LINGUIST List 23.1153: Support: Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing: PhD, University of Edinburgh

LINGUIST List 23.1153
Wed Mar 07 2012 Support: Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing: PhD, University of Edinburgh Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 06-Mar-2012 From: Mirella Lapata <mlapinf.ed.ac.uk> Subject: Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh E-mail this message to a friend Department: Informatics Web Address: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/ Level: PhD Duties: Research Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics Computer science and Machine Learning Description: PHD STUDENTSHIP IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation School of Informatics University of Edinburgh The Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation (ILCC) at the University of Edinburgh invites applications for a three-year PhD studentship starting in September 2012. ILCC is dedicated to the pursuit of basic and applied research on computational approaches to language, communication and cognition. The studentship is associated with the EPSRC project 'A Unified Model of Compositional and Distributional Semantics: Theory and Applications'. The aim of this project is to develop a general modeling framework of compositional distributional semantics and apply it to cognitive modeling and large-scale NLP tasks. The student will be supervised by Dr. Mirella Lapata, and will work on a topic drawn from following research areas: * distributional models of semantics, including compositional and syntax-aware vector-space models * topic models (including non-parametric and syntactic variants) * Bayesian models of Lexical Acquisition * Bayesian language models The successful candidate will have a good honors degree or equivalent in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science, or a related discipline. He/she will have strong programming skills and previous experience in machine learning and/or natural language processing. The studentship covers maintenance at the research council rate of around GBP 13500 per year, plus tuition fees at the EU/UK rate. Applications are restricted to EU/UK citizens. The start date of the studentship is flexible, but can be no earlier than September 1, 2012. If you have further questions, please contact Dr. Mirella Lapata (mlapinf.ed.ac.uk). To apply, please follow the instructions at: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply.html As your research area, please select 'Institute of Communicating and Collaborative Systems'. On the application form under 'Research Project', please state 'EPSRC Studentship: BayesComp'. Application deadline: March 31, 2012. Applications received after the deadline may be considered, but this cannot be guaranteed. Applications Deadline: 31-Mar-2012 Web Address for Applications: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply.html Contact Information: Dr Mirella Lapata mlapinf.ed.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. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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