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NL-KR Digest Volume 07 No. 21
NL-KR Digest (Thu Oct 25 16:18:10 1990) Volume 7 No. 21
Today's Topics:
demande d'emploi dans le domaine du langage naturel
Date Change for Malaysian Computational Linguistics Conference
CFP: conference on literary, humanities, and linguistic computing
Machine Translation
Information on new book on speech recognition
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
From: ivanov@imag.imag.fr (Eric Ivanov)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
Subject: demande d'emploi dans le domaine du langage naturel
Date: 19 Oct 90 12:56:41 GMT
Reply-To: ivanov@imag.fr (Eric Ivanov)
Je poste ceci pour une amie : y a-t-il (a` Grenoble et dans les environs)
des boi^tes ou des labos :
- travaillant dans le domaine du langage naturel (ou de l'IA en
ge'ne'ral)
- susceptibles d'embaucher qqu'un ayant un D.E.S.S. d'Orsay ?
Prie`re de re'pondre par mail.
merci d'avance.
- -
- --
Eric Ivanov ivanov@imag.imag.fr
"Si tu aimes le clair de lune, apprends a aimer la nuit et le soleil."
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 90 13:51:31 -0400
From: walker@flash.bellcore.com (Don Walker)
Subject: Date Change for Malaysian Computational Linguistics Conference
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT ISSUES IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Tutorials: 10-11 June 1991
Conference: 12-14 June 1991
The above conference will be held in the university campus on the
given dates. Please note the change of dates with respect to our
previous announcement, which has been made specifically to allow
those wishing to attend the 1991 ACL annual meeting to return in
time.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to: syntax, semantics,
discourse, formal models, grammar formalisms, language analysis
and generation, understanding and knowledge representation, lexical
issues, machine translation, etc., with the main objectives of the
conference being: (i) bringing awareness of the state-of-the-art
of the various subfields, and (ii) highlighting the most recent
developments and implementation.
About 45 papers will be presented, including 8 from our invited
speakers (who will also conduct the tutorials, as well as form the
program committee for the selection of papers), namely: Makato
NAGAO (Computational Linguistics - in general), Lauri KARTUNNEN
(Morphology), Eva HAJICOVA (Syntax), Petr SGALL (Semantics), Martin
KAY (Formal Models), Christian BOITET (Machine Translation), Yorick
WILKS (Artificial Intelligence), with the program committee to be
chaired by Makato NAGAO.
Those wishing to submit papers are reminded that 4 copies (of length
not exceeding 15 pages) are to be sent to the Program Chairman
strictly before 1 December 1990, the address being: Prof. Makato
Nagao, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Yoshida,
Sakyo, Kyoto 606, JAPAN [FAX: +81-75-751-1576]. Notification of
acceptance will be sent out by 15 March 1991, together with the
formatting instructions for the final copies. Camera ready copies
of accepted papers will have to be in Penang by 15 April 1991.
The final announcement containing detailed information as well as
the registration form should be going out to selected addresses by
the middle of October 1990. All those who are interested but have
not indicated their interest to attend the conference/tutorials
are invited to write to the Secretariat: Josephine Ong, Pusat
Pengajian Luar Kampus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang,
Malaysia [FAX: 60-4-871526, Telex: MA 40254]. Academic matters
are handled by Zaharin Yusoff, Projek Terjemahan Melalui Komputer,
PPS Matematik & S Komputer, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang,
Malaysia [FAX: 60-4-871526, Telex: MA 40254, Tel: 60-4-874125].
Registration fees are set at M$300 for the conference and M$200
for the tutorials, with a 50% discount given to students. The
approximate exchange rate is US$1 = M$2.70 or M$1 = US$0.37. The
fees include conference/tutorial material, coffee, tea, lunch,
conference dinner, and transport to and from assigned hotels.
Registration forms and full remittance are due in by 15 April 1991.
