó, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Milos Zelezny, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
FORMAT OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference program will include presentation of invited papers, oral presentations, and poster/demonstration sessions. Papers will be presented in plenary or topic oriented sessions.
Details about the social events will be available on the web page.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are invited to submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages formatted in the LNCS style (see below). Those accepted will be presented either orally or as posters. The decision on the presentation format will be based upon the recommendation of three independent reviewers. The authors are asked to submit their papers using the on-line submission system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=specom2016
Papers submitted to SPECOM 2016 must not be under review by any other conference or publication during the SPECOM review cycle, and must not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere.
The paper format for the review has to be the PDF file with all required fonts included. Upon notification of acceptance, speakers will receive further information on submitting their camera-ready and electronic sources (for detailed instructions on the final paper format see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).
PROCEEDINGS
SPECOM Proceedings will be published by Springer as a book in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series listed in all major citation databases such as DBLP, SCOPUS, EI, INSPEC, COMPENDEX. SPECOM Proceedings are included in the list of forthcoming proceedings for August 2016.
IMPORTANT DATES
April 08, 2016 ............ Submission of full papers
April 15, 2016 ............ Submission of final papers upload
May 15, 2016 ............ Notification of acceptance
June 01, 2016 ............ Final papers (camera ready) and registration
August 23-27, 2016 ........ Conference date
The contributions to the conference will be published in proceedings that will be made available to participants at the time of the conference.
CONFERENCE FEES
The conference fee depends on the date of payment and on your status. It includes one copy of the conference proceedings, refreshments/coffee breaks, opening dinner, welcome party, mid-conference social event admissions, and organizing costs. In order to lower the fee as much as possible, meals during the conference, the accommodation, and the conference trip are not included.
Full participant:
early registration by June 01, 2016 – 380 EUR
late registration by July 01, 2016 – 420 EUR
on-site registration – 470 EUR
Student (reduced):
early registration by June 01, 2016– 300 EUR
late registration by July 01, 2016 – 330 EUR
on-site registration – 370 EUR
The payment may be refunded up until July 01, at the cost of 60 EUR. No refund is possible after this date.
At least one of the authors has to register and pay the registration fee by June 01, 2016 for their paper to be included in the conference proceedings. Only one paper of up to 8 pages is included in the regular registration fee. An author with more than one paper pays the additional paper rates unless a co-author has also registered and paid the full registration fee. In the case of uncertainty, feel free to contact the organising committee for clarification.
VENUE
The conference will be organized in the Aquincum Hotel Budapest, Hungary (http://www.aquincumhotel.com).
Budapest, "the pearl of the Danube" is one of the truly historic European capitals with its past stretching back over one thousand years. The picturesque bridges spanning the river Danube, the Castle Hill, the churches and architecture, the sculptures, the wooded hills, the Hungarian cuisine and wine, and the warm hospitality of Hungarian people all ensure that no guest can leave here without longing to return.
ACCOMMODATION
The organising committee has arranged accommodation for reasonable prices in hotels, which are situated near the city center. The rooms with sufficient discount are reserved for the conference days.
ADDRESS
All correspondence regarding the conference should be addressed to:
SPECOM 2016 Secretariat:
Scientific Association for Infocommunications, HTE, Hungary
E-mail: specom [at] hte.hu; specom [at] iias.spb.su
Phone: +36 1 353 1027
SPECOM 2016 web site: www.hte.hu/specom2016