31.3196, Support: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, University of Edinburgh

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Subject: 31.3196, Support: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, University of Edinburgh

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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:24:48
From: Frank Keller [keller at inf.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics: PhD, University of Edinburgh, UK

 Institution/Organization: University of Edinburgh 
Department: Centre for Doctoral Training in Natural Language Processing 
Web Address: http://nlp-cdt.ac.uk/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics 
 

Description:

Fully Funded Four-year PhD Studentships
UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Natural Language Processing

Based at the University of Edinburgh: in conjunction with School of
Informatics and School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences.

Deadlines:
- Non UK: 27th November 2020
- UK: 29th January 2021

Applications are now sought for the CDTs third Cohort of students to start in
September 2021.

* * *

The CDT in NLP offers unique, tailored doctoral training comprising both
taught courses and a doctoral dissertation over four years.

Each student will take a set of courses designed to complement their existing
expertise and give them an interdisciplinary perspective on NLP. 

The studentships are fully funded for the four years and come with a generous
allowance for travel, equipment and research costs.

The CDT brings together researchers in NLP, speech, linguistics, cognitive
science and design informatics from across the University of Edinburgh.
Students will be supervised by a world-class faculty of over 60 supervisors
and will benefit from cutting edge computing and experimental facilities,
including a large GPU cluster and eye-tracking, speech, virtual reality and
visualisation labs.

The CDT involves a number of industrial partners, including Amazon, Facebook,
Huawei, Microsoft, Naver, Toshiba, and the BBC. Links also exist with the Alan
Turing Institute and the Bayes Centre.

A wide range of research topics fall within the remit of the CDT:
- Natural language processing and computational linguistics
- Speech technology
- Dialogue, multimodal interaction, language and vision
- Information retrieval and visualization, computational social science
- Computational models of human cognition and behaviour, including language
and speech processing 
- Human-Computer interaction, design informatics, assistive and educational
technology 
- Psycholinguistics, language acquisition, language evolution, language
variation and change
- Linguistic foundations of language and speech processing.

The next cohort of CDT students will start in September 2021 and is now open
for applications. Around 12 studentships are available, covering maintenance
at the research council rate^ (currently £15,285 per year) plus tuition fees. 

Studentships are open to all nationalities and we are particularly keen to
receive applications from women, minority groups and members of other groups
that are underrepresented in technology. Applicants in possession of other
funding scholarships or industry funding are also welcome to apply – please
provide details of your funding source on your application.

Applicants should have an undergraduate or master’s degree in computer
science, linguistics, cognitive science, AI, or a related discipline; or have
a breadth of relevant experience in industry/academia/public sector, etc.   

Further details, including the application procedure, can be found at:
http://nlp-cdt.ac.uk/

Application Deadlines:
Early application is encouraged but completed applications must be received at
the latest by:
27th November 2020 (non UK applicants) or 29th January 2021 (UK applicants).

CDT in NLP Open Day:
Find out more about the programme by attending the PG Virtual Open Week 9-13
November when the CDT in NLP will be hosting an event – date/time to be
advised.

Enquiries:
Please direct any enquiries to the CDT admissions team at:
cdt-nlp-info at inf.ed.ac.uk.

https://www.ukri.org/skills/funding-for-research-training/
 

Web Address for Applications: http://nlp-cdt.ac.uk/ 

Contact Information: 
	Sally Galloway
	UKRI CDT in Natural Language Processing – Coordinator
	UKRI CDT in NLP
	School of Informatics,
	University of Edinburgh,
	Informatics Forum,
	10 Crichton St,
	Edinburgh EH8 9AB
	Email: cdt-nlp-info at inf.ed.ac.uk
	Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 3130  


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