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 90 17:42 EDT
From: IDE%vassar.bitnet@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU
Reply-To: IDE%vassar.bitnet@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU
X-Envelope-To: nl-kr@cs.rochester.edu
Subject: CFP: conference on literary, humanities, and linguistic computing
Association for Computers and the Humanities
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
1991 JOINT CONFERENCE
18-21 March 1991
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, USA
TOPICS: Papers are invited on research in the areas of literary and linguistic
computing, including, but not limited to, computational lexicography, corpora,
text encoding, text representation (e.g., hypertext), statistical models and
methods of text analysis, and syntactic, semantic, and content analysis; also
computer applications in philosophy, music, history, art, etc.
REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe substantial and original work, especially
new methodologies and applications. They should empahsize completed rather
than intended work.
FORMAT: Abstracts should be 1500-2000 words in length. Send hard copy or
electronic copy by OCTOBER 15, 1990 to:
Daniel Brink
Department of English
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
(602) 965-2679
ATDXB@ASUACAD.BITNET
CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Tempe is immediate adjacent to Phoenix, AZ, and less
than one hour by air from Los Angeles. The weather in March is dry, with the
temperature in the mid-70s to mid-80s (25-30 C), making swimming, tennis, and
golf popular extracurricular activities. Tempe is close to a number of Native
American towns (and archeological sites), as well as early mining camp ghost
towns, and not too distant from a number of famous attractions, including Grand
Canyon.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Donald Ross, University of Minnesota, chair
Daniel Brink, Arizona State University, local host
Tom Corns, University of Wales
Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba
Jacqueline Hamesse, Universite Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve
Susan Hockey, Oxford University Computing Service
Nancy Ide, Vassar College
Randall Jones, Brigham Young University
Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
From: Tony McEnery <mcenery@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
Subject: Machine Translation
Date: 4 Oct 90 15:33:50 GMT
Reply-To: Tony McEnery <mcenery@comp.lancs.ac.uk>
NEW JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Applied Computer Translation
Keep Up To Date With Machine Translation
And Computer Aided Language Learning
Applied Computer Translation (ACT) aims to encourage an
inter-disciplinary perspective on this all important issue, by
bringing together concepts from linguistics, computer science and
related fields, in an easily understandable form.
Topics covered include knowledge based and probabilistic
machine translation, computer aided language learning and corpus
based
applications. News and reviews provide informed insight into
developments in the field, as well as providing a useful channel for
information.
Applications from the mainframe to the micro are covered,
ranging from research projects at an international level, to
activities in the classroom.
The journal gives high quality academic and industrial opinion
in a digestible form - articles and features will work together to
provide not only new information, but also background to areas
already
covered, to facilitate wider understanding.
Within the journal, language professionals, linguists,
computer scientists, industrialists and those with any interest in
machines and language can find a forum for active, intelligent
discussion on this important topic.
CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE :
Research Papers at the very forefront of technology.
Application Reports - short papers covering a wide
area, from personal comments
to positional papers to previews
of forthcoming work.
Case Studies - reviews of major applications of
computer translation in any
environment.
(All Above REFEREED)
Reviews of books, software and new equipment.
EDITORS :
General Editor :
Tony McEnery,
UCREL,
Department Of Computing,
Engineering Building,
Lancaster University,
Bailrigg,
Lancaster,
LA1 4YR,
ENGLAND.
email mcenery@uk.ac.lancs.comp
Far East Editor :
Professor Jun-Ichi Tsujii,
c/o Motojiro Tsujii,
78 Un'rin'in cho,
Kita-Ku,
Kyoto,
Japan 603.
(Visiting Professor at UMIST,
PO Box 88,
Manchester,
M60 1QD,
ENGLAND)
email : tsujii@uk.ac.umist.ccl
North American Editor :
Dr. Ezra Black,
Continuous Speech Recognition Group,
Research Division,
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Centre,
PO Box 704,
Yorktown Heights,
New York 10598,
USA.
email : BLACK@almaden.ibm.com
General Board :
Dr. D. Arnold
(Linguistics, University Of Essex, UK)
Dr. W. Black
(Computational Linguistics, UMIST, UK)
Prof. J Durand
(Linguistics, Salford University, UK)
John Higgins
(School Of Education, Bristol University,UK)
Ian Kelly
(Chairman, British Computer Society
Special Interest Group On Natural
Language Translation)
Prof. F. Knowles
(Modern Languages, Aston University, UK)
Tom Routen
(Dept. Maths Stats & Computing,
Leicester Polytechnic, UK)
Prof. W. Skala
(Department Of Informatics And Computing,
Pilzen Institute Of Technology,
Czechoslovakia)
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The normal length of an article is 7,00 words, though longer
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sheet are available from the publishers on request.
