NIPS Speech Workshop

[John.Hampshire@SPEECH2.CS.CMU.EDU]

This is a preliminary outline for those planning to attend the speech workshop
following NIPS 88 in Keystone, CO.  For answers to questions/details, please 
contact Alex Waibel.

Speech Workshop
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----Dec. 1, eve:   Overview.  All Groups meet. ---------------------------

----Dec. 2, Neural Nets (NN) and Hidden Markov Models (HMM)---------------

7:30 - 9:30	Introduction.  Short Informal Presentations (15 mins each).

		Connectionist Speech. The HMM/NN Debate. (Alex Waibel, CMU)
		State of the Art in HMMs (Rich Schwartz, BBN)
		Links between HMMs and NNs (Herve Bourlard, ICSI)
		Commonalities, Differences, HMMs, NNs. (John Bridle, RSRE)
		NNs and HMMs (Richard Lippmann, Lincoln Labs)
		Brief Questions and Answers.
		
4:30 - 6:30	Discussion.  NNs, HMMs.
		Strengths and Weaknesses, Commonalities.
		Comparisons.  Performance, Computational Needs, Extensions.
		Hybrid Approaches.

Evening:	Highlights.


----Dec. 3, Directions for Connectionist Speech Understanding.-----------

7:30 - 9:30	Introduction.
		Phoneme Recognition.  Word Recognition.  Syntax.
		Semantics.  Pragmatics.  Integral System Design.
		Learning Algorithms.  Computational Needs/ Limitations.
		Large Scale Neural System Design. Modularity.
		Instruction. Heuristic Knowledge.
		
4:30 - 6:30	Discussion.  Extensions.

Evening:	Highlights.  Summary.

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