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2015
April 19, 2015 Chanel 2 late-night show
An interview with professor Ami Moyal presenting the robot Effie starting at 18:55 (Hebrew)
2014
July 10, 2014 "Telecom News"
An interview with Prof. Ami Moyal, the 2014 Speech Processing Conference Chairman and the head of the ACLP (Afeka Center for Language Processing).
At the annual conference for speech processing, at Afeka College of Engineering, in a live video conference with Ray Kurzweil, Author, Inventor, Visionary, and Director of Engineering at Google, said “In the future Humans and Computers will become one”
July 8, 2014 "Israel Defense"
MAFAT are investing in Language Processing (Hebrew)
MAFAT are investing in Language Processing (Hebrew)
Col. Yaniv Rotem, Head of Electronics Systems Division, DDR&D talked at the Annual Conference for Speech Processing, at Afeka College of Engineering.
July 8, 2014 "Telecom News"
Afeka College of Engineering and Israel Security System are collaborating in order to develop Speech Processing Technologies. (Hebrew)
Afeka College of Engineering and Israel Security System are collaborating in order to develop Speech Processing Technologies. (Hebrew)
As part of the 2014 Speech Processing Conference at Afeka, Col. Yaniv Rotem, Head of Electronics Systems Division, DDR&D, presented the Vision of Israel Security System, in the field of speech processing technology developments.
June 2, 2014 Information World
An Interview with Prof. Ami Moyal on what’s new at this year’s conference, at the ACLP and in speech processing technologies.
2013
July 7, 2013 Telecom News
"Speech Recognition - a New Technology, Even After 40 years of Research" (Hebrew)
Highlights from the 2013 international Speech Processing Conference at the Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel-Aviv.
A joint project between the ACLP and the NICE Systems security division was presented at the 2013 Speech Processing Conference held at the Afeka Academic College of Engineering. The objective of the project is to develop an algorithm for performing KWS in under-resourced languages.
July 1, 2013 Telecome News
"The Touch Screen is not Going to Disappear and a Speech Recognition Engine - Still a Dream" (Hebrew)
Prof. Ami Moyal, the 2013 Speech Processing Conference Chairman and the head of the ACLP, discusses recent trends in the field of Speech Processing in an interview for Telecom News.
July 1, 2013 Israel Hayom
"New: An Examination at the Speed of Sound" (Hebrew)
"New: An Examination at the Speed of Sound" (Hebrew)
An article published in “Israel Hayom” presenting an Israeli innovation: A diagnostic test using speech designed to recognize whether a patient is suffering from Sleep Apnea (Respiratory Arrest). This simple diagnostic can potentially save patients from having to spend up to nine hours in a sleep lab. The development will be presented at the international Speech Processing Conference at the Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel-Aviv.
June 30, 2013 People & Computers
On July 1st the Afeka Center for Language Processing (ACLP) will be hosting the third international Speech Processing Conference at the Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel-Aviv. The conference is chaired by Prof. Ami Moyal, head of the ACLP. Leading researchers in the field of speech processing from around the world have been invited to speak, among them Prof. Chin-Hui Lee, from the Georgia Institute of Technology,USA, one of the world's leading experts in the field and Prof. Lawrence Rabiner of Rutgers University, USA, who is considered the father of speech recognition technology.
You won’t believe how easy it is to spy on you… Ask Shabtai Shavit and Ami Moyal.
June 27, 2013 Globes
"No where to hide we are exposed" (Hebrew)
Prof. Ami Moyal, Head of the ACLP was interviewed by Globes on how large collections of recorded speech are filtered using Keyword Spotting methods and the controversy surrounding using these methods for national security vs. personal privacy issues.
"No where to hide we are exposed" (Hebrew)
Prof. Ami Moyal, Head of the ACLP was interviewed by Globes on how large collections of recorded speech are filtered using Keyword Spotting methods and the controversy surrounding using these methods for national security vs. personal privacy issues.
June 3, 2013 People & Computers Magazine - Information World
"An Interview with Prof. Ami Moyal", pp.26-27 (Hebrew)
On July 1-2, 2013 the annual Speech Processing Conference will be held at Afeka. Prof. Ami Moyal, the Conference Chairman and the head of the ACLP, was interviewed by People & Computers about the conference and new advancements in the field of Speech Recognition.
