We announce with deep regret the death of the head of the group, Prof. Yuri A. Kosarev (CV) . This sorrowful event has happened on 8 August 2003 at the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences in Barcelona. This news was the hard shock for us, however we will continue his actions and will do all possible to realize the projects and aims, which Prof. Yuri Kosarev could not realize during the life. We will be glad to cooperate with all of you in framework of the current and possible in future Projects, conferences, as well as private contacts.


Research staff of the Speech Informatics Group