The International workshop 'Speech and Computer' - SPECOM'99 is aimed to discuss the most important topics of man-computer interaction by voice and more perspective applied areas of speech dialogue.

• Conceptual models for natural spoken language;
• Models for spoken language semantic interpretation;
• Integration of diverse knowledge in the speech understanding process;
• Using prosodical knowledge in speech semantic interpretation;
• Speech-to-speech translation;
• Telephone natural language response generation;
• Speech dialogue models creation;
• Spontaneous speech perception modeling;
• Multi-lingual and multi-modal systems;
• Speech recognition for dialogue systems;
• Conceptual approaches to dialogue educational systems;
• Psychological approaches to speech understanding;
• Applied systems;
• Speech science - speech technologies today;
• Text -to- speech synthesis;
• Speech signal databasis;
• Phonetic aspects of dialogue with computers;
• Systems of identification and verification of speaker;
• Perspectives of evolution of speech technologies.

GENERAL CHAIR:

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LANGUAGE: English is the official language of the workshop. Presentation in Russian will be also allowed. Simultaneous translation will be served.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Prospective authors should submit 3 copies of 1-page abstracts in English of no more than 400 words by regular post, by fax or by E-mail. Submissions should include a title, author's names, affiliations, address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address if any. Abstracts must be received by April 15, 1999. All abstracts will be reviewed by the International Scientific Committee. Submission of an abstract implies, that if the paper is accepted a 4 - page version (both in camera-ready printed and electronic form) of the paper will be submitted by the deadline June, 30, 1999.

Camera-ready full papers in English will be published in the proceedings distributed at the workshop. The text must be sent to the Organizing Committee by regular mail. Instructions about the form of camera-ready papers will be distributed later.

EXHIBITS:

If you have a product (working model, demo program, electronic devices, commercial products, etc.), that you would like to demonstrate, please contact the workshop secretariat by e-mail (see below) as soon as possible. Also people from other interested communities, such as industry, business, science, defense, education, will be invited for this exhibition.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

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REGISTRATION:

Registration fees are arranged as following: Western participants - $ 250; Western students - $ 100; Central Europe participants - $ 120; Central Europe students - $ 50; Russian and former SU states participants - $ 15; Russian students (without workshop Proceedings) - free of charge.

This fee must be paid on-site at the workshop. The fees include the Reception, a copy of the workshop Proceedings, all workshop material, admission to all sessions and to the exhibition, banquet, and coffee break refreshments. Additional Proceedings copy is $ 10.

ACCOMODATION:

All the participants will be provided with reduced accommodation in comfortable university hotel (about $15 a day for a single room) situated in historical cultural City center.

SOCIAL PROGRAMS:

• Sightseeing tour in Moscow;
• Visiting the world famous Kremlin;
• Visiting the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts;
• Visiting the Bolshoy Theater.

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