(Apologies for multiple posting) Summer School on Speech Synthesis 27-31 July 2015, Heraklion, Crete, Greece http://csd.uoc.gr/~spcc Organized by Computer Science Dept., University of Crete, Greece Topic: From Diphones to Modern Speech Synthesis Engines - Speech Signal Modelling and Modifications - Acoustic Modelling: HMM, LDM, DNN - Approaches: Diphones, Unit Selection, Statistical, Hybrid - Listening Context Aware speech synthesis systems Confirmed lecturers: - Yannis Agiomyrgiannakis, Google UK - Masami Akamine, Toshiba Japan - Daniel Erro, Ikerbasque, Spain - Spyros Raptis, ILSP Athena Research Centre, Athens, Greece - Alex Sorin, IBM Haifa Israel - Yannis Stylianou, University of Crete, Greece - Vassilis Tsiaras, University of Crete, Greece - Heiga Zen, Google UK RegistrationStudents: 300eur, Non-students: 450eur, to cover lunches, coffee breaks, banquet, school materials, bus transfer between city and campus. Limited number of places for highly motivated researchers and students, so reserve your position soon (yannis@csd.uoc.gr).
Beyond lecturesParticipants, if they wish, are expected to present their work as a poster, during 1 hour in each day (at the mid of each school day). The best student poster/demo will be awarded. Theory will be followed by hands on sessions while speech synthesis systems will be demonstrated by the lecturers during the last day of the school.
Information Prof. Yannis Stylianou, University of Crete: yannis@csd.uoc.gr http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~spcc/ Sponsored by (list will be updated soon): Google, Toshiba, IBM, ...
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