Workshop on Machine Learning in Speech and Language Processing at ICML 2017

Workshop on Machine Learning in Speech and Language Processing at ICML 2017

http://ttic.edu/livescu/MLSLP2017

August 11, 2017 
Sydney, Australia

** Call for Papers/Abstracts and Participation **
MLSLP is a recurring workshop, often joint with machine learning or speech/NLP conferences. Prior workshops were held in 2011, 2012, and 2016. While research in speech and
language processing has always involved machine learning, current research is benefiting from even closer interaction between these fields. Speech and language processing is
continually mining new ideas from ML and ML, in turn, is devoting more interest to speech and language applications. This workshop aims to be a venue for identifying and incubating the next waves of research directions for interaction and collaboration. The workshop will not be yet another venue for applications of deep learning to speech and language processing, as this is already well covered by major conferences. It will, however, include new directions for deep learning in speech/language, as well as other emerging ideas. In general, the workshop will (1) discuss the emerging research ideas with potential for impact in speech/language and (2) bring together relevant researchers from ML and speech/language who may not regularly interact at conferences. MLSLP is a workshop of SIGML, the SIG on machine learning in speech and language processing of ISCA (the International Speech Communication Association).

** Invited Speakers **
Confirmed speakers thus far include Joelle Pineau (McGill), Ron Weiss (Google), and Jason Weston (Facebook). More to come!

** Paper/Abstract Submission **
Prospective authors are invited to submit 2-page abstracts or 4-6 page papers via the submission link to the left. Each paper/abstract will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. Each accepted paper/abstract must have at least one registered author.

** Important Dates **
July 7, 2017        Papers/abstracts due
July 14, 2017       Accept/reject decisions sent
July 21, 2017       Final abstract/paper deadline
August 11, 2017       Workshop!

** Organizing Committee **
Karen Livescu, TTI-Chicago (general chair)
Anton Ragni, U. Cambridge (general chair)
Liang Lu, TTI-Chicago (program chair)
Tara Sainath, Google (program chair)
Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, UIUC (SIGML ISCA Liaison)
Yanzhang (Ryan) He, Google (SIGML Secretary)
Joseph Keshet, Bar-Ilan University (SIGML President)