[hts-users:04317] Summer School in Speech Synthesis 2016
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Summer School in Speech Synthesis
25-29 July 2016, Heraklion Crete Greece
http://csd.uoc.gr/~spcc16
Organized by Computer Science Dept., University of Crete, Greece
Topic: Advancements in Modern Speech Synthesis Engines
· Advanced Speech Signal Modelling and Modifications
· Current Acoustic Modelling approaches
· Challenges in front-end processing
· Listening Context Aware speech synthesis systems
Confirmed lecturers so far:
Yannis Agiomyrgiannakis, Google UK
Masami Akamine, Toshiba Japan
Simon King, University of Edinburgh UK
Ranniery Maia, Toshiba Cambridge Res. Lab, UK
Yannis Stylianou, University of Crete, Greece
Vassilis Tsiaras, University of Crete, Greece
Heiga Zen, Google UK
Registration
Students: €350, Non-students: €500, 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@xxxxxxxxxx).
Beyond lectures
Participants, 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@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~spcc/
Sponsored by (list will be updated soon): Google, Toshiba
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