LINGUIST List 22.1924: Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Queen Mary, U. of London

LINGUIST List 22.1924
Wed May 04 2011 Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Queen Mary, U. of London Editor for this issue: Matthew Lahrman <mattlinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Matthew Purver , Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom Message 1: Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
Date: 03-May-2011 From: Matthew Purver <m.purverqmul.ac.uk> Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom E-mail this message to a friend Institution/Organization: Queen Mary, University of London Department: Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Web Address: http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk Level: PhD Duties: Research Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics Natural Language Processing, Dialogue Processing, Information Retrieval Description: PhD Studentship in Interaction Mining Queen Mary, University of London - School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ACL803/phd-studentship-in-interaction-mining/ Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship starting in September 2011 to undertake research in the area of interaction mining: automatically extracting useful information from human conversational interaction. The studentship is based at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London and will be supervised by Dr. Matthew Purver (http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~mpurver/) of the Interaction Media and Communication research group and Dr Tassos Tombros (http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~tassos/) of the Risk and Information Management research group. The successful candidate will perform research at the interface between dialogue processing and information retrieval, combining rule-based models of dialogue structure with robust statistical methods to automatically detect and summarise events in conversation: decisions made in business meetings, answers to questions in radio broadcasts, agreements and disagreements in social media and so on. Candidates should have a first or upper second (2:1) honours degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field, and be able to demonstrate strong mathematical and analytical skills. Good programming skills and a background in natural language processing, computational linguistics or information retrieval are also required. The studentship funded by EECS Studentship will cover student fees and a tax- free stipend starting at £15,590 per annum and is available to candidates of all nationalities. Informal enquiries can be made by email to Dr. Matthew Purver (m.purverqmul.ac.uk). Information about the school and its research areas can be found at www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk; more details of the IMC and RIM research groups are available at www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/researchgp/imc/ and www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/researchgp/ir/. To apply please email the following documents to Dr. Matthew Purver (m.purverqmul.ac.uk) : a completed application form, a CV listing all publications, your representative publications in PDF format, 3 reference letters, a research statement and other relevant documents as requested (see www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/). These documents must also be submitted online following the instructions given in the link. The closing date for the applications is 16th. May 2011. Interviews are expected to take place during w/c 30th. May 2011. Applications Deadline: 16-May-2011 Web Address for Applications: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ACL803/phd-studentship-in-interaction-mining/ Contact Information: Dr Matthew Purver m.purverqmul.ac.uk This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. 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