[Corpora-List] PhD position at Saarland University

[Maria Staudte]

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PhD Studentship "An information-theoretic approach to embodied and 
situated language processing" in Psycholinguistics* (75% TV-L E13)

Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany

The Embodied Spoken Interaction (ESI) group at the Saarland University, 
headed by Dr. Maria Staudte, invites applications for a PhD studentship, 
to be filled as soon as possible.

The main goal of this project is to investigate to what extent 
information, in particular referential information, can be and is 
conveyed through multiple modalities. While previous work has largely 
focused on purely linguistic context when determining the surprisal on a 
word, situated face-to-face communication offers additional (non-verbal) 
channels for transmitting information. This project will examine whether 
non-verbal cues such as gaze can adopt the function of constraining or 
disambiguating upcoming contents, similar to the selectional 
restrictions of a verb, for instance. In order to empirically assign and 
assess surprisal in this multi-modal context, a new combination of 
traditional measures of predictability and surprisal are developed.

The Embodied Spoken Interaction (ESI) group is part of the "Multi-modal 
Computing and Interaction" Cluster of Excellence 
<http://www.mmci.uni-saarland.de/> at Saarland University which provides 
a very fruitful and constructive research environment with excellent 
opportunities for exchange and cooperation. The group has access to 
numerous state-of-the-art eye-tracking laboratories, a 64 channel 
EEG/ERP lab, and modern computing infrastructure, and conducts research 
at the level of international excellence.

The candidate will be expected to contribute to the high standards of 
the group and to be actively involved in the preparation and publication 
of new results. Further information about the group can be found at: 
http://www.mmci.uni-saarland.de/en/irg/esi 
<http://www.mmci.uni-saarland.de/en/independent_research_groups/esi>

Applicants should submit their research statement, a CV, a copy of their 
school and university degrees, a representative reprint (thesis chapter 
or paper), and names and contact information of two references. The 
position remains open until filled, but preference will be given to 
applications received by **30 May 2014**. All documents should be 
e-mailed as a single PDF to: masta at coli.uni-saarland.de

If you have any further questions, please also send an email to: 
masta at coli.uni-saarland.de
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