LINGUIST List 24.4415
Wed Nov 06 2013
Support: Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics/United Kingdom
Editor for this issue: Uliana Kazagasheva
<ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 06-Nov-2013
From: Frank Keller <keller
inf.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Department: Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation, School of Informatics
Web Address:
http://www.ilcc.inf.ed.ac.uk/
Level: PhD
Institution/Organization: University of Edinburgh
Duties: Research
Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Psycholinguistics
Speech Processing
Description:
PhD Studentships in Computational Linguistics, Speech Technology and Cognitive Science
The Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation (ILCC) at the University of Edinburgh invites applications for three-year PhD studentships starting in September 2014. ILCC is dedicated to the pursuit of basic and applied research 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, covering maintenance at the research council rate of GBP 13,726 per year, plus tuition fees. The studentships are available for students from anywhere in the world, including overseas, EU, and UK nationals.
Applicants should have a good honours degree or equivalent in computational linguistics, speech technology, cognitive science, computer science, or a related discipline.
For a list of academic staff at ILCC with research areas, and for a selection of potential PhD topics, please consult:
http://www.ilcc.inf.ed.ac.uk/peoplehttp://www.ilcc.inf.ed.ac.uk/study/possible-phd-topics-in-ilccDetails regarding the PhD programme and the application procedure can be found at:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/postgraduate/research-degrees/phdIn order to ensure full consideration for funding, applications (including all supporting documents) need to be received by December 13, 2013.
Please direct inquiries to Henry Thompson <ht
inf.ed.ac.uk>, the ILCC PhD admissions coordinator.
Applications Deadline: 13-Dec-2013
Web Address for Applications:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd
Contact Information:
Prof Henry Thompson
ht
inf.ed.ac.uk
Page Updated: 06-Nov-2013