Objective All aspects of speech processing are rapidly growing in commercial importance. A leading market analyst reports 129.8 million USD were generated by speech products in North America in 2004, but predicts these revenues will increase to nearly one billion USD by 2011. In order to accelerate the rate of advance in speech technology, a new elite of researchers are required who are well-versed in all aspects of speech processing, as opposed to the narrowly-concentrated specialists who are currently the norm. Educating such an elite class of researchers will be a primary goal of the SCALE, Speech Communication with Adaptive Learning, Initial Training Network. SCALE will be concerned with adaptive learning approaches to all areas of speech processing, with particular focuses on automatic speech recognition and synthesis, signal processing, human speech recognition, and machine learning. The primary goal of SCALE is to create an environment that will foster synergistic cooperation between researchers in each of the aforementioned disciplines. In particular, SCALE has three principal scientific objectives: 1. To bridge the gap between speech recognition and speech synthesis; 2. To bridge the gap between human and automatic speech recognition; 3. To bridge the gap between signal processing and adaptive learning. We plan to assess the improvements in these core technologies achieved in the course of the project through regular evaluations on standard benchmark tasks. We will also demonstrate the effectiveness of the interdiscplinary approach to research in speech processing proposed here through a series of high quality publications at international conferences and in prestigious journals. Finally, we propose to build cooperation between academia and industry through the inclusion of two major industrial partners in the consortium, whose presence will ensure the research training contributes directly to the next generation of speech products. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processingnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning Keywords Cognitive Systems Intelligent interfaces Signal processing Speech Processing Technological sciences Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN - Marie Curie Action: " Networks for Initial Training" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-ITN - Networks for Initial Training (ITN) Coordinator UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES EU contribution € 914 584,15 Address CAMPUS 66123 Saarbrucken Germany See on map Region Saarland Saarland Regionalverband Saarbrücken Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Vera Siegmund (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution € 421 810,40 Address OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela Noble (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDATION DE L'INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE IDIAP Switzerland EU contribution € 441 302,40 Address RUE MARCONI 19 1920 Martigny See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Valais / Wallis Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Francois Foglia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands EU contribution € 399 845,61 Address HOUTLAAN 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Henk Van Den Heuvel (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN Germany EU contribution € 400 668,40 Address TEMPLERGRABEN 55 52062 Aachen See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Georg Heigold (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution € 421 810,40 Address FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gill Wells (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data