FYI: 1st Intl PhD School in Language and Speech Technologies

Author:	Carlos Martin-Vide
Linguistic Field(s):	Computational Linguistics
FYI Body:	1st INTERNATIONAL PhD SCHOOL IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES 2005-2007 Rovira i Virgili University Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics Tarragona, Spain http://www.grlmc.com Foundational courses (April-June 2006): Foundations of Linguistics I: Morphology, Lexicon and Syntax - M. Dolores Jiménez-López, Tarragona Foundations of Linguistics II: Semantics, Pragmatics and Discourse - Gemma Bel-Enguix, Tarragona Formal Languages - Carlos Martín-Vide, Tarragona Declarative Programming Languages: Prolog, Lisp - various researchers at the host institute Procedural Programming Languages: C, Java, Perl, Matlab - various researchers at the host institute Main courses (July-December 2006): POS Tagging, Chunking, and Shallow Parsing - Yuji Matsumoto, Nara Empirical Approaches to Word Sense Disambiguation, Semantic Role Labeling, Semantic Parsing, and Information Extraction - Raymond Mooney, Austin TX Ontology Engineering: From Cognitive Science to the Semantic Web - M. Teresa Pazienza, Roma Anaphora Resolution in Natural Language Processing - Ruslan Mitkov, Wolverhampton Language Processing for Human-Machine Dialogue Modelling - Yorick Wilks, Sheffeld Spoken Dialogue Systems - Diane Litman, Pittsburgh PA Natural Language Processing Pragmatics: Probabilistic Methods and User Modeling Implications - Ingrid Zukerman, Clayton Machine Learning Approaches to Developing Language Processing Modules - Walter Daelemans, Antwerpen Multimodal Speech-Based Interfaces - Elisabeth André, Augsburg Information Extraction - Guy Lapalme, Montréal QC Search Methods in Natural Language Processing - Helmut Horacek, Saarbrücken Optional courses (from the 5th International PhD School in Formal Languages and Applications): Tree Adjoining Grammars - James Rogers, Richmond IN Unification Grammars - Shuly Wintner, Haifa Context-Free Grammar Parsing - Giorgio Satta, Padua Probabilistic Parsing - Mark-Jan Nederhof, Groningen Categorial Grammars - Michael Moortgat, Utrecht Weighted Finite-State Transducers - Mehryar Mohri, New York NY Finite State Technology for Linguistic Applications - André Kempe, Xerox, Grenoble Natural Language Processing with Symbolic Neural Networks - Risto Miikkulainen, Austin TX Students: Candidate students for the programme are welcome from around the world. Most appropriate degrees include Computer Science and Linguistics, but other students (for instance, from Psychology, Logic, Engineering or Mathematics) can be accepted depending on the strengths of their undergraduate training. The first two months of class are intended to homogenize the students’ varied background. In order to check eligibility for the programme, the student must be certain that the highest university degree s/he got enables her/him to be enrolled in a doctoral programme in her/his home country. Tuition Fees: 1,700 euros in total, approximately. Dissertation: After following the courses, the students enrolled in the programme will have to write and defend a research project and, later, a dissertation in English in their own area of interest, in order to get the so-called European PhD degree (which is a standard PhD degree with an additional mark of quality). All the professors in the programme will be allowed to supervise students’ work. Funding: During the teaching semesters, funding opportunities will be provided, among others, by the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Becas MAEC), and by the European Commission (Alban scheme for Latin American citizens). Additionally, the host university will have a limited amount of economic resources itself for covering the tuition fees and full-board accommodation of a few students. Immediately after the courses and during the writing of the PhD dissertation, some of the best students will be offered 4-year research fellowships, which will allow them to work in the framework of the host research group. Pre-Registration Procedure: In order to pre-register, one should post (not fax, not e-mail) to the programme chairman: * a xerocopy of the main page of the passport, * a xerocopy of the highest university education diploma, * a xerocopy of the academic record, * full CV, * letters of recommendation (optional), * any other document to prove background, interest and motivation (optional). Schedule: Announcement of the programme: September 12, 2005 Pre-registration deadline: November 30, 2005 Selection of students: December 7, 2005 Starting of the classes: April 18, 2006 Summer break (tentative): July 25, 2006 Re-starting of the classes (tentative): September 4, 2006 End of the classes (tentative): December 22, 2006 Defense of the research project (tentative): September 14, 2007 DEA examination (tentative): April 27, 2008 Questions and Further Information: Please, contact the programme chairman, Carlos Martín-Vide, at carlos.martin@urv.net Postal Address: Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics Rovira i Virgili University Pl. Imperial Tàrraco, 1 43005 Tarragona, Spain Phone: +34-977-559543, +34-977-554391 Fax: +34-977-559597, +34-977-554391