Schedule

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Below is the full SummerFest '09 schedule.

 

Monday November 30 - Summer School and Posters
Morning
(09:00-12:30)		An Introduction to Dialog Systems - David Traum
An Introduction to Human Factors - Mark Wiggins
An Introduction to Speech Processing - David Grayden
The Pharmacology of Consciousness - Olivia Carter
Afternoon
(14:00-17:30)		Interaction Design: Beyond Human Computer Interaction - Yvonne Rogers
Interactive Expressive Virtual Characters - Catherine Pelachaud
Disorders of Perception and Action - Mel Goodale
An Introduction to the Inner Workings of Information Retrieval Systems - Mark Sanderson
EveningStudent Posters and Meet the Presenters

 

Tuesday December 1 - Summer School and Posters
Morning
(09:00-12:30)		Music Perception and Cognition - Bill Thompson
An Introduction to Experimental Phonetics - Jonathan Harrington
Phonological Awareness, Reading Development and Dyslexia across Languages - Usha Goswami
An Introduction to Information Extraction - Mark Stevenson
Afternoon
(14:00-17:30)		Anaphora Resolution - Massimo Poesio
Musical Performance - Jane W. Davidson
Data Mining with Weka - Ian H. Witten
Acquired Language Disorders - Lyndsey Nickels
EveningStudent Posters and Meet the Presenters

 

Wednesday December 2 - Skills Sessions and Speed Papers
Morning
(09:00-12:30)		Research Skills Sessions with Panel Discussions
Afternoon
(14:00-17:30)		Speed Papers
EveningNo planned events.

 

Thursday December 3 - Workshops and Conference Dinner
Morning
Plenary		Eckart Altenmuller - Music and Emotion
Afternoon
Plenary		Jonathan Harrington - Experimental Phonetics
Day
(09:00-12:30
& 14:00-17:30)		The Australasian Language Technology Workshop 2009
The Australian Language and Speech Conference 2009 (incorporating OzPhon)
The 2nd International Conference on Music Communication Science (ICoMCS2)
HCSNet Workshop on Building the Australian National Corpus: Data Sources and Tools
EveningConference Dinner

 

Friday December 4 - Workshops and Conference Barbeque
Morning
Plenary		David Traum - Dialog Systems
Afternoon
Plenary		Mark Sanderson - Information Retrieval
Day
(09:00-12:30
& 14:00-17:30)		The Australasian Language Technology Workshop 2009
The Australian Language and Speech Conference 2009 (incorporating OzPhon)
The 2nd International Conference on Music Communication Science (ICoMCS2)
The Australasian Document Computing Symposium 2009
HCSNet Workshop on Interacting with Intelligent Virtual Characters
EveningBarbeque