[Corpora-List] Research Fellowship at RMIT University (Melb, Australia): Interacting with Web Search using Speech

[Lawrence Cavedon]

Applications close Sept 12.

Job: 2-year Research Fellowship
Spoken Conversational Search: Interacting with Web Search using Speech
Melbourne, Australia

RMIT University's School of Computer Science and IT (CSIT) is seeking a
Postdoctoral Researcher for a project on Spoken Conversational Search, to
develop techniques to present Information Retrieval results over a
speech-only channel. The main research aims of the project involve
developing an interactive search process and techniques for organising and
summarising collections of search results for effective presentation over
speech.

The successful candidate will have a PhD (or be very close to completion)
in Computer Science or closely related area, with proven research
contributions in the topic of the project. In particular, expertise in one
or more of information retrieval, language technology, and/or spoken
dialogue management is expected. Specific research topics of interest
include interactive IR, result diversification, topic modelling,
statistical document analysis, and spoken response generation. Excellent
programming skills as well as good communication and teamwork skills are
essential.

The position will be affiliated with RMIT's Information Search and
Retrieval and Intelligent Agents research groups, both of which were rated
as "above world standard" in the most recent Excellence in Research in
Australia evaluation. The successful candidate will work closely with RMIT
CSIT academic staff (Dr. Lawrence Cavedon, Prof. Mark Sanderson, Prof. Lin
Padgham) and affiliated colleague Prof. Bruce Croft, along with an industry
partner.

For external applicants: Melbourne is consistently ranked one of the
world's Most Liveable Cities (ranked 1st in 2013 by The Economist's
Intelligence Unit).

Terms:
This is a full-time 2-year contract position, with possible extension
(contingent on funding).
Salary is $80,690 - $84,939 p.a. plus 17% employer contribution to
superannuation/retirement fund, depending on qualifications and experience.

Applications close Sept 12.

Apply (and view full details) at the RMIT University Careers website:
http://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=549418
For further information please contact Dr. Lawrence Cavedon (
lawrence.cavedon at rmit.edu.au)
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