LINGUIST List 11.1766

Wed Aug 16 2000

Support: Prosodic Analysis of Spoken Lang/General Ling

Editor for this issue: Lydia Grebenyova <lydialinguistlist.org>

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1. Dana Director, Prosodic Analysis of Spoken Lang/General Ling - Oregon, USA

The Center for Human-Computer Communication (CHCC) at the Oregon Graduate
Institute (OGI) has two positions to announce:

1) Linguistics Internship in Prosodic Analysis of Spoken Language/Fall 2000
or Winter/Spring 2001
http://www.cse.ogi.edu/CHCC/Jobs/internshiplinguist.htm
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Applications are invited from outstanding linguistics graduate students with
an interest in spoken dialogue, HCI, and prosodic analysis of speech signals
for a 10-week full-time internship position during the Fall of 2000 or
Winter/Spring of 2001. Funding for this internship is sponsored by the
National Science Foundation, and is part of a larger NSF project entitled
"Interactive Multimodal Interfaces: Designing for Human Performance."
Students selected will participate in an interdisciplinary, team-oriented
research project investigating people's spoken and multimodal input to
interactive computer systems. This work is being conducted in a
state-of-the-art laboratory facility at OGI located in the Portland
metropolitan area.

Applicants with a background in linguistics, especially in prosodic analysis
of spoken language, are strongly encouraged to apply. Students with a
background in computer science, cognitive science, psychology, or human
factors also will be considered if their primary interest and experience is
in spoken dialogue, speech technology, HCI, and speech signal analysis.
Experience working with human subjects, scoring and analyzing
language-oriented behavior, and using data analysis/statistics software also
would be relevant to the project.
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2) Research Assistant ~ Linguist
http://www.cse.ogi.edu/CHCC/Jobs/ralinguist.htm
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The research assistant will participate in a multidisciplinary,
team-oriented research project investigating users' spoken, pen-based, and
multimodal input to interactive computer systems.

Applicants with a background and interest in linguistics, especially in
prosodic analysis of spoken dialogue, are strongly encouraged to apply,
although candidates with a background in cognitive science, psychology,
human factors/engineering, or computer science also will be considered.
Candidate must be experienced with speech signal analysis, including
collection and preparation of speech data, use of speech signal analysis
software, and speech signal analysis conventions. Experience testing and
interviewing human subjects (including children), scoring and analyzing
language-oriented data, using data analysis/statistics software, and
performing basic programming for experimental support also are relevant
skills for this research position. Experience with MS Word for text
processing, database programs such as MS Access, graphics software
(Illustrator, Photoshop) for preparing publications, and HTML or web design
would be a plus.

Prefer applicants with an M.A. in linguistics, plus 2 years work experience
in an academic or corporate research setting.
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Please visit our website: www.cse.ogi.edu/CHCC for further information and
details about how to apply for either internship or the research assistant
position.