17 September: fyi -- speech, London
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Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London.
3 Research Positions
Synthetic talking face controlled by speech (2 posts)
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This project, with partners in Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK aims to
provide hearing-impaired people with lipreading cues derived from acoustic
speech.
Posts are available for a Researcher (ref. 1) with skills in speech
perception and a Research Fellow (ref. 2) with experience in speech
recognition.
The Researcher post is 0.8 FTE with a starting salary of GBP 21,620 pro
rata and is available from 1 November 2001 to 30 September 2004.
The Research Fellow post has a starting salary (GBP) from 21,620 to 26,327
p.a.
depending on qualifications. This full-time post is for between 18 to 24
months
depending on the salary awarded.
Use of auditory-visual speech in 2nd language training
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This EPSRC-funded post (ref. 3) is available for 20 months. The main
responsibility will be to carry out trials of a computer-based training
system for Spanish learners of English. A background in speech perception
and in phonetics or phonology at Master's or PhD level is essential.
Conversational Spanish is desirable.
Starting salary (GBP) between 21,620 and 26,327 p.a.
Send requests for further information and applications including the names
of two academic referees and a CV to Dr A Faulkner, Department of Phonetics
and
Linguistics, 4 Stephenson Way, LONDON NW1 2HE (or email to
andyf@phon.ucl.ac.uk).
Tel. 020 7679 7408/7401.
Closing dates are 15 October 2001 for post 1 and 31 October 2001 for posts
2 and 3. Salaries are inclusion of London Allowance.(currently 2134 GBP pa)
Further particulars can be found at http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/jobs/
Dr Andrew Faulkner
Principal Research Fellow
Dept Phonetics and Linguistics
UCL (University College London)
Wolfson House
4 Stephenson Way
LONDON NW1 2HE
tel 44 (0)20 7679 7408 (direct)
fax 44 (0)20 7383 0752
e-mail andyf@phon.ucl.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/andyf/
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