[comp.dcom.telecom] Call For Papers: Voice In Computing

ragui@watmath.waterloo.edu (ragui Kamel) (07/13/89)

               Call for Papers and Referees

              Special issue of IEEE Computer

                    Voice in Computing

The August 1990 issue of IEEE Computer is dedicated to the topic of
Voice in Computing.  Surveys, Tutorials, system or application
descriptions or case studies are solicited in the following areas:

*	Computer interface to voice communications including call
         management, phone answering and voice conferencing.

*	Voice manipulation by computer including recording, storage
         and editing.

*	Computer voice applications including voice mail systems and
         voice response systems.

*	Integrated voice/data applications, including voice annotation
         voice/data conferencing and uses of ISDN.

*	Voice in computer user interfaces including use of speech-
         synthesis and recognition.

*	Speech synthesis or recognition systems

*	Computer architectures for voice including workstation
         support, voice servers and distributed connection control.


                                Manuscript Submission
                                ------------------------
Papers should be original submissions of no more than 30 typed double-
spaced pages single-sided (approx. 8,000 words) , including all illustrations
and references.  Other than for survey articles, no more than 12 references
should be cited.

Papers should include a cover sheet providing the name and affiliation of
the author(s), their complete address, E-mail address, Fax and telephone
number.  A short (300 word) abstract and a list of keywords should also be
part of the title page.


                                  Deadlines
                                  ----------
	300 word abstract due as soon as possible

	8 Copies of manuscript due				November 1, 1989

	Notification of acceptance				January 1, 1990

	Revised manuscripts due				March 1, 1990


                                 Submissions
                                 -------------
Please send submissions or questions to

	Ragui Kamel,
	Computing Research Laboratory
	Bell-Northern Research
	P.O. Box  3511 - Station C
	Ottawa, Canada K1Y 4H7

	Tel (613) 763-3609
	Fax (613) 763-4222
	E-mail: Ragui@BNR.CA


                                  Referees
                                  ---------
If you are willing to review papers for IEEE Computer, please contact

	Dr. Bruce Shriver,
	Editor-in-Chief, Computer
	Vice-President for Research
	University of Southwestern Louisiana
	Drawer 42730
	Lafayette, LA 70504

	Tel (318) 231-6000
	E-mail  Shriver@usl.edu.