<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Hello All, </font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Today’s research talk with Jungo Kasai is cancelled. Jungo will <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">now </span>speak on May 24th. We hope to see you<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> all</span> there. </font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">The institutional lunch will still take place today on the 4th floor at its usual time.</font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Thanks, </font></div><div dir="auto"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Brandie</font></div><div dir="auto"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Brandie Jones </font></b><div><div><div><font style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><b><i>Executive </i></b></font><b style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><i>Administrative Assistant</i></b></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Toyota Technological Institute</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Chicago, IL 60637</font></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><a href="http://www.ttic.edu" target="_blank">www.ttic.edu</a> </font></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM Brandie Jones <<a href="mailto:bjones@ttic.edu" target="_blank">bjones@ttic.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">When:</b> March 29th<b style="font-family:georgia,serif"> at <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">12:30pm CT </span></b></font><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Where:</b><b style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </b> Talk will be given<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><u style="font-family:georgia,serif">live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </font></span>at</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> 5th Floor, Room 530<b style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </b> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span>Virtually:</b> via Panopto (<a href="https://uchicago.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=934ef816-8088-45e8-b39f-b09a00feb285" style="font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank">Livestream</a>) </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Who:</b><b style="font-family:georgia,serif"> </b> </font></font><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Jungo Kasai,<font style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> TTIC</font></font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><tbody style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><td style="padding:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Title</b>: </font>Towards Speech Foundation Models</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Abstract:</b> </font>The success of large language models (LLMs) has been foundational for advancements in natural language processing and artificial intelligence, leading to widespread usage and deployment across various business applications. Yet, the potential of multimodal models, such as speech models, remains less explored. We argue that speech models are at a stage comparable to text models in the era of GPT-1 in 2017, and we predict that speech foundation models will soon become dominant in the field. This presentation emphasizes the critical challenges and the recent technical advancements that are instrumental in the development of speech foundation models.</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">*********************************************************************************************</font></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Masks are optional in all common areas. </b><b style="font-family:georgia,serif">Full visitor guidance is available at <a href="http://ttic.edu/visitors" style="font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank">ttic.edu/visitors</a>.</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">*********************************************************************************************</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Research at TTIC Seminar Series</font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">TTIC is hosting a weekly seminar series presenting the research currently underway at the Institute. Every week a different TTIC faculty member will present their research. The lectures are intended for students seeking research topics and advisors and for the general TTIC and University of Chicago communities interested in hearing what their colleagues are up to.</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)">Brandie Jones </font></b><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Executive </i></b></font><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)"><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Administrative Assistant</i></b></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)">Toyota Technological Institute</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)">Chicago, IL 60637</font></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)"><a href="http://www.ttic.edu/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">www.ttic.edu</a> </font></div></div></div></div></div>
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