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Distinguished Lecturers
The Distinguished Lecturer (DL) programme is an Outreach activity which funds ISCA scientists to undertake lecture tours to parts of the world where our research field is not well represented. The intention is to make one DL appointment per year, and for that appointment to extend over 2 years, so that 2 DLs are active at any time.
At the time of writing, the regions covered by the Program are
- Eastern Europe
- Africa
- West/South/South-East Asia
- South/Latin America
This list is subject to review.
Commitments of the Lecturers
Nominated lecturers must commit to at least two Lecture Tours in their two-year term They may also be asked to participate in other events, such as short courses in summer or winter schools. All such activities will be arranged to be mutually interesting and convenient for hosts and lecturers. They can be provided online in a hybrid interactive mode, probably with one-to-one research discussion after the lecture. After completing the commitment, lecturers must write a report and will be provided with a waiver for the registration fee of the next Interspeech conference.
Distinguished Lecturer Tours
A Distinguished Lecturer Tour typically consists of three lectures preferably in at least two different locations in the host region. ISCA pays for the DL’s travel to these locations but local hosts will be responsible for making and funding local arrangements including accommodation and meals.
There is a powerpoint template for DL lectures: download Presentation (MS Powerpoint) Template
Appointing Distinguished Lecturers
· Any member of ISCA except ISCA board members may stand for the post of DL
· A member of the ISCA board is charged with the organisation of the DL appointment process with support from the ISCA Secretariat.
· Nominations for DL are called for in November with a December deadline. There may be a suggested limit to fund lecture tours.
· Nominations must be accompanied by 2 references from senior members of the ISCA community such as Fellows or Board Members. There is a nomination form and a reference form
· Completed DL applications are examined by a panel of 3 previous DLs, who decide which applications can be recommended to the ISCA Board. For 2025, this panel is Helen Meng, Shri Narayanan and Helmand Patil.
· Candidates on this short list are then asked to submit a plan for their lecture tours to the ISCA board. The plan should cover
o abstracts of at least 3 talks the DL will present
o the countries and institutions to be visited
o the proposed timing for the tours
o an estimate of travel costs
· Because of the financial commitment for a DL, the ISCA board (or a panel drawn from it) then decides which DL application to support. The board may ask for modifications to the plan.
· The DL should not contact the local hosts before the plan is approved.
Previous Distinguished Lecturers
2023-2024
| 2015-2016
(1) Prof. Helen Meng, Chairman & Professor, the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Interim Report) (2) Prof. Shrikanth Narayanan, Andrew J Viterbi Professor of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA (interim Report) 2014-2015
(1) Dr. Catherine Best, Professor and Chair in Psycholinguistic Research, the University of Western Sydney (DL Reports: Taiwan, West Indies 1, 2) (2) Dr. Roger Moore, Professor, University of Sheffield, UK (DL Reports, India, Puerto Rico and China slides) 2013-2014
(1) Prof. Hynek Hermansky, Johns Hopkins University, USA (DL Reports: India, Lecture Notes 1, 2, 3, 4) (2) Dr. Michael Riley, Google, USA (DL Reports: Thailand, Lecture Notes; Brazil, Lecture Notes 1, 2) 2012-2013
(1) Prof. Sadaoki Furui, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (DL Reports: India (Jan 2013), India (Dec 2013), Thailand and South Africa) (2) Prof. Hermann Ney, RWTH Aachen, Germany (DL Reports: Slovenia and Hong Kong, Lecture Notes at Hong Kong, Report 2012) 2011-2012(1) Prof. Jeff Bilmes, University of Washington, Seattle WA (DL Reports: India)(2) Prof. John Hansen, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas TX (DL Reports: India and Argentina) 2010-2011
(1) Dr. Li Deng, Microsoft Research, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, USA (DL Reports: Taiwan 2011, Xi'An 2011) (2) Professor Thierry DUTOIT, Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium 2009-2010
2 Distinguished Lecturers have been selected for 2009-2010: (1) Professor Abeer Alwan, University of California at Los Angeles, USA: Trip report 1 - 2010 2007-2008
(2) Professor Marc Swerts, Tilburg University, the Netherlands: Trip report 1 - 2007, Trip report 2 - 2008 - Picture of trip 2- 2008 2 Distinguished Lecturers have been selected for 2007-2008: (1) Professor Chin-Hui Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA: Trip report 1 - 2007, Trip report 2 - 2008 |