<br clear="all"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">--------</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Postdoc on "Conversational Feedback: Multidimensional analyses and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">modeling" (CoFee), Laboratoire Parole et Langage (Aix-En-Provence)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">(UMR 7309)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Applications are invited for an 18 months postdoctoral position on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">linguistic feedback modeling.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The aim of the project is to study the interfaces between linguistic</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">domains (lexicon, prosody, kinesic) in the context of linguistic</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">feedback behaviors. Only candidates with  experience with at least two</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">of the points below will be considered:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">   - speech and prosody</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">   - dialogue / conversation / interaction analysis and modeling</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">   - kinesics (especially facial expression and head movements)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">   - natural language processing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Concerning the kind of approaches considered both corpus/quantitative</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">and formal backgrounds are welcomed.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The position is planned to start around February 1st but we can</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">discuss about late starting period. The salary will be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">determined according to the French university standards (about 1950</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">euros / month after tax and health insurance coverage for a young</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">researcher). Funding for presenting</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">relevant research results into conferences comes with the position.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Speaking French will be a plus for everyday life in Aix-en-Provence,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">but fluency in English is the minimal requirement.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The research lab is located in the center of Aix-en-Provence</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">(</span><a href="http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">). Aix is a sunny middle-sized</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">city of South East France, nested in the Provence countryside, 30</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">minutes from the Mediterranean and 1h30 from the Alps.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">The "Laboratoire Parole et Langage"  is a very active lab currently</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">involved in several large scale projects (Labex "Brain and Language</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Research Institute" : </span><a href="http://www.blri.fr/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">www.blri.fr</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> ; EQUIPEX Open Resources and Tools</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">for LANGuage (ORTOLANG) : </span><a href="http://www.ortolang.fr/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">www.ortolang.fr</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> ; and Erasmus Mundus</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">"Multilingualism and Multiculturalism": </span><a href="http://www.em-multi.eu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">www.em-multi.eu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"> ) offering a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">stimulating research environment and large and diverse opportunities</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">of collaborations.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">A curriculum vitae and a list of publications should be sent to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Laurent Prévot (</span><a href="mailto:laurent.prevot@lpl-aix.fr" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">laurent.prevot@lpl-aix.fr</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">) by December 31st but please</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">contact us asap if you are interested by the position for deepening</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">mutual knowledge before formal application.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">For more information, please visit the following web pages:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">CoFee: </span><a href="http://cofee.hypotheses.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">cofee.hypotheses.org</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Laboratoire Parole et Langage: </span><a href="http://lpl-aix.fr/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">lpl-aix.fr</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">

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