23.3164, Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, King's College London, UK

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Subject: 23.3164, Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, King's College London, UK

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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:18:59
From: Shalom Lappin [shalom.lappin at kcl.ac.uk]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, King's College London, UK

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 Institution/Organization: King's College London 
Department: Philosophy 
Web Address: http://www.kcl.ac.uk 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 
 

Description:

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. 

Application Deadline: 22-Aug-2012 

Web Address for Applications: https://myapplication.kcl.ac.uk/ 

Contact Information: 
	Professor Shalom Lappin 
	shalom.lappin at kcl.ac.uk 
	Phone:44-(0)20-7848 2541  





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