SST 2002

Presenter Information

Call for abstracts - Extended to 30 August 2002

SST-2002

The Ninth Australian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology
2nd-5th December 2002 at the University of Melbourne

CALL FOR PAPERS

AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS

PAPER TEMPLATE

ABSTRACT TEMPLATE

PAPER SUBMISSION FORM - on-line electronic

PAPER SUBMISSION FORM - rtf

REVIEW BOARD

For ASSTA Award Information please click here:
http://www.assta.org/initiatives/newresearchers/

CALL FOR PAPERS

Submissions are invited for oral and poster presentations. Submissions should describe original contributions to spoken language, speech science and/or technology that will be of interest to an audience including scientists, engineers, linguists, psychologists, clinicians, and other professionals. The broad themes of the conference are:

• Human processing of spoken language.
• Machine processing of spoken language.
• Professional applications of speech science and technology.
  Additional information may be found on the Themes page of the conference website
  ( www.conferences.unimelb.edu.au/SST/ ).

Submissions will not be accepted for review later than Friday 30 August 2002.

Authors have the choice of review on the basis of an extended abstract or the full paper. Reviews will be conducted anonymously by at least two members of the International Review Board. Authors will be notified of the review outcome no later than 13th September 2002. The final versions of accepted papers will be published as a CD-ROM and a printed abstract booklet. The booklet and the CD-ROM will indicate whether the paper was accepted on the basis of full paper or extended abstract review. We intend to invite the authors of the best full paper submissions (rated by the review board) to have their paper included in a special refereed journal issue which will be announced later.

Final acceptance depends on:

• Favourable review by the conference International Review Board.
• Receipt no later than 11th October 2002 of a final full paper and a final abstract in acceptable electronically readable format for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
• Receipt of payment for conference registration no later than 11th October 2002 from the submitting author.

General enquiries should be emailed to Bronwen Hewitt, Conference Manager, bhewitt@unimelb.edu.au.

For a copy of the Call for Papers in PDF please click here

Instructions to Authors

Important dates:

• Submission closing date · 30 August 2002
• Acceptance notice date ·13 September 2002
• Manuscript closing date 11 October 2002
• Early registration date 11 October 2002
• Presenter/Author registration Deadline 25 October 2002

Abstract or 6-page Manuscript Submissions.

• Submissions to SST-2002 may be submitted in the form of a one-page abstract or as a six-page manuscript by the submission closing date. If a submission is reviewed and accepted on the basis of the abstract, then the complete 6-page manuscript must also be submitted by the manuscript closing date in order to be included in the proceedings. The electronically published proceedings will indicate whether each paper was accepted on the basis of full peer review, or abstract only review. Reviewers will remain anonymous throughout the review process. Authors may choose to be reviewed 'blind' i.e. without the reviewers knowing their identity.
• Applicants for the ASSTA award must submit a complete 6-page manuscript for review.

For ASSTA Award Information please click here:
http://www.assta.org/initiatives/newresearchers/

Submission and Review Process Steps.

1. Decide whether you wish to submit an abstract or a 6-page manuscript.
2. Write your submission using the appropriate MS Word or Rich Text File Submission Template.
3. Fill in the web submission page and submit it electronically. You will receive an email acknowledgement of your submission.
4. Reply to the acknowledgement, attaching the file containing your abstract or 6-page manuscript to your email.
5. If your abstract or 6-page manuscript does not arrive or is in an unacceptable format, you will be notified by email within a few working days.
6. Your submission will be reviewed by two members of the International Review Board.
7. Brief reviews will be emailed to you on or before the acceptance notice date.
8. Reply to the review email, attaching your complete 6-page revised manuscript. Your email reply must be received by the manuscript closing date to be included in the published proceedings.

PAPER TEMPLATE

Please right click here to download the paper template in MS word format

Please right click here to download the paper template in RichText format

Please click here to download LaTex information

THE PAPER TEMPLATE (REPLACE WITH YOUR TITLE)

Arthur Author1 1, Martha Author2 2, & Fred Author3 1
1 Dept. of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
2 Linguistics Dept., University of Auckland

ABSTRACT: This template paper provides instructions on the standard format for SST-2002 six-page submissions and proceedings. The abstract for the paper should be indented by 5mm from each margin. It should be concise but at the same time useful. The abstract for the paper should be a single paragraph, no more than 200 words in length. Replace the text in this paragraph with your abstract, retaining the word "ABSTRACT:" at the start.

ANONYMOUS REVIEW

If you wish your submission to be reviewed "blind", i.e. without the reviewers knowing your identity, leave the author and affiliation lines between the title and the abstract blank. After the review has been completed, you will have the opportunity to fill in these details before you submit the final version of your paper.

