Connectionists: Final call for abstract for the 2nd International Workshop for Young Female Researchers in Speech Science & Technology

[Odette Scharenborg]

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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

       https://sites.google.com/site/yfrsw2017/
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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 (maximum of 300 words) should be submitted by email to
yfrs.workshop at gmail.com by May 15, 2017.

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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Heidi Christensen, University of Sheffield, UK
(heidi.christensen at sheffield.ac.uk)

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

    https://sites.google.com/site/yfrsw2017/