In collaboration with the University of Geneva, this unique curriculum provides an extensive introduction to the major areas of speech and language technology. Strengthening inter-disciplinary connections, it includes lectures on speech signal processing, speech and speaker recognition, and natural language processing, introductions to language engineering applications, and linguistic training for language and speech engineers. The course will take place from March 2001 to December 2001. Its total duration is 200 hours, distributed in 7 modules divided into compact sessions of 2 to 3 days each. In general, mornings are taken up by lectures, and afternoons are devoted to practical exercises.
Registration is possible for any selection of modules.
Finally, for people simply interested in extending their knowledge in some specific areas, each course will also be proposed as an independent module. Experience in programming and basic knowledge in computer science is required. The present Postgraduate Course can be taken as a partial fulfilment of the Swiss implementation of the European Masters in Language and Speech endorsed by the European Speech Communication Association and the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. It is also foreseen that the Euromaster students will be given the possibility to meet with the other students involved in similar programs implemented in the other European partner universities in the framework of a European school.