21.2777, Support: Forensic voice comparison: PhD Student, U. of New South Wales, AU

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Date: 01-Jul-2010
From: Geoffrey Stewart Morrison < geoff-morrison at forensic-voice-comparison.net >
Subject: Forensic voice comparison, Phonetics: PhD Student, University of New South Wales, Australia
 

	
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Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:22:44
From: Geoffrey Stewart Morrison [geoff-morrison at forensic-voice-comparison.net]
Subject: Forensic voice comparison, Phonetics: PhD Student, University of New South Wales, Australia

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Institution/Organization: University of New South Wales 
Department: School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunicati 
Web Address: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research
 
Specialty Areas: Phonetics 
Forensic voice comparison 

Description:

Doctoral students are sought in connection with the Australian Research Council 
Linkage Project (LP100200142) "Making demonstrably valid and reliable forensic 
voice comparison a practical everyday reality in Australia". This is a unique 
opportunity to obtain multidisciplinary training in both acoustic-phonetic and 
automatic approaches to forensic voice comparison and evaluation of forensic 
evidence within the new paradigm for forensic science - likelihood-ratio framework 
with testing of validity and reliability. 

The project will be centred at the to-be-formed Forensic Voice Comparison 
Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, University of 
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/. The University 
of New South Wales is one of Australia's major research institutions, attracting top 
national competitive research grants and with extensive international research 
links.

The lead investigator on this project is Dr. Geoffrey Stewart Morrison http://geoff-
morrison.net/. More details about the project can be found at http://forensic-voice-
comparison.net/.


Doctoral Students

We are looking for two types of candidates:

1. 	The ideal candidate would have a strong background in acoustic phonetics 
and also be (or have the potential to quickly become) knowledgeable and skilful in 
forensic science (especially the likelihood-ratio framework), programming 
(especially Matlab), statistics (especially Bayesian) and pattern recognition, and 
signal processing (especially speech processing). 

2. 	The ideal candidate would have a strong background in signal processing, 
especially speech processing, pattern recognition, and programming (especially 
Matlab), and also be (or have the potential to quickly become) knowledgeable and 
skilful in forensic science (especially the likelihood-ratio framework), acoustic 
phonetics, and statistics (especially Bayesian). 

A candidate with a Masters degree specialising in forensic voice comparison within 
the likelihood-ratio framework would be highly favoured. An excellent command of 
spoken and written English is essential, and fluency in Spanish and/or Standard 
Chinese would be advantageous.

The start date is flexible but is likely to be early 2011. In some cases this may be 
dictated by scholarship rules.

If a suitable international candidate is found by 10 July 2010, we will make a 
decision at that time in order to facilitate Endeavour award application. Otherwise 
positions will remain open until filled. The number of positions is flexible depending 
on the ability of candidates to obtain external funding.

We have a small amount of money (AU$10k per year) within the project allocated 
to supporting PhD students. This is envisaged as a top up to a more substantial 
scholarship. Potential students will have to apply for such a scholarship, but we 
will render all assistance possible to assist in making that application. Contact us 
for more information on this.


Postdoctoral Researchers

We would also welcome applications from postdoctoral researchers who have 
external funding and wish to join our team. We will assist with preparing 
applications for external funding. 


Visiting Students/Researchers

We would also welcome applications for externally-funded shorter research visits 
from PhD students and researchers from other universities. We will assist with 
preparing applications for external funding. 

Application Deadline: 01-Dec-2010 

Web Address for Applications: geoff-morrison at forensic-voice-comparison.net 

Contact Information: 
	Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison 
	geoff-morrison at forensic-voice-comparison.net  



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