LINGUIST List 7.1014

Thu Jul 11 1996

Jobs: Studentship at Sheffield, French as a second lg

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1. mmalcolm crawford, Studentship at Sheffield (UK)
2. Hummel, Francais langue seconde ou etrangere

The Hawley Trust PhD Studentship

Topic: The use of Automatic Speech Recognition by Speech impaired
individuals

The aim of the project is to investigate the use of Automatic Speech
Recognition(ASR) by disabled individuals for text input and to control
electronic equipment; specifically examining the use of ASR with
impaired speech. Commercially available ASRs will be used and ASR
development packages will be available. The success of these systems
with impaired speech will be assessed as well as `best' strategies for
use in the users day-to-day life. Failure or poor performance of
systems to work in some circumstances would lead to analysis of these
failures and, if the successful candidate is appropriately skilled,
investigation of novel technology (software or hardware) to enhance
the performance of the ASRs. Long term changes in the users voice may
also be considered.

The project will include a large element of clinical work. The
successful candidate will be required to work both at the University
and at Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust (some funding for
travel expenses will be available). The studentship is for 5,500
(pounds sterling) p.a. for three years and is available immediately.

Candidates should have :

.. I.1/II.1 or a Masters degree in one of the following subjects :
 Speech, Medical Physics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical or
 Electronic Engineering

.. Good interpersonal communication skills, basic computing skills,
 experience/training in speech, image or pattern processing.

Desirable experience etc.:
.. Speech pathology, computer programming, task analysis, mathematics
 (especially statistics)

.. Driving License (and car owner)

The studentship is open to any UK or EU candidates.

Applicants should send their CV and application to:

Dr. P. A. Cudd
	Department of Human Communication Sciences,
	18/20/31, Claremont Crescent
	University of Sheffield
	Sheffield S10 2TA
or by e-mail: p.cuddsheffield.ac.uk

(Dept. Web site : http//www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/R-Z/spsu/)


and

Dr. M. S. Hawley
	Department of Medical Physics
	Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust
	Gawber Road
	Barnsley, S75 2EP or
e-mail: m.s.hawleysheffield.ac.uk

Poste de professeur(e) en francais langue seconde ou etrangere

Le Departement de langues et linguistique de l'Universite Laval
prolonge un concours pour un poste de professeur(e) en francais langue
seconde ou etrangere.

Description du poste

Enseignement dans les programmes de francais langue seconde ou
etrangere, notamment dans le cadre de cours de grammaire de l'oral.
Enseignement aux 2e et 3e cycles dans les programmes de linguistique
(concentration didactique des langues). Recherche. Encadrement
d'etudiant(e)s de 2e et 3e cycles.

Qualifications Generales

Doctorat en linguistique ou en psycholinguistique avec specialisation
en acquisition du francais langue seconde, de preference dans le cadre
de la grammaire universelle (GU)/ grammaire generative. Recherche en
acquisition de langues secondes. Publications dans le domaine.
Aptitude au travail en equipe. Experience de l'enseignement du
francais langue seconde en milieuuniversitaire. Excellente
connaissance du francais.

Les candidatures seront traitees dans la plus stricte confidentialite
et devront etre recues au plus tard le 1 septembre 1996. Les
personnes interessees devront faire parvenir leur curriculum vitae
complet et a jour, un exemplaire des principales publications, ainsi
que le nom et l'adresse de trois repondant(e)s et, le cas echeant, la
liste des employeurs, a l'adresse suivante:

 Madame la directrice
 Departement de langues et linguistique
 Faculte des lettres
 Universite Laval
 Ste-Foy, Quebec
 Canada G1K 7P4

En accord avec les exigences du ministere de l'Immigration du Canada,
cette offre est destinee en priorite aux citoyennes et citoyens
canadiens et aux residentes et residents permanents du Canada. En
vertu de son programme d'acces a l'egalite, l'Universite Laval entend
consacrer la moitie de ses postes vacants a l'engagement de femmes.