tsd98 workshop 2nd call papers second announcement call papers workshop text speech dialog tsd 98 brno czech republic 2326 september 1998 workshop organized faculty informatics masaryk university brno faculty applied sciences university west bohemia pilsen auspices dean faculty informatics masaryk university please visit workshop homepage http www fi muni cz tsd98 venue brno czech republic topics tsd 98 concerned topics field natural language processing particular corpora texts transcription speech analysis recognition synthesis intertwining within nl dialog systems topics workshop include limited text corpora tagging transcription problems spoken corpora sense disambiguation links text speech oriented systems parsing issues especially parsing problems spoken texts multilingual issues especially multilingual dialog systems information retrieval text topic summarization speech modeling speech segmentation speech recognition text tospeech synthesis dialog systems development dialog strategies assistive technologies based speech dialog applied systems software program committee baudoin genevieve france ferencz attila romania hanks patrick great britain chair hermansky hynek usa kopecek ivan czech republic krishnamurthy ramesh great britain matousek vaclav czech republic mueller johannes germany noeth elmar germany pala karel czech republic pavesic nikola slovenia rubio antonio spain schukat talamazzini e guenter germany skrelin pavel russia organizing committee bartek ludek batusek robert komarkova dana secretary email dkomar fi muni cz kopecek ivan chair email kopecek fi muni cz matousek vaclav pala karel smrz pavel staudek jan zackova eva principal contact email glum fi muni cz zizka jan submission papers abstracts 500 words plain ascii text please submitted following email address may 15 1998 glum fi muni cz submissions include addition abstract name author affiliation address telephone number fax number email address electronic submissions acknowledged email please contact us acknowledgement received acceptance submissions likewise notified email accepted papers published proceedings tsd 98 authors abstracts accepted requested send papers postscript form llncs format email august 17th latex word processor preferred required format instructions llncs latex format sent authors together notification acceptance requests participation processed first come first served basis important dates friday may 15 1998 submissions abstracts due tuesday june 30 1998 notification acceptance sent authors monday august 17 1998 final papers camera ready due wednesday september 23 1998 workshop date fees costs registration fee 80 usd includes proceedings refreshments social events trip accommodation food double room shared participant 130 usd single room 190 usd full cost workshop therefore either 210 usd 270 usd depending whether accommodation shared details announced later official language official language event english papers issues relating text speech processing languages english strongly encouraged address correspondence regarding workshop addressed dana komarkova faculty informatics masaryk university botanicka 68a 60200 brno czech republic tel 420 5 41 512 359 fax email dkomar fi muni cz outline programme sessions workshop plenary parallel sessions format consist paper presentations generally 20 minutes followed discussion 10 minutes workshop also include social events excursion faculty informatics masaryk university brno trip vicinity brno moravian karst including beautiful macocha chasm location hotel myslivna workshop take place comfortable hotel beautiful woods hill near natural reservation area close brno surrounding quiet suitable walks hiking jogging routes brno capital moravia southeast part czech republic secondlargest town czech republic population half million royal city since 1347 six universities brno historical artistic places interest include brno castle called spilberk veveri castle old new city halls augustine monastery st thomas church crypt moravian margraves church st james bishops church st peter st paul famous villa tugendhadt designed mies van der rohe many important examples czech architecture wars 191838 immediate surroundings brno moravian karst macocha chasm punkva caves site battle three emperors napoleon alexander russia franz austria commonly known battle austerlitz chateau slavkov austerlitz pernstejn castle many attractions reach brno brno reached easily direct trains prague vienna bratislava budapest plane vienna coach train 130 km another possibility go plane prague travel 200 km coach train travel details given future announcements ivan kopecek kopecek fi muni cz http www fi muni cz kopecek