In the colloquium series of The Department of Language and Speech speakers from companies and academic institutions are invited to present their work. Each month two speakers talk about a subject that is related to the field of language and speech technology. The colloquium takes place from 10:45 to 12:15 in the Erasmusgebouw of the RU, room 18.03. All people interested are kindly invited! For further information on the colloquia please contact one of the members of the colloquium committee:
Carla Schelfhout
Johan de Veth
Folkert de Vriend
| 1st Speaker (10:45h) | 2nd Speaker (11:30h) | |
| February 2nd: | Multimodal Dialog Systems | |
| Matthias Rauterberg (TU, Eindhoven)
When Output meets Input |
Marc Swerts (UvT, Universiteit Antwerpen)
Audiovisual Prosody in Problematic Dialogue Situations |
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| March 9th: | Modelling Complex Behaviour (using Dynamic Bayesian Networks) | |
| C. Jonker (NICI)
ICEBERG: Exploiting Context in Information Brokering Agents |
T. Heskes (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Dynamic Bayesian networks: an introduction and some applications |
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| April 6th: | Communication Aids | |
| H. van Balkom (Viataal / RUN)
Optimizing efficiency and functionality in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices through Speech and Language Technology |
Lucas Mens (RUN Medical Centre)
Speech processing in cochlear implants for the deaf: amazingly simple and successful |
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| May 11th: | Human Production and Recognition of Speech | |
| A. Roelofs (Max Planck Institute)
How do speakers control the planning of words? |
J. McQueen (Max Planck Institute)
How do listeners recognise words? |
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| June 1st: | Question Answering | |
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Gosse Bouma (RUG)
Question answering using Syntactic Analysis |
Antal van den Bosch (ILK, Tilburg University)
Understanding domain-specific texts and questions |
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