Unfortunately no student dorms are available. Only the four and five
star hotels mentioned on the meeting website. All hotels have
refrigerators on their premises that you can ask to use. They may even
let you cook for a charge, but you should ask them for permission by
phone before you book you accommodation.
Haridwar is a clean place. People who go there generally do not
contract parasites. However, it may be wise to seek advice from the
following pathology lab (pertaining to whatever parasites that may be
benignly around at the time of your visit), before you travel, and
take proper medical precautionary measures.
Singh Pathology Clinic
105-bt Ganj Roorkee, Hardwar – 247667
Phone: 01332-266001 (landline) 9897067501 (mobile)
Any further questions, feel free to contact me. You don't need to post
on a general mailing list like this. In any case this mailing list is
for a totally different conference, that is to be held in a country
that is far away from India and Haridwar, where you want to go to
present your work on Dolphin songs. So please be considerate and just
send your emails directly to me: rsingh@xxxxxxxxxx
Best
Rita
P.S
This mailing list has many many people on it, more than you imagine,
and it is not polite to spam everyone with emails that are not
relevant to the event that the mailing list is set up for.
Btw, congratulations for your successful use of yahoo's sunnyvale
servers. I am amazed at how easy it is to bot them, and really puzzled
about this company's specific security breaches. Would be interested
to know what exploit you used for this one specifically since I teach
this stuff (again, contact me privately please, use your normal name
and email address, nothing to be scared of, I am not FBI).
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Nicholovich Rose
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Rita
Thank-you for your letter. Because the following question is so complex, I
think it is better that I send you an e-mail letter, and for answers to my
the more simple questions, I can call the number you gave me. I believe
India has many parasites and I have a compromised immune system, so it is
best that I cook on an Olympias stove,(it is a Swedish stove, that I know
how to use, fueled on kerosene, and very safe) (they can not explode, unlike
the other kinds of stoves). I would like to mail it to an address in
Haridwar,
1. Are there student dormitories available to me in Haridwar?
2. Maybe it is best to send the stove and kerosene to the steering
committee, and they can give it to me upon my arrival, or should I send it
to the hotel where I will be staying?
If possible, I would like to have a good sized refrigerator available to me
upon my arrival. I do not mind purchasing the refrigerator, which the
hotel can keep after I leave Haridwar.
3. Could you help me to arrange for me to have a large refrigerator
available to me upon my arrival?
4. If it is not possible for me to use a refrigerator, upon my arrival, I
can try to hire someone to cook for me and to use conventional methods to
protect myself from parasites. However, at this time in my life I prefer
to take exceptionally careful methods, until I am fully recovered from
intestinal problem, and have advice from someone who is a researcher in
infectious diseases, as to how to best protect myself against parasites (I
have been trying to seek advice on this matter, however, it is not easy to
find advice on this matter, from researchers in the field of infectious
disease).
5. Perhaps you know of someone who can help me purchase a refrigerator, and
kerosene in Haridwar?
I will try calling the number you gave me to find out more about the
details of my presentation and a suitable accommodations for me.
Greetings from Knarr (N) Lawrence Rose
________________________________
From: Rita Singh <rsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: vihar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2017 6:49 AM
Subject: [vihar] Re: Call for Participation/Papers: VIHAR-2017
Dear Nicholovich,
I assume you are talking about the IBAC 2017 council meeting in
Haridwar, Uttarakhand, Himalayan Foothills, Date : 08-13 October 2017
Go to their website:
http://www.ibac2017india.com/
click on "contacts" at the top right corner, and you will get an
address and a mobile phone number. You need to call that mobile phone
number. It is an Indian mobile phone, so if you don't make contact.
keep calling every 30 mins until you do.
Ideally hotels in India won't allow you to cook, but you can always
find organic food in plentiful in those hotel restaurants. You can ask
the hotel workers to help get your food cooked elsewhere too. For a
small sum of money, you can get that done. You cannot bring stoves
unless you travel by road or train. The airlines will not allow thse
things on board or in the hold.
And other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at
rsingh@xxxxxxxxxx
I am happy to answer all your food related queries, and questions
about your iupcoming trip and talk at VIHAR 2017 in Haridwar.
However, the more efficient way would be to call that mobile number.
Best
Rita
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Nicholovich Rose
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I read that the International bioacoustics conference offers student
dorms.
The problem is that I must eat fresh organic vegetables that I must bring
with me, and they must be kept in a refrigerator, that I will need to
cook.
As I understand it no hotel or student dorm will offer me a refrigerator
or
cooking privileges.
Will the local and Indian government allow me to kook on an Olympus
kerosene
stove (very safe), on the street. Can you help me communicate with a
friendly hotel, I can purchase them a new refrigerator, if I can use it
for the term of the conference, and then they can keep the refrigerator
when
I leave. Could you please help me to communicate this with the hotel, or
please send me the 3 hotel’s contact information, best, their e-mail
address, do they have a website in English? How much is a room for
me
per night?
~ ~
. .
