A workshop for women undergraduate and masters students currently working in speech science and technology was held as part of Interspeech 2018 on 1 September at Kohli Research Block. The workshop included panel discussions with senior female researchers in the field, student poster presentations and a mentoring session.This was followed by a dinner with invited senior members of the Interspeech community.
This workshop is the third of its kind, after a successful inaugural event YFRSW 2016, at Interspeech 2016 in San Francisco and YFRSW 2017 at Interspeech 2017 in Stockholm. The aim of this workshop is to foster research interest in speech science and technology in women at undergraduate or master level who have not yet committed to doing Ph.D in this area but have had some research experience in their college and universities via individual or group projects.
IIIT-Hyderabad student Mounika Kamsali Veera won the Best Poster Award at YFRSW 2018