10th Doctoral Consortium @ Interspeech 2024

Date: August 31

Place: 2nd Lyceum of Kos, Ethnikis Antistasis, Kos 853 00, Kos Island, Greece

Location on Google map: LINK

ISCA’s Student Advisory Committee is pleased to announce its 10th Doctoral Consortium at Interspeech 2024 on August 31st. The event gives the doctoral students the opportunity to get feedback on their ongoing dissertation project from a panel of experts.

The Consortium is open to doctoral students at any stage of their dissertation. Each participant will have 30 minutes to present and discuss their work-in-progress. Discussions are led by the panel of experts and focus on helping each participant refine their research plan and identify the next steps in their project. All doctoral students in speech-related fields are invited to submit a two-page abstract outlining their dissertation project.

Like last year, the review process will be double-blind.

Abstract Guidelines

Content

Abstracts should describe the dissertation project as a whole: what you have done so far, what you plan to do, and what challenges you see. The abstract may incorporate in-progress and published work, but should address the following points:

• Research question and motivation
• Key challenges (methodological and/or theoretical)
• Discussion of results (or expected results and their implications)
• Plans for the future and thesis roadmap
• Main contributions of your research

Format

Abstracts from previous years can be found here.

• 2 pages with 1 additional page for references (if needed)
• Use the INTERSPEECH 2024 template provided here in the blind format
• The doctoral student must be the sole author

Submission
Submit your abstract in PDF format by June 16th 2024.

Abstracts must be submitted through the CMT portal, which will open on May 1st 2024 (portal link HERE). Accepted submissions will be published on the ISCA-SAC website. A submission indicates consent for ISCA-SAC to publish the abstract.

Venue and Presentation Guidelines

The Doctoral Consortium will be held in connection with Interspeech 2024 in Kos, Greece. It is planned as an in-person event.

If your abstract is accepted, you will need to present it at the event. You will have 15 minutes to present your work, and 15 minutes of discussion with the following panel of experts:

• Bence Halpern
• Thomas Hain
• Daniel Povey
• Zhengjun Yue

Important Dates

• May 1st, 2024 – Submission portal opens
• June 13th, 2024 – Submission deadline
• July 3rd, 2024 – Notification of acceptance/rejection
• August 10th, 2024 – Camera-ready abstract due
• August 31st, 2024 – 10th Doctoral Consortium

Contact

Aaricia Herygers: sac@isca-speech.org

For more information about ISCA-SAC please visit: www.isca-students.org

After five successful editions of the mentoring event, ISCA-SAC is organizing mentoring events for the sixth time at Interspeech 2024 on Kos Island. This year, again, we will hold two events: round tables and one-on-one mentoring. We invite all researchers at any stage of their career to participate. Participants will be given the opportunity to engage in group (round table) and one-to-one discussions with academics/researchers/professionals from academia and industry in a friendly, welcoming environment.  

Events 

Round-table mentoring: In-person during Interspeech 2024, on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024, 12:15-13:15 at the IASSO Hall at Kipriotis International Convention Center, Kos Island, Greece. 

Catering to your needs, separate round tables will be provided for participants and mentors to interact on various topics of mutual interest. Each round-table will have an assigned topic, two mentors, and 6-8 participants. Mentors will be confirmed closer to the date. We will try our best to prioritize your preferred topics for discussion. 

One-on-one mentoring: Mentor and mentee decide when and where to meet. This can be in-person or virtual. 

If you feel more comfortable discussing specific topics in a one-on-one session, you can register for this event, and we will do our best to find a mentor matching your needs. We will later introduce mentor and participant pairs and let you arrange the best time/place for your conversation (choice/preference of the mentor and mentee). This conversation can be in-person or virtual. Mentees do not need to attend Interspeech in person; they can participate virtually. Our goal is to increase access to mentoring for as many mentees (who might not be able to travel to Interspeech) as possible and better support the speech research community. 

Registration 

Mentee (participant): Anyone interested in participating is invited to register using the registration form below. You can register for both events. We will do our best to have a place for everyone, but in case that is not possible, participants will be selected according to availability of mentors and topics on a first-come first-serve basis. We will contact you via e-mail after registration. 

