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ASSTA History
Milestones of ASSTA History
- 1972: Group of people interested in ‘Speech Processing by Computer’ meet at a computing conference
- 1972-78: Directory of people publicised through Linguistic Society of Australia and Australian Computer Society conferences.
- 1978: Australian Speech Research Association (ASRA) launched at a 2-day Speech Research workshop Canberra ,
- 1984: ASRA newsletter directory listed 25 research groups
- 1984: After a 2-day ‘Speech Normalisation’ workshop in Canberra, John Clark and Bruce Millar propose an Australian Speech Research Conference
- 1986: First Speech Science and Technology conference (SST’86) held in Canberra
- 1988: ASSTA Inc formed in December at the second SST conference (SST’88)
- 1998: ASSTA hosts the International Conference on Spoken Language Processing in Sydney
- 2005: Australian Speech Science and Technology Association becomes Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association
- 2006: SST held outside Australia for the first time, in Auckland, New Zealand.
- 2008: Reciprocal Membership deal between ASSTA and ISCA established
- 2008: ASSTA hosts Interspeech in Brisbane.
- 2019: ASSTA hosts ICPHS2019 in Melbourne.
Prof. J. Bruce Millar wrote a personal reflection on the the formation of ASSTA and its early days. This can be found here.
ASSTA Executives
(Most recent at the top)
ASSTA Executive of 2021-2022
Felicity Cox (President) Macquarie University
Debbie Loakes (Secretary) University of Melbourne
Michael Tyler (Treasurer) Western Sydney University
Sasha Calhoun Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Janet Fletcher University of Melbourne
Michael Proctor (co-opted) Macquarie University
ASSTA Executive of 2019-2020
Felicity Cox (President) Macquarie University
Debbie Loakes (Secretary) University of Melbourne
Michael Tyler (Treasurer) Western Sydney University
Trent Lewis Flinders University
Janet Fletcher University of Melbourne
ASSTA Executive of 2017-8
Catherine Watson (President) University of Auckland
Felicity Cox (Secretary) Macquarie University
Michael Tyler (Treasurer) Western Sydney University
Trent Lewis Flinders University
Janet Fletcher University of Melbourne
ASSTA Executive of 2016
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
Felicity Cox (Secretary) Macquarie University
Michael Tyler (Treasurer) University of Western Sydney
Trent Lewis Flinders University
Catherine Watson University of Auckland
ASSTA Executive of 2015
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
Marija Tabain (Secretary) La Trobe University
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
Trent Lewis Flinders University
Catherine Watson University of Auckland
ASSTA Executive of 2013-2014
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
Marija Tabain (Secretary) La Trobe University
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
Roberto Togneri University of Western Australia
Catherine Watson University of Auckland
ASSTA Executive of 2011-2012
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
Catherine Watson (Secretary) University of Auckland
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
Roberto Togneri University of Western Australia
Marija Tabain La Trobe University
ASSTA Executive of 2009-2010
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
David Grayden (Secretary) University of Melbourne
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
Roberto Togneri University of Western Australia
Catherine Watson University of Auckland
ASSTA Executive of 2007-2008
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
David Grayden (Secretary) University of Melbourne
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
Rolande Goecke National ITC Australia
Catherine Watson University of Auckland
ASSTA Executive of 2005-2006
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
David Grayden (Secretary) University of Melbourne
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
Rolande Goecke National ITC Australia
Steve Cassidy Macquarie University
ASSTA Executive of 2003-2004
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
Johanna Barry (Secretary) University of Oxford
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
David Grayden University of Melbourne
Steve Cassidy Macquarie University
ASSTA Executive of 2002
Denis Burnham (President) University of Western Sydney
Steve Cassidy (Secretary) Macquarie University
Shunichi Ishihara (Treasurer) Australian National University
David Grayden University of Melbourne
Johanna Barry University of Melbourne
ASSTA Executive of 2001
Bruce Miller (President) Australian National University
Steve Cassidy (Secretary) Macquarie University
David Grayden (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
Denis Burnham University of Western Sydney
Mike Barlow UNSW / ADFA
ASSTA Executive of 2001
Bruce Millar (President) Australian National University
David Grayden (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
Steve Cassidy (Secretary) Macquarie University
Michael Barlow UNSW / ADFA
Denis Burnham University of Western Sydney
Roberto Togneri (co-opted) University of Western Australia
ASSTA Executive of 2000
Bruce Millar (President) Australian National University
Roberto Togneri (Secretary) University of Western Australia
David Grayden (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
Denis Burnham University of Western Sydney
Julie Vonwiller APPEN Speech Technology
Jan van Doorn (co-opted) University of Sydney
ASSTA Executive of 1999
Bruce Millar (President) Australian National University
Roberto Togneri (Secretary) University of Western Australia
David Grayden (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
Ara Samouelian (till 8/9/99) University of Wollongong
Denis Burnham (from 8/9/99) University of Western Sydney
Jan van Doorn University of Sydney
ASSTA Executive of 1998
Bruce Millar (President) Australian National University
Roberto Togneri (Secretary) University of Western Australia
David Grayden (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
Ara Samouelian University of Wollongong
Jan van Doorn University of Sydney
ASSTA Executive of 1996-1997
Bruce Millar (President) Australian National University
Jeff Pittam (Secretary) University of Queensland
David Grayden (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
Roberto Togneri University of Western Australia
Julie Vonwiller University of Sydney
ASSTA Executive of 1993-1995
Peter Blamey (President) University of Melbourne
Bruce Millar (Secretary) Australian National University
Michael Scordilis (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
Jeff Pittam University of Queensland
Julie Vonwiller University of Sydney
ASSTA Executive of 1991-1992
Michael Wagner (President) University of New South Wales
Bruce Millar (Secretary) Australian National University
Peter Blamey (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
John Ingram University of Queensland
Julie Vonwiller University of Sydney
ASSTA Executive of 1988-1990
Michael Wagner (President) University of New South Wales
Bruce Millar (Secretary) Australian National University
Peter Blamey (Treasurer) University of Melbourne
John Clark Macquarie University
John Ingram University of Queensland
