INTERSPEECH'2005 SCIENCE QUIZ

Fun and imagination at INTERSPEECH'2005 - EUROSPEECH!

Upon registration in Lisbon, all INTERSPEECH' 2005 participants received a sheet with 16 intruiging questions from the area of language and speech science and technology. They were selected from proposals from colleagues from all over the world. Participants were challenged to find the right answers during INTERSPEECH' 2005 and to compete for the honour and a nice prize, a beautiful vase of Portuguese ceramics.

THE ANSWERS AND THE WINNER
Although lots of discussion was witnessed, and frantic Internet searches, the quiz was considered quite difficult, and only 40 participants returned the form. There was a tie between two participants who got 12 answers right. The final winner was Ibon Saratxaga from Spain, with Arlo Faria in second place. Other high scores were obtained by Mats Blomberg, Lou Boves, Frederic Bimbot, Athanassios Katsamanis and Bernd Möbius.

Here is the powerpoint presentation with the results.

THE INTERSPEECH'2005 SCIENCE QUIZ COMMITTEE
Rolf Carlson - Sweden
Julia Hirschberg - USA
Lin-Shan Lee - Taiwan
Michael Wagner - Australia
Isabel Trancoso - Portugal
Gerrit Bloothooft - The Netherlands, co-ordinator