Distinguished Lecturers
- Call for Nominations
Introduction
ISCA has started a new Distinguished Lecturers Program in 2006 to send Distinguished Lecturers to travel to different parts of the world to give lectures to help promote research activities on speech science and technologies. Two Distinguished Lecturers have been selected at the end of 2006, Professor Chin-Hui Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and Professor Marc Swerts, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, with 2-year terms of 2007-2008. Professor Marc Swerts has finished the first Distinguished Lecturer Tour to go to Latin America in June 2007, and the next by professor Chin-Hui Lee to go to South Asia will be realized in Nov 2007.
Nominations and Selection
A Distinguished Lecturers Committee has been organized. The chair of the Committee for 2006-2009 is Professor Sadaoki Furui. Nominations of candidates for 2008-2009 terms are called. Each nomination should include information (short biography, selected publications, website, etc. plus topics/titles of up to 3 possible lectures) of no more than 2 pages to be sent to the Committee Chair (furui@cs.titech.ac.jp). Only those who receive the highest votes by the Committee, exceeding a minimum threshold of 2/3, are selected. Nominations for this year should be received before the deadline of Nov 15 2007.
Commitments of the Lecturers
The candidates selected by the Committee will be contacted and asked for the commitment of making time available for Lecture Tours, including the possibility of traveling to some regions specially identified as under-represented in ISCA programs (China, India, Eastern Europe, Latin America, South and West Asia, Africa). Those who agree are announced as ISCA Distinguished Lecturers.
Distinguished Lecturers Tours
Distinguished Lecturers Tours are arranged by ISCA upon invitation only. The local hosts should be responsible for making and funding the local arrangements including accommodation and meals, and ISCA will pay travel costs. A Distinguished Lecturer Tour is realizable when at least three lectures are included, preferably in at least two different locations.
More Details
More details of this Program can be found at ISCA website.
- Announcement for 2007
Purpose
ISCA has just started a new Distinguished Lecturers Program to send
Distinguished Lecturers to travel to different parts of the world to
give lectures to help promote research activities on speech science
and technologies.
Distinguished Lecturers for 2007
2 Distinguished Lecturers have been selected for 2007:
(1)Professor Chin-Hui Lee, Georgia Institute
of Technology, USA - report trip
(2)Professor Marc Swerts, Tilburg University,
the Netherlands - report
trip
More Details More details of this Program can be found at ISCA
website.
- ISCA Distinguished Lecturers Program
(A) Necessary Conditions for Distinguished Lecturers An ISCA Distinguished
Lecturer must commit to traveling to regions
defined by the ISCA Board to give lectures. This commitment should
include a minimum of two lecture tours in a 2 year period, assuming
that ISCA can arrange these tours. Being an ISCA Distinguished Lecturer
thus represents a commitment to service in addition to the recognition
of academic achievement.
(B) Selection Procedures for Distinguished Lecturers To ensure that
Distinguished Lecturers are distinguished scientists or researchers
who can give good lectures, the following procedures will be followed
in the selection process:.
· A Distinguished Lecturers Committee should be organized. The chair
of the Committee is appointed by the ISCA Board. The Committee shall
include 5 to 7 members, at least 2 of whom are not ISCA Board members.
· All ISCA members may nominate candidates to be considered by the
above Committee. The Committee shall vote on these nominees and those
receiving the most votes (exceeding a 2/3 majority of the Committee),
within a maximum number of Distinguished Lecturers set by the ISCA
Board, shall be selected. Calls for nominations shall be published
in the ISCApad and posted on the ISCA website. Each nomination should
include a short biography, a list of selected publications, a c.v.,
a pointer to the nominee's website if possible, as well as the topic
areas on which the nominee might be invited to lecture; this nominating
document should not exceed two pages plus the c.v.. Nomination deadlines
and voting process details are decided by the Board or the above Committee.
Members of the Committee may add nominations at any time.
· The names of the Lecturers selected by the Committee shall be submitted
to the ISCA Board for approval. Once this approval has been obtained,
the Committee Chair shall contact the Lecturers to ask them if they
can commit to the conditions specified in (A). Those who agree shall
be announced as ISCA Distinguished Lecturers, with a term of 2 years.
(C) Organization of Distinguished Lecturers Tours
1. The Distinguished Lecturers Tours are organized by the International
Affairs Committee with support from the ISCA administrative assistant.
The local hosts should be responsible for making and funding all local
arrangements, including accommodation and meals (at least at minimum
level). ISCA will pay travel costs at the economy level. When necessary,
ISCA will supplement the reimbursement from the local hosts up to
normal and customary costs to ensure the comfort of the Lecturer while
traveling.
2. A Distinguished Lecturer Tour shall be organized when at least
three lectures, preferably in at least 2 different cities in
the regions defined by the Board, can be arranged. Any additional
travel arrangements shall be the responsibility of the Distinguished
Lecturer.
3. The list of Distinguished Lecturers is made public and advertised
to the regions defined by the Board, together with brief introductory
information and possible topics/titles of lectures.
4. The Board can always ask any ISCA member to give lectures furthering
ISCA interests outside of the Distinguished Lecturers Program.
(D) Board Responsibilities
1. The chair of the International Affairs Committee is the Board Member
responsible for this program.
2. The chair of the Distinguished Lecturers Committee, the chair of
the International Affairs Committee and the ISCA Treasurer form a
task force overseeing this program, including all operating details
such as budget requirements, travel
cost estimation, upper bound of number of Distinguished Lecturers
selected each year, and the operating schedule for the program each
year. This task force is coordinated by the chair of International
Affairs Committee
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