Listening into 2030: Imagineering the Future of Spoken Communication Science and Technology

University Of California-Berkeley, Berkeley CA

Investigators

Abstract

Advances in connected sensors, distributed computing, machine intelligence, and the cognitive neurosciences are likely to have a huge impact on speech communication and the hearing sciences. This workshop, taking place in Berkeley, CA on September 13-14, 2016, will provide a principled scientific and interdisciplinary foundation for research directions in the perceptual and cognitive sciences with applications to speech communication. It is intended that this workshop provide a road map for advancements in technology and therapeutics that may eliminate barriers to effective speech communication between humans and machines for a broad spectrum of the world's population. The primary objective of the workshop is to explore a basis for a long-term research network that will enable communication among fields related to speech and hearing. It will bring together 40 researchers from a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines associated with speech communication. Specific topics will include the possibility of techniques to bolster the listener's comprehension of auditory scenes and improve speech comprehension. Young researchers and researchers from groups underrepresented in science will be invited to participate. The workshop is co-funded by the Perception, Action, and Cognition Program in SBE directorate and the Robust Intelligence Program in CISE directorate.