The HCSNet Big ASC Corpus Definition Workshop The Mill, April 15 & 16, 2010 BigASC

The Big Agreement Sign off from each node required –Sign-off by all node CIs + your PVC or DVC research –Return asap to: Ms Darlene Williams MARCS Labs, University of Western Sydney Locked Bag 1797 Penrith South DC, NSW, 1797 Once we have all sign-offs then we can set out a budget & start employing people

Financials ARC: –Original request: $1,296,525 –Obtained: $650,000 (~50%) Combined Universities –Total Pledged: $435,000 Total Requested: $1,731,525 Maximum Available: $1,082,787 (~62.5%) So….

Strategy Retain all infrastructure –Hardware for data collection at each site –Software for data collection and upload at each site –Central hardware for storage –Central software for data upload and access –Central personnel to implement the project –All agreed-upon corpus components –Annotation to minimum required levels Economies –Amount of data (  RA time & informants at each site) –Centralise annotation and possibly reduce extent Future Development; On basis of firm infrastructure and demonstrated utility: –Explore avenues for extra funding, e.g., internal univ grants, external grants using Big ASC as a lever/platform –Raise public awareness; publicise project & benefits to media

This Meeting - Background Working parties (WPs) have been diligently developing recipes for: –Infrastructure –Metadata –Corpus Components Presentations by each WP Champion followed by general discussion and resolution All sessions audio-recorded and will be time stamped manually (thanks Linda Buckley)

This Meeting - Aims Determine infrastructure details: –building data collection hardware and software –setting up central hardware and software –developing/installing hardware and software at sites centrally Determine data collection details –Metadata (calibration, demographics) –Corpus components

Infrastructure, metadata, corpus components Infrastructure Collection Hardware & Software Data Access & Storage Metadata Demographic Questionnaire Calibration Corpus Components Basic Speech Components –Isolated Words –Read Sentences –Digits Speech in Noise Emotional Speech –Read Speech (emotion) –Interview (emotion) Interview Spont Speech & Read Narrative Yes/No Elicitation Map Task

Docs in Printed Program Working Party Document Infrastructure Collection Hardware & Software BigASC Hardware Spec.pdf Hardware requirements for the BigASC.pdf Quote small.xls The Collection Software text at the page. Data Access & Storage The text at the page Annotation.pdf Metadata Demographic Questionnaire Demographics_CorpusComponentRecipes.pdf Calibration Calibration_CorpusComponentRecipes.pdf Millar, Wagner & Goecke avozesDocV1_2.pdf (pp: 1-4; 8-15) Corpus Components Basic Speech Components Isolated Words IsolatedWords_CorpusComponentRecipesNew.2.pdf Read Sentences ReadSentences_CorpusComponentRecipes.pdf Digits DIGITS_CorpusComponentRecipes.pdf tidigits.pdf Speech in Noise CorpusComponent_SPIN.pdf Emotional Speech Read Speech (emotion) RSin7Emotions_CorpusComponentRecipes_V02.pdf Interview (emotion) Interviewin7Emotions_CorpusComponentRecipes_V02.pdf Interview Template_Interview.doc Spont Speech & Read Narrative Template_Reading transcript of previous narrative.doc Yes/No Elicitation yes_no_recipes_ver2.pdf Map Task The text in the page Basic Oral Language Documentation

This Meeting Thursday, April 15 Time Item Presenter 9:00 AM Coffee and welcome 10:00 AM Overview Burnham 10:15 AM Infrastructure 10:15 AM Data Access & Storage Cassidy 10:45 AM Collection H/W & S/W Lewis 11:15 AM Coffee Break 11:45 AM Discussion of Infrastructure + Conclusions 12:45 PM Lunch – The Mill Bistro 2:00 PM Basic Speech Components 2:00 PM Isolated words Cox 2:20 PM Read sentences Cox 2:40 PM Digits Togneri 3:00 PM Discussion of Basic Speech Components + Conclusions 4:00 PM Coffee Break 4:30 PM Speech in Noise Togneri 5:00 PM Discussion of Speech in Noise + Conclusions 5:30 PM Map Task Dale 6:30 PM Discussion of Map Task 7:00 PM Drinks 7:30 PM Cars and Taxis to Dinner – Green Bamboo Vietnamese Restaurant, 159 Tower St., Panania (map available).

