23.609, Jobs: Speech Hearing/Phonetic Science: PhD Positions, U College London

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Date: 05-Feb-2012
From: Molly Bennett [m.bennett at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Speech Hearing and Phonetic Science: PhD Positions (Marie Curie Trainee), University College London, United Kingdom


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Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:31:20
From: Molly Bennett [m.bennett at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Speech Hearing and Phonetic Science: PhD Positions (Marie Curie Trainee), University College London, United Kingdom

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University or Organization: University College London 
Department: Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences
Job Location: London, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/speech
Job Rank: PhD Positions (Marie Curie Trainee)  

Specialty Areas: Speech Hearing and Phonetic Science


Description:

We are seeking to appoint two three-year Marie Curie Trainees to 
complete PhD research projects in the Research Department of Speech 
Hearing and Phonetic Sciences at UCL, commencing Sept/Oct 2012. In 
addition to salary, the post will include student fees up to the UK/EU level, 
research support, and additional allowances.

One post-holder will complete a project under the supervision of Dr. Paul 
Iverson and Dr. María Luisa García Lecumberri (University of the Basque 
Country, Spain), which will examine how speakers and listeners modify 
their phonetic perception and production during speech communication, 
particularly among second-language learners. 

The other post-holder will complete a project under the supervision of Prof. 
Stuart Rosen and Prof. Torsten Dau (Technical University of Denmark), 
which will investigate the ability of listeners (normal hearing, hearing-aid 
users, cochlear-implant users) to perceive speech targets in the 
background of maskers that manipulate the presence and absence of 
periodicity.

The post-holders will be members of the FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training 
Network Investigating Speech Processing In Realistic Environments 
(INSPIRE; http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/INSPIRE/) which 
comprises 10 European research institutes and 7 associated partners, and 
has the aim of training researchers to investigate how people recognise 
speech in real life under a wide range of conditions that are "non-optimal" 
relative to the controlled conditions in laboratory experiments. The 
Research Department of Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences is one of 
the largest groupings of researchers in this field in the UK, and is part of 
the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences within the newly 
formed Brain Sciences Faculty of UCL. Both projects will be based at 
UCL, but the post-holders will also be required to undertake some work 
and travel in other countries within the INSPIRE network.

Key Requirements:
Applicants must be eligible for the UCL UK/EU student fees rate (normally 
a national of a European Union country), but must not have resided or 
performed their main research activity in the UK for more than 12 months 
in the 3 year period immediately prior to the start date. Applicants, by the 
start of the post, must hold an undergraduate or masters degree in a 
relevant discipline (e.g., Psychology, Speech and Hearing Science, 
Linguistics, or Electrical Engineering) that is equivalent to a 1st class or 
2:1 standard in the UK system.

Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr. Paul Iverson 
(p.iverson at ucl.ac.uk) or Prof. Stuart Rosen (s.rosen at ucl.ac.uk) for an 
informal discussion about these posts. If you have any queries regarding 
the application process please contact Molly Bennett (+44 207 679 4020, 
m.bennett at ucl.ac.uk).


Application Deadline: 04-Mar-2012 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/x8Cmxt 
Contact Information:
	Molly Bennett 
	Email: m.bennett at ucl.ac.uk 
	Phone: +44 207 679 4020 




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