LINGUIST List 21.4199: Cog Sci, Comp Ling, Psycholing: PhD Student, U. of Edinburgh, UK

LINGUIST List 21.4199

Thu Oct 21 2010

Support: Cog Sci, Comp Ling, Psycholing: PhD Student, U. of Edinburgh, UK

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1. Frank Keller , Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Speech Technology: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Message 1: Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Speech Technology: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Date: 21-Oct-2010
From: Frank Keller <kellerinf.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Speech Technology: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Institution/Organization: University of Edinburgh Department: Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation Web Address: http://www.ilcc.inf.ed.ac.uk/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics Speech Technology
Description:

PHD STUDENTSHIPS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS, SPEECHTECHNOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE

Institute for Language, Cognition and ComputationSchool of InformaticsUniversity of Edinburgh

The Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation (ILCC) at the University ofEdinburgh (formerly ICCS) invites applications for three-year PhD studentshipsstarting in September 2011. ILCC is dedicated to the pursuit of basic and appliedresearch on computational approaches to language, communication and cognition.Primary research areas include:

Natural language processing and computational linguistics

Spoken language processing

Dialogue and multimodal interaction

Information extraction, retrieval and presentation

Computational theories of human cognition

Educational and assistive technology

Approximately 10 studentships from a variety of sources are available, coveringmaintenance at the research council rate of around GBP 13 500 per year, plustuition fees.

Applicants should have a good honours degree or equivalent in computationallinguistics, speech technology, cognitive science, computer science, or a relateddiscipline.

For a list of academic staff at ILCC, their research areas, and a description ofpotential PhD topics, please consult:

http://www.ilcc.inf.ed.ac.uk/

Details regarding the PhD programme and the application procedure can be foundat:

http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/postgraduate/degrees/phd

In order to ensure full consideration for funding, applications (including allsupporting documents) need to be received by February 1, 2011.

Please direct inquiries to Hiroshi Shimodaira, the ILCC PhD admissionscoordinator.

Applications Deadline: 01-Feb-2011

Web Address for Applications: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/postgraduate/degrees/phd

Contact Information: Dr Hiroshi Shimodaira h.shimodairaed.ac.uk

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