LINGUIST List 17.3267
Thu Nov 09 2006
Support: Computational Ling, Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Saarland U
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1. Matthew
Crocker,
Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Saarland University, Germany
Message 1: Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Saarland University, Germany
Date: 08-Nov-2006
From: Matthew Crocker <crockercoli.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics: PhD Student, Saarland University, Germany
Institution/Organization: Saarland University Department: Computational Linguistics Level: PhD Duties: Research Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Psycholinguistics
Description:
The International Research Training Group (IRTG) in Language Technology and Cognitive Systems announces the availability of up to 5 PhD positions beginning early 2007. The IRTG is a collaborative PhD programme between Saarland University and the University of Edinburgh: The participating institutes in Saarbruecken are Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, and Speech and Signal Processing. In Edinburgh, the College is supported by the School of Informatics, the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, and the Human Communication Research Centre.
The college focuses on the computational and cognitive foundations of human language processing, particularly emphasizing the following research areas:
- Cognitive and computational investigation of speech and language understanding - Knowledge representation, inference, the lexicon, and ontologies - Data-intensive and statistical language processing - Dialogue, language generation and human language processing
Web Address for Applications: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/igk/
Mailing Address for Applications: Attn: Prof. Matthew Crocker Department of Computational Linguistics, Building C7.1 Saarland University Saarbruecken Saarland 66041 Germany
Applications are due by: 15-Dec-2006
Contact Information: Prof. Matthew Crocker igk-admissionscoli.uni-sb.de Phone:+49 (0)681 302-6560 Fax:+49 (0)681 302-6561
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