The Young Researchers' Roundtable on Spoken Dialog Systems is an
annual workshop designed for students, post docs, and junior
researchers working in applied spoken dialog systems research. The
roundtable provides an open forum where participants can discuss their
research interests, current work and future plans. The workshop is
meant to foster creative thinking about current issues in spoken
dialog systems research, and help create a stronger international
network of young researchers working in the field. There is no actual
age restriction to participating in the workshop, it is simply
designed for researchers who are at a relatively early stage of their
careers.
So far, the workshop attendance has been based on participant's
submission of a position paper. As part of the submission process,
participants also propose discussion topics. The workshop constitutes
of several parallel discussion sessions in the morning and in the
afternoon. Each session follows a roundtable format on a topic defined
beforehand.
In 2007 a panel of senior researchers was established. It was titled "Advice for a young dialogue researcher".
Upcoming Workshops
We are currently in the process of planning the 4th annual Young Researchers' Roundtable in 2008.
Following the previous events, we assume that it will be co-located with Interspeech 2008 or SigDial 2008.
Previous Workshops
Three roundtables have been held. The first, in 2005, was in Lisbon, Portugal, and attracted 26 position papers. In 2006, the worksop was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA and attracted 40 position papers. In 2007, the worksop was held in Antwerp, Beglium and attracted 26 position papers. Here you may find links to the proceedings, and to the workshop webpages of each of these:
- Fourth annual YRRSDS, June 21, 2008. Columbus, Ohio Website | Proceedings | Notes and Photos
- Third annual YRRSDS, September 3, 2007. Antwerp, Belgium Website | Proceedings | | available on google groups page only
- Second annual YRRSDS, September 16, 2006. Pittsburgh, PA, USA Website | Proceedings | Notes | Photos
- First annual YRRSDS, September 1st, 2005. Lisbon, Portual. Website | Proceedings | Notes | Photos
Sponsorship and Endorsement
The Young Researchers' Roundtable grew out of the Dialogs on Dialog reading group at Carnegie Mellon University. It has received endorsements from both ISCA and SIGdial. In addition, both Microsoft Research and ISCA have been regular sponsors of the workshop. The organizing and advisory committees have been comprised of students, researchers, and faculty from institutions around the world.
