Spoken Language Processing Applicants should have experience with state of the art spoken language and speech processing techniques including speech recognition, speech synthesis, and design of spoken language and audio interfaces.
As a result, I'm rather horribly ignorant of great works of art spoken in languages other than English and French.
But as a producer, I have been able to programme work across performance art, spoken word, physical theatre, improvisation, puppetry, film, music and photography.
It mixes visual art, spoken word, choreography, theatre, and film in ways that expose the boundaries that still exist amongst these art forms; its composition is an aesthetic act that integrates ritual, critique, and community engagement at once.
One of the hottest outings is the Unplugged Backyard Hangout (UBH) sessions: a nomadic all-night gathering, from 6pm to 6am, with a long lineup of the city's musicians, live art, spoken word, and performances in the Kwazakhele neighbourhood.
Firecracker's promoters, Lisa Yu, Daryl Chou and Jim Kang, took a landmark Chinatown locale, flooded it with a truly diverse club crowd and laced it with a steady dose of urban art, spoken word, hip-hop, street culture and jazz.
