26.4041, Jobs: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition: Post Doc, University of Queensland

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Subject: 26.4041, Jobs: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition: Post Doc, University of Queensland

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:13:16
From: Janet Wiles [j.wiles at uq.edu.au]
Subject: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition: Post Doc, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

 
University or Organization: University of Queensland 
Department: ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language
Job Location: Brisbane, Australia 
Web Address: http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/
Job Title: Social Robotics (Language and technology)
Job Rank: Post Doc; Programmer

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition 


Description:

University of Queensland is seeking to recruit 2 postdocs with skills in language and technology. 

The postdocs will contribute new skills to a social robot project for communication between robots and humans (areas of interest include software, hardware, social, speech or language systems). Platforms of interest include extending the existing Lingodroids (robot-robot communication) and developing an Australian version of UCSD’s RUBI (a friendly robot for preschool children).

Qualifications: PhD (under review is okay) in Linguistics, Speech Science, Engineering or other relevant field. More experienced applicants who have a substantial track record of high-quality journal papers and are interested in some teaching can apply for lecturer level B (fixed term for up to 3 years).

Background information: The project follows on from the Lingodroids language-learning robots, and aims to develop a novel social robot as a research platform for language research. The positions are part of the new 7-year ARC Centre of Excellence in the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) with a large cross-disciplinary team at UQ.

Computational linguists with extensive programming experience who are interested in completing a PhD may also apply.


Application Deadline: 27-Sep-2015 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/497846/postdoctoral-research-fellow-research-fellow 
Contact Information:
	Professor Janet Wiles 
	Email: j.wiles at uq.edu.au 


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