[Corpora-List] PhD Positions in Language Technology and Cognitive Systems

[Matthew Crocker]

Up to 5 PhD Scholarships Available in:

"Language Technology and Cognitive Systems"

International Research Training Group

  Saarbruecken - Edinburgh

The International Research Training Group (IRTG) in Language  
Technology and Cognitive Systems announces the availability of up to  
5 PhD positions beginning early 2007. Established in 2001, the IRTG  
is a collaborative PhD programme between Saarland University and the  
University of Edinburgh - two leading institutions in the fields of  
computational linguistics, cognitive science and artificial  
intelligence. The participating institutes in Saarbruecken are  
Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Phonetics,  
Psycholinguistics, and Speech and Signal Processing. In Edinburgh,  
the College is supported by the School of Informatics, the School of  
Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, and the Human  
Communication Research Centre.

Each scholarship is funded for two years, normally extendable for a  
third year. Doctoral degrees may be obtained in computational  
linguistics, phonetics, or informatics, from Saarland University. The  
official language of the programme is English. Distinguishing  
features of the cooperation include:

- Joint supervision of dissertations by lecturers from Saarbruecken  
and Edinburgh
- A six month research stay in Edinburgh
- An intensive research exchange programme between Saarbruecken and  
Edinburgh

The college focuses on the computational and cognitive foundations of  
human language processing, particularly emphasizing the following  
research areas:

- Cognitive and computational investigation of speech and language  
understanding
- Knowledge representation, inference, the lexicon, and ontologies
- Data-intensive and statistical language processing
- Dialogue, language generation and human language processing

For more information about the graduate college, including current  
staff and students, prospective applicants are encouraged to visit  
our website: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/igk/

The scholarship currently provides EURO 1468 per month. Additional  
compensation includes family allowance (where applicable), travel  
funding, support for carrying out experiments, and an additional  
monthly allowance for the duration of the stay in Edinburgh.  
Applicants should hold a strong university degree equivalent to the  
German Diplom or Magister (e.g. Master's level) in a relevant  
discipline, and should not be more than 28 years of age. Women and  
international students are particularly encouraged to apply.

Deadline for applications: 15 December, 2006

Applications should be sent electronically to: igk- 
admissions at coli.uni-sb.de

To be fully considered, please include:

- a curriculum vitae indicating degrees obtained, disciplines covered  
(e.g. list of courses ), publications,
   and other relevant experience
- a sample of written work (e.g. research paper, or dissertation,  
preferably in English)
- copies of high school and university certificates, and transcripts
- two references (e-mailed directly to the speaker before the deadline)
- a statement of research interests, previous knowledge and  
activities in any of the relevant research areas.

In case an application can only be submitted by regular post, it  
should be sent to:

Prof. Dr. Matthew Crocker (Speaker)
Department of Computational Linguistics
Saarland University
P.O. Box 15 11 50
D-66041 Saarbruecken Germany
Tel. +49 (0)681 302-6560 - Fax +49 (0)681 302-6561
E-mail: igk-admin at coli.uni-sb.de
Internet: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/igk



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