<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Mon 14 Mar 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Arabic Speech Recognition Job, Qatar University and Manchester University<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 14 Mar 2011<br>From: reposted from LINGUIST<br>Subject: Arabic Speech Recognition Job, Qatar University and Manchester University<br><br>University or Organization: Qatar University <br>Department: Arabic department<br>Job Location: Doha, Qatar <br>Job Rank: Post Doc, Research Assistant, and PhD Student <br><br>Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Speech Recognition; Natural Language and Speech Processing<br><br>Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)<br><br>Description:<br><br>Job Rank: Post Doc, Research Post, and Research Studentship<br>Arabic Speech Recognition, University of Qatar and University of Manchester<br><br>Specialty Areas: Speech Recognition, Natural Language and Speech Processing<br>Positions Open: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research Assistant and Ph.D Student<br>Research Title: Arabic speech recognition and understanding: a hybrid approach<br>Institution: Qatar University and Manchester University<br>Minimum Degree Requirement for Post doc Fellow: Ph.D.<br>Minimum Degree Requirement for Research Assistant: MA<br>Starting: May, 2011<br>For more information:<br><a href="http://www.qnrf.org/awarded/nprp/3/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=1212">http://www.qnrf.org/awarded/nprp/3/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=1212</a><br><br>Description: Applications are invited for two research posts (one post-doc,<br>one research assistant) at the University of Qatar and one PhD studentship<br>at the University of Manchester taking part in a project on Arabic Speech<br>Recognition funded by the Qatar National Research Fund. The aim of the<br>project is to develop a system for understanding spoken Arabic, by using<br>standard speech recognition techniques to produce an approximate<br>transcription of the input speech and then refining this approximate<br>transcription to a full understanding by applying a range of linguistic<br>techniques. The speech recognition will be carried out using some<br>externally supplied speech recognition toolkit (HTK). The linguistic<br>analysis will be carried out using tools developed by the principle<br>investigators (Dr. Hanady Ahmed and Prof. Allan Ramsay).<br><br>The post doc position (2 years) at Qatar is for an experienced researcher.<br>The successful candidate must have a PhD in Arabic speech recognition and<br>MUST have experience with speech recognition tools and (HTK) recognizer.<br>The person taking up this position will be responsible for managing the<br>integration of the linguistic analysis software and the speech recognition<br>tools, as well playing a role in the design of the phonology/phonetics<br>interface. Candidate should have research publications in speech<br>recognition or related field, and should have programming, mathematical,<br>and linguistic skills sufficient to conduct independent research in these<br>areas.<br><br>The research assistant position (3 years) at Qatar is for a younger<br>researcher, and the successful candidate may register for a PhD. The<br>successful candidate should have a background in linguistics or computer<br>science, with a proven level of experience in natural language processing.<br>Candidate should have programming, mathematical, and linguistic skills<br>sufficient to conduct independent research in these areas.<br><br>The successful candidate for the PhD studentship (3 years) at Manchester<br>should also have a background in linguistics or computer science, with a<br>proven level of experience in natural language processing. The stipend for<br>this position covers the 'home' fees for a PhD student at Manchester.<br>Non-EU candidates would have to find the full 'non-home' fees as well as<br>their living expenses from this stipend.<br><br>For fully interested, send CV, one sample publication, two recommendation<br>letters, and cover letter by March, 1, 2011 to Dr. Hanady Ahmed<br>(<a href="mailto:hanadyma@qu.edu.qa">hanadyma@qu.edu.qa</a>) Qatar university and Prof. Allan Ramsay<br>(<a href="mailto:ramsay@cs.man.ac.uk">ramsay@cs.man.ac.uk</a>) Manchester university.<br><br><br>Application Deadline: (Open until filled)<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> <br>Email Address for Applications: <a href="mailto:hanadyma@qu.edu.qa">hanadyma@qu.edu.qa</a> <br>Contact Information:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Dr Hanady Ahmed <br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Email: <a href="mailto:hanadyma@qu.edu.qa">hanadyma@qu.edu.qa</a> <br><br><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 14 Mar 2011</div></body></html>