SPEECH RECOGNITION

[Ron Cole]

COMPUTER SPEECH RECOGNITION:
THE STATE OF THE ART

A Four-Day Workshop Covering Current and Emerging
Technologies in Computer Speech Recognition

July 16-19, 1990
Oregon Graduate Institute
Portland, Oregon

INSTRUCTORS
Ron Cole, Organizer
    Oregon Graduate Institute
Les Atlas
    University of Washington
Mark Fanty
    Oregon Graduate Institute
Dan Hammerstrom
    Oregon Graduate Institute
Kai-Fu Lee
    Carnegie Mellon University
Stephanie Seneff
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Victor Zue
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

COURSE SUMMARY
"Computer Speech Recognition: The State of the Art" will cover current 
and emerging technologies in computer speech recognition.  Leading 
experts in the field will describe today's most successful speech 
recognition systems and discuss the strengths and limitations of the 
technology underlying each.  Speech recognition systems examined in 
detail include EAR, an English Alphabet Recognizer that uses neural 
networks to achieve high recognition accuracy for spoken letters; 
SPHINX, a system that uses hidden Markov models to recognize 
continuous speech in a 1000 word vocabulary; and VOYAGER, a system 
that combines speech recognition with natural language understanding 
to converse with the speaker.  

Workshop participants will gain an understanding of the problems 
involved in speaker-independent computer speech recognition and the 
various research approaches.  Topics to be presented in detail include 
the phonetic structure and variability of speech; signal representations; 
hidden Markov models; neural network processing techniques; and 
natural language understanding.  

The instructors are distinguished researchers who have produced state-
of-the-art systems representing the different approaches to the 
problem.  Live demonstrations of speech recognition algorithms will be 
provided throughout the course.  

The workshop fee is $995 per person.  To receive more information and 
a registration form contact:
    Department of Academic Services
    Oregon Graduate Institute
    19600 NW von Neumann Dr.
    Beaverton, OR  97006
    (503) 690-1137
    fischer at admin.ogi.edu