LINGUIST List 17.2861

Tue Oct 03 2006

Support: Speech Science: Open Student, University of Edinburgh

Editor for this issue: Svetlana Aksenova <svetlanalinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Maria Wolters, Speech Science: Open Student, University of Edinburgh, UK
Message 1: Speech Science: Open Student, University of Edinburgh, UK
Date: 02-Oct-2006
From: Maria Wolters <mwoltersinf.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Speech Science: Open Student, University of Edinburgh, UK


Institution/Organization: University of Edinburgh Department: Centre for Speech Technology Research Level: Open Duties: Research Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Speech Technology; Speech Therapy; Speech Science

Description:

Interdisciplinary Short-Term Fellowships in Speech Research

Edinburgh Speech Science and Technology (EdSST) is an interdisciplinary research training programme that aims to close the gap between speech science, speech therapy, phonetics, and speech technology. EdSST is a collaboration between two major speech research institutes: the Centre for Speech Technology Research, University of Edinburgh, and the Speech Science Research Centre, Queen Margaret University College. EdSST is funded under the Early Stage Research Training (EST) scheme of the EU Marie Curie Programme and runs for 4 years from January 2006.

EdSST covers six main research areas, each of which includes components from speech science, speech therapy, phonetics, and speech technology:

- Articulatory phonetic instrumentation and modelling - Speech synthesis - Speech recognition - Human-computer dialogue systems - Inclusive design for speech technology - Augmentative and alternative communication

We are currently advertising 1-2 Short-Term Fellowships lasting 4-12 months. These Short-Term Fellowships provide an opportunity for outstanding young graduate researchers and PhD candidates to conduct a well-defined research project in one of the EdSST research areas at CSTR and SSRC. Applicants should have a first or upper second class honours degree or a Masters in Informatics, Phonetics, Speech Science, Linguistics, or Speech and Language Therapy and fulfil the Marie Curie EST selection criteria (http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/pdf/faq_est.pdf). Please contact the Project Manager, Maria Wolters (mwoltersinf.ed.ac.uk