FONT (MAIN SECTION HEADINGS ARE IN CAPITALS)

All text, headings, captions, etc should be Helvetica. If you don't have Helvetica, then use Arial or a similar proportionally-spaced sans-serif font. You may use non-standard fonts for phonetic symbols or other special purposes. If you use non-standard fonts, then be sure to save the file with the "fonts embedded" option enabled so that the document will print out correctly. If you wish to emphasize words then use italic or underline sparingly.

Font size (Sub-section headers are in lower case)

The font size is 10 point for all text, headings, captions, etc except for the title of the paper, which uses 12 point bold capitals. Main section headings use 10 point capitals (not bold).

PARAGRAPH FORMAT

This is a normal text paragraph. Normal text paragraphs are left and right justified. If you use two spaces between sentences, your text will be slightly easier to read and will appear more attractive. There is no need to insert blank lines between paragraphs, headers, etc. The template will take care of vertical spacing automatically provided that you use the paragraph styles correctly. The spacing between paragraphs is 10 point.

PAGE FORMAT

Page size and margins

The page size is A4 (297 x 210 mm or 8.27 x 11.69 inches). Margins are 25 mm or 1 inch at top, left, and right of the page. The margin at the bottom is 30 mm or 1.2 inches. The total length of your paper must not exceed 6 pages formatted according to these instructions.

Header and footer

The header and footer formats should not be altered in any way. Enter the first author's surname into the header. If there is only one author, then delete "et al." Enter a short running heading of 5 words or less into the header. The whole of the header must not take up more than one line. Do not alter the page numbering in the footer. The numbers and review method will be set by the conference staff when the proceedings are assembled.

FILE FORMATS AND QUESTIONS

Acceptable file formats include MS Word documents and Rich Text Format (RTF). Other formats will only be accepted with the prior agreement of the proceedings editor. Each file will be converted to a secure pdf format for the conference proceedings after the insertion of page numbers by the proceedings editor.

Questions regarding file formats and other formatting issues should be sent by email to the proceedings editor, Peter Blamey (p.blamey@unimelb.edu.au).

TABLES AND FIGURES

Table 1. Table captions should appear above the table. They should be justified and indented equally from each margin by at least 1 cm.

Figure 1. The figure caption should be placed below the figure. It should be justified and indented by at least 1 cm from each margin. Figures may be in colour, but the unnecessary use of colour is not recommended.

Table and figure placement

The overall layout of your paper is your responsibility, not the responsibility of the editors. Figures and tables should be placed close to the relevant section of text, not at the end of the document.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Acknowledgements (if any) should be placed at the end of the text, before the references. Please acknowledge the major source(s) of funding, relevant ethics committees, and any individuals or organisations that have contributed to the research described in your paper. Do not acknowledge anonymous reviewers.

REFERENCES

References should be listed in alphabetical order, and referred to by name of author and year of publication in the text. References should include all relevant information in full as in the following examples. Do not abbreviate names of journals. If the journal is an electronic journal or electronic document available on the web, you are encouraged to insert a direct link to the reference.

Author1, A. & Author2, M. (Year of publication) Title in italics, Journal name in full Volume, first-last page numbers.

Beckman, M. & Pierrehumbert, J. (1986). Intonation structure in Japanese and English, in C. Ewen & A. Anderson (eds), Phonology Yearbook 3, 255-309.

Blamey, P.J. & Clark, G.M. (1987). Psychophysical studies relevant to the design of a digital electrotactile speech processor. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 82, 116-125.

Neely, S.T. (1989). A model for bi-directional transduction in outer hair cells, in J.P. Wilson & D.T. Kemp (eds), Cochlear Mechanisms, 75-82, New York: Plenum Press.

ABSTRACT TEMPLATE

Please right click here to download the abstract template in MS word format

Please click here to download LaTex information

THE ABSTRACT TEMPLATE (REPLACE WITH YOUR TITLE)

Arthur Author1 1, Martha Author2 2, & Fred Author3 1
1 Dept. of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne
2 Linguistics Dept., University of Auckland

ANONYMOUS REVIEW

If you wish your submission to be reviewed "blind", i.e. without the reviewers knowing your identity, leave the author and affiliation lines below the title blank. These details will be included in the final version of your paper.

ABSTRACT FORMAT

Your abstract must not exceed one page in length. The font size must be at least 10 point. The page size is A4 (297 x 210 mm or 8.27 x 11.69 inches). Margins are 25 mm or 1 inch at top, left, and right of the page. The margin at the bottom is 30 mm or 1.2 inches. You may use more than one paragraph for your abstract, but do not use headings or sub-headings.

REVIEW BOARD

Conference Secretariat

Bronwen Hewitt
Conference Management
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia, 3010
Phone: +61-3-8344-6389
Facsimile: +61-3-8344-6122
bhewitt@unimelb.edu.au