__
Greetings
________________________________
From: Serge Thill <serge.thill@xxxxxx>
To: "vihar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <vihar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 6:26 AM
Subject: [vihar] Re: Call for Participation/Papers: VIHAR-2017
Hi Dan, all,
there are a bunch of hotels near the train station (e.g. Scandic, Clarion,
Quality), all pretty similar in quality. Any of those will do, so go with
whatever works best for you.
The venue is basically a 5 minute walk from the train station so if you
can
walk to the hotel, you can also walk to the venue (Skövde is a very small
place :)).
If you need any further help, just let me know.
Cheers,
/Serge (from phone)
________________________________
From: Dan Stowell <dan.stowell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 11 May 2017 14:24
To: vihar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vihar] Re: Call for Participation/Papers: VIHAR-2017
Dear all,
I'm planning my conference travel at the moment, and so I'd be grateful
if anyone could provide info about what the accommodation plans are for
the VIHAR workshop.
http://vihar-2017.vihar.org/venue/
(For what it's worth, I think I'll be travelling up from Lund rather
than down from Stockhlolm)
Best
Dan
P.S. There's an email address on the conference website
vihar.community+2017workshop@xxxxxxxxx but I wasn't 100% sure whether
it's designed to reach the committee or some other group.
On 21/02/17 10:33, Prof. Roger K. Moore wrote:
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(apologies for any unintended cross-mailing)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION/PAPERS
1st International Workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans,
Animals and Robots (VIHAR-2017)
25-26 August 2017
University of Skövde, Sweden
http://vihar-2017.vihar.org ;<http://vihar-2017.vihar.org/>
Almost all animals exploit vocal signals for a range of
ecologically-motivated purposes: from detecting predators/prey and
marking territory, to expressing emotions, establishing social relations
and sharing information. Whether it’s a bird raising an alarm, a whale
calling to potential partners, a dog responding to human commands, a
parent reading a story with a child, or a businessperson accessing stock
prices using Siri on an iPhone, vocalisation provides a valuable
communications channel through which behaviour may be coordinated and
controlled, and information may be distributed and acquired. Indeed, the
ubiquity of vocal interaction has led to research across an extremely
diverse array of fields, from assessing animal welfare, to understanding
the precursors of human language, to developing voice-based
human-machine interaction. Clearly, there is potential for
cross-fertilisation between disciplines; for example, using robots to
investigate contemporary theories of language grounding, using machine
learning to analyse different habitats or adding vocal expressivity to
the next generation of autonomous social agents. However, many
opportunities remain unexplored, not least due to the lack of a suitable
forum.
VIHAR-2017 aims to bring together researchers studying vocalisations and
speech-based interaction in-and- between humans, animals and robots from
a variety of different fields. The workshop is being organised by
participants of a recent Dagstuhl Seminar on the same topic, and follows
the publication of a short review
article:
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2016.00061/full
<http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2016.00061/full>.
VIHAR-2017 will provide a timely opportunity for scientists and
engineers from different fields to share theoretical insights, best
practices, tools and methodologies, and to identify common principles
underpinning vocal behaviour in a multi-disciplinary environment.
We invite original submissions of four-page INTERSPEECH-style papers
(plus one page of references) or two-page extended abstracts (including
references) in all areas of vocal interactivity. Suggested workshop
topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
* physiological and morphological similarities/differences between vocal
systems in animals
* properties and functions of animal signals
* evolution of vocal interactivity
* vocal imitation and learning
* conveyance of emotion
* comparative analyses of human and animal vocalisations
* use of vocalisation
* vocal interactivity between non-conspecifics
* spoken language systems
* technology-based research methods
Paper submissions should conform to the format as detailed in the
INTERSPEECH 2017 Author’s Kit
(http://www.interspeech2017.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IS2017_paper_kit.zip
<http://www.interspeech2017.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IS2017_paper_kit.zip>).
Key Dates:
Submission deadline - 2 June 2017
Notification of acceptance - 30 June 2017
Workshop - 25-26 August 2017
Organisers:
Robert Eklund, Linköping University
Angela Dassow, Carthage College
Ricard Marxer, University of Sheffield
Roger K. Moore, University of Sheffield
Bhiksha Raj, Carnegie Mellon University
Rita Singh, Carnegie Mellon University
Serge Thill, University of Skövde
Benjamin Weiss, Technical University of Berlin
VIHAR-2017 takes place immediately after INTERSPEECH in Stockholm
(http://www.interspeech2017.org ;<http://www.interspeech2017.org/>) and
is supported by the International Speech Communication Association
(http://www.isca-speech.org ;<http://www.isca-speech.org/>).
For details, visit the VIHAR-2017 website: http://vihar-2017.vihar.org
<http://vihar-2017.vihar.org/>
If you wish to join the VIHAR community, please subscribe to our mailing
list by entering your e-mail address
at //www.freelists.org/list/vihar
<//www.freelists.org/list/vihar> and then responding to the
confirmation e-mail that you will receive from the list server.
Please forward this CfP to anyone who you think might be interested in
contributing/attending.
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--
Dan Stowell
EPSRC Research Fellow
Machine Listening Lab
Centre for Digital Music
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
http://www.mcld.co.uk/research/
http://machine-listening.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/
--
Rita Singh
LTI, SCS, and ECE (by courtesy), Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rsingh
