Session program

[September 24th] 9:00a.m. - 6:30p.m.

*Opening

<Speech Motor Control ‡T>
Vincent L. Gracco (McGill University & Haskins Laboratories)
- Perturbation of speech motor output: History, interpretation and future direction
Hiroaki Gomi¹, Takayuki Ito^1,2, Masaaki Honda¹ (¹NTT Communication Science Laboratories, ²CREST/JST)
- Control mechanisms of cooperative articulation - From the viewpoint of perturbation study -
*Break
Rafael Laboissiere¹, Douglass M. Shiller² and David J. Ostry^2,3
(¹Institute de la communication Parlee, ²McGill University, ³Haskins Laboratories),
- Estimating mechanical properties of speech articulators
David J. Ostry^1,2, Stephanie Tremblay¹ and Douglas M. Shiller¹
(¹McGill University, ²Haskins Laboratories)
- Force-field adaptation in speech motor control

*Lunch

<Speech Motor Control ‡U>
Joseph S. Perkell, Melanie L. Matthies, E. Stockmann, Mark K. Tiede and Majid Zandipour (M.I.T)
- Relations between production and perception: Studies of inter-subject differences
Hideki Kawahara (Wakamiya University & ATR & CREST/JST)
- Exploring dynamics of auditorily mediated F0 trajectories using pseudo random sequences
*Break
Kevin G. Munhall and J. A. Jones (Queen's University)
- Auditory contributions to speech motor control
Philip Hoole (Munich University)
- Perturbation of speech: natural and surgical
*Break
<Speech Motor Control ‡V>
Pascal Perrier¹, Susanne Fuchs^2,3, Christine Mooshammer², Gaelle Charbonnier⁴, Julie Devignes⁴ and Rudolph Sock^1,4
(¹Institut de la Communication Parlee, ²Zentrum fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, ³Queen Margaret University College, ⁴Institut de Phonetique)
- An assessment of the influence of the palate on motor control in speech production
Masaaki Honda¹, Akinori Fujino¹, Emi Z. Murano^2,3
(¹NTT Communication Science Laboratories, ²The University of Tokyo, ³CREST/JST)
- Compensatory responses of articulators to unexpected palatal perturbation of the magnetic field
*Break
Takashi Sakamoto (Asahikawa Medical College)
- Brainstem neuronal network controling vocalization movement in cats
Emi Z. Murano^1,2, Takayuki Ito^2,3, Hiroaki Gomi³
(¹The University of Tokyo, ²CREST/JST, ³NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
- Perioral reflex modulation on speech motor control


[September 25th] 9:00a.m. - 4:30p.m.

<Measurements and Modeling ‡T>
Kiyoshi Honda¹, Hironori Takemoto¹, Yukiko Nota¹, Shinobu Masaki¹ and Sayoko Takano^1,2
(¹ATR-I, ²CREST/JST)
- Physiological assessment of speech production activities by means of MRI
Maureen Stone and Andrew Lundberg (University of Maryland Dental School)
- Exploring muscle trade-offs with tagged Cine-MRI image sequences
Kunitoshi Motoki and Hiroki Matsuzaki (Hokkai-Gakuen University)
- Numerical computation on acoustic characteristics of 3D vocal-tract models
*Break
<Measurement and Modeling ‡U>
Tokihiko Kaburagi¹ and Masaaki Honda²
(¹Kyushu Institute of Design, ²NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
- Electromagnetic articulograph system using the spline representation of the magnetic field
Nobuhiro Miki, Eiichi Yoshikawa and Kohji Sasaki (Future University - Hakodate)
- Acoustic analysis of vocal tract in time-domain and FEM
Takemi Mochida and Masaaki Honda (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
- An experimental study on acoustical measurement of vocal-tract area function

*Lunch

<Measurements and Modeling ‡V>
Elliot Saltzman^1,3 and Dani Byrd^2,3
(¹Boston University, ²University of Southern California, ³Haskins Laboratories)
- Accommodating underlying invariance and surface variability at phrasal junctures
Jianwu Dang^1,2 and Kiyoshi Honda² (¹JAIST, ²ATR-I)
- Motor control for a physiological articulatory model involving muscle antagonism
*Break
Kazufumi Nishikawa¹, Akinori Imai¹, Takayuki Ogawara¹, Hideaki Takanobu², Takemi Mochida³, Atsuo Takanisshi¹
(¹Waseda University, ²Kogakuin University, ³NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
- Anthropomorphic talking robot for natural vowels and consonant sounds
Eric V. Bateson and Member of ATR-I Communication Dynamics Project
- Face structure and motion for spoken communication

*Closing

Presentation

All the papers of the organized sessions will be presented in the oral sessions.
Each presentation is 20 mins. plus 10 mins. for questions.
Projector for PC, OHP and Video (VHS format) will be available for the presentation.
If you want to use other equipment, please let us know.