PhD Studentship in Computational Linguistics at King's College London

[Shalom Lappin]

ESRC funded PhD Studentship in Computational Linguistics

This studentship is attached to an ESRC Professorial Fellowship on the 
Probabilistic
Representation of Linguistic Knowledge recently awarded to Shalom Lappin 
in the Department
of Philosophy, King's College London. It will be held in the Department 
of Philosophy at
King's, in the Linguistics PhD program.

It will start on October 1, 2012 and run for three years until September 30,
2015.

The PhD student’s research will address the connection between the 
stochastic modeling
of syntactic knowledge (linguistic competence generally), and the 
probabilistic representation
of knowledge in other cognitive domains. He/she will consider the 
relationship between
probabilistic learning models and stochastic representations of the 
target class of learning.
He/she will be encouraged to write an innovative dissertation on the 
central theoretical issues
in cognitive modeling that drive the project. He/she will co-author 
project papers and attend
conferences. The student will receive training in core theoretical and 
implementational aspects
of computational linguistics and natural language processing. He/she 
will be introduced to
current issues in cognitive science, particularly as these bear on the 
concerns of the project.

Full ESRC studentship support (annual stipend of £15,590 plus home/EU 
tuition fees) is normally
available only to students who (a) have been ordinarily resident in the 
United Kingdom for the
previous three years; (b) other than citizens of European Union 
countries, whose residence during
that period has not been wholly or mainly for the purposes of full-time 
education; and (c) who
have permission to reside permanently in the United Kingdom. EU students 
who do not meet the
above criteria may be eligible for a fees only studentship. Potential 
applicants who are uncertain
as to their eligibility should contact Jennie Eldridge 
(jennie.eldridge at kcl.ac.uk).

The studentship will be associated with the Language, Media & Culture 
(LMC) framework
within King’s Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre 
(KISS-DTC), which is an
ESRC approved Doctoral Training Centre for Theme 10. One of the 
components of the LMC framework
is Language, Discourse, and Communication.

Candidates should have a strong MA (or equivalent degree) in 
linguistics, philosophy, computer
science, or cognitive science. Interested applicants should send a full 
CV, three letters of
recommendation, and a letter of interest to Shalom Lappin at 
shalom.lappin at kcl.ac.uk by August 22.
Enquiries can also be sent to this email address.