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| Certificate in Fundamentals of Acoustic Phonetics |
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Date: March 13-14 & March 20-21 2015
Venue: Android Lab, Innovation & Technology Incubation Center,
University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore
Application Deadline: 27 February, 2015, 5:00pm The registration has been closed as all seats have been reserved.
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Introduction |
Acoustic Phonetics is a subfield of Phonetics which deals with acoustic aspects of speech sounds. It includes the analysis and description of the physical properties of speech signal such as frequency, intensity and duration. Acoustic research has become one of the most promising lines of language research internationally however it is still less explored research area in our local context.
Center for Language Engineering (CLE), Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), University of Engineering and Technology (UET), in collaboration with Society for Natural Language Processing (SNLP), is conducting CLE Post-Graduate Certificate in “Fundamentals of Acoustic Phonetics”. This program is specifically targeted for faculty and researchers from disciplines including Urdu, English, Applied Linguistics, English Language Teaching, Electrical Engineering (Speech Processing), Speech Pathology, and related areas and is organized on weekends to encourage and facilitate faculty participation. |
Objectives
The aim of this certificate is to advance the field of Acoustic phonetics and its research in the local context. This program will help the participants to identify the unexplored areas of research in the context of Urdu Phonetics and understanding a broad range of challenging problems, including:
- Teaching of English / Urdu language and speech
- Phonetic comparison of languages
- Child language acquisition
- Speech communication technology and speech processing
- Synthetic speech
- Automatic recognition of spoken messages
- Speech perception and hearing
- Pathologic speech and language
Coverage
Through this certificate the participants will study the source-filter theory for sound production along with practical techniques for acoustic analysis of speech using PRAAT software. The program will cover the following units:
- Articulatory Phonetics of English and Urdu
- Introduction to Acoustic Phonetics
- Temporal and Spectral Analysis of Vocalic and Consonantal Sounds
- Acoustics Analysis of Prosodic Features
Target Audience
This training is targeted for faculty and researchers in the following and other related areas
- Applied Linguistics
- English Language
- Urdu Language
- English Language Teaching
- Speech Pathology
- Computer Science (Speech Processing)
- Electrical Engineering (Speech Processing)
Program
| Session |
Task |
Time Duration |
Trainer |
13-3-2015
Friday |
Review of Articulatory Phonetics and transcription practice of Urdu and English text |
2:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain |
14-3-2015
Saturday |
Introduction to Acoustic Phonetics and Introduction to PRAAT |
10:00 AM-1:15 PM |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain |
| Acoustic properties of oral and nasal vowels and lab session for spectrogram reading of these vowels |
1:45 PM-5:00 PM |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain |
20-3-2015
Friday |
Acoustic properties of stops and fricatives and lab session for spectrogram reading of these consonants |
2:00 PM-5:30 PM |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain |
21-3-2015
Saturday |
Acoustic properties of nasals, affricates, lateral, etc. and lab session for spectrogram reading of these consonants |
10:00 AM-1:15 PM |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain |
| Suprasegmental features, i.e. stress and intonation, and lab session for spectrogram reading of these features |
1:45 PM-5:00 PM |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain |
Registration Fees
| Professional (Non-Faculty): |
PKR 25,000 |
| Professional (Faculty): |
PKR 10,000 |
| Student (PhD & MPhil): |
PKR 7,500 |
Registration Deadline: 27th February 2015, 5:00 pmThe registration has been closed as all seats have been reserved.Note:
- Discounts on group registration are now available!
- Number of participants is limited to 20 on first come first served basis
- Faculty and Students are requested to show their valid original university identity cards for registration
- On-site registration will depend on the availability of seats
- Registration fees is non-refundable and non-transferable
Payment Procedure:
Participants are requested to pay the registration fee in order to confirm their seat. Payments are to be made in any one of the following ways:
- Visit CLE, at University of Engineering and Technology, G.T. Road, Lahore, make payment to Mr. Dilshad Ali, Accounts Officer, CLE and get a payment receipt.
- Pay through UBL Omni. Get your payment receipt from CLE, on the first day of the program.
- Pay through EasyPaisa. Get your payment receipt from CLE, on the first day of the program.
- Pay through MobiCash. Get your payment receipt from CLE, on the first day of the program.
Resource Person
Dr. Sarmad Hussain
Head, CLE, KICS-UET
| PhD | Northwestern University, USA |
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MPhil (Computer Speech and Language Processing) | Cambridge University, UK |
Dr. Sarmad Hussain did his doctoral degree in Speech Science with a thesis on Urdu phonetics and phonology. He also worked at Oxford University Phonetics Lab during his doctoral program, working on phonological aspects of stress in Urdu. He had completed his MPhil in Computer Speech and Language Processing where he worked on Urdu text to speech system.
Dr. Sarmad Hussain heads the Center for Language Engineering at Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore. Before UET, he was heading the Computer Science Department at FAST National University, Lahore, where he was also the founding head of Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing.
His research is focused on developing computing solutions for Pakistani languages, including research in linguistics, localization, language computing standards, speech processing and computational linguistics. He has been serving on many national and international committees. Some of his current international memberships included Security and Stability Advisor Committee of ICANN, Executive Committee of Asian Federation of Natural Language Processing, and Pakistan representative on the International Committee for the Co-ordination and Standardization of Speech Databases and Assessment Techniques. At national level, he currently serves on IDN ccTLD committee of Ministry of IT, National Standards Committee of National Language Authority and is the Chairperson of Society of Natural Language Processing of Pakistan.
He has been awarded by Pakistan Science Academy for his work on Pakistani Languages.
Venue
Android Lab, Innovation & Technology Incubation Center,
University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore
Contact Us
For queries please contact:
CLE Post-Graduate Certificate Program
Center for Language Engineering
Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science
University of Engineering and Technology, G.T. Road,
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99029450, +92-42-36821444
Email: pgcertificate@cle.org.pk
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