[Corpora-List] PhD position in spoken dialogue systems research

[Filip Jurcicek]

Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship in the area of statistical
spoken dialogue systems funded by the Czech Government. The student will
join the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Charles University in
Prague, Czech Republic with an anticipated start date of October 1st, 2014.

Topic description: In recent years, it has been suggested that statistical
approach to spoken dialogue system offer a framework to naturally handle
inherent uncertainty in the human speech. The two main advantages of
statistical methods are increased robustness in noisy conditions and more
natural behaviour learnt from data. However, the current methods need large
corpora effectively preventing these methods to be used for complex
dialogue systems occurring in real-life. The successful PhD candidate will
investigate and implement statistical models and methods with the aim of
increasing the efficiency of the learning process and reducing the need for
large corpora. The conducted research will cover areas of spoken language
understanding, dialogue management, and natural language processing.

Skills: The candidate should hold a master degree in a relevant area, such
as computer science, mathematics, engineering  or linguistics. A strong
mathematical background, excellent programming skills (e.g. C/C++, Java,
MATLAB, and various scripting languages under Linux environment), aptitude
for creative research and autonomy are expected. Experience in machine
learning, Bayesian methods, and natural language processing is a plus.

The Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics is a top-level research
group working in the area of computational linguistics and natural language
processing. During the fellowship, there will be good opportunities to
attend international conferences and workshops. The formal applications
should be submitted before June 1. Prospective candidates are strongly
encouraged to contact Dr Filip Jurcicek (jurcicek at ufal.mff.cuni.cz) as soon
as possible to obtain details about the application process, the institute,
and the research opportunities.

Additional information is available at
https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/filip-jurcicek/jobs.

Filip Jurcicek
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http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/filip-jurcicek
http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/grants
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