9th Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies
May 27, 2022 — Dublin, Ireland (Virtual)
Collocated with ACL
Organized by the ACL/ISCA Special Interest Group on
Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SIG-SLPAT)
Program
Time
Friday, 27th May (All time stated are in Dublin time, GMT+1)
09:00-09:30
Opening Remarks
09:30-10:30
Invited speaker: Annalu Waller
"Participatory Interface Design for Intelligent Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technologies"
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:30
Brienna Herold, James Waller, Raja Kushalnagar:
"Applying the Stereotype Content Model to assess disability bias in popular pre-trained NLP models underlying AI-based assistive technologies" (10)
11:30-12:00
Rachid Riad, Hadrien Titeux, Laurie Lemoine, Justine Montillot, Agnès Sliwinski, Jennifer Hamet Bagnou, Xuan Nga Cao, Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi, Emmanuel Dupoux:
"A comparison study on patient-psychologist voice diarization" (6)
12:00-12:30
Matthew Daly:
"ColorCode: A Bayesian Approach to Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Two Buttons" (4)
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-14:15
Poster pitches
14:15-15:15
Poster session:
- Brian Roark, Alexander Gutkin: "Design principles of an open-source language modeling microservice package for AAC text-entry applications" (3)
- Magali Norré, Vincent Vandeghinste, Thomas François, Bouillon Pierrette: "Investigating the Medical Coverage of a Translation System into Pictographs for Patients with an Intellectual Disability" (8)
- Johanna Gerlach, Jonathan David Mutal, Bouillon Pierrette: "Producing Standard German Subtitles for Swiss German TV Content" (7)
- Preethi Vaidyanathan, Angela J Wislon, Doug Sawyer, Amy Diego, Augustine Webster, Katerina Fassov, James Brinton, Jenn Rubenstein:
"A glimpse of assistive technology in daily life" (5)
- Ailbhe Ni Chasaide, Emily Barnes, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Ronan McGuirk, Oisín Morrin, Muireann Nic Corcráin, Julia Cummins: "Challenges in assistive technology development for an endangered language: an Irish (Gaelic) perspective" (13)
- Shachi H. Kumar, Hsuan Su, Ramesh Manuvinakurike, Maximilian C Pinaroc, Sai Prasad, Saurav Sahay, Lama Nachman: "CueBot: Cue-Controlled Response Generation for Assistive Interaction Usages" (12)
15:15-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:30
Sian Gooding:
"On the Ethical Considerations of Text Simplification" (9)
16:30-17:30
Invited speaker: Raja Kushalnagar:
"Accessibility Guidelines for AI-powered Services and Models"
17:30-18:00
Closing Remarks
Invited speakers
- Prof. Annalu Waller OBE
Chair of Human Communication Technologies
Academic Lead (Computing)
Programme Lead for MSc Educational Assistive Technology
School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee
- Prof. Raja Kushalnagar
Director, Information Technology Program and Accessible Information and Communication Technologies Lab
Professor, School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics and Public Health
Gallaudet University
Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (SIG-SLPAT)
Program
| Time | Friday, 27th May (All time stated are in Dublin time, GMT+1) |
|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Opening Remarks |
| 09:30-10:30 | Invited speaker: Annalu Waller "Participatory Interface Design for Intelligent Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technologies" |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:30 | Brienna Herold, James Waller, Raja Kushalnagar: "Applying the Stereotype Content Model to assess disability bias in popular pre-trained NLP models underlying AI-based assistive technologies" (10) |
| 11:30-12:00 | Rachid Riad, Hadrien Titeux, Laurie Lemoine, Justine Montillot, Agnès Sliwinski, Jennifer Hamet Bagnou, Xuan Nga Cao, Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi, Emmanuel Dupoux:
"A comparison study on patient-psychologist voice diarization" (6) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Matthew Daly: "ColorCode: A Bayesian Approach to Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Two Buttons" (4) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:15 | Poster pitches |
| 14:15-15:15 | Poster session:
- Brian Roark, Alexander Gutkin: "Design principles of an open-source language modeling microservice package for AAC text-entry applications" (3) - Magali Norré, Vincent Vandeghinste, Thomas François, Bouillon Pierrette: "Investigating the Medical Coverage of a Translation System into Pictographs for Patients with an Intellectual Disability" (8) - Johanna Gerlach, Jonathan David Mutal, Bouillon Pierrette: "Producing Standard German Subtitles for Swiss German TV Content" (7) - Preethi Vaidyanathan, Angela J Wislon, Doug Sawyer, Amy Diego, Augustine Webster, Katerina Fassov, James Brinton, Jenn Rubenstein: "A glimpse of assistive technology in daily life" (5) - Ailbhe Ni Chasaide, Emily Barnes, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Ronan McGuirk, Oisín Morrin, Muireann Nic Corcráin, Julia Cummins: "Challenges in assistive technology development for an endangered language: an Irish (Gaelic) perspective" (13) - Shachi H. Kumar, Hsuan Su, Ramesh Manuvinakurike, Maximilian C Pinaroc, Sai Prasad, Saurav Sahay, Lama Nachman: "CueBot: Cue-Controlled Response Generation for Assistive Interaction Usages" (12) |
| 15:15-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-16:30 | Sian Gooding: "On the Ethical Considerations of Text Simplification" (9) |
| 16:30-17:30 | Invited speaker: Raja Kushalnagar: "Accessibility Guidelines for AI-powered Services and Models" |
| 17:30-18:00 | Closing Remarks |
- Prof. Annalu Waller OBE
Chair of Human Communication Technologies Academic Lead (Computing) Programme Lead for MSc Educational Assistive Technology School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee - Prof. Raja Kushalnagar
Director, Information Technology Program and Accessible Information and Communication Technologies Lab
Professor, School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics and Public Health
Gallaudet University