Friday April 16 Time Item Presenter 9:00 AM Interview Ingram 9:00 AM Spont’s Sp + Read Narr’ve Ingram 9:30 AM Discussion of Interview/Spont & Read Speech + Conclusions 10:00 AM Yes/No Elicitation Kinoshita 10:30 AM Discussion of Yes/No Elicitation + Conclusions 11:00 AM Coffee Break 11:30 AM Emotion 11:30 AM Read Sentences - 7 emotions Epps 12:00 AM Interview in 7 emotions Epps 12:30 AM Discussion of Emotions + Conclusions 1:00 PM Lunch 2:00 PM Metadata 2:00 PM Calibration Goecke (presented by Lewis) 2:30 PM Demographic q’re (+ ethics) Cox 3:00 PM Informant Characteristics Cox 3:30 PM Discussion of Metadata, Informant Ch’s + Conclusions 4:00 PM Coffee, Drinks and General Discussion 4:30 PM Final Discussion and Resolutions 5:00 PM Close and Cars and/or Taxis to Revesby Rail station and train  airport This Meeting

Infrastructure Presentations –Summary of the key needs to be addressed and problems to be solved. –Offered solution –Limitations –Cheaper options; cost-benefit trade-offs To Consider and Raise –Issues in implementation for specific special interests or at specific nodes –Implications for your corpus component –Modifications required for your corpus component

Discussion - Infrastructure Does Infrastructure accommodate all components?  Are Modifications are required at different sites? Interaction with metadata, e.g., –can calibration overcome physical differences between sites? –Will metadata be entered directly? Hardware and Software –What needs to be bought? –What needs to be developed? –Integration of hardware and software. –Interface of on-site and central hardware and software. Training of on-site RAs. Further Development –Work still to be done Responsibilities –By whom?

Metadata Presentations –Outline recommended procedures –Comment on anything special or unexpected in collecting or recording the metadata –Particular issues on which feedback is sought –Special considerations for specific components –Estimate of approx duration for administration –Info re the number of sessions required; when in the 3 sessions these would be placed To Consider and Raise –Issues in implementation in specific areas or at specific nodes –Implications for your corpus component –Modifications required for your corpus component

Discussion - Metadata Is Metadata collection sufficient? Does it: –accommodate all sites –allow for all components?  What Modifications are required at different sites? Interaction with infrastructure, e.g., –Can calibration overcome physical differences between sites? –Will metadata be entered directly or on pencil and paper? Software –What needs to be bought? –What needs to be developed? By whom? –Interface of on-site & central hardware & software. By whom? Training of on-site RAs. Further Development –Work still to be done Responsibilities –By whom?

Corpus Components Presentations –Data –Resource Requirements –Informant Characteristics –Collection –Coding and Annotation –Approx duration for administration –Number of sessions required; when in the 3 sessions these would be placed To Consider and Raise –Issues in implementation in specific areas or at specific nodes –Overlap with other components  economies –Utility for/ applicability to Special Interest Groups and End-users –Priority

Discussion - Components Include Component? Modifications to recipe in document? Overlap with other components? –Decide or compromise or amalgamation –Flag compromise or amalgamation for future discussion Scheduling –Duration for administration –Number of sessions –distribution over the 3 sessions Special Implications and Requirements for –infrastructure –metadata Calibration Demographic data Informant characteristics Further Development –Work still to be done Responsibilities –By whom?

Information Wireless Access: –Network: The Mill –Key: llim2010ybs Sites of interest – – Taxi receipts, train timetables, maps –Linda Buckley

Thanks to: HCSNet –Financial support (2/3 of cost of this meeting) MARCS –Finances and underwriting (Darlene Williams) –Admin Gail Charlton Karen McConachie –Tech Colin Schoknecht Steve Fazio Macquarie –Linda Buckley –Chris Callaghan