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
From: morgan@unix.sri.com (Morgan Kaufmann)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
Subject: Information on new book on speech recognition
Keywords: speech,natural language,books
Date: 4 Oct 90 20:52:16 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers announces the publication of a new title in our
series of "Readings" books:
READINGS IN SPEECH RECOGNITION
edited by Alex Waibel and Kai-Fu Lee
(Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
After two decades of considerable activity, speech recognition is beginning
to show promise as a practical technology and interest in the field is
growing dramatically. READINGS IN SPEECH RECOGNITION provides a collection
of key, seminal papers that have influenced or redirected the field and that
illustrate the central insights that have emerged over the years.
The editors provide an introduction to the field, its concerns and research
problems. Subsequent chapters are devoted to the main schools of thought
and design philosophies that have motivated different approaches to speech
recognition system design. Each chapter includes an introduction to the
papers that highlights the major insights or needs that have motivated an
approach to a problem and describes the commonalities and differences of
that approach to others in the book.
ISBN: 1-55860-124-4
Price: $38.95
629 pages, softbound
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Why Study Speech Recognition? 1
Introduction 1
Dimensions of Difficulty in Speech Recognition 2
The Chapters of this Book 3
Further Study 4
References 5
Chapter 2 Problems and Opportunities 7
Introduction 7
2.1 Speech Recognition by Machine: A Review 8
D. R. Reddy
2.2 The Value of Speech Recognition Systems 39
W. A. Lea
Chapter 3 Speech Analysis 47
Introduction 47
References 48
3.1 Digital Representations of Speech Signals 49
R. W. Schafer and L. R. Rabiner
3.2 Comparison of Parametric Representations for Monosyllabic
Word Recognition in Continuously Spoken Sentences 65
S. B. Davis and P. Mermelstein
3.3 Vector Quantization 75
R. M. Gray
3.4 A Joint Synchrony/Mean-Rate Model of Auditory Speech
Processing 101
S. Seneff
Chapter 4 Template-Based Approaches 113
Introduction 113
References 114
4.1 Isolated and Connected Word Recognition Theory and Selected
Applications 115
L. R. Rabiner and S. E. Levinson
4.2 Minimum Prediction Residual Principle Applied to Speech
Recognition 154
F. Itakura
4.3 Dynamic Programming Algorithm Optimization for Spoken
Word Recognition 159
H. Sakoe and S. Chiba
4.4 Speaker-Independent Recognition of Isolated Words
Using Clustering Techniques 166
L. R. Rabiner, S. E. Levinson, A. E. Rosenberg, and J. G.
Wilpon
4.5 Two-Level DP-Matching\(emA Dynamic Programming-Based
Pattern Matching Algorithm for Connected Word Recognition 180
H. Sakoe
4.6 The Use of a One-Stage Dynamic Programming
Algorithm for Connected Word Recognition 188
H. Ney
Chapter 5 Knowledge-Based Approaches 197
Introduction 197
References 198
5.1 The Use of Speech Knowledge in Automatic Speech Recognition
200
V. W. Zue
5.2 Performing Fine Phonetic Distinctions: Templates versus
Features 214
R. A. Cole, R. M. Stern, and M. J. Lasry
5.3 Recognition of Speaker-Dependent Continuous Speech with KEAL
225
G. Mercier, D. Bigorgne, L. Miclet, L. Le Guennec,
and M. Querre
5.4 The Hearsay-II Speech Understanding System: A Tutorial 235
L. D. Erman and V. R. Lesser
5.5 Learning and Plan Refinement in a Knowledge-Based
