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PURDUE UNIVERSITY 146 Stanley Coulter Hall Foreign Languages and Literatures West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 Beginning tenure-track Assistant Professor of Japanese for fall, 1998. Duties: Coordination of basic language instruction. Train and supervise graduate teaching assistants. Teach/develop a broad range of undergraduate courses and graduate courses in field of specialization. Qualifications: Ph.D. in hand by August, 1998. Native or near-native fluency in Japanese required. Strong commitment to research and curricular development. Demonstrated evidence of excellence in undergraduate teaching. Specialization in field of applied linguistics with special strength in second language acquisition. Salary, benefits, and teaching load are competitive. Application Deadline: November 1, 1997, or until the position is filled. Please send letter of application, curriculum vita and three letters of recommendation to Sidney L. Pellissier, Acting Head. Letters of recommendation should address teaching strengths. Purdue University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
FULL-TIME RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION Applications are invited for a full-time research assistance position in a widely recognized lab that conducts research on human-computer interaction and the design of next-generation multimodal systems. The research assistant selected will participate in a multidisciplinary, team-oriented research project investigating people's spoken, pen-based, and multimodal input to interactive computer systems. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation, DARPA, and corporate supporters such as Intel and Microsoft, and is being conducted in a new state-of-the-art laboratory facility in the Center for Human-Computer Communication (CHCC) at the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (OGI), which is located in the Portland metropolitan area 10-15 minutes west of the city. Applicants with a background and interests in linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, or human factors are encouraged to apply. Experience testing and interviewing human subjects, scoring and analyzing language-oriented data, using data analysis/statistics software, and performing basic programming for experimental support would be most relevant to this research position. Experience using WAVES signal analysis software, or with MS Word for text processing of publications also would be a plus. Prefer applicants with an M.A. or M.S. in one of the above-listed disciplines, or a B.A. plus 2 years work experience in an academic or corporate research laboratory. Salary & full benefits competitive. Applications received by October 1st will receive prioirity consideration. To apply, submit a full resume, names and contact information for 3 references, and a statement of research/career interests to: Gloria McCauley, Center Administrator Center for Human-Computer Communication Center for Human-Computer Communication (CHCC) Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology P. O. Box 91000 Portland, Oregon 97291 FAX: (503) 690-1548 For FEDEX, please use shipping address at: Department of Computer Science 20000 N.W. Walker Road Beaverton, Oregon 97006 For general information about CHCC & list of recent publications, see: http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~oviatt/ For further information or to apply via email, contact: mccauleyMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuecse.ogi.edu. Sharon Oviatt Associate Professor Center for Human-Computer Communication Department of Computer Science Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology P.O. Box 91000 Portland, Oregon 97291 PH: (503) 690-1342 FAX: (503) 690-1548 Sect: (503) 690-1359 Home URL: http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~oviatt/ Center URL: http://www.cse.ogi.edu/CHCC/ Shipping address: (please use for courier mail) Department of Computer Science Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology 20000 N.W. Walker Road Beaverton, Oregon 97006