[Corpora-List] HKUST: PhD positions in Syntactic & Semantic SMT

[Dekai Wu]

For details see http://www.cs.ust.hk/~hltc/scholarships.html and 
http://www.cs.ust.hk/~dekai.

Fully funded PhD research positions in Computational Linguistics and 
Spoken Language Translation are now available at the Human Language 
Technology Center at HKUST. The program offers numerous close 
collaboration opportunities with other top international research 
institutions, including our US and European GALE partners.

PhD scholars will undertake work leading to a dissertation in the 
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, with their research 
relating to one or more of various fast-moving areas pioneered at HKUST:

- syntax and structure in statistical machine translation
- semantic models in statistical machine translation
- machine learning of syntactic and semantic models

HKUST is a young, energetic, highly ranked American style research 
university offering a very international English-language intellectual 
environment, situated on a beautiful waterfront campus in one of the 
most cosmopolitan and vibrant hub cities of dynamic Asia.

GRANTS  Each student will receive a starting stipend of HK$150,000 per 
year (approximately US$19,250), rising after qualifying exams to 
HK$160,000 (approximately US$20,500). All graduate students are eligible 
for on-campus housing. The program offers generous laboratory, library, 
and dedicated HLTC computation server cluster facilities.

REQUISITES  The successful candidate will be capable of independent, 
creative and careful critical thinking, possess strong communication 
skills, and be self-motivated. A strong undergraduate or Masters 
background is expected in a relevant area, such as computer science, 
computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, 
statistics, pattern recognition or information theory. Strong 
programming skills are essential.

APPLICATIONS  Candidates should forward their CV to dekai at cs.ust.hk as 
soon as possible. Complete applications should also include:

- names, emails, and telephone numbers of three referees
- copy of all university degrees (with English translation)
- transcripts from all university work (with English translation)
- cover letter explaining your motivation for applying, career objectives,
   relevant background experience, interests, programming skills and
   accomplishments, and any other relevant information
- completed postgraduate application form at:
   https://www.ab.ust.hk/arr/adm/pg/admissions/pg_prog/apply.html

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Prof. Dekai Wu   |   dekai at cs.ust.hk   |   http://www.cs.ust.hk/~dekai
HKUST Human Language Technology Center
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
tel +852 2358.7000   |  dir +852 2358.6989   |  fax +852 2358.1477


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