The Role of Speech Science in Developing Robust Speech Technology Applications

本次研讨会将重点讨论语音科学在开发强大的未来语音技术应用中应发挥的关键作用。研讨会的结果是一份报告，其中包含了动机良好的跨学科核心建议，以NSF如何最好地促进和促进语音科学在开发语音技术应用中的作用，为社会的长期利益。特别令人感兴趣的是工业界不太可能投资的那些领域，因为该主题不是优先事项，时间太长，或所服务的人口不感兴趣。研讨会的次要影响还可能包括有兴趣在当地大学或研究所促进语音科学研究的与会者之间的具体未来合作。研讨会将通过汇集三个小组，为讨论语音科学和语音工程的跨学科观点提供一个独特的机会：（1）语音科学家，（2）语音工程师，（3）政府项目经理，跨多个主题领域。 受邀者将包括科学家和技术专家，根据NSF项目经理和该领域专家的建议进行选择。研讨会的受邀者将被要求简要介绍具体选择的研究领域，解释他们认为需要取得更多进展的领域，并就进展的障碍提出意见。主题领域将包括通常不是大型语音公司主要关注的人群的语音处理，包括儿童和老年人，以及不太了解的问题，如说话者变异性，上下文影响和说话者状态，生物模型和小样本集的学习。 来自这些不同学科和主题领域的参与者通常不会聚集在一起讨论未来的研究方向;受邀者名单的制定正是为了实现这一目标。

This workshop will focus on the critical role that speech science should play in developing robust future speech technology applications. The result of the workshop is a report containing well-motivated interdisciplinary core recommendations to NSF on how to best promote and foster the role of speech science in developing speech technology applications for the long-term benefit of society. Of special interest are those areas in which industry is unlikely to invest in because the topic is not a priority, the time course is too long, or the population served is not of interest. Secondary impacts of the workshop may also include specific future collaborations among attendees interested in promoting speech science research at their local university or institute.The workshop will serve as a unique opportunity for discussing an interdisciplinary perspective on speech science and speech engineering by bringing together three groups: (1) speech scientists, (2) speech engineers, and (3) government program managers, across multiple topics areas. Invitees will include scientists and technologists, chosen based on recommendations from NSF Program Managers and from experts in the field. The workshop invitees will be asked to give a brief overview of specifically chosen research areas, explain where they think more progress is needed, and give opinions on the barriers to progress. Topic areas will include speech processing for populations often not of prime focus for large speech companies, including children and the elderly, as well as problems that are not well understood such as speaker variability, contextual affects and speaker state, biological models, and learning from small sample sets. Participants from these different disciplines and topic areas typically do not meet together to discuss future research directions; the list of invitees has been developed with exactly this goal in mind.