Software to Empower Learning and Reseach in Speech (STELARIS): A Workshop for Developers and Teachers

促进语音学习和研究的软件 (STELARIS)：面向开发人员和教师的研讨会

• 批准号: 1106472
• 负责人: Suzanne Boyce
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of Cincinnati Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-15 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1106472&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Software; Empower; Learning; Reseach; Speech

In the past, speech research training was only available to students and researchers associated with major research universities and large centers where dedicated software development was joined with mentoring and expert technical support. In the current environment, inexpensive computers, electronic distance communication, and specialist freeware, have expanded the opportunities for dissemination of research and knowledge outside of such large centers. On the one hand, this is an exciting development, because it reduces barriers to entry for a wider and more diverse set of students and researchers. On the other, hand, the laboratory software for visualizing and manipulating acoustic signals is either prohibitively expensive for institutions to buy, or else discouragingly inefficient for students at introductory levels. Other software is easy to use but doesn't teach the fundamental scientific principles that underlie the manipulations allowed.In order to meet this opportunity for expanded access, this award supports a conference workshop, "Software To Empower Learning And Research In Speech (STELARIS)," for scientists, students and software developers. The theme of the workshop is to identify the best existing platforms and develop standards for future developments that minimize technical barriers to data exchange, while maximizing use as a teaching and research tool.

在过去，语音研究培训只提供给与主要研究型大学和大型中心相关的学生和研究人员，在这些大学和中心，专门的软件开发与指导和专家技术支持相结合。在目前的环境下，廉价的计算机、电子远程通信和专业免费软件，扩大了在这些大型中心之外传播研究和知识的机会。一方面，这是一个令人兴奋的发展，因为它减少了更广泛和更多样化的学生和研究人员的进入门槛。另一方面，用于可视化和操纵声学信号的实验室软件要么对机构来说过于昂贵，要么对入门级的学生来说效率低得令人沮丧。其他软件易于使用，但不教授基本的科学原理，这些原理是允许操作的基础。为了满足扩大使用的机会，该奖项支持为科学家，学生和软件开发人员举办的会议研讨会，“软件增强语音学习和研究（STELARIS）”。讲习班的主题是确定现有的最佳平台，并为今后的发展制定标准，最大限度地减少数据交换的技术障碍，同时最大限度地将其用作教学和研究工具。