Project:	IST-1999-11562	
Acronym:	NESPOLE!	
Title:	NEgotiating through SPOken Language in E-commerce	

Report Name	Short Report (April-June 2001)	
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Deliverable:		
Author(s):		
Work Package:	WP1	
Security:	Internal	
Date:		
Status:	DRAFT	
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Project Director:	Gianni Lazzari	

NESPOLE! Report (Short Report  provided by each Partner of NESPOLE!)
Covered Period (April-June 2001)

WP1
ITC-irst	Project Management

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA     20 days
UJF
APT
AETHRA

	Planned and coordinated Nespole! Consortium meeting in Karlsruhe. Planned and scheduled Multimodality experiments, with the aid of other consortium members.
	
WP2
UJF
	Requirements

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA
UJF
APT
AETHRA
		
WP3
AETHRA	Showcases Development

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA  30 days
UJF
APT
AETHRA
	Installed and tested latest Mediator and WhiteBoard components. Integrated these components with German HLT server. Corresponded with other consortium members concerning bug fixes, network problems, etc.
	
WP4 
CMU	Design of the IF

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA
UJF
APT
AETHRA
		
WP5
UKA	HLT Development

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA       70 days
UJF
APT
AETHRA
	Made further refinements to language model and vocabulary as required to support upcoming multimodality experiments. Completed integration of latest recognizer into HLT server, addressing such problems as upsampling of PCM data, and data formats. Took steps necessary to ensure all consortium members could access the UKA HLT server through the University firewall.
	
WP6
ITC-irst	Multimodality and multimedia

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA  91 days
UJF
APT
AETHRA
	Participated in discussions concerning multimodality issues both by e-mail and during the consortium meeting in Karlsruhe. Put in place and tested all equipment necessary to conduct multimodality experiments.	
WP7
CMU	Assessment and evaluation

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA 65 days
UJF
APT
AETHRA	Conducted extensive internal tests of system for Showcase 1, both internally, and in conjunction with other consortium members.  Made many small but necessary adjustments based on these tests.	

WP8
ITC-irst	Dissemination and implementation 

MAN DAYS
ITC-irst
UKA  30 days
UJF
APT
AETHRA
	Made contributions to various work package updates for use on Nespole project web-site. Prepared presentation to be given at EuroSpeech in September. Began initial preparation of a paper to be submitted to ASRU conference.