Click here to REGISTER 

Mentor (professional member): Anyone willing to become a mentor for the one-on-one mentoring session (in-person/virtual) can register via our online form. This would be an excellent opportunity to connect with researchers from various backgrounds and experience levels and engage in meaningful conversations. If you feel that you would be able to give meaningful feedback, share concerns, or answer questions from participants, this is a great chance to become a mentor for the one-to-one mentoring sessions. 

Click here to REGISTER

If you are interested in mentoring a round table, please contact us by email (see below). 

Contact:   
João Vitor Possamai de Menezes (joao_vitor.possamai_de_menezes@tu-dresden.de) 

Michael Kuhlmann (kuhlmann@nt.upb.de) 

Isca-mentoring@outlook.com 

Date: Thursday, September 5th

Time: Lunchtime 12:15-13:15

Location: IASSO Hall at Kipriotis Hotels & Conference Center

Panel of Experts: 

• Brian King
• Ondrej Klejch
• Volker Steinbiss
• Barbara Tillmann
• Jennifer Williams
• Carol Espy Wilson

After successful editions in Lyon (2013), Singapore (2014), San Francisco (2016), Stockholm (2017), Hyderabad (2018), Graz (2019), virtually in both Shanghai (2020) and Brno (2021), Incheon (2022), Dublin (2023), we are excited to announce that Students Meet Experts is now coming to Interspeech 2024 in Kos Island, Greece. We will have a panel discussion with experts from academia and industry.. We encourage you to submit questions before the event. 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. Examples of topics discussed last years are career path (academia or industry), work-life balance, and mental health in academia. To submit your questions and/or register for this event, we ask you to fill in the form below.

Click to REGISTER and SUBMIT your questions

Contact

Tina Raissi

sac@isca-speech.org

4st Early Career Researcher Annual Gathering @ Interspeech 2024

Time: 1 September, Kos Island time

Location: Chiron, KICC

Program:

* 10:00 Introduction

* 10:10 invited talk 1

* Coffee Break

* 11:15 invited talk 2

* 12:00 General discussion

Early Career Researcher Annual Gathering offers postdocs and early career researchers the opportunity to exchange with two experienced researchers annually, gaining insights from their academic and personal journeys while discussing career and life choices.

Lunch: 12:15 – 14:00 (1h45)

3rd Connecting Early Career Researchers @ Interspeech 2024

Time: 1 September, Kos Island time

(Org.: all other members of the org. team)

Location: Chiron, KICC

Program:

* 14:00 Introduction

* 14:10 Round Table Discussion with Panel Guests

* 14:50 Coffee Break

* 15:15 Open floor discussion

* 16:15 Closing Remarks

Connecting Early Career Researchers provides an opportunity for postdocs and early career researchers to chat with panel guests in a casual setting. They discuss specific questions related to academic and personal life that were previously selected by postdocs and early career researchers participating in the event.

Postdoc & Early Career Researcher Advisory Committee (PECRAC)

ISCA Postdoc & Early Career Researcher Advisory Committee (PECRAC) was created in 2021 and had organized several events since :

• 1st Early Career Researcher Annual Gathering @ Interspeech 2021
• 2nd Early Career Researcher Annual Gathering @ Interspeech 2022
• 1st Connecting Early Career Researchers @ Interspeech 2022
• Casual event N°1 : Permanent job applications in academia (December 2022)
• Casual event N°2 : Job applications in industry (April 11, 2023)
• 3rd Early Career Researcher Annual Gathering @ Interspeech 2023
• 2nd Connecting Early Career Researchers @ Interspeech 2023

ISCA-PECRAC aims to give guidance and accompany post-doc and early career researchers during their early career lives.

More specifically, the aim of the PECRAC committee is

• to establish links and collaboration between postdocs and early career researchers in speech communication in different institutions and companies from all over the world;
• to keep postdoc & early career researchers posted with current postdoc & tenure-track job offers;
• to provide mentoring;
• to give feedback on their major issues in research;
• to create an environment where postdoc & early career researchers can socialize with their peers.

ISCA-PECREC board:

General coordinators Dr. Yaru Wu (France) & Dr. Berrak Sisman (USA)

Technical Coordinator Dr. Ravi Rhythm (India)

Event Coordinator Dr. Shammur Chowdhury (Qatar)

Media Coordinator Dr. Jennifer Williams (England)

PECRAC Volunteers:

Sishir Kalita (India), Cong Zhang (UK), Midia Yousefi (USA)

Contact: isca.pecrac@gmail.com