11.971, Jobs: Speech Synthesis: pre- and postdoc/Germany

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Subject: 11.971, Jobs: Speech Synthesis: pre- and postdoc/Germany

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Date:  27 Apr 2000 11:38:31 -0000
From:  Dr.Gregor "Möhler" <Gregor.Moehler at ims.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject:  Speech Synthesis: pre- or postdoc at University of Stuttgart, Germany Germany

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Date:  27 Apr 2000 11:38:31 -0000
From:  Dr.Gregor "Möhler" <Gregor.Moehler at ims.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject:  Speech Synthesis: pre- or postdoc at University of Stuttgart, Germany Germany


Rank of Job: pre- or postdoc
Areas Required: Speech Synthesis
Other Desired Areas: Computational Linguistics, Phonetics, Speech signal
processing
University or Organization: University of Stuttgart
Department: IMS, Experimental Phonetics
State or Province: Germany
Country: Germany
Final Date of Application: as soon as possible
Contact: Dr. Gregor Möhler  Gregor.Moehler at ims.uni-stuttgart.de

Address for Applications:
Azenbergstr. 12
Stuttgart
 70174
Germany

Research Positions in Speech Synthesis

The Division of Experimental Phonetics at the Institute of Natural
Language Processing (IMS) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is
seeking applications for postdoctoral and predoctoral positions to work
on aspects of speech synthesis within the framework of the project
SmartKom.

The SmartKom project focuses on intuitive human-machine interaction
using various input and output modalities (speech, gestures, mimic). It
is founded by the German government and involves twelve partners from
universities and industry.

Within the project, the IMS is responsible for the speech output
component which will be realized as a concept-to-speech component
(interfacing with an external natural language generation module). The
group is coordinated by Prof. Grzegorz Dogil. Successful applicants
will work on various aspects of this component including speaker
selection, speech database construction and synthesis unit selection.

Duration of the project will be until September 2003. The positions are
according to the BAT II scale (approx. 35000-40000 Euro p.a., depending
on age and marital status). Starting date is as soon as possible.

Desired qualifications:

     - Ph.D., "Diplom", M.S. in a computation-oriented speech
       processing area (e.g. speech synthesis, coding, recognition,
       computational linguistics)
     - experience with corpus-based approaches in speech technology
     - experience with speech database construction
     - basic knowledge of phonetics
     - programming skills in C/C++, Perl, Scheme
     - good proficiency in German

Applicants with all or a subset of these qualifications are encouraged
to apply. Please send the following information by e-mail, preferably
in plain ASCII text format:

     - name and affiliation
     - a brief description of your qualifications
     - list of publications
     - pointers to (e.g.) web sites pertinent to your previous work.

Please send applications to

     Dr. Gregor Möhler
     Universität Stuttgart
     Institut für Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung
     Azenbergstr. 12
     70174 Stuttgart
     Germany
     e-mail: Gregor.Moehler at ims.uni-stuttgart.de

Relevant links

     IMS: http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/phonetik
     Speech Synthesis at the IMS:
      http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/phonetik/synthesis
     SmartKom project: http://www.smartkom.org

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