23.4372, Support: Phonetics: PhD Student, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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Subject: 23.4372, Support: Phonetics: PhD Student, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:58:29
From: Volker Dellwo [volker.dellwo at uzh.ch]
Subject: Phonetics: PhD Student, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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 Institution/Organization: University of Zurich 
Department: Phonetics Laboratory/ General Linguistics 
Web Address: http://www.pholab.uzh.ch 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Phonetics 
speech sciences 

Description:

2 PhD Positions in Phonetics/Speech Sciences at Zurich University (2 years, 
100%)

For a two year research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation 
and entitled 'Acoustic Characteristics of Voice in Music and Straight Theatre: 
Towards a Systematic Empirical Basis' (a collaborative project between the 
Institute for the Performing Arts and Film at Zurich University of the Arts, and the 
Phonetics Laboratory at Zurich University) we have two positions of doctoral 
researchers available in the Phonetics Laboratory at Zurich University. 

The project aims at...
... (a) setting up a large database of German vowels produced by non-professional 
children, women and men, as well as by professional actors and singers and 
including variations in phonation (voiced vs whispered vs creaky), in vocal effort, 
in fundamental frequency and in speaking and singing styles;
... (b) evaluating appropriate methods of acoustic measurement;
... (c) investigating vowel-specific and production-specific acoustic features 
focusing on characteristics of different speaking and singing styles.

The Phonetics Lab is run by a team of enthusiastic academics with interests in a 
variety of areas in phonetics and speech sciences. In addition to our cooperation 
with researchers, actors and singers from the Zurich University of the Arts, we 
work closely together with researchers from the departments of General 
Linguistics, German, Romance and English language as well as Psychology and 
Audiology.

Position I:
Requirements:
- Master (e.g. MA, MSc, MRes, etc.) in Phonetics, Speech Sciences, Linguistics, 
Information Technology or related area.
- Excellent knowledge of English
- working knowledge of German.

You should have an interest (or already experience) in areas like:
- Acoustic Analysis of Speech
- Speech Signal Processing; Methods (e.g. FFT, LPC, Cepstrum, LTAS) and 
Software (e.g. Praat, Matlab, Wavesurfer)
- Speech Perception
- Statistics
- Speech Synthesis

Position II
Requirements:
- Master (e.g. MA, MSc, MRes, etc.) in Music, Theatre, or in Speech Sciences, 
Linguistics, Information Technology or related area.
- Excellent knowledge of German
- Good knowledge of English.

You should have an interest (or already experience) in areas like:
- Singing and speech in Music and Straight Theatre
- Acoustic Analysis of Speech and Singing in general
- Speech Perception
- Speech Signal Processing

Payment for the position will be between 41.400 and 44.400 CHF/year (depending 
on year).

Your application should consist of the following items:
- CV (including publications, if available)
- List of grades
- Name and email addresses of two potential referees

Important dates:
- Deadline for applications: 30. November 2012
- Interviews: 10th to 18th of December 2012
- Starting date of positions: 1. March 2013 (negotiable)

Electronic application submission (in pdf format), further information and or 
informal chats about the posts:

Volker Dellwo volker.dellwo at uzh.ch http://www.pholab.uzh.ch/leute/dellwo.html 

Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2012 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.pholab.uzh.ch 

Contact Information: 
	Prof. Volker Dellwo 
	volker.dellwo at uzh.ch 
	Phone:41 44 634 2995  





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