ASRU 2011

Bhuvana Ramabhadran

SLTC Newsletter, April 2010

ASRU 2011 : Dec. 11 - 15, 2011 in in Hawaii

ASRU 2011 will be held Dec. 11 - 15, 2011 in Hawaii. Motivated by the success of ICASSP 2007 in Honolulu, and past ASRU workshops (St. Thomas, San Juan, Kyoto and Merano), we plan to provide attendees with a pleasant and informal setting that naturally generates interactions and close collaborations among researchers. Several venues in Hawaii are currently under consideration, including resorts in Big Island and Honolulu, with a decision on the exact location to be announced in May 2010. The dates have been chosen to accommodate Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays, and conferences such as NIPS, that ASRU attendees may wish to participate in. IBM has agreed to be a major sponsor.

As a scientific community, we hope to have participation from countries all over the world at ASRU 2011. In the article published in the February 2010 edition of the SLTC newsletter, it was observed that participation from Asia, Central and South America was low. We hope that the selected location will attract participants from not just those countries, but others as well.

We invite the community to send us their comments, thoughts, concerns and requests on what they would like to see in ASRU. (http://www.asru2011.org) We will do our best to accommodate every suggestion. A workshop is made successful by its participants and we hope to have record participation from researchers and students in academia and industry.

Stay tuned for more information!

Organizing Committee for ASRU 2011:

General Chairs

• Michael Picheny (IBM Research)
• David Nahamoo (IBM Research)

Local Chairs

• Victoria Anderson (University of Hawaii)
• Susanne Still (University of Hawaii)

Finance/Industry Chairs

• Eric Fosler-Lussier (Ohio State)
• Sara Basson (IBM Research)

Technical Chairs

• Jerome Bellegarda (Apple)
• Rich Sproat (OGI)
• Murat Saraclar (Bogazici University)
• Bhuvana Ramabhadran (IBM Research)

Demo Chairs

• Patrick Nguyen (Microsoft)
• Olivier Siohan (Google)

Publications Chairs

• Kai Yu (University of Cambridge)
• Thomas Hain (University of Sheffield)

Publicity Chair

• Jason Williams (AT&T Labs - Research)

Tentative Schedule

• July, 2011: Paper submission due
• August, 2011: Paper notification of acceptance
• September 2011 Demonstration proposal due
• October, 2011 Author and early registration due

Tentative Workshop Schedule:

• Dec 11 (Sun): Welcome reception
• Dec 12 (Mon): Talks, Posters, Panels
• Dec 13 (Tues): Talks, Posters, Panels; Demo session
• Dec 14 (Wed): Talks, Posters, Panels; Banquet
• Dec 15 (Thurs): Talks, Wrap-up
• Optional tours

Bhuvana Ramabhadran is with TJ Watson Lab, IBM Research.. Email: bhuvana@us.ibm.com.