ASSTA History - Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association

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 2019

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 2018

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 2017

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 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 2013

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 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 2011

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 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 2009

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 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 2007

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 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 2005

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 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 2003

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 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 1996

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 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 1994

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 1993

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 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 1991

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 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

ASSTA Executive of 1989

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

Inaugural ASSTA Executive of 1988

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

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