7.1474, Jobs: PhD studentship at Sheffield, ILLC graduate fellowships
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Subject: 7.1474, Jobs: PhD studentship at Sheffield, ILLC graduate fellowships
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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:55:54 BST
From: m.crawford at dcs.shef.ac.uk (mmalcolm crawford)
Subject: Studentship available at Sheffield: The use of Automatic Speech
Recognition by speech-impaired individuals
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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:21:28 +0200
From: vervoort at fwi.uva.nl (Marco R. Vervoort)
Subject: Illc Graduate Fellowships
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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 13:55:54 BST
From: m.crawford at dcs.shef.ac.uk (mmalcolm crawford)
Subject: Studentship available at Sheffield: The use of Automatic Speech
Recognition by speech-impaired individuals
The Hawley Trust PhD Studentship
Topic :The use of Automatic Speech Recognition by Speech impaired
individuals
The aim of the project is to investigate the use of
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) by disabled individuals for text
input and to control electronic equipment; specifically examining the
use of ASR with impaired speech. Commercially available ASRs will be
used and ASR development packages will be available. The success of
these systems with impaired speech will be assessed as well as `best'
strategies for use in the users day-to-day life. Failure or poor
performance of systems to work in some circumstances would lead to
analysis of these failures and, if the successful candidate is
appropriately skilled, investigation of novel technology (software or
hardware) to enhance the performance of the ASRs. Long term changes in
the users voice may also be considered.
The project will include a large element of clinical work. The
successful candidate will be required to work both at the University
and at Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust (some funding for
travel expenses will be available). The studentship is for stlg5,500
p.a. for three years and is available immediately.
Candidates should have
- 1.1/2.1 or a Masters degree in one of the following subjects
Medical Physics, Computer Science, Speech, Physics, Electrical
or Electronic Engineering
Good interpersonal communication skills, basic computing skills,
experience/training in speech, image or pattern processing.
Desirable experience etc.
Speech pathology, computer programming, task analysis,
mathematics (especially statistics) .
Driving License (and car owner)
The studentship is open to UK or EU candidates. Applicants should
send their CV and application to :
Dr. P. A. Cudd at the above address or by e-mail:
p.cudd at sheffield.ac.uk and
Dr. M. S. Hawley, Department of Medical Physics, Barnsley District
General Hospital NHS Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP or e-mail:
m.s.hawley at sheffield.ac.uk
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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:21:28 +0200
From: vervoort at fwi.uva.nl (Marco R. Vervoort)
Subject: Illc Graduate Fellowships
illc
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
in
Logic, Computer Science, Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
at the
University of Amsterdam
The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the
University of Amsterdam announces the opening of competition for its
graduate fellowships for 1997 for interdisciplinary research training
in the field of Logic, Computer Science, Mathematics and Artificial
Intelligence.
ILLC
ILLC , the "Institute for Logic, Language and Computation" of the
University of Amsterdam started its life in 1986 as an informal
association of permanent staff members from the departments of
Computer Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy, and the Department of
computational linguistics from the Faculty of Humanities. ILLC carries
out research in the interdisciplinary field of mathematics,
linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and trains researchers in
this field. ILLC is one of the main centers in its field in the world.
ILLC has an international orientation, and attracts many guests,
scholars and students from abroad. Complementary to ILLC's
Ph.D.-program is its international Program Master of Logic
[LINK]
The Ph.D.-program
As in most Ph.D. programs, the work in the Ph.D.-program is divided
into two parts. Firstly, the student acquires a fairly broad but
rigorous working knowledge in the field of logic and its applications.
ILLC organizes this part of the Ph.D. program in cooperation with the
Dutch Graduate School in Logic
OZSL
This school offers a national program of courses, colloquia, workshops
and annual Ph.D.-conferences (all in English). Secondly, the student
carries out original research and writes a dissertation under the
guidance of two dissertation supervisors. During the first year of the
program, the emphasis is on the first part, and from the second year
onwards, the emphasis is on dissertation work.
Tuition, stipend
Graduate fellowships include tuition, and a cash stipend. Graduate
stipends are annually renewable upon satisfactory performance up to a
maximum of four years . Moreover, partial teaching assistant position
are possible. ILLC also invites Ph.D.'s with a grant from other
sources (e.g. research council) to apply for a supplementary partial
ILLC-fellowship. Fellowships are intended to start on January 1, 1997,
or, exceptionally, later in the year.
Requirements
- A master's degree or equivalent in computer science, mathematics,
artificial intelligence. Candidates with a background in linguistics,
philosophy, cognitive science will also be considered provided that
they have an appropriate background in formal logic;
- A strong background in the foundations of logic, and/or its
applications in computer science, artificial intelligence or cognitive
science.
Project
Candidates are invited to indicate their general area of interest,
and/or to indicate interest in one of the sample projects below,
and/or to suggest other, original projects that fit within the general
interdisciplinary mission of the institute. Candidates are encouraged
to consult the annual reports of the institute.
Sample projects:
Modal logic and algebraic logic
Intuitionistic logic and arithmetic
Connections between descriptive and algorithmic complexity
Proof theory and logic programming
Automated theorem proving
Inductive inference and belief revision
Visualisations of textual object-oriented models
Algebraic formalization of grammar formalisms
Faculty of ILLC
Krzysztof Apt, Renate Bartsch, Johan van Benthem, Kees Doets, Peter
van Emde Boas, Jeroen Groenendijk, Theo Janssen, Dick de Jongh,
Michiel van Lambalgen, Remko Scha, Martin Stokhof, Leen Torenvliet,
Anne Troelstra, Frank Veltman, Paul Vitanyi, Henk Zeevat
Selection Committee
Krzysztof Apt, Johan van Benthem, Jeroen Groenendijk, Dick de Jongh,
Erik-Jan van der Linden.
More information
Dr. Dick de Jongh
tel: + 31 20 5256061
dickdj at fwi.uva.nl
illc's home page
Application
Your letter, together with a curriculum vitae, a list of marks, and a
description of your general area of interest and/or specific projects
(2 pages max.), with `strictly confidential' on the upper-left corner
of the envelop, should be sent no later than November 15, 1996 to
University of Amsterdam
ILLC secretariat
Plantage Muidergracht 24
1018 TV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Instead of hard copy you may send the relevant information as one
LaTeX-file to
illc at wins.uva.nl
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