23.607, Jobs: Psycholinguistics: PhD Positions, University of York

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Date: 05-Feb-2012
From: Sven Mattys [sven.mattys at bris.ac.uk]
Subject: Psycholinguistics: PhD Positions, University of York, United Kingdom


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Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:38
From: Sven Mattys [sven.mattys at bris.ac.uk]
Subject: Psycholinguistics: PhD Positions, University of York, United Kingdom

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University or Organization: University of York 
Department: Psychology
Job Location: York, United Kingdom 
Web Address: http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/
Job Rank: PhD Positions  

Specialty Areas: Psycholinguistics; Cognitive Psychology; Hearing Science


Description:

2 PhD studentships in the Department of Psychology at the University of 
York, UK, under the supervision of Professor Sven Mattys

Topic: Speech recognition in adverse conditions

The studentships are funded by the Marie Curie Foundation through an 
Initial Training Network (ITN) called 'Investigating Speech Processing In 
Realistic Environments' (INSPIRE, 
http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/INSPIRE/). The network consists of 
10 European research institutes and 7 associated non-academic partners. 
The senior researchers in the network are academics in psychology, 
computer science, engineering, linguistics, hearing science, as well as 
R&D scientists from leading businesses in acoustics and hearing 
instruments, and ENT specialists.

In an attempt to stimulate international cooperation and mobility, each PhD 
candidate will spend a portion of his/her training time at another academic 
site within the network and at one of the industrial or clinical sites.

The PhD candidates will carry out an individual research project related to 
one of the following two topics, broadly construed:

(1)  Effect of noise on phonetic processing vs. lexical-semantic integration.
Main host: Prof. Sven Mattys (Sven.Mattys at bris.ac.uk), Department of 
Psychology, University of York, UK (http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/).
Second host: Dr. Odette Scharenborg (Odette.Scharenborg at mpi.nl), Max 
Planck Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (http://www.mpi.nl/).

(2)  Measuring cognitive effort during speech recognition in noise.
Main host: Prof. Sven Mattys (Sven.Mattys at bris.ac.uk), Department of 
Psychology, University of York, UK (http://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/).
Second host: Prof. Torsten Dau (tda at elektro.dtu.dk), Department of 
Electrical Engineering, Hearing Systems Group, Technical University of 
Denmark, Denmark (http://www.dtu.dk/centre/hea/English.aspx).

Eligibility:
-  Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK but should not have 
resided or performed their main research activity in the UK for more than 
12 months within the 3 years immediately preceding the start date.
-  Applicants must be within four years (full-time equivalent) of the end of 
the degree which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctoral 
degree either in their home country or in the UK.
-  Applicants should have a strong undergraduate or Masters degree in 
psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, hearing science or related field. 
Excellent numerical skills and a good command of English are essential. 
Experience with testing software, script writing, and speech editing is 
desirable. Applicants should be willing to work temporarily in at least one 
other country within the INSPIRE network.

How to Apply:
Applications should be sent directly to Professor Mattys 
(sven.mattys at bris.ac.uk). Applications should include a CV, university 
transcripts, names and e-mail addresses of two academic referees, and a 
2-page cover letter summarising your research interests, your relevance to 
this particular project, and your fit with the goals of the INSPIRE network. 
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Start date:  1 October 2012
PhD duration:  3 years


Application Deadline: 30-Mar-2012 
	  
Email Address for Applications: sven.mattys at bris.ac.uk 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Sven Mattys 
	Email: sven.mattys at bris.ac.uk 




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