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

在过去，语音研究培训只适用于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，因为它为更广泛、更多样化的学生和研究人员减少了进入的障碍。另一方面，用于可视化和操纵声信号的实验室软件要么贵得让机构望而却步，要么对初级水平的学生来说效率低得令人沮丧。其他软件易于使用，但不教基本的科学原理，这些原理是允许操作的基础。为了满足扩大访问的机会，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，名为“软件增强语音学习和研究（STELARIS）”。研讨会的主题是确定现有的最佳平台，并为未来的发展制定标准，以尽量减少数据交换的技术障碍，同时最大限度地利用数据作为教学和研究工具。

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.