CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Most data collected and stored in machines is of audio and video type. Indexing and retrieval of this data poses several signal processing challenges. Progress in processing image and speech data will have tremendous impact on the applications of information technology. It is in this context the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai and the Indian National Academy of Engineering jointly organized the first WISP in 2006 at IIT Madras. WISP-2007 and WISP-2008 were organized jointly by the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad, the IIT Guwahati and the C. R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS), Hyderabad. WISP-2009 is being organized by IIIT Hyderabad and CRRao AIMSCS Hyderabad on 19^th December 2009 at IIIT Hyderabad. The objective of this one day workshop is to provide an opportunity for students, faculty, scientists and engineers to interact with leading researchers in speech, biometrics, phonetics, image and signal processing areas. The workshop includes invited talks from experts in these and related areas from India and abroad. Researchers in academic, government and industrial organizations are encouraged to participate in the workshop.

Programme

Invited Talks: Saturday, 19th December 2009
Richard M Stern Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA	New Directions in Robust Automatic Speech Recognition
Venu Govindaraju The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA	Enabling Digital Access to Handwritten Documents
Peri Bhaskararao Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan	Significance of Phonetic Details of South Asian Languages for Speech Technology
V. Balakrishnan Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India	Recurrence in Dynamical Systems

Registration Process

• Students/Faculty members should attach a copy of their ID cards or a letter from the Head of the Department.
  
  
• Payment is either through Demand Draft (DD) or National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT).
  
  
• Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of WISP-2009 Secretariat, IIIT Hyderabad, payable at Hyderabad.
  
  
• For NEFT fund transfer, the amount should be transferred to the account number 52081085019, maintained at State Bank of Hyderabad, Hitech City Branch, IFSC No. SBHY0020880.
  
  
• In case of NEFT transfer, please attach a copy of the transaction slip.
  
  
• Each participant has to fill a separate registration form. However payment for multiple registrations can be done through a single DD/NEFT.
  
  
• Registration Fee: Students: Rs. 500, Faculty: Rs. 1000, Others: Rs. 2000
  
  
• Early registration is recommended due to limit on the number of participants.
  
  
  • Deadline for Early Registration: December 12, 2009
  • On-Spot Registration: December 19, 2009
    
    
• Mail/Email scanned copy/Fax registration form along with the necessary documents to:
  

  WISP-2009 Secretariat,
  Speech and Vision Lab
  IIIT Gachibowli, Hyderabad - 500032, India
  Tel: +91-40-6653 1422
  Fax: +91-40-6653 1413
  Email: wisp@iiit.ac.in
  

Contact Information

Postal Address:

WISP-2009 Secretariat,
Speech and Vision Laboratory,
IIIT Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032, India

Tel: +91-40-6653 1422
Fax: +91-40-6653 1413
Email: wisp@iiit.ac.in
URL: http://wisp.iiit.ac.in/

Designed and Maintained by: Speech and Vision Lab, IIIT Hyderabad, India
Last update on: November 1, 2009