<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><SPAN style="">PhD positions in Bayesian models of Language Acquisition</SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">We have several positions available for PhD students in our NSF-funded research project on Bayesian models of language acquisition. Applicants should have a solid mathematical and/or computational background and will work on projects such as data analysis using forced-alignment speech-recognition technology and developing Bayesian models of language acquisition and language and vision. We expect to provide successful applicants with full financial support and a cross-disciplinary training program with a strong emphasis on Computer Science and/or Applied Mathematics. Applications for admission should be made to <A href="http://gradschool.brown.edu/go/generalinfo"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0006EE">the graduate program</FONT></SPAN></A> of the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Brown University by <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">January 2, 2008</SPAN>. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">For further information contact Mark Johnson (<A href="mailto:Mark_Johnson@brown.edu">Mark_Johnson@brown.edu</A>) or Katherine Demuth (<A href="mailto:Katherine_Demuth@brown.edu">Katherine_Demuth@brown.edu</A>).</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>