Welcome Message by the Plenary/Keynote Chair

Interspeech 2011 is pleased to have the following distinguished keynote speakers to give plenary talks at the conference:

    • Prof. Julia Hirschberg, Speaking More Like You: Entrainment in Conversational Speech
    • Prof. Tom Mitchell, Neural Representations of Word Meanings
    • Prof. Sandy Pentland, Honest Signals
    • Prof. Julia Hirschberg, Speaking More Like You: Entrainment in Conversational Speech

This year we host a round-table on the theme of the conference “Speech science and technology for real life”, entitled “Future and Applications of Speech and Language Technologies for the Good Health of Society”. The objective of this plenary session is to foster forward-looking scientific and technological visions and impact on society. Such a vision requires contributions and viewpoints from different disciplines and research communities. The following distinguished keynote speakers will share their research and vision:

    • Prof. Gabriele Miceli, Language disorders: viewpoints on a complex object
    • Prof. Björn Granström, Speech technology in (re)habilitation of persons with communication disabilities
    • Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro, From teleoperated androids to cellphones as surrogates

Giuseppe Riccardi
Interspeech 2011 Plenary/Keynote Chair