2012
August 5, 2012 TheCom Israeli Communications Web portal
"Speech Recognition - It's Just the Beginning" (Hebrew)
TheCom talks to Prof. Lawrence Rabiner and Dr. James Larson, invited speakers of the 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference about the research & development directions of voice recognition in the past, present and future.
TheCom talks to Prof. Lawrence Rabiner and Dr. James Larson, invited speakers of the 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference about the research & development directions of voice recognition in the past, present and future.
July 5, 2012 Maariv NRG
"University Heads are Harming the Israeli Academic World" (Hebrew)
"University Heads are Harming the Israeli Academic World" (Hebrew)
The Afeka Center for Language Processing (a part of the Afeka College of Engineering) is bridging the gap between the academia and industry in the NRG article dealing with the current situation in Israeli academia.
July 1, 2012 Yedioth Ahronoth
"I'm Talking to You! Don't You Understand Hebrew?" (Hebrew)
Yedioth Ahronoth explores the possibility of a speech processing application for Hebrew in the near future and interviews Prof. Ami Moyal, Head of the Afeka Center for Language Processing (ACLP) on the subject.
"I'm Talking to You! Don't You Understand Hebrew?" (Hebrew)
Yedioth Ahronoth explores the possibility of a speech processing application for Hebrew in the near future and interviews Prof. Ami Moyal, Head of the Afeka Center for Language Processing (ACLP) on the subject.
June 28, 2012 Calcalist
"The Man who Invented Speech Recognition: I'm Still Surprised by Siri's Success" (Hebrew)
Calcalist interviews Prof. Larry Rabiner during his visit to Israel to participate in the 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference.
Calcalist interviews Prof. Larry Rabiner during his visit to Israel to participate in the 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference.
June 27, 2012 Calcalist
"Google Launches Tablet and New Android" (Hebrew)
"Google Launches Tablet and New Android" (Hebrew)
The development of a speech recognition engine for Hebrew by Google is mentioned in the Calcalist article reviewing Google I/O 2012 announcements and speech features for Hebrew. The article also mentions Nuance and Afeka as working this field.
June 25, 2012 PC Hi-Tech News Web Portal
"Dr. James A. Larson: Siri is Good at Understanding Speech and is Not Bad at Conducting a Dialog - But It's Still Not Enough" (Hebrew)
"Dr. James A. Larson: Siri is Good at Understanding Speech and is Not Bad at Conducting a Dialog - But It's Still Not Enough" (Hebrew)
Hi-Tech News Web Portal talks to Dr. James Larson, an invited speaker at 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference.
June 12, 2012 "London et Kirshenbaum" (Hebrew)
News show on Israeli Channel 10 "London et Kirshenbaum" interview with Prof. Ami Moyal, starting at 46:01
June 11, 2012 Calcalist
Calcalist publishes interview with Mr. Peter Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer of Nuance Communications who participating in the 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference.
June 06, 2012 Ha'Aretz
"Siri's "Grandfather" Believes It Still Has a Lot to Learn" (Hebrew)
Ha'Aretz publishes an interview with the 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference keynote speaker Prof. Sadaoki Furui.
April 10, 2012 Calcalist
"Siri's "Grandfather" Believes It Still Has a Lot to Learn" (Hebrew)
Ha'Aretz publishes an interview with the 2012 Afeka-AVIOS Speech Processing Conference keynote speaker Prof. Sadaoki Furui.
April 10, 2012 Calcalist
2011
November 23-24, 2011 Globes
"Listen to me? Not if You Speak Hebrew" (Hebrew)
August, 2011 Speech Strategy News
June 28, 2011 TheCom Israeli Communications Web portal
"It's a New World: Automatic Speech Recognition" (Hebrew)
"It's a New World: Automatic Speech Recognition" (Hebrew)
June 23, 2011 TheCom Israeli Communications Web portal
June 21, 2011 Yedioth Ahronoth
"Talking to Robots" (Hebrew)
May 4, 2011 Yedioth Ahronoth
"Telling Instead of Typing: Tell Google What to Search and It Will Find It" (Hebrew)
"Telling Instead of Typing: Tell Google What to Search and It Will Find It" (Hebrew)
2010
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