28 November: fyi -- phd funding, The Netherlands
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The Human Media Interaction (HMI) group and the Database group of
the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
at the University of Twente have a strong joint background in
multimedia retrieval and human computer interaction. Funding for a 4
year PhD position is now available for a collaborative research project
on multimodal, ?how-to? question answering, involving areas such as
multimedia mining (?how-to? collection), XML retrieval, QA and human
computer interaction (?how-to? querying and presentation). The project
will start on 1 January 2006, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Requirements
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- candidates should have a background in one or more of the following
areas: information retrieval, speech recognition, computational
linguistics, databases and human computer interaction, demonstrated by
an academic degree in e.g., information retrieval, computational
linguistics, computer science
- good programming and scripting skills in a Linux/Unix environment
Conditions of employment
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The PhD salary starts at EUR 1813 gross per month and grows to EUR 2283
gross per month (figures based on full-time employment). Duration of
the contract: four years. Hours per week: 32-40. PhD students will be
able to participate in the Dutch research school for Information and
Knowledge Systems (SIKS,http://www.siks.nl/).
Application procedure
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Applications (in English or Dutch) should be sent to:
Dr. R.J.F. Ordelman
Human Media Interaction group
Faculty of EEMCS, University of Twente,
P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
phone: +31 53 489 2954
email:ordelman@ewi.utwente.nl
Make sure to include the following:
- a letter of application
- a curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, if any)
- a copy of your diploma together with a list of grades
- the names and email addresses of two referents
Deadline: December 15, 2005
For more information on the database group, HMI and on-going projects
see http://hmi.ewi.utwente.nl/ and http://db.ewi.utwente.nl/
or contact Roeland Ordelman (ordelman@ewi.utwente.nl) or Djoerd
Hiemstra (hiemstra@ewi.utwente.nl).
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Dr. R. J. F. Ordelman (Roeland)
Speech & Language Technology and Multimedia Retrieval
Human Media Interaction - University of Twente
tel:+31 53 489 2954
http://www.ewi.utwente.nl/~ordelman/
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