Novi Sad hosted the 16th edition of the renowned conference Speech and Computer (SPECOM)

Novi Sad hosted the 16th edition of the renowned conference Speech and Computer (SPECOM), organized by the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, in cooperation with Moscow State Linguistic University and St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science (SPIIRAS). SPECOM is organized in parallel with the 10th jubilee edition of the conference DOGS (Digital Speech and Image Processing). The conference programme included a round-table discussion with the topic "Development and Applications of Speech Technologies", financially supported by AlfaNum, with the aim of establishing connections with scientific researchers all over the world (http://elementarium.cpn.rs/naucni-krug/specom-2014-u-novom-sadu/). The lecturers included most eminent experts from the field of speech technologies, and the joint event gather about 150 participants from more than 20 countries worldwide.