4th Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies
- Grenoble, France, 21–22 August, 2013
- Satellite workshop of INTERSPEECH 2013
- Co-located with the 1st Workshop on Affective Social Speech Signals (WASSS)
- Organized by the ACL/ISCA Special Interest Group on
Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SIG-SLPAT)
Travel and Venue
The SLPAT 2013 venue will be on the campus of Saint-Martin D'Hères, in the premises of the Maison Jean Kuntzmann.
For a suggestion of hotels, see accomodation below.
Going to Grenoble
The most convenient way to reach Grenoble is to take the plane. Grenoble is relatively close to two international airports: Lyon-St Exupéry and Geneva. There is a regular shuttle service between the airports and Grenoble. You can find all the different ways to come to Grenoble on the Université de Grenoble site:
For hotel suggestions, see below.
Going to the SLPAT 2013 venue
To access the MJK (Maison Jean Kuntzmann), take tram B towards «Gières – Plaine des sports» and stop at «Bibliothèques universitaires». This will take approximatively 20 minutes. All access information can be found here:
The following map gives you a detailed path to go from the tram stop to the workshop:
Going to the Smart Home "DOMUS"
The following map gives you a detailed path to go from the workshop to the smart-home:
Access to the cable car for the gala dinner
From the Tram B stop at «Notre-Dame Musée» : follow the Tram rails towards the cathedral for 100 metres then turn on the right «rue Brocherie». Walk in the street until you reach «place Saint-André» (often called «place du Tribunal» by locals). Cross the place towards the city theatre and follow the street «rue Hector Berlioz». The cable car station is at the end of the street.
Accommodation
Five hotels are suggested near the railway station of Grenoble. To go from these hotels to the conference, take tram B towards «Gières – Plaine des sports» and stop at «Bibliothèques universitaires». This will take approximatively 20 minutes.
- Hôtel des Alpes ** (65€)
- Hôtel Suisse et Bordeaux ** (57€)
- Hôtel Institut ** (50–65€)
- Hôtel de l'Europe ** (42–74€)
- Hôtel Royal *** (70€ and up)
Other hotels
Grenoble offers many more accommodation possibilities. We recommend you to choose an hotel close to tram B, between the railway station and the city centre (e.g., place Grenette). Take a look at the city web site:
