ISCA-SAC: 7th Students Meet Experts
[28-October 2020]
At the 7th Students Meet Experts event organized online by ISCA-SAC at Interspeech 2020 in Shanghai/China, our panelists Sunayana Sitaram (Microsoft Research), Jon Barker (University of Sheffield), Tara Sainath (Google), and Björn Schuller (University of Augsburg; Imperial College London; audEERING) shared their insights on questions from the student audience.
Thank you for joining the event and supporting ISCA-SAC's activities!
Some take-aways to remember:
- Learn to think independently and critically during your PhD.
- Keep in touch with your mentors!
- Do not compare your thesis with the top doctoral theses in your field and try at all costs to achieve the same level.
- A good way to start the career? Organize a challenge at Interspeech!
- Your career is not a sprint, it's a marathon.
- Sometimes the much-praised freedom in the academic world seems a bit of a fantasy.
- In academia it is easier to start collaborations - more restrictions in industry.
- Don't forget to invest time in writing journal papers.
- In the future, we will have to take ethical aspects such as data protection, fairness and accountability more into account in our research work.
ISCA-SAC: 2nd Mentoring
[26-October 2020]
The 2nd Mentoring event was organized online by ISCA-SAC at Interspeech 2020 in Shanghai/China. PhD students had the opportunity to discuss one of the following topics with a team of two mentors per topic:
- Essentials of publishing
- PhD topic: focus and passion
- Time management for PhD students
- Professional development: planning ahead
- How to do research in academia vs. industry
We thank all mentors and students for making this event possible!
ISCA-SAC: 6th Doctoral Consortium
[24-October 2020]
Today eleven PhD students presented their thesis work to a panel of experts at the 6th Doctoral Consortium organized online by ISCA's Student Advisory Committee. Each presentation was followed by a discussion with the experts aimed at establishing a roadmap toward refining the thesis. We are happy that students and experts from many different time zones have gathered to make this possible!
2nd Mentoring event - Register now!
[19-Oct 2020]
Be a part of the 2nd Mentoring event of ISCA's Student Advisory Committee (SAC) at Interspeech 2020 for in-depth discussions with experts from academia and industry!
Monday, October 26th, 21:45-22:45 (Shanghai, UTC+8)
Register now: Form
More infos: interspeech2020.org/Student_Events/
ISCA-SAC: 7th Students Meet Experts - Panel of experts announced
[19-May 2020]
Date: Wednesday, October 28th, 21:45-22:45 (Shanghai, UTC+8)
Location: online
Panel of experts:
- Jon Barker, University of Sheffield, UK
- Tara Sainath, Google, USA
- Björn Schuller, University of Augsburg, Germany; Imperial College London, UK; audEERING, Germany
- Sunayana Sitaram, Microsoft Research, India
After successful editions in Lyon (2013), Singapore (2014), San Francisco (2016), Stockholm (2017), Hyderabad (2018), and Graz (2019) we are excited to announce that the Students Meet Experts event is now coming to Interspeech 2020 in Shanghai. We will have a panel discussion with experts from academia and industry. This year, the event will take place virtually.
You are welcome to submit questions. A selection of the submitted questions will be answered from the panel of experts. Please keep in mind that the experts and the audience are coming from different fields, so field specific and technical questions are less likely to be presented to the panel. To submit your questions and/or register for this event, we ask you to fill in this >>> form <<<.
All students participating in Interspeech 2020 are invited to register!
Contact: Jasper Ooster (
ISCA-SAC: 6th Doctoral Consortium - Panel of experts announced
[19-May 2020]
The Student Advisory Committee of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA-SAC) is pleased to announce the 6th Doctoral Consortium. This event gives doctoral candidates the opportunity to present their research and discuss it with a panel of experts. The discussion includes feedback on the evolution and progress of their research. It helps them to identify a road-map toward refining their thesis. Doctoral students from speech-related disciplines participating in Interspeech 2020 are invited to apply! Participants will be selected based on their submitted abstracts.
This year, the Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place virtually, as shorter online sessions, right before Interspeech 2020 in Shanghai.
Dates:
July 1, 2020 Submission portal opens
August 1, 2020 Abstract submission deadline
August 22, 2020 Abstract submission deadline
August 31, 2020 Acceptance/rejection notification
September 14, 2020 Camera-ready abstract due
October 24, 2020 6th Doctoral Consortium
Location: online
Panel of experts:
- Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University, Netherlands)
- Gerard Bailly (GIPSA-lab, CNRS, France)
- Nicholas Cummins (King’s College London, UK)
- Julia Hirschberg (Columbia University, USA)
- Shrikanth Narayanan (University of Southern California, USA)
- Yao Qian (Microsoft Research, USA)
- Andrew Wedel (University of Arizona, USA)
- Jinsong Zhang (Beijing Language And Culture University, China)
Guidelines for Abstract Submission
a) Content
Applicants are to submit an extended two-page abstract, briefing about the research pursued towards their thesis. It may incorporate published and in-progress work. The abstract must highlight the following points:
● motivation of your research
● key issues identified and/or addressed
● discussion of results
● future plans and road map for the thesis
● major contributions of your research
b) Form
● Abstracts may be extended to a maximum of two pages including all text, figures and tables, plus an additional page for references.
● Abstracts have to follow the Interspeech 2020 template provided in the author's kit.
● Abstracts must have the applicant as the sole author. Acknowledgement towards supervisors, supporting agencies, and contributors to the work, can be made in a separate section.
c) Submission
● Submit your abstract in PDF format through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dc20201
● Accepted submissions will be published on www.isca-students.org and thus a submission inherently indicates a consent towards ISCA-SAC to publish the abstract.
Contact:
Yaru Wu (
Gabriel Mittag (
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