27.1688, Support: Computational Linguistics; Language Acquisition / United Kingdom

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Subject: 27.1688, Support: Computational Linguistics; Language Acquisition / United Kingdom

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:50:10
From: Theodora Alexopoulou [ta259 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Language Acquisition, PhD, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

 Institution/Organization: University of Cambridge 
Department: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 
Web Address: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/10049/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Language Acquisition 
 

Description:

Applications are invited for a three year PhD studentship in the Department of
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge. This studentship
is tied to a part-time Research Assistantship (reference GZ08828), and will be
based in the EF Research Lab for Applied Language Learning. The lab focuses on
analysis of big learner data from learners of English as a second language and
aims to develop novel computational techniques for analyzing and modeling the
learning trajectories of varying learner groups across proficiency levels. The
aim is to obtain learner profiles that can inform language teaching and
potentially lead to educational applications for language learning. The
Research Lab is funded by EF Education First through a research grant to Dora
Alexopoulou.

The successful candidate will have a good Master's degree (equivalent of
first-class distinction) in computer science or related subject, preferably
with a specialization in Computational Linguistics, completed by September
30th 2015. Background in linguistics and/or second language learning will be
an asset.

The PhD student will work with Drs Alexopoulou and Korhonen as a member of the
EF Research Lab for Applied Language Learning. He/she will join the Language
Technology Lab and the research cluster for Language Acquisition and Language
Processing and will be part of a world-class multidisciplinary research
environment combining computer scientists, linguists and experts in language
learning.
 

Application Deadline: 31-May-2016 

Web Address for Applications: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/10049/ 

Contact Information: 
	Dr Dora Alexopoulou 
	ta259 at cam.ac.uk  


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