System for Automatic Speech Recognition 246
R. De Mori, L. Lam, and M. Gilloux
Chapter 6 Stochastic Approaches 263
Introduction 263
References 265
6.1 A Tutorial on Hidden Markov Models and
Selected Applications in Speech Recognition 267
L. R. Rabiner
6.2 Stochastic Modeling for Automatic Speech Understanding 297
J. K. Baker
6.3 A Maximum Likeihood Approach to Continuous Speech Recognition 308
L. R. Bahl, F. Jelinek, and R. L. Mercer
6.4 High Performance Connected Digit Recognition
Using Hidden Markov Models 320
L. R. Rabiner, J. G. Wilpon, and F. K. Soong
6.5 Speech Recognition With Continuous-Parameter
Hidden Markov Models 332
L. R. Bahl, P. F. Brown, P. V. de Souza, and R. L. Mercer
6.6 Semi-Continuous Hidden Markov Models for Speech Signals 340
X. D. Huang and M. A. Jack
6.7 Context-Dependent Phonetic Hidden Markov Models
for Speaker-Independent Continuous Speech Recognition 347
K-F. Lee
6.8 A Stochastic Segment Model for Phoneme-Based
Continuous Speech Recognition 367
S. Roucos and M. O. Dunham
Chapter 7 Connectionist Approaches 371
Introduction 371
References 372
7.1 Review of Neural Networks for Speech Recognition 374
R. P. Lippmann
7.2 Phoneme Recognition Using Time-Delay Neural Networks 393
A. Waibel, T. Hanazawa, G. Hinton, K. Shikano, and K. J. Lang
7.3 Consonant Recognition by Modular Construction of
Large Phonemic Time-Delay Neural Networks 405
A. Waibel, H. Sawai, and K. Shikano
7.4 Learned Phonetic Discrimination Using Connectionist Networks 409
R. L. Watrous, L. Shastri, and A. H. Waibel
7.5 The ``Neural'' Phonetic Typewriter 413
T. Kohonen
7.6 Shift-Tolerant LVQ and Hybrid LVQ-HMM for Phoneme Recognition 425
E. McDermott, H. Iwamida, S. Katagiri, and Y. Tohkura
7.7 Speaker-Independent Word Recognition Using Dynamic Programming
Neural Networks 439
H. Sakoe, R. Isotani, K. Yoshida, K. Iso, and T. Watanabe
7.8 Speaker-Independent Word Recognition Using a
Neural Prediction Model 443
K. Iso and T. Watanabe
Chapter 8 Language Processing for Speech Recognition 447
Introduction 447
References 449
8.1 Self-Organized Language Modeling for Speech Recognition 450
F. Jelinek
8.2 A Tree-Based Statistical Language Model for Natural
Language Speech Recognition 507
L. R. Bahl, P. F. Brown, P. V. de Souza, and R. L. Mercer
8.3 Modification of Earley\'s Algorithm for Speech Recognition 515
A. Paeseler
8.4 Language Processing for Speech Understanding 519
W. A. Woods
8.5 Prosodic Knowledge Sources for Word Hypothesization
in a Continuous Speech Recognition System 534
A. Waibel
8.6 High Level Knowledge Sources in Usable Speech
Recognition Systems 538
S. R. Young, A. G. Hauptmann, W. H. Ward, E. T. Smith,
and P. Werner
Chapter 9 Systems 551
Introduction 551
References 552
9.1 Review of the ARPA Speech Understanding Project 554
D. H. Klatt
9.2 The Harpy Speech Understanding System 576
B. Lowerre
9.3 The Development of an Experimental Discrete Dictation Recognizer
587
F. Jelinek
9.4 BYBLOS: The BBN Continuous Speech Recognition System 596
Y. L. Chow, M. O. Dunham, O. A. Kimball, M. A. Krasner,
G. F. Kubala, J. Makhoul, P. J. Price, S. Roucos,
and R. M. Schwartz
9.5 An Overview of the SPHINX Speech Recognition System 600
K-F. Lee, H-W. Hon, and R. Reddy
9.6 ATR HMM-LR Continuous Speech Recognition System 611
T. Hanazawa, K. Kita, S. Nakamura, T. Kawabata, and K. Shikano
9.7 A Word Hypothesizer for a Large Vocabulary Continuous
Speech Understanding System 615
L. Fissore, P. Laface, G. Micca, and R. Pieraccini
Index 619
Credits 627
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