29 December: fyi -- phd funding, OR

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Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Center for Speech and Language Understanding (CSLU)
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, USA

Graduate Research Assistantship in Speech and Language Processing

The Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering has two graduate
research assistantships for doctoral work in speech and language processing.
CSLU conducts research and provides graduate education in computational
linguistics, speech recognition, speech synthesis, language modeling, and
speech signal processing. The center is unique in nurturing collaboration
with medical researchers aimed at tackling new speech and language based
diagnostic, remedial, and assistive technologies, primarily for
neuro-developmental and neuro-degenerative disorders. Building these
technologies not only benefits society directly, but also generates exciting
new challenges that are becoming drivers for our basic research. Naturally,
the assistantships will provide exposure and opportunity to delve into these
interests. The relevant research spans two groups in the CSEE department -
the speech group (CSLU) and the machine learning group (Adaptive Systems
Group), consisting of eight faculty members.

There are excellent opportunities for publications and conference
presentations. The group hosts adequate computational facilities. Candidates
must have a good first degree in a relevant discipline and preferably have a
higher degree or equivalent experience. Knowledge of Unix type operating
systems and programming in C/C++ is required. In addition, experience in one
or more of the following technical areas would be a distinct advantage:

* Acoustic modeling for automatic speech recognition
* Machine learning or Statistical pattern processing

OGI campus is located in the outskirts of the city of Portland in Oregon,
which is consistently ranked high for the quality of life it offers. A few
relevant pointers are included below and additional enquiries may be directed
to Dr Zak Shafran, http://www.cslu.ogi.edu/people/zak.

Application Procedure
http://www.ogi.edu/admissions
Faculty Interests
http://www.ogi.edu/csee/people
Course offerings
http://ogi.edu/graduate_edu/schedule/dsp_courses.cfm

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