SAIL at 25

A Quarter Century of Human-Centered Signal Processing

Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab (SAIL) Reunion

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Friday, January 16

Venue: MHI Suite, EEB 131

Time Session
9:00Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00Introduction (Shri)
10:00 - 11:00Icebreaker
11:00 - 11:15Coffee break
11:15 - 12:20
Pivotal work from SAILers
  • IEMOCAP: Carlos
  • Child Speech: Sungbok, Alex (TBD)
  • Emotion Recognition: Serdar
  • Education and Outreach: Sam
12:20 - 13:30Lunch
13:30[PANEL] How LLMs/generative AI have changed the fields of speech and language
14:30 - 14:45
Remote presentations
  • SPAN: Mike Proctor
14:45 - 15:00Break
15:30[PANEL] Why I love what I do, why I’m glad I did what I did
16:30 - 17:00Closing thoughts
17:00 - 18:00Campus Tour

Saturday, January 17

Venue: RTH 320

Time Session
8:30Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30
Remote presentation
  • Media: Naveen, Tanaya
9:30 - 11:00 Current SAILers Poster Session
11:00 - 11:20Coffee Break
11:20 - 12:20
Selected research areas
  • Diarization: Taejin
  • Health: Theodora
  • Auditory attention: Ozlem (TBD)
12:20 - 12:40Reflections (Shri)

Reunion Dinner

(For SAILers and family)
DateSaturday, January 17, 2026
Time6:00 - 9:00 PM
EventSAIL 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
Venue