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COST-277 Non-linear speech processing

COST-277 Non-linear speech processing. Inaugural meeting Brussels, 27th of June 2001. Agenda (I/III). 1. Opening of the COST 277Action 2. Adoption of the Agenda 3. Presentation of COST 4. Presentation of the delegates 5. Agreement on the internal rules of procedure for the committee

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COST-277 Non-linear speech processing

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  1. COST-277Non-linear speech processing Inaugural meeting Brussels, 27th of June 2001

  2. Agenda (I/III) • 1. Opening of the COST 277Action • 2. Adoption of the Agenda • 3. Presentation of COST • 4. Presentation of the delegates • 5. Agreement on the internal rules of procedure for the committee • 6. Election of chairperson and vice-chairperson

  3. Agenda (II/III) • 7. Decision on secretariat • 8. Presentation of the COST 277 related activities by each delegate • 9. Discussion of the programme, overall time schedule and organisation of the action activities • 10. Relationship between COST 277 and other activities

  4. Agenda (III/III) • 11. Next MC meetings/workshop • 12. Any other business

  5. 1. Opening of the COST 277Action • Thanks for your support during these last two years (first “unofficial” meeting was held in Budapest, EUROSPEECH 1999).

  6. 2. Adoption of the Agenda • The meeting should be finished before 5 PM • I propose to merge points “9” and “11” • Important additional topics: • What is “non-linear speech processing”? • Organization of the working groups • Establishment of a web site • Dissemination to other countries

  7. 3. Presentation of COST • General information about COST • www.cordis.lu/cost/src/telecom.htm • COST-250 (Speaker recognition in telephony) Ask for a sample CD with all the information to: Mauro Falcone (falcone@fub.it) • COST-277 : What is “Non-linear”?

  8. What want we study? • The potential of non-linear speech processing techniques like a predictive model (neural nets, Volterra filters, etc.) instead of LPC (or combined with LPC) • Modulation, fractal methods, etc (Maragos)

  9. What will we consider “non-linear?” • I propose to use a wide definition in order to achieve that a lot of people can contribute to COST-277

  10. 4. Presentation of the delegates • To introduce ourselves (Name, country, institution). • Presentation of the rapporteur (Dr. Pavlidou)

  11. 5. Agreement on the internal rules of procedure for the committee

  12. Rules for the refund of your expenses

  13. 6. Election of chairperson • Initially, my opinion was that it would be better a researcher with long experience on the topic of COST-277 (indeed we have several people in such situation). • Now, I think that perhaps it is more important the patience/time for bureaucracy I propose myself • Please, feel free to express your opinions/nominations.

  14. 6. Election of vice-chairperson • I want to propose Gernot Kubin. • Please, feel free to express your opinions/nominations.

  15. 6. Election of working-groups leaders • We don’t need to decide this question now, but we must begin to work!. • Some propositions?

  16. 7. Decision on secretariat • Grant Holder = CTT of UPC (technology Transfer Center of the Politechnical University of Catalonia) • What should the secretary do? • Collect the information for the reimbursement of expenses. • The transcription of the meetings

  17. Other jobs . . . • We need a web administrator • Establishment of web pages & actualization • How can we share electronic documents? (Proposal of Gerard Chollet)

  18. 8. Presentation of the COST 277 related activities by each delegate • Members: • Official members • Participants in each country • Laboratory description + contact person • What do you want to do (in which topics do you want to work)?

  19. 9. Discussion of the programme, overall time schedule and organisation of the action activities • 2 anual meetings • 1 workshop • 1 seminar

  20. Previous/after a well established conference Other days When should we do the activities?

  21. Which days will be the actions (July 2001-July 2002 years)? • 2 Meetings • Workshop • Seminar • We can propose external experts that can be invited to this actions ( total budget for each action: 5000 EUR)

  22. 10. Relationship between COST 277 and other COST actions • We MUST keep in touch with: • 275:Biometrics-Based Recognition of People Over the Internet. • 278:Spoken Language Interaction in Telecommunication. • Please, feel free to join these actions if you are interested on them.

  23. 10. Relationship between COST 277 and other activities • We should try to establish “Special Sessions” about NL inside the “big conferences”. • I think that you can try to achieve more “national funds” in your future research projects. (COST-277 is an added value to your national projects). • Ex.: We are trying to set up a thematic network in Catalonia.

  24. Who can contribute to COST-277 and is not yet with us ...? • Special effort on new countries • For example H. Hermansky • But also with persons of countries that have already sign and don’t participate. DISSEMINATION!

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